You a swing thought really works when...

[kfowler]

I think we've all had experiences at the range or on the course where we've tried certain swing thought and had some immediate success. Next time you try it though, it doesn't seem to work as well. However, every now and then you do find something that does work.

So my question is, you know a swing thought really works when...

- it works more than one visit to the course or range.
- it's off of grass and not a mat.
- it actually works on a golf course.
- it's not illegal.

What else?

[Dub]

You got me laughing at the "it's not illegal" thought.

The post, though, raises a good point: What are band-aids and what are effective swing thoughts.



I've been hung up on the same two thoughts for the longest as they seem to be the source most my errant shots: smooth tempo and maintain height throughout the swing.

[kfowler]

The one that's really helped me recently is standing further away from the ball and being more bent over at address. I have a tendency to crowd the ball and stand a little too up right. This is an easy swing thought since it's a setup issue.

[shortstop20]

There are no thoughts, it's do or do not.

[natp0wers]

Off the tee: "Stay behind the ball"

Off the deck: "follow through"

On the green: "Show me the money"

[right handed phil mickelson]

But sometimes swing thoughts like standing farther away from the ball only last for a little white in helping you, and then it gets worse a little later, because even though you don't realize it, you're standing further and further away from it. So after a while of having that swing thought, you'll be standing further away from it, and then you get that swing thought, and back up even more. Does that make sense? I've noticed that with myself actually. Some swing thoughts work for a little while until you achieve what you were trying to do, and then while your doing it, you have that swing thought and it gets progressively worse again. So I guess what you need to do is to realize you are doing what your swing thought implies, and then stop having that swing thought after that.








P.S. I'm writing this in school so you know it's not going to make any sense.


P.P.S. If you understood any of this I applaud you.

[Jameshooper]

I have one swing thought that I always keep in mind...Keep my head still.

[LoveTheLinks]

What sometimes works for me is going thru a couple of practice swings thinking about all the corrections/reminders I'm supposed to do...but then when it's time to hit, try to make my mind blank and forget about all those things. I think it's a mind-body automatic kind of thing. Doesn't work all the time, but enough that I still try it quite a bit.