| Watch the PGA Tour and you'll see | | | | re-learning or reviewing old issues, and |
| professional golfers get upset with shots you | | | | therefore works most efficiently.You can do |
| would kill to make consistently. | | | | the same thing with your golf swing. Rather |
| Occasionally, you'll see them hit one into | | | | than going to the range and beating golf |
| the netherworld and somehow escape with par | | | | balls, you can practice any part of your |
| or bogie. How do they do it?It's the biggest | | | | swing at home by working on how it feels so |
| difference between professional golfers and | | | | that your mind remembers the Master swing you |
| amateur golfers. When a pro goes to the | | | | will eventually create.Now you might be |
| driving range, he's there to warm up, check | | | | thinking, "How do I know what I'm doing is |
| how his swing feels and maybe make some minor | | | | correct?"That's the third trick. You must do |
| tweaks to adapt his shots to the course | | | | like the professional golfers and develop |
| conditions.An amateur is trying to find his | | | | routines for every part of your game, |
| golf swing. Once he's found his golf swing, | | | | including your swing. Watch professional |
| his battle will be to keep it working and | | | | golfers setup to the ball. They do it the |
| pray that it doesn't disappear once he's out | | | | same way every time. If they get interrupted, |
| on the golf course.The difference is that the | | | | they start over. Their physical routines |
| professional golfer has a Master Swing locked | | | | start with golf swing biomechanics as it |
| into memory. He has a pattern to reference | | | | relates to their personal body structure to |
| every swing by so he knows as soon as his | | | | make sure they aren't practicing a routine |
| swing feels a little off that he needs to | | | | their body will reject.Why? Because they've |
| make some minor adjustments to his routines | | | | practiced the routine and the routine takes |
| to keep things working.Now the amateur will | | | | care of every aspect of their setup without |
| say that he doesn't have time to hit 500 | | | | needing to think about it. They have routines |
| balls a day to create his own Master Swing | | | | for the backswing and the downswing as well. |
| and he's right, but there is a way to do it | | | | So how do you create a Master Swing, become a |
| practicing just 15 minutes per | | | | consistent golfer and learn to recover from |
| night.How?Well, the first trick is to | | | | bad shots on the golf course? |
| practice before you go to bed. If you do, | | | | |
| your mind will continue practicing while you | | | | |
| sleep, but on one condition...That you don't | | | | |
| confuse it with too much information.The | | | | Develop routines for every aspect of your |
| Master Swing was also Ben Hogan's real | | | | golf game. Practice them at night before you |
| secret. He didn't get it by hitting 500 balls | | | | go to bed, only working on one part at a |
| per day, he did it by feel, using sometimes | | | | time.Learn how your Master Swing feels so you |
| as few as 40 golf balls during his practice | | | | have a pattern to follow and a reference to |
| sessions.The second trick is a technique used | | | | tell you when it's time to look at your |
| by John Wooden when he Coached the UCLA | | | | routines to fix the problem. |
| Bruins. During practice, he would tell his | | | | |
| players to identify their greatest weakness, | | | | Teaching golfers in 29 countries, Tracy Reed |
| what they should do to correct it, and work | | | | is a Golf Biomechanic, Mental Game Coach, and |
| on nothing else until they were satisfied | | | | author of "Golf Swing Control". With over |
| with the results. The next practice would | | | | 6100 students around the globe, he's mastered |
| start with an assessment of strengths and | | | | the art of teaching golfers how to quickly |
| weaknesses to find what to work on next.At | | | | develop a Master Swing and to be able to fix |
| first, this would seem to be the long way to | | | | a swing fault, even right on the golf course |
| fix things, but in fact, this method creates | | | | when needed. |
| the most permenent changes with less time | | | | |