Having Trouble Keeping Your Head Down On Your Shots?

[spider]

If you are having troubling staying in any shot, try this simple technique. Close your non-dominate eye. If you are a right-handed golfer close your left eye during the swing, if left-handed, close your right eye during the swing. A simple technique that keeps you in the shot without cluttering your mind with another swing thought. I've been working on my chipping and pitching and found myself looking up too much. I decided to close my left eye and hit chip shots and was amazed how I naturally stayed in the shot without thinking "keep my head down, keep my head down". I also used it in the full swing with the same great results. I alternated eye-closed, eye-open on pitch shots and the eye-closed shots were better quality shots. So, for those of you having trouble staying in the shot, try this, hopefully it will work for you as well as it has for me.   

[natureboy]

27 minutes ago, spider said:

If you are having troubling staying in any shot, try this simple technique. Close your non-dominate eye. If you are a right-handed golfer close your left eye during the swing, if left-handed, close your right eye during the swing. A simple technique that keeps you in the shot without cluttering your mind with another swing thought. I've been working on my chipping and pitching and found myself looking up too much. I decided to close my left eye and hit chip shots and was amazed how I naturally stayed in the shot without thinking "keep my head down, keep my head down". I also used it in the full swing with the same great results. I alternated eye-closed, eye-open on pitch shots and the eye-closed shots were better quality shots. So, for those of you having trouble staying in the shot, try this, hopefully it will work for you as well as it has for me.   

Not all right handed players are right eye dominant and vice-versa.

[Golfingdad]

Shouting with your head down kind of defeats the purpose, no?

;)

[newtogolf]

it's a special shout that starts from the diaphragm, kind of like an opera singer.  

[Ernest Jones]

7 hours ago, natureboy said:

Not all right handed players are right eye dominant and vice-versa.

I was just about to post this. Common misconception. 

When I really want to put some oomph in my shouts, I close both eyes. I feel I can open my mouth wider that way and really belt it out!

[Hacker James]

On 9/19/2016 at 7:41 PM, spider said:

If you are having troubling staying in any shot, try this simple technique. Close your non-dominate eye. If you are a right-handed golfer close your left eye during the swing, if left-handed, close your right eye during the swing. A simple technique that keeps you in the shot without cluttering your mind with another swing thought. I've been working on my chipping and pitching and found myself looking up too much. I decided to close my left eye and hit chip shots and was amazed how I naturally stayed in the shot without thinking "keep my head down, keep my head down". I also used it in the full swing with the same great results. I alternated eye-closed, eye-open on pitch shots and the eye-closed shots were better quality shots. So, for those of you having trouble staying in the shot, try this, hopefully it will work for you as well as it has for me.   

There is more to this than meets the eye. (Pardon the Pun). Some have double vision (as do I). Closing one eye helps eliminate that and increases the potential for center face strike.  The only statement I might have issue with is "Keep your head down", this often misunderstood axiom causes all sorts of problems. I would rather use "Keep your center", or "Steady Head" but not locked in place. Think Anika Sorenstam who actually swiveled her head to follow the ball, often just at or before impact.

 

[billchao]

I call shenanigans. I've seen Jason Day hit golf balls with both eyes closed. David Duval doesn't even look at the ball throughout his swing. Seeing the ball is important obviously, but changing how you see the ball isn't going to miraculously fix your swing issues.

On 9/19/2016 at 11:08 PM, natureboy said:

Not all right handed players are right eye dominant and vice-versa.

I am left eye dominant and right handed. They told me as a kid that it was advantageous in baseball, but forgot to mention I'd see more results with better mechanics 

[Gunther]

On Monday, September 19, 2016 at 10:08 PM, natureboy said:

Not all right handed players are right eye dominant and vice-versa.

Why would that matter?  I'm a righty player with a dominant left eye.  I'll give it a try although keeping my head down isn't really an issue for me.  But wtf, I'll give it a shot.  Thanks for the tip @spider!

[natureboy]

2 hours ago, Gunther said:

Why would that matter?  I'm a righty player with a dominant left eye.  I'll give it a try although keeping my head down isn't really an issue for me.  But wtf, I'll give it a shot.  Thanks for the tip @spider!

OP was very specific that righties should close left eye and vice versa. Just pointing out that it doesn't always go that way as you know.

