Tuesday, March 3, 2009

The Source of Consistency

This is from "Extraordinary Golf" by Fred Shoemaker with Pete Shoemaker.
The first step on the road to consistency is awareness of the reality of your swing, and this awareness can begin only when you stop trying to fix your swing. Being in constant fix-it mode prevents you from being aware of what your are doing when you swing. It is impossible to achieve any stability or regularity if you are constantly trying to fix something and you don't even really know what that something is. The only consistency you will achieve is consistent frustration, something we've all had enough of. A golf swing based on instincts will be dependable and consistent.
Here is the progression:
  1. Not fixing your swing allows for
  2. Awareness of your swing, which allows you to
  3. Clean up the blind spots, which permits a high level of
  4. Trust, which allows for
  5. Letting go, which is the basis of
  6. Consistency

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