I know golf is hard. It’s supposed to be hard for anyone who wants to improve. However, if you add intention to your practice, you won’t get lost. So, let me give you an idea of how to do add intention.

Obviously, we set up open for every swing on the range using alignment sticks to be sure we are precise. We grow accustomed to the way our target looks when we look up. Then, we swing and make perfect contact or we don’t. Our ball travels along our intended line or it doesn’t.

Since our set up was exactly the same, we can dismiss half of the questions that vex golfers who set up differently each swing. Because we eliminate the set-up questions, we are free to feel and analyze our movement. While most golfers change their address to correct bad movement, we change our movement to assist intentional, precise address position.

As long as we intend (commit) to our set-up regimen, our results will make more sense with each pass. I can’t emphasize it enough. Practice without intention is fultility without hope.

Even with my experience, I still get lazy. Yesterday, for example, a storm was approaching. And, I mean, on top of us. It was the ugliest sky I’ve seen for years. Anyway, instead of collecting extra balls from the turf ahead of me to strike off the mat, I walked around the tee, and hit them too quickly and without precision.

My next session will involve more focus and better intention… with alignment sticks.

Open your stance, and play golf.

John Wright – Founder
The Open Stance Academy

https://www.openstanceacademy.com/golf/specific-intention/
https://www.openstanceacademy.com/golf/our-stance-ball-position-and-adaptation/
https://www.openstanceacademy.com/golf/achievement-in-golf/