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30 Day Challenge – Days 19 and 20
Yesterday’s driving range session was very different from today’s session.
Yesterday, although I hit a lot of quality shots I had some trouble keeping my focus which led to some inconsistencies, especially with the driver. I think I started to take the results for granted and I my consistency dropped off. The other thing that happened was that I found it more difficult to focus on the process and on the feeling in my hands and as a result my consistency dropped off.
Today was a different experience. My sole focus in this session was to feel the shot in my rehearsal and reproduce the feeling without worrying about ball flight. This idea got me back on track. I found that when I was able to focus on the feeling both in the rehearsal and with a golf ball that I got that consistency back that I had missed yesterday. When I was not able to recreate the feel I had rehearsed, I didn’t even have to see the ball to know where it went, I could feel what my hands did and knew whether I pulled it, hooked, pushed or faded it. It was very interesting. Yesterday, I didn’t know where my misses were going and I had to watch the ball, and today, I knew exactly where my misses were going by recognizing the feeling in my hands.
I came to the realization that to be a good ball striker all I need to do is feel the shot, and recreate the same feeling with the golf ball. That’s it. The challenge of course, is actually recreating the feeling consistently, but it sure is a simpler way to play the game. So the things that can hurt my ball striking are those that take me away from seeing and feeling the shot, and reproducing the feeling.
