Gremlins Are Messing With My Golf Game

Where do errant shots come from? I’m convinced that it’s Gremlins.

Well think about it… One minute it’s the swing, the next a bad decision, later it’s lack of focus… The  strokes add up and the cause for them keeps changing. How can any golfer expect to find it, let alone fix it. The way it moves around, it has to be Gremlins.

Here’s the BIG NEWS!!!

I found the little bugger and I managed to trap him. He almost ate his way through the cage, so I moved him to a titanium cage.

WHAT??? (I’m sure you’re thinking that I’m nuts right about now…)

Let me explain. The big debate in golf instruction is whether the “secret of golf” is in the golf swing or if its all mental. You’ve heard me say its all mental because the mind also controls movement…

But I guess I was wrong. (You won’t hear that one very often!)

You see, the golf swing is controlled in the mind, but the very same golf swing can be a distraction that causes the mind to make mistakes. The physical body causing the mind to screw up… So which came first; The golf swing or the thought that made it happen?

Confused yet? Can you see why nobody has been able to corner this sneaky little devil?

I finally figured out the answer… Mental or physical? Neither!.. and Both! (I told you this wasn’t an easy task.)

The Gremlin messing with your golf game is a combination of doubt and unsupported conscious thought. Doubt is the mental Gremlin. If you doubt your ability to make a shot, the worry itself will be enough of a distraction to your mind to mess up the shot. No golfer is beyond this Gremlin. Think about Tiger Woods revamping his golf swing… While he’s winning everything! Why, because he knows that he won’t ever have a clear mind if he has doubts about his golf swing.

But what in the world is “unsupported thought”? I’m glad you asked!

Unsupported thought is an idea that isn’t supported by physical evidence. For example: Where are your hands at the top of your backswing? You might think you know, but for most golfers, until they look, they really aren’t sure. (There’s also that doubt again.) Few golfers I have taught ever been able to get that one correct(before instruction) because what they think they feel isn’t correct. The feedback they were trying to use to answer that question was incorrect… Unsupported thought is the physical Gremlin.

So how do you fix it?

Doubt comes from not knowing your golf swing well enough… Which is also caused by feedback which the brain cannot accurately interpret. So is it the golf swing? Not quite… It’s the knowledge and confidence in the golf swing. You see; mental AND physical.

If you can confidently eliminate golf swing gaffs AND make any shot at will, you would in fact, OWN YOUR GOLF SWING. That is the real goal that Tiger is working towards.

Tiger wants to make every golf swing in complete control of his movement. The key word is: CONTROL.

Do you see where I’m going here? Why do you think my course is called Golf Swing CONTROL? GSC is designed NOT to teach you a new golf swing, but rather how to get the most out of YOUR GOLF SWING and get it under CONTROL.

But to help you do that, I have to explain how the golf swing works, which is why the course goes through the workings of the complete golf swing. Once you have your best golf swing, Golf Swing Control shows you how to OWN YOUR GOLF SWING. No other instruction course shows you how to own your golf swing because nobody else knows where the Gremlins that mess up your golf game are hiding.

You’ve seen all of the articles on this blog about balance. If not, you should read them. I talk a lot about balance, because it’s something you HAVE to HAVE if you ever hope to achieve ownership of your golf swing or golf game. As long as there is gravity, balnce will either help you hurt your golf swing, depending on whether you are swinging in balance or not. This is a physical law, so there isn’t a choice.

Here’s the bonus. When I work with advanced golfers and professionals, I usually only have to fine-tune their balance. When I do, their swing self-corrects. Their posture improves, their tempo improves and their swing plane sets itself. A miracle? No, just the laws of Dynamic Balance working for them.

Do you want to get rid of the Gremlins? Would you like a golf swing that self-corrects, one you can own? The only path is Golf Swing Control…

If you choose to go the way of Golf Swing Control, remember one very important point. Its NOT about the golf swing; its all about the CONTROL.

Hit’m well,
Tracy

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Tags: Balance in the Golf Swing, golf swing, Tiger Woods