Muscles may not have memory but they have been trained thousands of times (habit) to fire the way they fire. The program they know is a well worn path. A new swinging motion can be done slow but not fast with a ball until the rocky road has been worn down to a smoother path.
The best golfers feel it with their hands, but that's really saying that they feel it with their minds. Good golfers hit fades with their minds. If your mind wants to hit it low, your body will produce the right action. Most golfers don't feel the shot with their minds before address. They stand over the ball with a cluttered mind. It rarely produces the desired result. You want to know what you're going to do well before you do it. And when you address the ball, you need a calm mind. To calm the mind, think of your best shots in that situation. Then think solely of the target. Do not think of past bad shots. Do not think of total score. Do not think about trouble. The best swing thoughts are the visualization of the desired shot. If you're trying to hit it low, visualize a low target in front of you. Visualize that you are trying to launch the ball below a gate. The mind directs the body. If you were going to roll a ball across the green with your hand, you wouldn't be taking actual practice strokes. You would be focused on the target. Your body would respond to the target you are focused upon. You wouldn't need alignment lines or a caddy to line you up. You would roll it naturally according to your visualized target. You wouldn't need training aids. The solution is in the mind.
Muscles may not have memory but they have been trained thousands of times (habit) to fire the way they fire. The program they know is a well worn path. A new swinging motion can be done slow but not fast with a ball until the rocky road has been worn down to a smoother path.
The best golfers feel it with their hands, but that's really saying that they feel it with their minds. Good golfers hit fades with their minds. If your mind wants to hit it low, your body will produce the right action. Most golfers don't feel the shot with their minds before address. They stand over the ball with a cluttered mind. It rarely produces the desired result. You want to know what you're going to do well before you do it. And when you address the ball, you need a calm mind. To calm the mind, think of your best shots in that situation. Then think solely of the target. Do not think of past bad shots. Do not think of total score. Do not think about trouble. The best swing thoughts are the visualization of the desired shot. If you're trying to hit it low, visualize a low target in front of you. Visualize that you are trying to launch the ball below a gate. The mind directs the body. If you were going to roll a ball across the green with your hand, you wouldn't be taking actual practice strokes. You would be focused on the target. Your body would respond to the target you are focused upon. You wouldn't need alignment lines or a caddy to line you up. You would roll it naturally according to your visualized target. You wouldn't need training aids. The solution is in the mind.