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Memory Retention
-Master- ( Changed
- 13/04/2008)
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 information over and
over again before it is fully retained.
However this short term memory retention
is a tool that can be put to very good use on the golf course.
For example, when practising the combined
action of transferring the weight of your body onto the left leg
and rotating/pivoting the hips towards the target area in order
to begin the down swing movement, it is easy to perform 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 -- -- this is because you are having to concentrate on
carrying out two actions simultaneously, one you are familiar with
and one you are not.
So when you are on the golf range or on
the golf course, 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 shoulder/arms-unit 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, ie 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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