Was the Culturally Varying "Spazzing" Thread

In Golf is not a Game of Perfect, Rotella tells a story about playing a round with Tom Kite and some D1 golfers. After the round they discussed the difference between the college players and Kite. It was noted that the college guys could hit the same shots, but couldn't put the score together. Rotella went on to say that the difference was that on average the college guys lose focus 4-5 times a round. These 4-5 instances of complacency made the difference. 

 

I kind of see the same thing when I play. When I lose concentration, I tend to make a poor swing, bad decision, or just get myself out of position. This can also happen when I start thinking about score. Saturday I hit a career drive on a long par 4. From inside 100, I got so excited about stuffing a wedge close I chunked it and ended up with bogey. The next hole I had the same shot. This time I concentrated on solid contact and I was 12 feet and made the putt for birdie. The difference was staying in the now and hitting the shot. The point is, to play good golf, you cannot afford to lose any focus of what you are doing. That could have been the difference between you posting 84 that day or a 76. 

Spazz is a derogatory word for someone who was once called spastic usually someone who has cerebral palsy and is unable to coordinate their movements. Please try to find another word that may describe your own lack of coordination, I find this one offensive and so will many other people.   

 

Only really those in the UK and a few other small countries. Just like when Tiger said it.

 

Here in the U.S. it's not really perceived as a derogatory term.

 

Nah. Maybe later. For now I'm enjoying the mild thrill of being slightly non-PC. Even though, as I pointed out, it's not really non-PC in the U.S. :)

Sounds like once in awhile you might be unconsciously getting a little too confident and possibly starting to swing a little harder.
I do the exact same thing and shoot probably around the same score as you.
Im usually in the mid to upper 70's and have about two bad holes.
If I could only cut out those 5 or 6 bad shots
Good luck. Try slowing down your swing works for me sometimes

This happens to me also... the difference between my solid shots and the occasional bad one, is embarrassingly large. 

 

For me it seems to be one of 3 things: a) I start focusing too much on mechanics during the swing, leading to tension;  b) lack of focus at address, where I actually "don't feel right" just before I take the club back, but rather than step off and reset, I go ahead and start the swing anyway; and c) too much tension at address.

 

So all 3 are pretty much variations on being too tense and not focused, which will cause a bad shot every time.

 

I am trying to work more of a waggle into my routine, as well as a tiny bump forward to get the backswing motion started in a more fluid manner.  Also minimizing swing thoughts to just one simple one such as "smooth takeaway" etc., to try and get mechanical thoughts out of my mind and get the swing flowing freely. 

I'll do my best to make sure my sister never reads this post.

 

 

dak4n6

 

Thank you for that you are a gentleman.

 

Really?  Huh......  

 

 

Off topic, but forgive me.  It saddens me how easily people are offended these days.....especially when clearly, no offense was intended.

Sadly some people are actively looking to be offended. Some sort of self-fulfilling prophesies at work here.

Thank you, thank you, I'm here all week

 

I get offended when the a Brit comes up and asks if I have a fag.  

 

You just ask if they mean James, then, right?

 

Anyway, we're all now well OT, so let's get back to it now. dak, do you want to re-state the essence of your OP?