How wonderful is that…to be able to swing by your parents house and play 9 hole with your Mom. If I had one golf wish in the whole world it would be to be able to play with my Mom, but I missed that chance.

Sorry to hear that Patricia, it definitely is something I try to take advantage of as often as possible.

Yeah, whenever I’m at my home town I always call up my father and brother and brother-in-law to go out and try 18 holes at our favorite course. The Players Course and the Golf Dome during the winter. Thankfully my wife always buys me a book full of coupons for my birthday, where it’s usually a buy one get one green fee for free type of thing.

It is very nice golfing with loved ones. Especially when everyone has a good round.

As for the Swing Thoughts article it’s good to actually hear of someone working on their game. Working out their swing and realizing, hey, I don’t have to kill the ball to hit it far and straight. This is a major problem for most high handicappers.

Although I do recommend to any golfer interested in making some improvements in their game to pay for a Video Swing Analysis.

Think about it, you spend your entire life watching professional golfers swinging and making changes to their swings and how they evolve over their life times. Take Sergio Garcia for example, everyone knew that his swing had too much lag on his downswing and that it needed to be adjusted. He made the adjustment and he is known for being one of the greatest ball strikers in the world. Do you think anyone would have noticed that problem if his swing wasn’t captured on camera?

If you watch your swing just once and compare it to a Pro golfer who has a similar swing plane. You will instantly see your errors and immediatly begin on making some real progress with your game. Not only that but you will get to see just how goofy you look on camera. Besides that embarrassing fact it’s worth the $70 to $XXX depending on the person training you. Anyone with a Professional win under their belts is a very reassuring factor.

As for everyone else who could care less about the difficult game of golf. Go ahead, keep on duffin it.

You’re so right about the video. I haven’t gone so far as to have an swing analysis by a pro on video, but I had recorded myself a few times last season and was shocked to see what I was doing. Now I spend some time trying to work on moves in front of a mirror to make sure I’m doing what I think I’m feeling.

What I find difficult at the moment is trying to sort through the sea of swing thoughts in my mind, trying to work on just one thing at a time.

I still seem to be coming out to in on occasion, catching a case of the shanks this weekend…which is very frustrating. I think generally it has to do with me getting lazy with my turn, but, I should probably see a pro about it. It’s amazing how mental it becomes.

Yes, it is shocking. I’ve seen a few guys laughing at their own swing replays and saying “Do I really swing like that”. It’s quiet entertaining.

It’s amazing what you experience at an indoor golf school during the long boring winter days. When I’m not pumping out University papers and completing calculus assignments, I’m golfing indoors. Hitting imaginary slices into a net, LOL.

You hit the ball dead centre there. You need to work on one movement at a time and get it ingrained in your mind to be incorporated into to your complete swing. This is what professional athletes call “muscle memory”, you repeat a movement so many times it becomes second nature to the way your body naturally performs a sequence of movements. I beleive it took me around a year and half to memorize my grip without having to consider gripping the club when approaching the ball. The grip I use is refferred to as the complete grip, the one that most tour pros commonly use. With your left index and right pinky fingers crossing each other.

As for all those YIPS that enter your minds before you swing, one must work on confidence. This can only be obtained by swinging, swinging and more swinging. Routine builds confidence and consistency. Warming up for atleast 15 minutes is a must before you take your place on the first tee. I don’t take the tee box untill I’ve hit atleast 50 balls in the driving range. Tiger Woods is warming up an hour before he hits the course.

If you don’t continue your game on a regular basis your swing will get lazy. I’ve done it plenty of times. It got so bad it seemed like I hadn’t swung a club before, I’d miss the ball completely on the tee or I’d take a divot that was a foot long and flew further than the ball. That happened only when I would jump onto the course with only having taken 5 or 6 practice swings. Joints need to keep loose, muscles need blood pumping through them and your mindset must prepared to handle a few bad hits.

Golf is a mental game, unfortunately golfers don’t realize that untill it hits them right in the forhead. To swing without worry and doubt when it counts is the key to being the leader of the foursome. How this is accomplished is entirely up to that person and we all require different techniques and motivation to accomplish this.