Time to face your golfing problems, Do you know what they really are? Over the years people have come for lessons with either no thought or plan on what they want to work on or even given it much thought on what makes their game either effective or ineffective. With all this time on your hands, perhaps now is as good a time as any to bring your thoughts to making this is "your year"(once it gets going)on the course. But how do you plan to go about that? Is there any magic formula? You may book a lesson or two, and tell yourself "David will know what to do" but on what areas do you concentrate on? Is my strategy right? Are my fundamentals strong? Do I aim the same way all the time? Do I play straight often enough? Does my game have any sort of a plan for each hole? Am I in the best shape to play well? Do I fuel my body enough? What's my warm-up like? These are just some of the things a top player reviews regularly. Jack Nicklaus always went to see his coach, Jack Grout to make sure his fundamentals were sound before putting in the hard work on the practice area before going on Tour. Justin Rose, he of the "technically" perfect swing has been posting plenty of social media of himself in the gym getting physically stronger. Even the best find areas that can break down. Now I don't expect you to be quite all in, but you need to start somewhere! Make a list of your strengths and weaknesses, be honest and then you make an educated judgement. For example. It may have been thought that you had umpteen three-putts last year because your close inputting was poor, when in fact your lag/long putts are dreadful. So what needs to be worked on? Distance control, of course, to reduce both the length and number of those stressful short putts. This is just one example where lockdown time could be put to good use on your game. Your Master plan will be just that ...a plan of action and not just a passing thought. Of course, I'll be very happy to advise the best and enjoyable way to get the most from it. All I would need is you to make the plan in the first place! So take the time to do the analysis, work out what's going to be improved (or left alone)Be the envy of your playing partners, watch those scores improve and avoid being the one who pays out each week. Give it some thought! |