Do you document your flaws?

[glebert]

I'm wondering as you work on your swing, if you find a flaw and fix it, do you document or record the flaw and fix for future reference?

I just had a pretty frustrating week or so where I was fighting a "new" swing flaw that had shown up while I was trying to change something else. After two range sessions, 9 very bad holes of golf, and many hours on my launchpad simulator I finally realized what I was doing wrong. I had actually had a similar problem in the past that manifested itself differently, so I didn't recognize it right away. I'm thinking if I had a good way of recording and categorizing flaws when a problem cropped up I could maybe save myself some time and frustration. I'm leaning towards some video clips, kind of little golf lessons to myself. Anyone else do this? Do you use it, and does it help?

[msd3075]

I keep a small notepad in my bag that I keep notes on pertaining to anything to do with my swing or my game. The notes I have can be anything from a swing thought to marking how the course plays. I even went to the point that when I played Spyglass a few months ago, the notepad was filled with notes from the David Fehrety commentary from the Tiger Woods PlayStation game.

[tm22721]

Mount one of the new small solid state videocams on your stand bag and capture every swing on the range or course.

[Eeryck]

I keep notes of my lessons and when I play about my performance.

For my lessons, I note the flaws pointed out, the shot that the flaw produces and the drill or thought to fix the swing issue. The during my next few practice sessions that becomes my sole focus.

On the course, I track my statistics via Scorecard method. I also make notes of the two areas of greatest underperformance. The rounds I play between lessons then I look at my self critique and bring that to the pro for a tune-up on that part of the game.

This has seemed to be an effective method so far. The tale of the tape will be told at the end of this season, as I have only been on this method 4 months now with about 5 rounds logged this year. Honestly 5-years down the road is probably when I can speak to it much better, but it is showing good results so far.

Regards,

-E

[squaddie]

I document my flaws, either on notepad, computer or video. In a few months I will have limited time to play or practice so I want to have a reminder of fixes for faults in case they crop up again.

[ks8829]

If I document all my flaws I would run out of ink and paper!