Swing thoughts.

[MashieNiblick]

The link to the video below was circulated in our club newsletter.

For those of you worried about overthinking during the golf swing have a watch of this.

This guy really gets to the heart of what is happening during the swing. Enjoy.

[video=youtube;osD2U-s8i6E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osD2U-s8i6E&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/video]

Now did you manage to note it all down?

Just had to share that.

 

[Stub]

Brilliant. I had been advised to have no more than 327 swing thoughts when striking the ball but this simplifies it all:rofl:.

 

[Val]

Superb stuff :rofl:

 

[Piece]

:clap:

 

[Snelly]

He is excellent!

The only thing I think of during the swing is to ensure I see the club face strike the ball. It is the only tip that I can offer over the web that I know for sure will help everyone. It sounds simple and you will think you do this. You probably don't and if you do, you will make a better connection with the ball for certain.

Sam Snead said you have to empty your mind to hit a good shot and he was right.

 

[Hobbit]

Brilliant!

And now I see where I'm going wrong. The diagonals on my polo shirt are at the wrong angle. If I can get the square of the angle to be a constant ratio with the swing plane...

 

[louise_a]

did Stanley Unwin write that?

 

[steve7]

Great.Now confused if more,ha,ha

 

[Ethan]

That clip dates from a time when some highly technical swings were in vogue, with lots of positions and check points during the swing, sort of like updated versions of the swing Bobby Clampett used to lead the 1982 Open before imploding. I think the modern day pro swing, even S'n'T, perhaps, is a lot less technical, but the underlying message is still valid.

There is a famous anecdote where someone asked Sandy Lyle what he thought about during the swing. His reply was that he thought of nothing. That was his secret. Many assumed the same also applied when he wasn't swinging. Then he started thinking about stuff and his game disappeared.

 

[ScienceBoy]

I just keep my head down and try to not think of anything like bacon sarnies or the wife

 

[HomerJSimpson]

After last nights lesson I no longer have a swing to think about. Now lying in pieces ready to be put back together bigger and better over the winter. As long as I don't end up with that annoying screw or bolt left over like you do putting a bike together