1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: It's the son of a butch podcast. I'm your host, 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: Claude Horman solo episode of the pod this week. But 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: before we get to that, it was four years ago 4 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: this week that the podcast started. Now read was my 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: first guest, and four years on, I think we're close 6 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: to two and a half million downloads. I continue to 7 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: be amazed at people listen. To be honest with you, 8 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,760 Speaker 1: I travel probably twenty twenty five weeks a year all 9 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: over the globe. People no matter where I am, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Bangkok, Thailand, Singapore, 10 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: someone will come up to me and say, hey, listen 11 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: to the podcast, and that just blows me away. And yeah, 12 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 1: I mean I do it all myself. Obviously, with my 13 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: travel schedule it can get a little bit taxing at times, 14 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: but I travel with podcast bag, record everything, get all 15 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: the guests myself, and just do it all. It's a 16 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 1: labor of love and we'll keep doing it. We'll keep 17 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: trying to get as many good guests as we can 18 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: and come up with as many topics as possible to 19 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: help you improve your game. And once again, I can't 20 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 1: thank everybody enough for supporting and listening. It really does 21 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: mean a lot to me. So I spent a lot 22 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 1: of time obviously as a golf instructor on the podcast 23 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: talking about technique and things like that. But one of 24 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: the things, if you've listened over the last couple of years, 25 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: I think execution is as important as having great technique. Yes, obviously, 26 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: having great technique is a huge part of getting better 27 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: at golf. If your golf swing improves, if your technique improves, 28 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: if your positions improve, all of that, right, But if 29 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: you are going to play golf on a regular basis, 30 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: your golf swing and your golf game is going to 31 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: be in a constant state of flux change. It's never 32 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: really going to be the same all the time. And 33 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: even at that tour level, the best players in the world, 34 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 1: their game isn't great all the time. Obviously, Yes, when 35 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: the best players in the world are playing their best, 36 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 1: Scottie Scheffler, Ry McElroy, John Rahm, Brooks, Koepka, any of 37 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: the players right Xander, when they're playing their best like 38 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: last year, Xander, two majors playing great this year, no 39 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: majors so far right hasn't played the way he's played 40 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: last year. Guys, that's just golf. I mean, golf is tough, 41 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: but I see so many players that come and take 42 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: lessons from me, and I just look at the way 43 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: that they're trying to go about getting better. Yes, they're 44 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: trying to take golf lessons. Yes they're trying to improve 45 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: their golf swings, their technique and stuff. But I was 46 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: with a junior golfer I help, and we went out 47 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: on the golf course and we're hitting shots on the course. Yesterday, 48 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: This kid, you know, ranked inside the top one hundred 49 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: and junior golf scoreboard, probably will end up playing Division 50 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: one college golf, wins tournaments, a really really good player, 51 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: and it's got a beautiful golf swing. Technique is really 52 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,920 Speaker 1: really solid. And so we were out on the golf 53 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: course and we were going out and I specifically wanted 54 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: to go out and just hit shots on the course. 55 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:52,399 Speaker 1: We weren't hitting drives, we were just going to the fairway. 56 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 1: We were randomizing the numbers out on the golf course 57 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,519 Speaker 1: on the different holes. Here at Floridian. He likes to 58 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: draw the golf ball, so I was like, Okay, let's 59 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 1: pick out really specific targets on where we want the 60 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: golf ball to start. And then let's be really really 61 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: specific in where we want the golf ball to start 62 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 1: and where we want the golf ball to finish. And 63 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: so what I was trying to talk to him about is, listen, 64 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: why don't we just go out and we're just trying 65 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: to hit either left or right of it the flag. 66 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: So he likes to draw it, So I was like, okay. 67 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: So we went out to a par three. So water 68 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: down the left hand side of this par three, probably 69 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: about one hundred and I think we were playing it yesterday, 70 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: right around one hundred and sixty five hundred and seventy yards. 