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BSweet Well Established Member

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I just shot a couple good rounds where i consistently broke 80. Now my ball striking is terrible. First of all I swing way from the inside. And lately I've been hitting alot of shots off the toe. So I'm hitting like a block slice. Any tips?

Brandon Sweet
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I just started golfing, but I've been playing baseball for quite a number of years and this situation sounds really firmiliar. Two seasons ago I was batting .531 with 9 hrs, and I won player of the year. Last season I batted in the low to mid 200's, with two home runs. Every time I came up to the plate I tried something new, and failed. It would eat away at me day and night. After the first half of the season was done my coach handed me a book called The Mental Game of Baseball. Now my BA is well into the 300's and I have 6 hr's with like 19 games left. It talked about just letting go, and letting your hours of preparation kick in. The cliff notes from this story are, just let your ability come through. You practice for a reason. Good luck.
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I just started golfing, but I've been playing baseball for quite a number of years and this situation sounds really firmiliar. Two seasons ago I was batting .531 with 9 hrs, and I won player of the year. Last season I batted in the low to mid 200's, with two home runs. Every time I came up to the plate I tried something new, and failed. It would eat away at me day and night. After the first half of the season was done my coach handed me a book called The Mental Game of Baseball. Now my BA is well into the 300's and I have 6 hr's with like 19 games left. It talked about just letting go, and letting your hours of preparation kick in. The cliff notes from this story are, just let your ability come through. You practice for a reason. Good luck.

Haha I hope your right. Tommorrow I'm spending some quality time at the range. I know it's mental. Baseball is very different than golf though. Your slump might have been because you were facing good pitching.

Brandon Sweet
Handicap: 11.6
I play on the Hop Brook Server

Inventory:Driver- Burner 9.5 degree3 Wood- BurnerHybrid 3 Iron- R7 Rescue DrawIrons (4-PW)- RAC MBWedges- Vokey Design 56 and 60 degreePutter- Teardrop Roll-Face

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I just shot a couple good rounds where i consistently broke 80. Now my ball striking is terrible. First of all I swing way from the inside. And lately I've been hitting alot of shots off the toe. So I'm hitting like a block slice. Any tips?

Be careful that you're not over-changing your swing to make up for what could be a very simple fix. If you were hitting the ball that well, the mishits could simply be aligning a hair too far from the ball, or your posture being slightly too straight. Your "block slice" could now be a result of your trying to correct for those faults.

As far as your scoring, make sure you play with whatever swing you have that day. Trying to fix stuff mid-round usually leads to bad scores, and - if you're using score to judge your swing progress - can just send you farther down. Don't confuse "swing" and "score," and stick to a good course management game no matter what swing you have.

Nothing in the swing is done at the expense of balance.

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