Fellow golfer, listen up. Do not be distracted from your own instincts. You have all the tools necessary to remedy or improve any part of your own golf game. When we direct our own process, we benefit by learning to understand how our motion relates to our set-up. Our challenge is shutting other voices out.

Of course, I teach students why to employ an Open Stance to help own their process. All activities of our process revolve around motion as an adaptive response. Right-brained instincts take care of predictable motion when used within an OS framework. Refining predictable motion within structure moves us toward our goals.

The Open Stance is simply our optimal framework upon which to build our adaptive response loop. Choosing an Open Stance set-up is a left-brained macro. Fortunately, everyone must address a golf ball to play good golf. Orientation is a small addition to our structural necessity, because opening our stance guarantees efficient responses.

Then, we can play within our “Rigid” structure. True golfing freedom can only exist within a disciplined framework of our choosing. We have different instinctive responses depending upon how we prepare our mind. Instincts are of either predator (Left-brained) or prey (Right-brained).

We can cultivate left-brained instincts if our set-up is intentional. We learn to relate our motion to our set-up, and can control our process knowing everything else is insured. Right-brained instincts are to help us adapt to constantly changing parameters, like when we don’t employ first principles theory.

First principles theory requires forethought. Opening our stance expresses a first principle. First principles precede action. Conversely, survival instinct means adapting constantly without predictability.

Constant set-up change prohibits predictable motion. In our desire to control our outcome, we default to fear-based or prey mentality. Occupying our right-brained function with predictability-free action distracts us from creating goals. Additionally, ignoring first principles to guide our process, we cripple our right-brain’s ability to improve or refine our intention to reach our goal. Refinement cannot occur without a constant set-up framework.

So, don’t ignore your own instincts. Identify what instinct you employ. Also, make sure you do not distract your inherent adaptive capacity by ignoring your set-up. Furthermore, consider enhancing your process by choosing an Open Stance framework.

Happy Holidays!

John Wright – Founder
The Open Stance Academy

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