Experienced golfers constantly tell us that the mind really matters in golf. In fact, most of our problems in trying to play the game consistently, they say, spring from problems with our mind.
Take this problem of releasing power too early in the downswing. This happens because we allow the thought of power - rather than swinging the club - dominate our minds.
I find this to be the case especially when I get into the rough. Seeing the ball nestled in the long-ish grass instinctively makes me feel that I have to hit it harder to get it out. What's happened? My mind has focused on the matter of power, not swinging the club. And the result? Almost always the tendency to "whack" the ball instead of swinging naturally through it.
Or to put it another way, I tend to focus on getting power out of the swing instead of the sequence of actions necessary for a smooth, effortless swing.
Yep! the mind sure does matter.
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