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30 Day Challenge – Day 16
I wanted to take a bit of time and reflect on what I’ve experienced in the first 15 days of this challenge.
I started out a very analytical golfer. I was constantly doing video analysis, checking to make sure I was in the proper positions, very worried about having a swing that looked good and was technically good. All that has changed.
I’m much more concerned now with feel, visualization and using my body and my hands efficiently. I’m not so worried about positions anymore as I see them as an effect of doing the right things. I rely more on my mind and visualization to create the shots I want to create and have found that I’m learning to trust my swing.
I don’t really care how my swing looks now as I’m beginning to own it. Regardless of how it looks, it’s my swing,unique to me, and what matters is my results. It’s pretty cool approaching the game this way. It’s been liberating and quite an experience.
My focus is on feel, balance and executing what I see in my mind efficiently. This last word, efficiently has really become important.
When I think about the way I approached the game before I was very inefficient, only I didn’t know it. I had a good swing, but it definitely used more energy than it needed to.
Now, the challenge is not yet done. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to hit the range today, and I don’t know if I’ll get it tomorrow. What’s interesting is that not having to focus on all those technical details frees up brain power to focus on visualization and on feeling. All of that simply makes the game easier.
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