71 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: Pin was in the back left hand portion of the green, 72 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: and there is a raised up area on the right 73 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,839 Speaker 1: hand and then there's a slope so they can put 74 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: a pin on kind of a shelf on the right 75 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: hand side of this green, which is a really tough 76 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: pin position. And then the other difficult pin position on 77 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: this whole is back left because anything left of the flag, 78 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: anything left of the green, is going to go into 79 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: the water. So you've got to control your trajectory. You've 80 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 1: got to control how much curve you've got. So I 81 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: think he was probably seven iron, eight iron something like that. 82 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: Stood up and I watched him go ahead and hit 83 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: the shot, and he got up and he kind of, 84 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: you know, got behind the golf ball, made a couple 85 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: of practice swings, and from I noticed from the time 86 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: that he started making his practice swings. So once he 87 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: finished his practice swings and he was getting ready to 88 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: get into the shot and hit it, I just watched 89 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: his head and I watched his eyes. And so from 90 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 1: the time he got behind the golf ball and then 91 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: started walking into it, and I noticed his head and 92 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: he's looking at the golf ball. So he gets into 93 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: his set up. He's kind of staring at the golf 94 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: ball and going through some waggles, quick glance at the target, 95 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: back to staring at the golf balls, a couple of 96 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 1: rehearsal backswings, you know, shuffling his feet, but again no 97 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: look at the target. Then quick glanced to the target 98 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: and back into looking at the ball, shuffling his feet, 99 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: all those things, and then he hit one. So he 100 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 1: hit two shots. They weren't great. One of them went 101 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: over the green, one of them came up a little 102 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: bit short, and so I mentioned that to him, and 103 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 1: I said, listen, you are daring at the golf ball 104 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: and just kind of quickly glancing at the target and 105 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: then back to staring at the golf ball and then 106 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: quick glance back to the target. Why don't we try 107 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: and do the opposite right, So, why don't you get 108 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 1: behind the golf ball? And then I said to him, listen, 109 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 1: I want a very specific target on where you're trying 110 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: to start the golf ball. So there was the flag 111 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 1: and then in the horizon behind them there was some, 112 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:23,039 Speaker 1: you know, a couple of trees, and then there was 113 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: a gap in the trees, and then there were some 114 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: more trees, and I said, listen, if you think about 115 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 1: what we're trying to do here, we're trying to hit 116 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 1: this ball twenty feet right of the flag pin high, 117 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: So really zone in on where you want this golf 118 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: ball to start, where you want this golf ball to curve. 119 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 1: And the idea that I've talked about on the pod 120 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 1: before it's a game that I like to play with players, 121 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: is we give them a target whatever shape they're hitting, 122 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: whether they're hitting draws, whether they're hitting fades. We give 123 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 1: them ten balls. There's three points available, and then what 124 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 1: we do is you get your target and then you've 125 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: got kind of another target right of it, however, far 126 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: right of it you to go. That's player dependent, that's 127 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: up to you, and it's kind of ability dependent, right. Obviously, 128 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 1: if you're not hitting it great and you're working on 129 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: a lot of things, give yourself a big winn. So 130 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: the idea that whether you're hitting a drawer or a fade, 131 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: but if you're hitting a draw, every time you're going 132 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: to hit a draw, go ahead and look at your target. 