Stick With the Program

I've now evolved to where the driver is the easiest club to hit. That's something I would have NEVER dreamed of six months ago, let alone two years ago.

The interesting part is my driver swing is now morphing into ALL my other club swings which was not the case as of even a week ago. Tom's new video about the weight being LEFT LEFT LEFT is excellent because that's EXACTLY what I found out on my own. However, I could not force myself into this movement/technique...it simply started to happen after much persistence and determination, or by simply sticking with the program. The body and brain want to fight progress, but if you stay with the program eventually the body and brain "give in" and suddenly everything falls into place. I did not go to the range and hit thousands of balls either. 95% of my practice is on the course because that's where the action is and that's where nerves and tension come into play.

As for sticking with the program, here's an example that has NOTHING to do with golf. I play the piano. When I was learning to play, my left hand would NOT cooperate to play broken chords or "arpeggios", thus I was stuck in a rut playing 3 note chords, which is a much simpler task that requires hitting all the notes of a chord at the same time, like C/E/G. So one night, around 10 pm, I sat down for what I thought would be another frustrating episode of bad left hand. But suddenly...out of nowhere...I could play arpeggios with my left hand. I can't explain why, it just happened. I think it had to do with persistence and working within the defined structure of musical notation, thus my brain finally "gave in". I couldn't "will it" to happen, it just happened.