Our capabilities will expand over time with good instruction and practice, but when we are on the course playing golf, our job is to access existing potential, not deepen it.
I believe there is no more important realization for a golfer seeking consistently lower scores than the subtle but powerful difference between "playing swing" and "playing golf".
The key difference to me is a conscious emphasis on a result vs a plan.
Results are only relevant and only exist with things that have already occurred. Trying to swing well to play well puts the cart before the horse. In trying to swing well, we bypass the very source of swinging well. My aim in writing this is to hopefully nudge someone toward the realization that we only consistently swing to our potential when our plan fosters the proper conditions.
A plan stands on its own, in the present moment, independent of potential, future outcomes. A plan by definition precedes and directs action, and believe it or not, a good plan gives our body all the instructions it needs to swing the club to our highest potential. It is tempting to protect our plan with insurance in the form of swing thoughts, but this micromanagement serves only to confuse our body’s big picture instructions. Imagine a basketball player reminding each of his fingers how to release the ball on a free throw. To be a great free throw shooter and golfer, we must take a leap of faith, trusting the plan is good enough to set the stage for our potential to do its thing.
I enjoy teaching golfers how to access their existing potential because time is scarce, we are better than we think we are, and playing with our existing tool chest is fun.
I teach golfers how to play golf.
Come take a lesson and see what I mean. Now through January 1, I am running a Buy 2 get 1 FREE promotion on 1 hour "play golf" lessons at the Marsh Lane Golf Center in Carrollton, TX.
Merry Christmas,
Clay Wonnell, PGA
claywonnell.com
413.497.4653
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