January 27th, 2014 - How to take a proper golf swing

There could be a whole year long blog regarding the instruction and understanding of this particular lesson.  But since I had just come back from Las Vegas and was running on approximately -45 days worth of sleep, my guru, Tony Robinson, decided to go easy on me.  Instead of breaking down each and every step, he taught me how to develop a rhythm to my shot.  With practice, this would develop into the proper golf swing.

I am sure that there are thousands upon thousands upon thousands of videos out there showing how to take the proper swing.  It amazes me that approximately 1 million things have to go right for a swing to connect just the right way for the ball to go where you want it to go.  Grip the club, keep your head down, keep your arm straight, bend your knees, stand away from the ball, line up the ball, check the wind, find a target, ..., ...

What Tony showed me was that thinking too much about all of these things would prevent it from actually happening.  Developing a rhythm would take my mind out of it, because I would be so used to shooting the exact same way that I wouldn't focus on all the little things.  Instead, I would just swing.

Apparently, playing golf is something that takes a lifetime to get marginally good at, so I better get going on it as soon as possible.  Luckily, with support like Tony (who clearly was an awesome coach at Montreat), I think I'm off to a good start.

Just don't park your car near any driving range I visit.  I have no idea where the ball is going.