I agree with Murph and you can get as good as you want to be. I've stagnated over the last 18 months but think I was chasing a "proper" golf swing and not something that works within the flaws I have. We've a few low single figure guys including a top amatuer off +1 and none of them have swings that are easy on the eye or textbook but they know how to get it round.
Now I've found a guy who is prepared to teach within the confines of the raw material available and not try and mould my swing into something it isn't or doesn't last more than a few months before breaking down, I'm going at it with renewed vigour. I think once we get to the short game I'll have the tools to really make an assault on my dream of 10 but its about practicing smart and not anout hitting hundreds of balls blindly. I'll be looking at making sure the summer is about playing and more playing with perhaps only one evening a week focussed on a specific practice regime unless the game is off kilter and I need to look at a problem.
I'm a great believer that in anything you only get out what you put in. I like to think my success last year at St Pierre and FoA were the result of some hard work on the range the week before both events and a well thought out game plan. I was suppose to have a session with a sports psychologist who has worked on the European Tour for my blog but our diaries (his mainly) never met up. Its on the cards this year to sit down and have a chat about what he does and why he thinks it works so well to improve a golfers ability to score. I might even sign up for a session (if I can get a discount
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Ultimately though, unless age or injury prevents, what is there to really stop anyone getting better providing they have a technique that works (not necessarily one that looks good) and they can map a route around the course. Some tuition perhaps to tighten up weaknesses and a desire to practice if necessary but is there really anything else to stop you if you really wanted to play to your true potential
Now I've found a guy who is prepared to teach within the confines of the raw material available and not try and mould my swing into something it isn't or doesn't last more than a few months before breaking down, I'm going at it with renewed vigour. I think once we get to the short game I'll have the tools to really make an assault on my dream of 10 but its about practicing smart and not anout hitting hundreds of balls blindly. I'll be looking at making sure the summer is about playing and more playing with perhaps only one evening a week focussed on a specific practice regime unless the game is off kilter and I need to look at a problem.
I'm a great believer that in anything you only get out what you put in. I like to think my success last year at St Pierre and FoA were the result of some hard work on the range the week before both events and a well thought out game plan. I was suppose to have a session with a sports psychologist who has worked on the European Tour for my blog but our diaries (his mainly) never met up. Its on the cards this year to sit down and have a chat about what he does and why he thinks it works so well to improve a golfers ability to score. I might even sign up for a session (if I can get a discount
)Ultimately though, unless age or injury prevents, what is there to really stop anyone getting better providing they have a technique that works (not necessarily one that looks good) and they can map a route around the course. Some tuition perhaps to tighten up weaknesses and a desire to practice if necessary but is there really anything else to stop you if you really wanted to play to your true potential
