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There is a saying:
'you are what you eat'. In the great game of golf, you
could say 'you do what you fear'. Let me illustrate.
A person who slices the ball (which happens to be 85% of all
golfers) fears the right woods. (Assume for now a right handed
male golfer).
That fear of the right will automatically make the golfer aim
to the left. As if that's not enough, he will spin his
body to the left, sending the swing further to the left, again
avoiding the demon in the right woods. Throw in 542
tightening up of the muscles, a further fear response, and you
have a recipe for a world class open club face slice that ends
up deep in the right woods. The demon you were avoiding
got your ball!
Hookers fear the demon on the left. They aim way right, swing
further to the right, avoid turning the body through for fear
of facing the demon, and the resulting snapping shut of the
clubface results in what we call a coat hanger hook. And
you can't talk to a hook as it motors toward the woods on the
left.
Newer golfers fear topping the ball, or missing it altogether.
As a result, they will pick the club up in the air with hands
and arms only, and pound down on top of it, like pounding a
stake with a sledgehammer. Or they might take the
approach of hanging on the back foot in a desperate attempt to
help lift the ball into the air. Both of these
approaches produce what they fear. Tops and whiffs.
Overcoming fear can as simple or complicated as you want to
make it. The quick fix is to forget about result, swing
the club freely, and trust what you've got. The lasting
way is to acknowledge your fear, look those demons square in
the eye, and take a lesson from a certified CPGA Professional.
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