Here’s the thing.
What is practice anyway? Isn’t practice for learning? Isn’t it for repetition to grove your swing? Isn’t it to make your shots repeatable?
And to be honest, the only time I like to practice is when I can feel my swing getting in a grove and not worry about the little things.
When you stop thinking about the little-big things, practice gets fun again. This is how you get better – faster.
But golf isn’t always about just practicing.
You’re going to take your new Single Plane swing to the course too. And let’s say you have a bad round. (It happens to all of us).
Isn’t practice also for fixing your problems quickly?
What’s scary is that I have a great swing and sometimes, after a few rounds, even I start hitting it badly. With all of the hills and slopes on the course, somehow, over time, ball position can creep too far back in your stance.
When this happens, you’ll start to notice crazy looking shots on the course.
This happens to everyone.
But bad shots are not because of bad swings. Most of the time, when I hit bad shots, it’s because my ball position is off, I don’t even know it.
What is even crazier, is that when your ball position is off, so is your alignment and timing.
Just one simple mistake with your ball position and everything, even your swing timing, can go haywire.
You see, the problem with practice, is that it makes you think too much. Even about the simple, and incredibly important minor things like Alignment, Ball Position and Stance Width.
I call these the “Little-Big” things.
That’s what practice is for isn’t it – to get consistent?
Well, let me ask you. How can you get a consistent swing if can’t even get the little things right?
What’s crazy is that It’s usually these little things that make it impossible to get consistent. As a matter of fact, even good swings can hit bad shots if your alignment and ball position are off.
Yes, that’s right, good swings can hit bad shots? That’s crazy right?
Luckily, it doesn’t have to be this way: if you nail down your address and ball position.
Just think: