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Hey Shawn – I have started down your putting road by changing my grip – I have done left-hand low for a long time and I interlock my grip as I do with the full swing. What I did was to do a double interlock and that has restricted my ability to manipulate the putter during the stroke – forcing me to give the putter over to gravity.
The ramifications of that are learning distance control – not all that hard surprisingly, but it is also pointing out to me that I did a lot of face manipulation during the stroke when I felt like things were not quite right. Now I just have to trust it. The thing that got me tonight (in round 1) was the fine speed control. I had a few putts that ran out of gas and just missed and I left one short.
I am sure you are going to say to give it time, but are there any specific things I should be doing to make sure I stay on track and get this new technique down? I have quite a few putters and it seems that a larger grip is better suited to this technique ( I have an Edel E1 putter with a Pure grip that is a constant cross-section – it seems to relax my hands). I tend to change putters a lot – I assume this is a big no? Just stick with one, or can I change from time to time when I feel like benching a putter. Sorry for the bombardment of questions. I am intrigued by the results from trying this.
Wow – answering my own question 🙂 I was watching the Putting – Stroke & Distance Control video again and there was something in there that really helped with my accuracy. It was gripping the club more tightly so my “Y” can move from the shoulders – that feels WAY more stable than the weaker grip I used tonight. It is amazing to putt and have no hand manipulations going on 🙂
For me the grip size is big – I can not seem to get a good grip on the club with a thinner grip. It can be a pistol or tapered but has to be a larger cross section. – thanks again Shawn, you have helped my game immensely.
Look at you fo man! Awesome!
Shawn – I have been trying to settle in my putting rhythm (and brain) to timing to stroke with my breathing… inhale (take the putter back)…. let it go with the momentum… exhale. Does this make sense?
NO!! One human breath is 5 seconds; one putting stroke is less than 2. Does not jive and is something your self preserving machine does at 40 Million bits of info per second. If you focus on that, you simply distract and sabotage the machine. You can’t be focused on your breathing and timing that to the stroke and focus on reacting to the way you want the ball to roll into the hole at the same time.
It’s great, one suspects, to forget about the bad shot that just happened. But if we completely erase the memory, are we disrupting the feedback loop?
Good question. No, the conscious mind forgets and ignores; the subconscious self preserving machine uses the info to learn. It has NO judgement so it simply continues to find the path of least resistance at 40 million bits per second and we have 0.0 chance to follow along with the conscious mind.
Shawn
Shawn, what is your opinion of using a line on the ball, to aim your putts. Ron
That works if:
-You confirm from behind that it fits the line and speed you want
-you trust it and ignore what it looks like when over the ball
-you are now letting momentum flow on that line when executing AND NOT trying to make the putter follow the line.
Hey Shawn. Really good teaching. I practice 20 minute meditation sessions for awareness twice a day and its amazing. I knew that this practice changes our attitudes in daily living. But I never considered adapting this to golf. Thank you for your suggestions. You are correct when you say open-mindedness is the key to success. The best to you!
Nice Michael! Was just reading about a new study just breaking about this 20 minute seated meditation improving brain waves and focus. I knew the Benefits would come nicely in a golf practice session so you can get to apply it right away in your game and at the same time improve the skill set for both technique and focus! Win-win-win!! 😀👍