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Mind over Muscle � The Mental Approach

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Old 07-15-2008, 07:18 AM
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Trust it or not.
Thanks for the input from everybody. Sorry about Mathew, who is a serious supporter and contributer to the site.

My point of view on this issue is that, like for other things, everybody has their own interpretation or idea about how to:
1. make a body movement,
2. move a club,
3. hit a golf ball or
4. send a golf ball to the target,
which are usually four independent things for (but not limit to) newcomers. For example, they tend to "cast" for 2., "hack" for 3. and "steer" for 4..

They, however, have no problem doing 1. after some training and knowing (or trusting) they can do it and are thinking about doing only 1.. But, trouble arises when they are thinking (or concernning) about 2., 3. or 4, or their combinations. Without the trust or belief that doing 1. (which is the ultimate "cause") can lead to other body movements and 2., which leads to 3., which finally leads to 4., they tend to accomplish 2., 3., or 4. by their own trusty ways (or habits) subconciously, back to casting, hacking and steering, for example, which are no longer doing 1. (despite they surely can accomplish). With the task on hand, it's extremely difficult for people to change to the ways they aren't familiar with and have no faith upon.

People, who do FLW and BRW through impact during a practicing swing, may still "steer" the real shots with "chicken wings", if that remains their "belief" for hitting a golf ball to the target. Until then, they will "scoop" or "lift" in front of the water or inside a bunker, and peek for a puttl, despite of knowing all the shoulds and shouldn'ts.

For better skill-developping people, training and practicing have proved to them and make them believe that doing 1. can lead to 2. or 3. or 4., so they have less concerns and gradually eliminate those "house-keeping skills". But things can come back if the situation is stressful enough to override the trust or confidence, like anxiety and pressure during competition.

For skill-highly-developed person, things just happen. They no longer think about it and have no idea how things are accomplished, regardless of the situation.
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YOU load and sustain the "LAG", during which the "LAW" releases it, ideally beyond impact.
"Sustain (Yang/陽) the lag (Yin/陰)" is "the unification of Ying and Yang" (陰陽合一).
The "LAW" creates the "effect", which is the "motion" or "feel", with the "cause", which is the "intent" or "command".
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