133 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 1: And what the launch monitors do is they basically look 134 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: at where your ball is. When you work with a 135 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: launch monitor, it basically is tracking kind of a line 136 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: from your golf ball to the target, and then there's 137 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: the right side of that, there's the left side of that. 138 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: But every time you're going to hit a shot, look 139 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: at your target. If you're going to try and hit 140 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 1: a draw, what you're going to do is you're going 141 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 1: to open up a window right of the target. Right, 142 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: you've got a launch window and your target obviously the 143 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: flag that's where you're trying to hit the golf ball too. 144 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: But what I see most players do is they're just 145 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 1: hyper hyper focused on the target. If they're even looking 146 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: at the target right. So they're going to try and 147 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 1: hit it at the flag. So what I was saying 148 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 1: to this player yesterday, this junior, Okay, let's look at 149 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 1: where we're trying to start the golf ball. You know, 150 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 1: what is our launch window of where we're trying to 151 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 1: start it. And he kind of came up with a tree. 152 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: He said, okay, that's kind of my out of bounds 153 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: on the right. I don't want to start it anymore 154 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: right of that. So from behind the ball, you know, 155 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: he had a very clear kind of window of where 156 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: he was trying to hit it. So he's trying to 157 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: start it in that window, curve it in that window, 158 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: have it stay in that window, and hit it solid. 159 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: And that's the game that we play on the range. Right, 160 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: I give him ten balls, tell them to pick a 161 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: target out and then I say, all right, you know 162 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: we've got a flag right of that. We got another 163 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: flag right of that, we got another flag right of that. 164 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: You choose which one as kind of your barrier on 165 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: the right hand side. So that's kind of an out 166 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: of bounds line, and then you've got to start the 167 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: golf ball in that kind of launch window. You get 168 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: a point for that. You get a point if it 169 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: curves and stays in the launch window. So that's two points, 170 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 1: and then you get a point if you hit it solid. 171 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: So we were on the course and I said, listen, 172 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: you've just hit two balls and you're not even looking 173 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: really at the target. You're just kind of glancing, you know, 174 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: at the target for like a second, and then you're 175 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: kind of staring at the staring at your body, staring 176 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: at all of the stuff that is not moving right, 177 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: and you haven't even hit the ball yet. So I said, listen, 178 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: I want you to stare at the target, glance at 179 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: the ball. Stare at the target, glance at the ball. 180 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: So he stood up, got behind it, and I filmed 181 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: both of these. I filmed the first one where I 182 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: showed him listen, go ahead and take a look at 183 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: this last video. And he's like, yeah, I'm not even 184 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: I'm barely even looking at the target. And I said, 185 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: so you're staring at the ball. What are you staring 186 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: at the ball for? The ball's not going to move right. 187 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: It's not a moving ball right in golf unless the 188 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 1: ball moves on its own, or the ground moves, the 189 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 1: ball rolls down hill or something. The ball is stationary. 190 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:40,839 Speaker 1: It's going to stay in the same place. And I 191 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: think so many golfers are worried so much about their 192 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: technique and their golf swing and their mechanics and all that. 193 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 1: And again, all of that is important, right, It's important 194 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: part of playing golf. It's an important part of improving golf. 195 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: But as I said in the opening, your golf swing 196 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 1: isn't going to be perfect every day. Your golf swing 197 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,959 Speaker 1: probably has never going to be perfect. So when you're 198 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 1: on the golf course, you've got to figure out where 199 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: you're trying to hit the golf ball. And I think 200 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: where you're trying to hit the golf ball and where 201 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: you're trying to start the golf ball, he is majorly important. 202 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: And so I filmed this player on the first shot 203 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 1: staring at the ball, glancing at the target, staring at 204 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: the ball, glancing at the target. Didn't hit two great shots. 205 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: I said, all right, so let's reverse that. Want you 206 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:24,719 Speaker 1: to from the time you get behind the golf ball. 207 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: It just wants you to really focus in and stare 208 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: at where you want the ball to start, not where 209 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: you want the ball to finish, where you want the 210 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: ball to start, and just control your start line and 211 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: so I filmed it, and he got up and got 212 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 1: behind it, and all of a sudden, the walk into 213 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: the ball was a little bit slower because he wasn't 214 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: staring at the ball. He was kind of looking at 215 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: the target. And then he got in and got his 216 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: feet set and he was looking at the target. Then 217 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: he looked down at the golf ball for a second, 218 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: and then back into staring at where he's trying to 219 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: start the golf ball. He did some of his waggles again, 220 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: but staring more at the target than the golf ball. 221 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: And then he got up hit a beautiful high little draw, 222 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: started it on the right hand part of the green 223 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: and started it kind of over where this top shelf is, 224 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: and then landed it on the slope and then one 225 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 1: bounced it started to go down to the hole, rolling 226 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: like a putt, and he lippt it out. I mean, 227 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 1: he almost made it. And then I showed him that 228 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 1: and he was like, wow, that looks really different. It 229 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,559 Speaker 1: looked more, he said, it looked slower. I said, I 230 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: don't know if it's slower. I think maybe it's just 231 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 1: more purposeful and stuff. And so I started thinking about that, 232 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: and so for the rest of the holes that we play. 233 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: It was the same type thing, Okay, hit this one. 234 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 1: And so what I was doing is I was challenging 235 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: him with his shape. Right, he likes to draw the 236 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 1: golf ball from right to left, So I was saying, Okay, 237 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: on some holes, we're going to try and have the 238 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,079 Speaker 1: ball finish twenty feet right of the flag, and then 239 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: on some of the holes, we're going to try and 240 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,199 Speaker 1: have the ball finish twenty feet left of the flag. 241 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: So getting him to think about where he was wanting 242 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: the ball to finish and not necessarily being so hyper 243 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 1: focused on where the pin was in the flag. So 244 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 1: to me, I think one of the things that's really 245 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:14,079 Speaker 1: important for golfers and is important when you're hitting shots 246 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 1: is your intent. Your intention, What are you trying to do? 247 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 1: What is the formula of what you're trying to do? 248 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 1: What is the recipe of what you're trying to do? 249 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: And I think so many golfers have a clear picture 250 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 1: in their head of what they're trying to do when 251 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:31,839 Speaker 1: they're working on their technique, right when they're working on 252 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 1: positions and their golf swing, and when they're working on 253 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,679 Speaker 1: mechanics and working on trying not to let the backswing 254 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: get too inside, working on not letting the backswing get 255 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 1: to outside. Whatever mechanical thoughts or technical thoughts you're using 256 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 1: in your golf swing. But when you get out on 257 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: the golf course, it's hard to play thinking of all 258 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 1: of the things that you're trying to work on in 259 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 1: your golf swing. And then I think the focus becomes 260 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 1: on the golf course really really internal, to where the 261 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: focus is about a specific body part, a specific muscle, 262 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: a specific body motion. That's all the internal focus. And 263 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: I just see a lot of players struggle on the 264 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,959 Speaker 1: golf course because there's no external focus, right, There's no 265 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 1: focus on what is this lie going to do? What 266 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 1: is this slope that I'm on going to do? What 267 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: is that going to do? To the shape? The ball's 268 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 1: below my feet, what's the ball going to do? How's 269 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 1: that going to affect it? If the ball is above 270 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:29,439 Speaker 1: my feet, what is the ball going to do? And 271 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 1: again going back to this junior that I was saying, okay, 272 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: and then what is your intent on this shot? And 273 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 1: so what I started doing was asking this player, this junior, okay, 274 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 1: talk me through what you're going to do, and not 275 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 1: your technique, not Okay, I want the backswing to go 276 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: a little bit more on the inside, want it to 277 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:50,719 Speaker 1: be a little bit shorter than I want to try 278 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 1: and shallow it out and kind of drop it underneath 279 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:55,080 Speaker 1: and do all that. No, I don't need to know 280 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 1: any of the I want to know what type of 281 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,120 Speaker 1: shot you're trying to hit. Okay, you tell me you're 282 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 1: gonna hit a little draw, great, Okay, where's your target? Okay? 283 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:05,719 Speaker 1: Obviously there's the flag. Okay, So where do you