Edited September 26, 2016 by natureboy

[Gunther]

2 minutes ago, natureboy said:

OP was very specific that righties should close left eye and vice versa. Just pointing out that it doesn't always go that way as you know.

Nah, I'd guess the opposite cuz lead eye for an opposite player like me is an advantage. U were being a negative Nelly.  Open ur mind bro.

[Hacker James]

8 minutes ago, natureboy said:

OP was very specific that righties should close left eye and vice versa. Just pointing out that it doesn't always go that way as you know.

Well, actually he did say close "your non dominate eye" then went on with an assumption that righties have dominate right eyes, and lefties the other. This does not make him wrong, only a  difference in specificity. I believe anybody would know what he means. No need for picking knits. Ditto on thanks for the tip and I am hoping it will help me.

[natureboy]

6 minutes ago, Gunther said:

Nah, I'd guess the opposite cuz lead eye for an opposite player like me is an advantage. U were being a negative Nelly.  Open ur mind bro.

My posts are transparent. If you want to read in some intent go ahead. I made no comment on his suggestion just corrected the idea in his instructions that all righties have a dominant right eye and not all lefties have a dominant left eye.

Have you tried it? How did it go?

2 minutes ago, Hacker James said:

Well, actually he did say close "your non dominate eye" then went on with an assumption that righties have dominate right eyes, and lefties the other.

Yes, this was part of his instructions for the technique. Most people who know about their own dominant eye could figure it out, but some who don't know which is their dominant eye might follow his directions literally. If his technique works and it matters which eye to close someone might end up not doing it the way he intended.

[Gunther]

1 minute ago, natureboy said:

My posts are transparent. If you want to read in some intent go ahead. I made no comment on his suggestion just corrected the idea in his instructions that all righties have a dominant right eye and not all lefties have a dominant left eye.

Have you tried it? How did it go?

I said it sounds interesting and I voiced my appreciation to the OP for the suggestion, which I'm sure was offered with the intent to help others.  I haven't played today but told the OP I would give it a try.  And I will.  If it helps, I'll use it, if it don't I won't.

Your intent was to be a prick to someone who offered a non-conventional tip to hundreds of others who may benefit from it.  So, while your opinion might be appreciated on a few topics here, maybe shutting the fk up on shit u don't know might be appropriate.

[natureboy]

5 minutes ago, Gunther said:

Your intent was to be a prick to someone who offered a non-conventional tip to hundreds of others who may benefit from it.  So, while your opinion might be appreciated on a few topics here, maybe shutting the fk up on shit u don't know might be appropriate.

No. This is you reading into my statement for some reason. Projection or maybe based on your wording, you've hit the sauce a little hard tonight?

[Gunther]

4 minutes ago, natureboy said:

No. This is you reading into my statement for some reason. Projection or maybe based on your wording, you've hit the sauce a little hard tonight?

OK, perhaps that was an overreach on my part.  Not admitting to any outside agency possision of my mind, other than the very few (or many) Crown Royal rocks drinks that I may or may not have ingested this evening.

[natureboy]

7 minutes ago, Gunther said:

OK, perhaps that was an overreach on my part.  Not admitting to any outside agency possision of my mind, other than the very few (or many) Crown Royal rocks drinks that I may or may not have ingested this evening.

I posted and made the point of clarification, because I was interested in the topic / his idea. Might want to experiment with it myself. If something seems contradictory in a topic that interests me, I'm generally going to say something. How else am I going to understand it properly?

It was unclear from the OP explanation whether it was important to be closing the non-dominant eye or the lead (target side) eye for it to help.

I'm guessing you're an angry drunk. .

Edited September 26, 2016 by natureboy

[billchao]

35 minutes ago, Gunther said:

I said it sounds interesting and I voiced my appreciation to the OP for the suggestion, which I'm sure was offered with the intent to help others.

Lots of people post here with advice that may or may not be useful with the intention of helping others. They think they figured out something they want to share or whatever and that's fine and all, but if the tip is flawed I fully expect people to call it out. We're not giving out ribbons to everyone with a tip just because their intention was to help people.

[colin007]

WTF @Gunther, chill out. @natureboy wasn't trying to piss in anyone's Cheerios.