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I have now built my swing on elimination of excessive movements. Those little unnecessary things we flop around during a swing. Therefore I now start from a stationary position. I think that is a problem, for me anyway. I believe I useto be in continuous motion before I started the swing. any swing, chip, putt, full or partial. I misshit more from a stop position than with movement. As an example. I can line up 6 balls and step into address and swing one after another with all solid hits but if I pause and check and think about alignments I may misshit? Do I have a common problem? TGM doesn't recogize this problem does it?

Perhaps the movement prior to Startup served a purpose after all, wasnt entirely excessive or unnecessary? Only you can answer that and too what degree. Hogan , like most pro's was in constant motion prior to Startup and he is the golfer credited with removing everything he didnt need from the swing. On the other hand Sergio's old constant pumping thing was more like an affliction than a useful tension reducer.

A lesson with Lynn Blake without a Motion Drill is few and far between. He'd love your observation about the 6 balls and point you in the direction of Wild Bill Melhourne, one of Hogan's teachers by the way , who broke many a golfer's bad habits by using a continuous , never stopping in either direction, constant hitting drill. A line of balls. Brushing the ground in both directions. Shortish half wedges. A line of balls or in extreme cases a thrashing of long grass in both directions. Its an amazing thing and as old as the hills. Still works today too. Apparently V.J. Sing was recently seen doing much the same thing in a patch of long grass adjacent to a practice tee. An anti Steering drill.

Starring at the ball produces muscular tension for me anyways so I try to keep moving and not look at the darn thing so much. I take a picture of the target or flight path of the ball (depending on how far out I am) and try to get it away really quickly as my gaze returns to the ball. Before the staring at the ball or thinking removes the picture from my mind. If Im using an Aiming Point Procedure Im not looking directly at the ball anyways. One reason why our practice swings are so much better is there isnt a ball down there to look at, Steer, tighten up over.

Never look a grizzly bear or the golf ball in the eyes. They'll both get you for it. Or was that a black bear? I dunno. Lions for sure, Im told.