Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Miss The Forest For The Trees – How To Shape Your Shots
Hopefully you have already worked on shaping your shots before. I think even beginners can learn a lot about swing mechanics, if they just try to curve some balls into different directions for some time. The classic situation for a hook or a slice you can read about in many golf books is being in…
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Pitching to Targets – Improve Your Pitch Shots Fast
Time and again people seem to forget that golf is a target game, when they are practising. They get in a rut and work on the mechanics of their swing or specific positions they want to go through or hold. That is okay to some extent, but not, if that is all you are doing…
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Assessment Center – Mental Game Golf Lesson
More often enough you can see some people on the practice tee that are getting more and more frustrated with their game as they are doing their thing. Hopefully you are not one of those people. It is useful to know where this frustration is coming from, though. It is likely that most of those players do not…
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14 Clubs – Extremely Fun Golf Format
This is another fun variety of a regular scramble. 14 Clubs is a fun little game that makes you think about how to attack the course and use your clubs in different ways. You play a regular scramble in teams of two. The kicker is that each team is only allowed to use 14 clubs total and that each…
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Choke Down – Long Game Golf Lesson
For some shots you choke down on the club, e. g. different chip shots. This is not only necessary for the proper technique, but you gain more control, too. Because your hands are closer to the clubface, it gets easier to control it. Some players like Anthony Kim choke down on all their clubs when doing their full swing.…
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Pitching Trajectories – Learn To Control Your Pitch Shots Like a Pro
When you are able to control the trajectories of your pitches you have more control over the roll of the ball after it lands, too. This makes your pitching more accurate. Most golfers practice one pitch shot with one trajectory, but neglect the things they are hopefully doing on the range. You should always have a target and try…
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