To someone who does not know me it could seam that I put in a large amount of practice time without much disenable improvement? This is a thought that crossed my own mind the other night. However having spent some time thinking about it I would say that’s a slightly incorrect assessment. My scores may not be tumbling much at the moment, and despite all the practice my short game & putting touch can be way off. But I think the reason is down to the type of practice I have been doing over the past two months. It has all been very much technique focussed. I feel I have hugely improved my chipping and pitching technique, my swing is on the way to a big and lasting improvement. And my putting stroke is solid.
Soon I will have to decide when to switch the emphasis to target and touch practice rather than mechanical practice. I believe that there has to be a distinction between these types of practice. Once you get into scoring mode you need to just forget about the technique totally, trust whatever swing you have and focus only on the job of getting the ball in the hole as efficiently as possible.
Medal comps are fast approaching, do I continue to work on swing technique into comp season or do I switch focus now in time to develop some feel for the short game before the first Medal?
Where did the winter go? I was going to practice so hard and in the end wasted months doing other non-Golf stuff.
Well, having invested in my big lesson and swing change I’m committed now to work on it, for better or worse to my comp scores.
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