Even with your new Swingbuild information, it is still not sufficient to go away and bash lots of balls on the range hoping for the new swing to take over from the old. Unfortunately, the subconscious mind still trusts the old swing over the new, so although the conscious wants to introduce the new swing and can produce it when practise swinging, the subconscious overrides it when the ball appears and goes back to old faithful.
Our advance Swingbuild exercises will give the student the correct “feel” and therefore the correct feedback in order to practise constructively. This is their “homework”, and should be done in short bursts as regularly as possible, replacing and ingraining old for new.
One Concept Fits All
The same basic mechanics and freewheel ideas apply right through the bag from putter to driver and everything in between. Shorter swings such as chipping, don’t have the momentum to load the wrists to a great degree but they still turn around the same rotation points and with connection. As we build into longer swings, the extra momentum gained by the swinging club will do the work for the golfer with a little extra acceleration doing a lot more loading of the wrists and therefore a lot more “snap” release through the ball. The 20/80 rule comes into its own here – more on that elsewhere.
When a really good player swings a club, their whole body is in motion. Every part is acting in sympathy with the next. So when we train the swing, it is almost impossible to do so without breaking it down. There are a few components (not too many) which we train in isolation, and then, when it’s appropriate, we move onto the next component. The serious golfer will revisit the various pieces from time to time.
The major components are covered by just a few exercises and most of these can be used for practical purposes. Take the half or “punch” swing; pitching, bunkers, low shots in wind all are played with this swing/exercise.
Behind these main exercises we have a host of back up exercises we can use but only when required. If someone has a fault which is lingering, the Swingbuild coach will pull out the appropriate remedy and have the pupil work on that. No one will be asked to do anything like the full range of exercises, just what is necessary.
When learning a musical instrument i.e. guitar, you will learn chords and scales. The chords are practised individually and then together. With your knowledge of scales and chord groups, a tune can then be played. At this stage though, you are not thinking, but playing automatically allowing your subconscious to do its job, something it can do far better than the conscious mind.