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Mine is atm. not so much a thought but a childrens song from my country. Cause when I hum/sing it I find my tempo and put me in a non swing thought and I just swing and let my muscle memory take over. I dont think to much. Is my foot right? dont overswing! Is my grip to strong? ... And so forth. This is on the course mind you, on the range my swing thought is all over the place, need to start focus on one at the time :) But I still slip back to too many thoughts far to often! And ofcourse. Not the house! Not the house enters more than I like to emit :)

I usually play 2-man playstyles. And often with the same partner. So the "pressure" isn't as high generally speaking, on the other side it can sometimes get higher when my teammate OB or waters the tee-shot and I have to make a good one or else I let him down also. But to answer the question I usually play alittle bit better, my focus increase and I play "smarter" or rather not always as aggressive as I do when I'm playing for fun or practice.

Thanks Eric, this helps me tremendously atm. Im searching my lost usual path, maybe it dissapeared when I switched to a weaker grip 3 weeks ago. My body compensated without me consiously thinking about it! Will try tomorrow.

Yes I have been keeping my head longer than normal, because I was lifting it to fast earlier. Gonna find a middleground there. The tip about raising my chin is very good, cause as it was know I felt I was working with alot of weight over the ball to get my head clear of the shoulder. So that tip is gonna help me alot! I'll be back after working with that. Thank you Alex.

I went back to the course today. Worked on getting my shoulder in an better angle. This also helped keeping my head more centered than before. Also thinking about not moving backwards during the swing with my hips. All shots was with the 9iron, was aiming at the gravelgreen 146yards ahead. All balls reached 140yards +/- 5 yards. My typical ball flight with the iron is: Straight with a slight draw if any draw/fade. The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: A push/or blocked shot? The ball just goes straight right of the target. It lessened when I got my shoulders at a better angle and tried to keep my hands not to far infront of the ball/body. My other question is, I get pretty decent clubspeed with what feels like minimum effort on the irons. Do I want to take this swing to my driver, or do I have to give it more juice when driving? I also have a problem with getting the angle on my shoulders with my driver (is it the longer shaft? I even shortened my shaft to 44,25") Have a nice day all! ---------------------------------------

Thank you, I wanted affirming that I am on the right track mentally on what I'm doing wrong. Gonna work on those two, keeping the center still on the backswing and getting a better angle on my shoulders. Next time I will have the camera on a stand, making it easier to analyze. Thank you Nevrino! Much appreciated.

I've been Playing Golf for: Officially the 28 of June this year, started with 54hcp. So 4 weeks. But I did hit balls on football/soccerfields in my youth. And played some 9-hole courses in my teens. My current handicap index or average score is: Lowered myself again today so atm 24,8 My typical ball flight with the driver is: Straightish. 3 out of ten with a draw. 1 out of ten with a mean slice. 2-3 out of ten with a hook. And 3 out of 10 more or less straight. The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: Well being consistent to start with . I rather hit all fades or all draws. I have the swingspeed, but who cares if I can't rest it on the fairway. I'm playing with a regular shaft, 10,5 loft. I hit my drives 230-270 yards, my farthest was 312 yards according to the coursemarkings with a perfect ballcontact 3 days ago, slight draw and alittle headwind (372 yards from the tee, ball rested 1-2 yards from the 60yards to center of green marking). Maybe 10-25% FIR. 30% Outside Fairway but still very playable. 30% Out of Bounds or similar. 10% mishits (top, duff, not getting past the lady tea) I know that changing to stiff won't fix all my problems, but can that eliminate the occasional hard hook? I choke down in the driver so I can get a better contact more often. What I see. Getting my shoulder more tilting/steeper angle so I dont move my head because of it. Getting my hips moving through the entire swing, now im pushing them forward in the beginning but att ballcontact they are almost at a standstill, don't move my hips backwards during the backswing. I'm gonna post a video with my Iron swing also. There I have another shot I want to avoid, but that later. Videos:

Broke 100 for the first time with 98. Got 47 points and lowered my HCP from 32,6 til 27,0 . Borrowed a driver from a friend, with that one i hit fairways and stayed out of most hazards, OB and bunkers (my own driver is from 1995). My Irons felt ok, but not good. My close game is improving and my putting was more 2's than 3's. So i wasn't playing perfect and I lacked nice feeling shots. But the reason I ducked under 100 was that i kept the ball in play. So i didn't need to hunt or play risky to save hcp-par. It's getting better and starting to know my clubs more (third time playing with them and first time with the driver). And the sun was shinig, all in all a good day at the course.

Will do Mike! Thanks for the tips!

Hello Everyone! I'm a soon to be 30 year old high handicapper from Sweden. Just picked up golfing again (played alittle 1years ago, mostly hitting balls on the local grassareas (we have alot of empty grassareas in sweden). But just started playing golf more seriously and quickly went to the Internet to catch up with the latest philosophies etc. My golfing is like in the military: Left Right Left Right... Being an Education Consultant for sports athletic associations. I get my paychech from the National Board of Sports here in Sweden (and they get their from the Swedish government) so I dont get paid from the teams/clubs. I help coaches, athletes, boards of different teams, and other people connected to the sportsfamily to reach their goals. Be it new ways to coach/train/eduacate, getting old ways that has worked for other people. Well in short I help them realize/make their ideas. (Hell, trying to explain a already complicated job describtion to another language was not as easy as I first thought.) I want my clients to be analytical, critical but also open to new ideas. I feel that I need to be the same in my life, live like you teach right? Well surfing the Internet I found this site and have been reading atleast 3-4 hours each day for the last 1 or 2 weeks (thanking Internet that this kind of sites exists) I felt that this could be a very nice to air ideas and take part of the massive collective knowledge that exists on TST. My native language isn't English so some sentences may be rather strangely put together. :) That's all at the moment folks! See you in threads! Regards Daniel

Education Consultant for sports athletic associations. I get my paychech from the National Board of Sports here in Sweden (and they get their from the government). I help coaches, athletes, boards of different teams, and other people connected to the sportsfamily to reach their goals. Be it new ways to coach/train/eduacate, getting old ways that has worked for other people. Well in short I help them realize/make their ideas. (Hell, trying to explain a already complicated job describtion to another language was not as easy as I first thought.)

Very nice post. From a high-handicaper and new to the technical and analytical side of golf this was very easy to understand and made a few of the puzzle pieces to fall in place. The pictures along side the text made it easy to follow the technichal terms for a non-native english speaker. Thanks Eric