| Watch the PGA Tour and you'll see professional | | | | an assessment of strengths and weaknesses to find |
| golfers get upset with shots you would kill to make | | | | what to work on next. |
| consistently. Occasionally, you'll see them hit one into | | | | At first, this would seem to be the long way to fix |
| the netherworld and somehow escape with par or | | | | things, but in fact, this method creates the most |
| bogie. | | | | permenent changes with less time re-learning or |
| How do they do it? | | | | reviewing old issues, and therefore works most |
| It's the biggest difference between professional | | | | efficiently. |
| golfers and amateur golfers. When a pro goes to the | | | | You can do the same thing with your golf swing. |
| driving range, he's there to warm up, check how his | | | | Rather than going to the range and beating golf balls, |
| swing feels and maybe make some minor tweaks to | | | | you can practice any part of your swing at home by |
| adapt his shots to the course conditions. | | | | working on how it feels so that your mind |
| An amateur is trying to find his golf swing. Once he's | | | | remembers the Master swing you will eventually |
| found his golf swing, his battle will be to keep it | | | | create. |
| working and pray that it doesn't disappear once he's | | | | Now you might be thinking, "How do I know what |
| out on the golf course. | | | | I'm doing is correct?" |
| The difference is that the professional golfer has a | | | | That's the third trick. You must do like the |
| Master Swing locked into memory. He has a pattern | | | | professional golfers and develop routines for every |
| to reference every swing by so he knows as soon | | | | part of your game, including your swing. Watch |
| as his swing feels a little off that he needs to make | | | | professional golfers setup to the ball. They do it the |
| some minor adjustments to his routines to keep | | | | same way every time. If they get interrupted, they |
| things working. | | | | start over. Their physical routines start with golf |
| Now the amateur will say that he doesn't have time | | | | swing biomechanics as it relates to their personal |
| to hit 500 balls a day to create his own Master Swing | | | | body structure to make sure they aren't practicing a |
| and he's right, but there is a way to do it practicing | | | | routine their body will reject. |
| just 15 minutes per night. | | | | Why? |
| How? | | | | Because they've practiced the routine and the routine |
| Well, the first trick is to practice before you go to | | | | takes care of every aspect of their setup without |
| bed. If you do, your mind will continue practicing while | | | | needing to think about it. They have routines for the |
| you sleep, but on one condition...That you don't | | | | backswing and the downswing as well. |
| confuse it with too much information. | | | | So how do you create a Master Swing, become a |
| The Master Swing was also Ben Hogan's real secret. | | | | consistent golfer and learn to recover from bad |
| He didn't get it by hitting 500 balls per day, he did it | | | | shots on the golf course? |
| by feel, using sometimes as few as 40 golf balls | | | | - Develop routines for every aspect of your golf |
| during his practice sessions. | | | | game. |
| The second trick is a technique used by John | | | | - Practice them at night before you go to bed, only |
| Wooden when he Coached the UCLA Bruins. During | | | | working on one part at a time. |
| practice, he would tell his players to identify their | | | | - Learn how your Master Swing feels so you have a |
| greatest weakness, what they should do to correct | | | | pattern to follow and a reference to tell you when |
| it, and work on nothing else until they were satisfied | | | | it's time to look at your routines to fix the problem. |
| with the results. The next practice would start with | | | | |