GOLF PRACTICE SWING YES OR NO?
I'm sure they've told you at some point, I mean once, many times! “Take two practice swings first”. If you started playing golf recently, you will remember it from your first outings on the course. If you started playing when you were little, it's not that you remember it, it's that you have it engraved in your mind. They repeated it to me a THOUSAND TIMES! If I didn't, I wasn't concentrating enough.
But is it necessary to take a practice swing?
I'm Oscar Garzón and in this golf class in Spanish I'm going to talk to you about the golf practice swing. I'm not going to beat around the bush. The first thing I am going to do is tell you if it is necessary or not. I am also going to analyze the main mistakes that I see golf players make on this topic. The good thing is that you won't have to wait until the end of class to find out. Additionally, you will see three tips to get the most out of your routine with every shot you take on the golf course. Share this class with that partner who takes a lot of practice swings, wearing down your patience. Also give it a like if you think it deserves it and don't forget to check if you are subscribed to the YouTube channel Spanish golf classes . Let's go PLAYERS.
Players, as promised: IT IS NOT NECESSARY to make two swings , not even a practice swing to hit a good golf shot BOOM!... Yes, you are going to stay with me until the end of this class to discover and understand why it is not necessary and how you can perform very well in the countryside without this need that has been imposed on us since ancient times. But let's go first with the main mistakes that golf players make with the subject. “practice swing” :
- Trying to make a perfect swing and until the perfect swing comes out: the one I want to make with the ball, I am not prepared to hit the ball. Players, totally wrong concept. The brain does not work like that, making a good practice swing does not guarantee making a good swing with the ball. You already know that the ball determines a lot and your intention can vary enormously from one situation to another. This can also lead to having to do a lot of practice… what if you don't get the perfect practice swing? Are you going to the royal coup with doubts? Better to save ourselves that added pressure. How does the brain work? You have your golf swing programmed, whatever it is, better or worse. In your blows, all you have to do is give the order to execute. It makes no sense that you have to reprogram your swing for each of the shots you take on the course... WHAT TORTURE!
- This idea of taking a practice swing, yes or yes, before each shot also leads players to spend too much time on the ball. Player, if you spend more time preparing the shot, you have more time to think and normally your head is not trained to think optimally. You enter chaos, technical mental entropy, past blows and future desires that do not suit you at all. Therefore, you need less time preparing the shot and more order in your brain. This goes together. If you are feeling identified with this golf class, SHARE IT with your playing partners because the three tips that I am going to give now will be very useful for them. Let's go Players!
There are many tips that I could give you on this topic, I have selected the three that I believe are most important. Those that will lead you to further improve your performance on the golf course. But if you are left wanting more, comment on this class and share your experience, you know that I am looking forward to reading you and responding to you to offer you my help. Now I am going to ask you to stay until the end of the class, because I have left for the last tip how I would do the practice swing if I decided to do it before each shot.
First tip:
Train your routine. This time I am going to talk to you about the physical routine. In other golf classes in Spanish I have talked to you about the importance of mental thinking and how repeating the same thoughts can help your head work better on the golf course. But since we are talking about taking a practice swing or not, what I am going to recommend is that you do not take a practice swing, but that you introduce two things into your pre-hit routine that will prepare you even better for the execution. The first would be to assemble the grip before placing yourself on the ball, to feel the appropriate pressure in your hands. Don't hold the bird, place a firm grip. And swing the club a little to loosen your forearms and feel the weight of the club head. That is the state you need to make a good hit. The second is that when you are getting on the ball, move your feet. Don't stop feeling how you step on one foot and the other: left, right. As if you were playing the keys of a piano. This will help you execute a more fluid golf swing. No doubt.
Second Tip:
That you repeat and practice the first tip a lot. This is not about inventing gunpowder every week. Your improvement in golf is about repeating many times, failing many times and failing a little better each time. What I do want to add is one thing: Make sure that the physical routine you are going to create and practice is no more than 25 seconds. You're going to thank me, listen to me.
Third tip:
If I still haven't convinced you not to take a practice swing, I have to tell you that YES YOU CAN do it and it can help you a lot. Just make sure you don't make the mistakes I mentioned above. My advice to players who do it is to try to do a feel practice swing. What are the sensations that I would look for before a blow? Looseness, fluidity, speed, rhythm... But I would never try to make a perfect swing. In slightly special shots, for example, making a certain spin: a big hook or a very low ball to return to the fairway, looking for an exaggerated sensation can help you. With a ball resting on slightly higher grass or uneven ground, I would look for a feeling of how the club will interact with that surface.
Before I say goodbye, a quick summary so that nothing is left behind: The practice swing is not necessary, if you are going to do it for a sensation and not to make the perfect swing technique, train a routine and make it quick. You should avoid spending more time on the ball than necessary. Don't forget to share this with that partner who takes too many practice swings.
Well Players, this is where this golf class in Spanish has come. Remember that I am at your disposal for any comments and I will be happy to answer and help you. If you want to collaborate with me you can do so by giving a SuperThanks to this class on the YouTube channel Spanish Golf Classes And if you want to do it on a recurring basis, month by month, you can become a member of the YouTube channel. And now yes, Players, I, Oscar Garzón, from Gran Canaria, Spain, wish you lots of golf until the next time we meet.
LOTS OF GOLF PLAYERS
