Played at Bandar Kinrara today. Overall score was still bad, at 112 strokes, but I learned something very important about my backswing today. Apparently, I haven’t been hitting my balls accurately due to my bad backswing, which causes a shift in my height on my downswing.
By observing my flightmate, I noticed how he rotates his wrist on his backswing, and then rotates back on the downswing. I gave it a try, and it worked! I think what happened was due to the wrist rotating action, or referred by some as the “rolling action”, the backswing became more natural and thus no adjustment in height was created upon downswing.
Towards the end of the game, my balls were flying high and straight, I even got a par 5! For that particular hole, my second shot was already an approach shot, almost got a 2-on for a par 5, it was awesome! So looking forward to the next game next Sunday!
Here’s a little something I learn today:
Learning Golf — TJ Tomasi
Has its Own Rewards The process of learning your golf swing (or anything else) begins when you challenge your brain by flooding it with new information — a new grip, a different aim, or a brand-new start to your downswing. To handle the overload your brain adds connections and your neural networks grow in size. Once the growth has occurred, the brain rewards itself by releasing pleasure molecules called endorphins, the reason you feel good when you learn something. Given this built-in reward system, the message is clear: to learn how to swing the club, the best thing you can do is be patient, accept the temporary chaos, and let the endorphins rage.
Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/golf
By the way, the 2009 U.S. Open is coming, can’t wait to catch the action! Find out more on their official site: http://www.usopen.com
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