Alright {!firstname_fix} are you ready to ditch the tension from your swing?
Week 2 of the challenge starts now!
This time around we're focusing on the ability to make tension free swings. A tension free swing makes for better shot making, more consistent performance, and even more distance! Here's your
Work Book to track your progress for this week.
Practice #1: Think Box/ Play Box
Tension manifests itself in many different ways. If we think about it chronologically, the first place it shows up in your journey as a golfer is with bad decisions, which a lot of times really the product of indecision. For most people that's the indecision about which shot, club, or target should be picked. This results in taking more time over the ball, and the longer we spend over the ball, the more the tension builds.
These situations tend to occur for people more while they're actually playing, so you may consider trying this during a practice but it can certainly be done on a driving range as well.
The Think Box/Play Box idea comes from Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson, both multi time Golf Digest Top 50 teachers. When practicing, and even more importantly while playing, this drill helps you commit to your shots - a major weakness of most amateurs.
Here's how it works. While behind the ball picking your target you are in the Think Box. Here you can analyze and visualize your shot, but once you've left the Think Box and transition into the Play Box (standing over the ball) you have to be 100% committed to the shot you've chosen. No more changing your mind.
Think of it like occupying two actual physical boxes (hence the name!). Check out this picture for a more clear representation.