want 284 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: the ball to start? And then what I did was 285 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: I got him verbally going through that, you know, standing 286 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 1: behind the golf ball and saying, okay, what do we 287 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: got here? Where's the wind? What's the distance? Okay? So 288 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: first of all, what's the distance? And one of the 289 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: things that I try and do with junior golfers, and 290 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: I think it's something that everybody could benefit from, is 291 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: when you walk up and I think I've said this before, 292 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 1: but when you walk up to an iron shot, you 293 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 1: stand up and you're going to hit one, don't take 294 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: out your rangefinder, don't look for a yardage marker. Ask 295 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: yourself how far you think the flag is away from you? 296 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: Just ask yourself that first question, come up with a 297 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 1: number and say, yeah, that looks probably one fifty five. 298 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: Get your range finder. Okay, it was one fifty eight, 299 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: it's one fifty seven. Good. If you think it's one 300 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: fifty five and you hit your rain finder and it's 301 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: one eighty, that's a problem. And I think building that 302 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 1: kind of trust with yourself of Okay, I know what 303 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: the yardage is. I can see that visually. I think 304 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: visualization on the golf course. There's a lot of ways 305 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 1: that we visualize things, but I think distance control, depth perception, 306 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: and things like that is something that a lot of 307 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 1: people don't really kind of practice, they don't really test, 308 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 1: And I think if you can start doing that is 309 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: the first thing you do when you get up to 310 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: your golf ball is just ask yourself, okay, without any calculations, 311 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 1: without a yardage book, without a rangefinder, without looking at 312 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: a yardage marker, looking where the one fifty. You know, 313 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: some golf courses are going to have plates on the 314 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: ground that are going to give you yardages, you know, 315 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 1: just basic yardages one hundred, one fifty, one seventy five, 316 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: or sometimes they have the markers on the side of 317 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 1: the fairways, right, so you know that's one hundred yard marker. 318 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: And then obviously the fancier of the club, the more 319 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: you know details the yardages are going to be. They're 320 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: going to give you yardage to the front, they're going 321 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: to give you yardage to the middle, they're going to 322 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: give you yardage back, whatever it is. But I think 323 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: if you ask yourself first what is the yardage, and 324 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: then use your rangefinder to test to see if you're right. 325 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: Hopefully you're rangefinder or whatever yardage device that you're using, 326 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: plates things in the ground or on the course. Hopefully 327 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: you're right. You know. I think most golfers now they're 328 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 1: competitive and serious about their golf have rangefinders. So walk 329 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: up to it, take a look at it. Yeah, I 330 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: think it's one sixty five. Go ahead and scope it. Yeah, 331 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: you know it's one sixty three, it's one sixty, it's whatever. 332 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: Then ask yourself, Okay, what club am I going to hit? 333 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: I think building in for the miss, So I think 334 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: early in the round a good thing to do is 335 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 1: maybe take one more club and swing easy so you 336 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: don't have to kind of jump out of your shoes 337 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 1: and you know you're playing on the golf course. Play 338 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: for the miss don't play for the good shot. Play 339 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: for okay, if I miss it, let me just take 340 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: enough club. So if I miss hit this a little bit, 341 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: I've got enough club that's gonna maybe get it on 342 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: the green. So choosing the club and then ask yourself, okay, 343 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 1: where's the flag? Okay, And then dependent on the shape 344 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: that you're trying to hit. Let's say you're trying to 345 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: hit a draw, use the backdrop, use the horizon, use 346 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 1: the trees, use whatever you've got, and say, Okay, I'm 347 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 1: gonna try and hit this golf ball pin high, so 348 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: you know anywhere. I mean, if you could dump all 349 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: of your golf balls twenty to thirty feet left or 350 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: right of the pin, you'd probably lower your scores in 351 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: a pretty quick fashion and start to play pretty good. 352 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 1: So just think, let me just hit this to twenty feet. 353 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: That's a good shot with an iron. Right, That is 354 