{"id":5719,"date":"2012-12-01T07:27:31","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T12:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/?p=5719"},"modified":"2012-10-14T07:39:46","modified_gmt":"2012-10-14T11:39:46","slug":"swing-evolution-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/swing-evolution-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Swing Evolution, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Tucker teaches all aspects of the golf game at The Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility<\/strong> in Batavia. Tom may be found online at http:\/\/www.TomTuckerGolf.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Last week, I wrote about the evolution of a full swing. I had several questions about
\nwhere practice should go after the swing has evolved to an acceptable “one sided miss”
\nproficiency level.<\/p>\n

It’s a little bit difficult to answer that specifically, because it depends greatly on
\nthe students’ actual or perceived weaknesses in their game, so I’ll lay out a few
\nthoughts and you can pick whatever direction suits you best.<\/p>\n

First and foremost, students need to track these statistics (at least) when they
\nplay for score:<\/p>\n

Fairways hit
\nGreens in regulation
\nPutts per hole
\nThree Putts per round
\nUp and Down percentage
\nBirdies on par 5’s<\/p>\n

That gives you a starting point for areas for improvement.<\/p>\n

If you don’t have\u00a0full confidence<\/strong>\u00a0in your short game and putting, you put a
\ntremendous amount of pressure on your full iron shots into a green.\u00a0 Then
\nnegativity starts to flow downhill if you miss the green.<\/p>\n

Vince Lombardi once said – “You defeat defeatism with confidence<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

Confidence flows from good practice sessions.<\/p>\n

So I always concentrate on various length pitch and chip shots after a
\n“one sided miss” swing is attained in the students full swing.<\/p>\n

Putting is\u00a0alw<\/em>ays<\/strong>\u00a0practiced, so I won’t mention any more on that subject – other
\nthan it’s mechanics first, then the development of a perfect “core” stroke length and
\ntempo, then “feel” drills. That’s the formula for excellence in putting, don’t vary the
\npractice sequence.<\/p>\n

Mental exercise and concentration also play a role.<\/p>\n

I’m currently reading “The Unstoppable Golfer” by Dr. Bob Rotella, the hottest golf
\nsports psychologist on the planet at the moment. After I’m done I’ll pass along a
\nfew of his pearls of wisdom.<\/p>\n

Here’s one – he promotes thinking about your game in the evening as a golf mental
\nexercise. Thinking about your good shots, visualizing your swing, basically thinking
\npositive thoughts about various aspects of your game.<\/p>\n

Simply watching good swings is also helpful.<\/p>\n

I have viewed Al Geiberger’s swing too many times to mention in his famous
\nSybervision DVD’s, and now the Stack and Tilt guys got his endorsement,
\nand they include a Visualization DVD in their Stack and Tilt 2.0 series.<\/p>\n

I think I’m developing hypnotic eye burn from watching those swings, but seriously – it
\nreally helps your own swing enormously to sit silently and watch and concentrate.<\/p>\n

I’ll close this tip with a “concentration” quote from Yogi Berra:
\n“What do I think of when I’m concentrating? I don’t know.
\nI can’t think when I’m concentrating.”\u00a0<\/em>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Enjoy, Tom<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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