Tempo Works and a bit more flexibility and resilience, wouldn't hurt either...

[McGolf-Doggie]

Had dinner with a friend who's a former PGA tour pro the other night. We talked mostly hockey, a little golf, and a bit of windsurfing. Three of several things we have in common. Well maybe I shouldn;t say we have golf in common, because he can actually play, if you know what I mean?

My friend is still in the golf business and was running late because he'd been doing a Yoga session.

Well I'm Mr. Tight Inflexible body, and although I've done Yoga, I find it a bit tedious and uncomfortable, since it does not come easy or naturally to me.

That said, I am going to redouble my efforts in that regard. Why, because I was hitting the ball great while I was loose today. Hitting it better than I ever have, until I got tired and my core / back muscles tightened up a bit, and things went from sublime to ridiculous, in a hurry.

I had also begun to rush things a bit.
That's kryptonite to any golfer right there.

I heard a guy in the next stall coaching his son on tempo, and the demonstration and results were good.

I figured I might borrow a page from his book — what he was saying and showing. It's not such a terrible thing to eavesdrop discretely on good coaching when you see it, especially since it's fairly rare.

I took a little rest, stretched a little, and came back to it, evened out the tempo, and what a difference, an immediate difference.

Hot dog. What some of those folk say about tempo is true!