Golf for Leftys
TIPS AND ADVICE FOR LEFT
HANDED GOLFERS
Left handed golfer? Looking to improve your golf swing? Want to get rid of that slice? Want a lower score? Then try these great tips ...
How to Eliminate Stubborn Errors of Form
by Dr. Richard C. Myers
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Many players have a golfing error which seems to defy correction. Often
they have been told how to correct the mistake but, for some reason,
the error persists. One such error is shanking. Since it t\is the worst,
it will be useful to use it as an example.
Shanking inspires such fear that it will bring about poor performance even if it is only occasional. It is a glaring example of the interaction of psychology and mechanics in golf. Shanking will produce fear, and this fear will then produce more shanking.
I was once caught in this vicious circle while trying to qualify for a tournament one time. I played the first nine holes in 42, and the next nine in 58. I was determined to finish the round and that was the only reason I did. I even began shanking chip shots, and finished the last few holes bunting the ball with a wood club. I was so bad that everyone didn't mind laughing at me.
After trying many remedies, I finally found a successful one adapted from educational psychology. It has been found that if a typist has a persistent error in the writing of a word, she can eliminate the error by making it deliberately. If for some reason, she persists in writing cat as cta, the error will disappear if she deliberately spells the word cta for a number of times. When she again comes across the word cat, the letters will come out correctly.
You can do the same thing with your golf shanks. Practice it deliberately and it will disappear after a few sessions.
This is a good method of ridding yourself of other conspicuous errors, such as slicing, hooking, etc. If you practice an error, you gradually learn what accentuates the mistake and what alleviates it. But, you have to know how to perform the task in the proper manner to start with. In other words, you have to know how to hit the ball straight before you can cure your slice. When the fear is gone, we can get the most from ourselves.
Some stubborn errors require a rebuilding of your game. The tendency to shank can very well be the bug in a particular golfers swing. Serious bugs of this kind have forced a number of ambitious golfers to scrap a particular method of swinging for an entire new one. When there is either a major weakness or a number of minor weaknesses, it is best to begin all over again. With the help of Sensei Mark Anthony's Body Golf training videos, this is not a major project.
With instruction and practice, even stubborn mistakes will be eliminated. If they are not, it is likely that there is a wrong fixed idea behind the error. If there is, no improvement will occur, unless instruction is received from videos, books, or someone.
Sometimes a new technique is introduced too quickly. Results are often worse than with one's old method. This can be partially true if you go to a professional for one lesson, don't practice and then go out on the course. This quickly destroys both the confidence of the golfer and the value of the lessons.
In order to avoid this happening, there are two things you should do. First the new technique must be over-learned so that the even some loss in execution will not be discouraging. Second, the new technique should be pitted against the old-say on alternate shots. Of course if you are a high handicapper, you might as well go for the new technique from the beginning.
All new techniques need to be practiced. This develops ultimate confidence
and a smooth transition.
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