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Memory Retention.
( Changed
-05/10/2011)
When you make any new physical
movement, the subconscious mind begins to absorb the information.
However, this new information can only retained for a very short
period, therefore you have to keep repeating the same movements
over and over again before it is fully retained in the long term
memory.
This short term memory retention is a
tool that can be put to very good use on the golf course, especially
for those of us who cannot devote the time needed to fully programme
the long term muscle memory.
For example, it is easy to perform the
action of practising the combined action of transferring the weight
of your body onto the left leg and rotating the hips towards the
target area in order to begin the down swing movement when there
is no golf ball in front of you.
However when it comes to combining the
new movement with the action of striking the ball, the mind becomes
confused because you are having to concentrate on carrying out two
actions simultaneously, the action of rotating the hips and the
action of striking the ball - one you are familiar with and one
you are not.
So when you are on the golf range or on
the golf course, always take about three or four practice swings
and concentrate fully on the new movement, which in this example
is to ensure that you begin to transfer the weight of the body onto
the left leg and simultaneously begin to rotate the hips towards
the target area whilst holding the shoulders at the end of the back
swing movement for a milli-second.
You will find that as long as you
carry out the full swing soon after the practice swings -- i.e.
before the short term memory retention facility
begins to fade -- the subconscious
mind will retain the basic information for whatever action you are
trying to learn and allow the new movement to be carried out in
semi-automatic mode, leaving the mind free to to concentrate on
striking the ball.
This memory retention facility is applicable to all aspects
of the golf swing, so whenever you are trying to change a part of
your swing, use this method.
But remember you have to keep repeating a movement over and
over again before it enters the long term memory and thus become
an automatic movement.
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