When you play around a lot, you begin to see things differently. You remove the barriers from what you should do to what you can do. I still to this day teach people how to hit a lob shot with a six iron first before I give them the lob wedge. If they can do it with a six, they can do it with a lob.
I remember reading a story in Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book about when Tom Kite and Ben Crenshaw were kids. They came up to him and asked him how can I hit a shot over that tree. He told them to go figure it out and come back and get him when they could show him how. This type of learning has a much greater impact on the student then being told how. It is owned by the student much sooner and is ready for tournament play right away.
Please, go out to the range and the short game area and test the limitations. Try new things with the club. You may learn a new shot. You may learn a better way visualize what possibilities are available. Hopefully, you’ll learn….
Related posts:
