BrizoH71
Tour Rookie
How do you rediscover your form after enduring a slump?
All through the winter I've been playing well, posting a decent stableford total each week in our Winter League, and have been generally happy with how I've been playing although I know there's plenty room for improvement.
However, this past couple of week or so has seen a dramatic downturn in form, to the point I feel like a 28 handicapper again.
In midweeks I've been playing a simulated Texas Scramble on a GC2 monitor at a local range, and I've generally played well; however, on my last session I played really poorly.
I went to the range the following evening to try and work things out, and I left feeling relatively happy with my game. I played in a proper Texas Scramble the next day and it was a disaster... duffed drives, thinned irons off tees, fatted approaches, shanks... you name a bad shot, I probably hit it that day.
I've had three nine hole games since, and each time I've felt bereft of any confidence over the ball and the bad shots continue to come. I'm carrying a slight back injury, and I'm trying to convince myself that the slump is down to me protecting the injury and compensating by not swinging as well as I can, and it is affecting my timing and motion. Its a poor excuse though, and in my mind this is more than just a bad day at the office..
I'm thinking of jacking golf for a period of time, as I may have 'golfed' myself out from regular range visits, and then coming back fresh with a lesson from my local pro first to try and pinpoint issues and then work from there.
But I though I'd ask, when you're not playing well for a prolonged period of time, how do you get back on track from a slump in form?
All through the winter I've been playing well, posting a decent stableford total each week in our Winter League, and have been generally happy with how I've been playing although I know there's plenty room for improvement.
However, this past couple of week or so has seen a dramatic downturn in form, to the point I feel like a 28 handicapper again.
In midweeks I've been playing a simulated Texas Scramble on a GC2 monitor at a local range, and I've generally played well; however, on my last session I played really poorly.
I went to the range the following evening to try and work things out, and I left feeling relatively happy with my game. I played in a proper Texas Scramble the next day and it was a disaster... duffed drives, thinned irons off tees, fatted approaches, shanks... you name a bad shot, I probably hit it that day.
I've had three nine hole games since, and each time I've felt bereft of any confidence over the ball and the bad shots continue to come. I'm carrying a slight back injury, and I'm trying to convince myself that the slump is down to me protecting the injury and compensating by not swinging as well as I can, and it is affecting my timing and motion. Its a poor excuse though, and in my mind this is more than just a bad day at the office..
I'm thinking of jacking golf for a period of time, as I may have 'golfed' myself out from regular range visits, and then coming back fresh with a lesson from my local pro first to try and pinpoint issues and then work from there.
But I though I'd ask, when you're not playing well for a prolonged period of time, how do you get back on track from a slump in form?
