This Week’s Swing Thoughts
My handicap isn’t showing my progress, but score isn’t everything. I’ve started to read Every Shot Counts to focus on what aspects of my golf need the most practice, from a strokes gained perspective.
Sports
Watch Me Whip
I’ve never been a small guy. In fact, quite the opposite. Even a former US president has referenced me as “Big Guy”… and this has gotten into my head and become a problem for my golf game.
Trail Foot Work
As I continue to work on my golf swing, I constantly watch YouTube to self-diagnose the symptoms of being stuck around a 20-handicap. Yes, lessons would help, but I’m still teaching myself.
Release My Wrists Like Mickelson
One of the YouTube channels I enjoy is Me and My Golf. One of the topics I recently watched was related to how you release the wrists during the swing.
Hand Path Impacts Club Path
I really enjoy how technical Mark Crossfield is about the golf swing and how to play better golf. In this video, he also shows his ability to talk about the feel of the swing and how hand path and presses impact club path.
My New Hobby
I’m officially hooked! While I’ve been swinging a golf club since I was 6 or 7, this past golf season was truly the first time I’ve really tried to work on my game.
Every time I go to Golfer’s Warehouse…
Every time I go to Golfer’s Warehouse, I like to spend a few minutes hitting in one of their bays with the golf simulator. And more often than not, there’s someone near me hitting driver.
Two immediate thoughts on this week’s MNF
The Texas Stadium, home of the NFL Dallas Cowboys, has a hole over the field because the original plans (1971) did not contain enough structural integrity to have a full roof. Given the stadium already cost $35 million, there was not enough money (or time, I presume) to add more structural integrity to fill-in the …
Pure dominance limited by showing-off.
During the 2008 Summer Olympics, Usain Bolt learned a lesson from the Olympic Committee and crowd reaction during his 100m final: don’t show-off before the finish line; rather, impress us as the “fastest man on earth” and then celebrate in whatever way you feel – including your human reenactment of a lighting bolt.And now, according …
Rock bottom or just a poor choice?
According to an ESPN.com article, a high jumper was accused of drinking Red Bull and vodka during a professional track and field meet. This immediately made me think of VH1’s “Behind The Music” where similar incidents meant rock bottom was just around the corner. However, if history (or “Behind The Music”) is any indication, I …