The Mental end Swing Routine

Chapter 2 Routine

let’s discuss the ensuing chain, the swing is over so quickly that the primary mental goal is to relieve the nervous system of all the clutter so that an unguided swing can be made without distraction from the present, the end swing chain is over in a little more than a second.

And their 1974 book Jack Nicholas and Ken Belden presented an analysis of the swing speed of the top players of that era.

• Jack Nicholas, his swing was 1.9, six seconds.
• Gary player’s 1.6 seconds.
• Arnold Palmers, 1.3, six seconds.

Brain researchers have determined that the brain takes 1.5 seconds to establish a novel motor program for a simple behavior like raising your right index finger and 0.1 second. To initiate the program, it takes the nervous system 15 times longer, 1.5 seconds to prepare a novel motor program than it does to execute the behavior, which is 0.1 second. Now, considering that a motor program takes 1.5 seconds to prepare for a novel movement, there is not enough time for the brain to make an accurate correction. Once the swing has started behaviors that appear to be in swing corrections are often the result of a poor setup.

Target focus in discussing PGA tour player. John Cook’s return to play and success after a long-term injury. Ken Venturi said he had to get back his tunnel vision. When you’re a good player, you look at where you want to go after playing poorly. All of a sudden you’re looking at where you don’t want to go.

Nick price lapped the field with his five stroke win margin at the 1993 PGA Western open. It was his third PGA tour victory of 1993. And his second in two weeks, he had missed only one cut in his last 35 tournament starts the 1993 masters, his comments following his wind show, the intensity of his concentration and his target orientation. My concentration was unbelievable this week for the 10 seconds leading into every shot. All I focused on was the target.

I teach students to use one of three swing visualization strategies, hold a mental picture of the target ball flight or ball landing through the entire swing.

This is probably one of the most difficult mental exercises through which I take students. It is difficult because it is foreign to most players. If you’ve ever made a grip change, you can understand the difficulty holding a mental picture of the target is like trying to make a grip change. It doesn’t feel right, and you tend to attribute poor performance to the new grip since it feels so. In-congruent with your usual game with practice, a visual image of target ball flight or ball landing during the swing becomes natural.

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