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$2 Nassau

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$2 Nassau Great Member

$2 Nassau

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...just a series of quick fixes, band aids, compensations, over-compensations, bailouts, tweaks, all held together by a bunch of water-cooler tips?

Is that the way it is for many people? Does everyone go through this? Please say Yes. Seems like I'm always making on-the-fly adjustments to fix my current problem (whatever it may be). It may work for a round or two, them I'm right back where I started, implementing a new trick to help me limp through the round without completely blowing up.

Man, it's feels a lot like work sometimes.


Koth Well Established Member

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I would recommend getting a lesson. The instructor will be able to give you a better idea of what to work on as opposed to trying a quick-fix here and there on the fly.

Oh, and no, I've never felt like that about my swing. It may not be the best, but I'm working on it with my instructor.

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he4dhuntr Established Member

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I would recommend getting a lesson. The instructor will be able to give you a better idea of what to work on as opposed to trying a quick-fix here and there on the fly.

I agree with the lesson sentiment. I just started golf this summer and don't feel like that about my swing. I'm still freakin' terrible at this game and my score on the course (as well as all the lost balls) proves it, but rather than bandaid fixes to my swing, it's good to get a pro to really teach you the motion and the thought pattern. Anyway, this is my opinion. Have taken 6 lessons so far and buying another pack of 5. Rather learn it the right way to begin with than to get used to bad habbits :/

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GaijinGolfer Super Member

GaijinGolfer

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It used to be. Then I decided to go with what works best for me and forget about all the little golf tips I read in magazines and in the internet. In golf its way too easy to overthink things.

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leo3 Well Established Member

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It used to be. Then I decided to go with what works best for me and forget about all the little golf tips I read in magazines and in the internet. In golf its way too easy to overthink things.

Well put. I stopped reading the swing tips in magazines quite a while ago. Any time I tried to fix a perceived swing flaw, I only screwed things up. My swing may not be textbook, but I have it pretty well grooved, and it works OK for me.

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mn723 Well Established Member

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I play my best when I only have one swing thought "slow & easy." Pick up Bob Rotella's books..... great for the mental game. Golf is too hard to not take a simplistic approach to it.

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kafka01 Great Member

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Well put. I stopped reading the swing tips in magazines quite a while ago.

AMEN TO THAT - stopped reading them some time ago, started reading the real stuff that had the whole picture. Helped me tremendously.

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kris Well Established Member

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It used to be. Then I decided to go with what works best for me and forget about all the little golf tips I read in magazines and in the internet. In golf its way too easy to overthink things.

YES. Once I quit overthinking my swing and just went with the flow, I somehow started stringing good shots together on a fairly consistent basis.


zeg Great Member

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I'm going to say no. Not because my swing is terribly good, but because I think I'm pretty good at ignoring the noise and have a decent idea of what my swing should look like. I do pick up drills and advice from books and from this site, but I try to be disciplined about making changes slowly. Usually I spend a couple weeks reading before I choose a new drill, and try to have a clear idea of what aspect of the swing I'm focusing on. As a result, I feel like I have a flawed but improving swing which is becoming more solid with time. It's certainly not better each time than the last, there are short-term improvements that fade, two steps forward one step back, and all that, but it is FAR better now than it was a year ago, and I expect the same to be true next year.

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jamo Incredible Member

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Not really. All of those compensatory moves are what I have been working hard to eliminate from my swing. I'm getting there, though I don't know if it will ever quite be perfect.

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GolfBear Well Established Member

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Imagine every day reading a little tip or watching a video about how you could walk more effectively and efficiently. You then start to pick up magazines and watch videos about how your walk is incorrect and if you want to walk like a professional you have to completely tear down how you walk now and rebuild.

Soon your consumed with thoughts about how you lift your leg, when you extend your foot, how you bend your ankle etc.......

Welcome to the world of golf!

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Koth Well Established Member

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Yeah, that seems like a pretty good analogy.

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