A great golf lesson...

From the book of weird.

During a golf lesson, am I the only person in the world who insists on teaching a pre-shot routine?

Please remain open minded while I talk you through this detail.

In pre-shot mode, I stand roughly three paces behind the ball and kinda look out towards the target.

I think I hold my club in my left hand and I rest it on the ground.

Now comes the good part:

I make a tiny waggle with my right hand, palm open, imagining that I am about to swat a fly.

Flies are very fast and when attempting this, one needs to prepare oneself for a very swift release of energy.

When I feel ready, I get a warmish sensation extending from my throat down towards my naval.

This can be best described as a warm flowing rich syrup. The warmer and richer the better.

The orientals call this activating their 'Chi' or 'Ki'.

If you can't feel this, think about it the next time you are about to swat a fly and you will.

I often practice achieving this feeling and can activate it almost instantly on the golf course.

When I can feel the syrup, I hit my drives or approach shots both powerfully and accurately. The richer the syrup the better the shot.

Although I have said this syrupy flow is easiest to activate when I think about swatting a fly, it also resembles the feeling you get after successfully doing something.

Trying to recreate the feeling of success is not so easy but as they are both very closely related, I find the swatting does the trick.

Since I started using this I have began to realise why we say the 'taste of success'.

I therefore use the same pre-shot routine for putting and around the green where a swift release of energy is not important.

To feel successful before you make a shot is a great way to prepare and because I trust it, I achieve wonders on the course.

Now is there anyone out there whose pre-shot routine is more along these lines and less mechanical?

I also do the usual waggle stuff but it is very much an unconscious routine that requires no conscious thoughts whatsoever.

I am sure that I will also be able to activate my syrup automatically in the future, just as unconsciously.

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