Comments on: Giving it a go

By: dan

dan — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 01:35:09 +0000

Hi James,

That’s awesome, the work is finally starting to pay off and with the new swing low rounds will start coming much more frequently. Keep it up!

Dan

By: dan

dan — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 01:33:32 +0000

Hi Oliver,

Thanks for pointing out that book, I’ll give it a look. Sounds like a great one.

Definitely need to make sure you are practicing golf shots, each one should have a purpose. It helps improve the actual game, which is what we want from practice.

Cheers,

Dan

By: James

James — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:55:49 +0000

lol, that last post should have said my goal was to be an eight index

By: James

James — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:53:52 +0000

Hey Dan,

Great read there and some very good points in it. I mentioned to you that I too was working hard on my game and after several frustrating months of doing a total swing change I broke 80 in back to back rounds this week. 76 and 79 from 6600 yards. I just wanted to pass that along as a fellow golfer who’s worked hard, its nice to see some pay off!

Your project and you yourself are a part of the inspiration so thank you and keep doing your best! (I’m currently 10.2 index, goal for Sept 1 is to be an 8)

Cheers!

By: Oliver

Oliver — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:54:51 +0000

Dan, great plan, the Dan Plan! I have been following your blogs with great interest and keep my fingers crossed. I would like to point out a very interesting book about the mental game in golf. Its called “Every shot must have a purpose”, written by ao Pia Nilsson, coach of Annika Sorenstam. They are providing very interesting advice on how to practice golf properly from a mental perspective. According to them its not hittig golf balls whats important but hitting shots. So what you are planning to practice in the morning now is hitting golf balls, or even baskets of golf balls. But what you need to do is practicing golf shots.
It might be a more efficient practice for you to place 2 or 3 different baskets at different distance and take alternative shots at each of them. I usually do this practice and at the first shot imagine standing in front of the first green at my home golf course, second shot, different target, imagine second green, etc. etc etc. For me this delivered excellent results on the course.
Good luck!

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:33:34 +0000

Dan, thanks for this blog! It was areal eye opener and will serve as a stepping stone to my “SLUMPS”– where I go in optimistic, Expecting results and quickly give up and rush recklessly into my next pursuit…

By: James

James — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 03:26:14 +0000

Hi I as just writing to say that it was very interesting to hear Tiger analyze parts of his round in a press conference after winning the Memorial a few days ago. I understand the basic concepts of how much detail these guys go into, but it amazed me to hear him speak in technical detail and how he can analyze every shot in so specifically. Also how he remembers shots, how he scored certain holes from years back. He is just so knowledgeable and it makes it a heck of a lot clearer to me know of what these guys are thinking about in order to shoot under 70. wow ! He was saying things like how he has altered his ball trajectory to suit the course for landing on greens, changing from a shallow hitter to a more compressed style, how he generally cuts the ball most of the time with his irons, how he can easily work his 5 wood both ways but not so confident with his driver, where he has to hit the greens, what he as thinking about when he holed the 16th etc. It certainly put into perspective how good you have to get to make a tour and how much of a freak Tiger is. If you haven’t heard the press conference yet its worth listening to on PGAtour.com or wherever you can find it.