Posted on: 13 June, 2004
Author: Glen Osborne
One Wrong Thought You MUST ... From Your Golf SwingTo Avoid Sooo Much ... try your skills at golf and some (or all) of the ... occur: * You miss the ball * You miss it again One Wrong Thought You MUST Eliminate From Your Golf SwingTo Avoid Sooo Much TroubleYou try your skills at golf and some (or all) of the followingresults occur: * You miss the ball * You miss it again and again and... * You hit the top of the ball * You correct this mistake and you hit the ground behind the ball * You see people hitting the ball in the air but your hits cause the ball to bounce along the ground * Whoops! Where did that big curve in the flight of the ball come from? * The more you try the more you find yourself creating other poor results * You finally get a nice hit but you have no idea what you did to get the good result * You look around and some of your friends and relatives are having the same problems as you * Grrrr! Why can't I hit the ball like those people on T.V.?This is the second article in a series of articles which willlead you to a simple method of putting, chipping, pitching,and full swing skills.The slice, duck hook, complete miss, topping the ball, hittingfat (hit the ground behind the ball), and most of the otherundesirable results you have experienced or witnessed in othergolfers are caused by ONE incorrect thought.Replace this thought and you will have much more success withputting, chipping, pitching, and the full swing.However, this thought is buried deep in your subconscious mind.It is very **logical** to our way of thinking.To change your approach to your golf swing AND your putting youwill have to accept an illogical thought. But, when you make thechange you will begin executing some of the easiest swings ofthe golf club you have ever made (and know why this happens.)Five amazing results in ball flight will occur once you overcomethis wrong thought in favor of executing unusual, **illogical**movements. 1. You will finally learn to make a divot like the Pros. 2. You will lift the ball in the air. 3. You will hit the ball straight. 4. You will hit the ball farther. 5. You will get a lot more backspin on your ball.This "wrong" thought causes movements of various parts of yourbody in ways which ruin an easy golf swing. These incorrectmovements are visible in your hands, forearms, arms, body,hips, and legs.This thought triggers incorrect movements at various stages ofyour swing sequence. Wrong body movements can begin as soon asyou start taking the club away from the ball until after theball has been hit. But, if the ball is gone how can a wrong move affect the result.Simply put, muscles which produce the wrong movement after theball has been hit have begun to "gather" or bunch-up before theclub reaches the ball. This initial bunching of musclesinterferes with your intended swing movements. You, or yourgolf partners, are not aware that this has happened.Most of my teaching lessons are geared to helping you changefrom the wrong, logical thought to the correct, but illogicalthought. My lessons will teach you movements which respond tothe correct thought. My lessons will give you a process forplaying all golf shots with this correct thought in mind.Since this wrong thought is logical it is buried in yoursubconscious. The various views at golf courses, as you try tohit the ball, cause this thought to be more involved in yourswing movements.To toss out this thought from your mind and replace it with thecorrect thought cannot be done by simply being aware of thecorrect way of thinking. Even though I am aware of this errorthe scenery of the golf course or the desire to make a precisehit will cause this wrong thought to reappear to influence mygolf swing. I believe it can even affect the best golfers in theworld due to the pressures they face in golf tournaments.What you will learn from this website is a step-by-step processwhich will teach you movements in relation to developing a newsubconscious thought. This new thought will trigger the desiredmovements you want in your effort to hit the golf ball whereyou want it to go.The next message in this series will show you a basic step-by-step process of playing any golf swing or putt. I call it "thephases of playing a golf shot". You will learn to focus ona task, change your focus to another task, focus on the nexttask, and so on.This routine will eliminate the feeling you might have of tryingto remember 20 or 30 things before you swing the golf club.By following a regular process of playing a golf shot you willsoon develop a new subconscious thought so that you can ridyourself of that one wrong thought.Oh yeah. Before I forget. What is the **one wrong thought**?A quick story, first.A few years ago I witnessed a young woman take some golflessons from the local Pro over a 2 year period. He did a goodjob at showing her some very good swing skills. But, I saw hercontinually hitting the ball out the right and she could not hitthe ball as far as she was capable. At the beginning of thethird year she came for another lesson. I could see from herhand movements that she was saying something like, "I'm stillhitting the ball out the right!"She had a lot of good swing mechanics from the previousinstruction. I watched the teacher try to figure which of themechanics was breaking down. The problem was not solved. Myexperience as a Grade 1 to 9 physical education teacher gaveme the background of body movements whereby I could see thatthere was something else besides breakdowns in swing mechanics.What was happening in that woman's swing which caused her to hitthe ball slightly to the right despite very good swing skills?Answer: The ball is at point A. The green, flag, and hole are atpoint B. Logical, subconscious thought tells us that we want tosmack the ball from point A to point B. This same thought alsoconvinces us to create movements at some stage of our swingwhich will cause a forward motion of the golf club through theball so that it can go from A to B.But, these forward motions occur at various stages of our swingwhich cause such a variety of poor results. Forgotten in thisthought process is the most important part of the swing.And that is ---- APPLY A BLOW TO THE BALL so that it can firstlybe put in motion to leave the vicinity of point A.The coming lessons will teach you how to carry out movementswhich respond to your new focus of making the ball move — andmove correctly. Prior to these lessons I will have more articleswhich will prepare you to focus entirely on the instructions. P.S. There are a few "tips" roaming the world which leave wrongideas in the minds of new golfers. Some of these blatantlyinterfere with good body movement. Future articles will show yousome of the wrong movements used by you or other golfers. Youwill learn WHY each wrong movement is produced. You will discoverwhy and how to replace these wrong movements with better moves.P.P.S. You, or someone you know, will be very interested in howbody movement faults can cause back injuries. My methodsactually brought a man back into golf so he could golf with hisgrandson. He felt so good about his new swing that he was ableto return to golf with his former golf buddies. I hope to doa series of articles about this using the help of some peopleI know who are in the physical health field.P.P.P.S. I will seek your input about what resources and sourcesyou would like to learn about. Fellow subscribers will be ableto provide many of these answers. I will not publish them allin this Website but I could compile a lot of them into a freeebook or series of ebooks. Ideas will come for this and othersubscriber interests and needs for better and more enjoyablegolf experiences.P.P.P.P.S. There are 2 or 3 lesser faulty thoughts for certaingolf situations such as hitting the golf ball over a hill ora tree. Future articles will cover these topics. Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com