Good stuff Mike!

So many golfers ditch new swing thoughts because it doesn't "feel good "to them when they should be looking to feel uncomfortable! Of course changing a piece in your swing doesn't feel normal, you're changing a motor pattern. It'd be like changing something in the way you walk, it's going to feel like crap until it starts to become your new normal. 

Whenever I'm at the range and thinking about giving up on a different feel, or by the same token, when I hear people haven't improved and I find out they gave up on [whatever priority piece you or Erik gave them] my TV/Movie brain always goes to the scene in the bar in 40 Year Old Virgin when Steve Carell's characters buddy is trying to get him to loosen up and go talk to girls and he says "It just doesn't feel right" so his buddy responds, "Of course it doesn't feel right!  What has felt right for you DON'T WORK!  Ya need to try some wrong, dog."

It's a joke, but it's 100% accurate and applies here as well. 

Great blog post.

I'll also add something I heard years ago, that "perfect is the enemy of good". That doesn't mean that you shouldn't work to improve, but that in all human endeavors, perfection is unattainable, and that in trying to be perfect, we can destroy what's good.

I used to be the guy on the range with the perfect swing and I just couldn't post the scores. I've been told several times I was the best range player in town. 

I dropped golf for a few years, I don't have the same amount of time to practice on my hand so now I only focus on results, made a couple of swing change to make my swing more reliable, some of them makes me look goofy. (Baseball grip and very narrow feet at address) 

Guess what?! my ball striking on the course is better than ever. 

The path to great golf is getting to know your swing and your limits. 

What I learned from TW is NOT to bulk-up on weights. I am convinced the result was a more limited flexibility and a changed muscle memory on a man that was fine tuned. For tennis players and golfers I believe weights are fine, if the target is strength and flexibility as opposed to "bulking up" like an NFL linebacker.

Positive side, TW's putting drills are excellent. 

When I'm lifting heavy and in good shape, it only helps my game. Agreed 100% Mike.

Great post @‌mvmac. I am not a professional so I can't honestly say that my philosophy would be same if I were, but here's what I 'learnt' - have large amounts of faith and patience and focus on your swing improvements and goals. If you are a student, you will never run out of either. There are some unquestionable basics of golf in general - for eg. a slightly forward leaning shaft at impact is not 'customizable' basic tenant. But other than that it is ok for me to make finding my personal swing a long term pursuit. I think philosophically golf demands a progressive path at all times - of course for us non-professionals it is surely easier if you do not have the pressure of putting food on the table- shooting an odd 92 hurts nothing but my ego. Surely there are plenty of minds who think that is a slippery slope, which I agree and I personally was resistant to doing anything with mine. I was afraid to loose whatever little I had. But that changed once I understood laws of ball flight and found good guidance to help crystallize what path and priorities I should follow - INVALUABLE! I am still a very hard headed student and very slow in actually implementing picture changes but the path is still forward. Anyway, Tiger's path has been educational and a confirmation in that sense. For me, he is a philosophical model (maybe, I would think differently if I had a few majors in my trophy collection, but well.. uh.. let's just say, I don't).