Great Father/Daughter combo there. Some of my favorite vids. It is a big reason my daughter and I are planning to visit in Phoenix. We have many of the same flaws…both of us tend to open and yank it left when we loose focus so I can’t wait to see if we end up with the same fixes.

As for ideas, you got me curious about next week as my current quest is to really figure out how to give up control. To do that I need to learn how to feel and use the weight of the club. I feel the weight of a sledge hammer but something as light as a club is easy to manipulate and more difficult to feel and hold on to that feeling. I’ve gone out to the field and tossed hammers and clubs switching off and the only way I start to feel that weight is if my arms are extended and my biceps are not engaged and club is hovering just a bit off the ground. That works for the first part of the back swing but about the time the hinge happens, the weight of the arm/club unit is gone never to return during the rest of the swing. Need to figure out how to maybe find another way to find that feeling and hold onto it so I can deliver that to the target.

Another idea is I see you with a hockey stick and you talk about collecting the puck as a similar feel to collecting the ball and sending it toward the target. The idea makes sense but I am baffled how to get that feel with a golf club and ball. I did play a little hockey when I was younger so I think I know that feeling. It is like what we did for a wrist shot or to pass the puck but not so much the full windup type slap shot which was more of a hit. But that was back in the day with wooden sticks made of Mulberry.

As for audio subjects, I would like some on course correction ideas in audio podcast. Example; I’m playing pretty well and all the sudden no matter the flight plan, I hit 4 or 5 shots that go left. What is a good way to reset and change your focus to get back to fundamentals? Or do I just play the left shot and go with it until it starts going straighter again? Similarly, putting and quieting the mind while you putt or do those fine motor skills. Do you visualize the ball dropping in the cup? Do you see the ball on the line rolling toward the hole? For me putting is all feel. If I am on, I don’t have to think. So when I’m not on, I try not to think and that does not seem to work! Need a plan to reset and get back to a better place on the fly during the round.

One more subject that may be helpful is talking about practicing and the idea of using it for training vs. testing. I think sometimes I feel like I spend the whole range session just testing what happens when I do this and when I do that. At the end I am tired, I’ve hit a few good shots but I don’t really feel like I’ve trained myself to do anything better. In fact I know this because going back to the range the next day I get similar results. So sharing some thoughts about how to use some of these videos to structure a practice session to train yourself to use the wisdom being imparted upon us?

I’m certain I could come up with more but I’ll save them for Phoenix!