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: a really really good shot with an iron. I was watching, 355 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: you know, at the PGA at Quail Hollow down the 356 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 1: stretch on Sunday. I was doing this with a couple 357 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: of juniors earlier in the week, and we were going 358 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: back and watching shots, and you know, John Rahm Sunday, 359 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: tied for the lead. Part three, stands up and it's 360 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: a beautiful shot to about twenty feet from two hundred 361 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 1: and twelve yards lip the put out. I think that 362 00:16:56,200 --> 00:17:00,120 Speaker 1: was at thirteen, But a really quality iron shot in 363 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: a major championship on the back nine on Sunday, tied 364 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: for the lead, two hundred and twelve yard par three, 365 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 1: twenty feet great shot, Just a great shot in those circumstances. 366 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:13,640 Speaker 1: If anybody was watching, lit the put out, still trying 367 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 1: to figure out how that didn't go in Scotti Scheffler. 368 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: Just quality iron shots, right, So just trying to hit 369 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 1: it twenty feet left of it, twenty feet right of it, 370 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: pin high, and then say, Okay, where do I want 371 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: this golf ball to start? Not where do I want 372 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: the golf ball to finish? Where do I want the 373 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 1: golf ball to start? I think if you're asking yourself 374 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,399 Speaker 1: that question, first of all, if you're asking yourself, okay, 375 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 1: how far do I think this yardage is without a rangefinder? 376 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 1: That's a question you're asking yourself, and if you get 377 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: the answer right, you're building some trust with yourself and 378 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 1: then having a very clear, specific, defined target. And I'm 379 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 1: talking when you do this on the golf course. Pick 380 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 1: something specific and say, Okay, I tend to curve the 381 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: golf ball from right to left. I'm going to try 382 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:58,400 Speaker 1: and get this thing about twenty feet right of the flag. 383 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 1: That's where I wanted to finish. Okay, where do I 384 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 1: need to start the golf ball to achieve that goal? 385 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:08,640 Speaker 1: To me, that is motive, purpose, intent, intention, that's I'm 386 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 1: intending to do something. So you're also kind of building 387 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: a narrative in your head of on every shot. Okay, 388 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: let me ask myself what the yardage is here? Okay, 389 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: let me see if I'm right, Then where am I 390 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 1: trying to start the golf ball for the shape that 391 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:23,479 Speaker 1: I'm trying to hit? Okay, then let me pick out 392 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:26,439 Speaker 1: a really specific target and then yeah, I mean, you 393 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 1: can have some swing thoughts, you can have some ideas 394 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 1: of what you're trying to do from a golf swing standpoint, 395 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:34,119 Speaker 1: but then I think you've got to get out of 396 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:36,679 Speaker 1: that mode and then get into play mode. Right the 397 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 1: vision fifty four mantra of think box playbox. Okay, you're 398 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: in the think box, and then when you're hitting the shot, 399 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: you're in the playbox trying to turn your brain off. 400 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: But I do think going out on the golf course 401 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:50,640 Speaker 1: and having you know, some visualization of where you're trying 402 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 1: to start the golf ball and the window that you're 403 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 1: trying to start the golf ball in. I think having 404 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: a goal of saying, listen, if I could just hit 405 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 1: my irons twenty thirty feet right of the flag, twenty 406 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 1: thirty feet left the flag. There were a couple holes 407 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 1: with a wedge where I was out with this junior 408 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: and I was like, okay, I want you to hit 409 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 1: a little draw in here. So we went shorter the 410 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 1: to the green, you know, inside of one hundred and 411 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 1: twenty yards. So I said, listen, hit me a little 412 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 1: I think we were about ninety yards, and I gave 413 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 1: him a club and I said, listen, hit me a 414 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: little low. What you feel like is a little low 415 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:26,359 Speaker 1: draw right, and you've got to try and land this. 416 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 1: And the pin was in the middle of the green, 417 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 1: I said, and you're going to try and land this 418 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,400 Speaker 1: fifteen twenty feet and have this end up fifteen twenty 419 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 1: feet short of the flag. So it was uphill, so 420 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: that way you have an uphill pot. And so I said, 421 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:40,159 Speaker 1: same thing, Okay, where's your target? Got the target and 422 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: you know the flag? Okay, where are you trying to 423 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: start this golf ball? Where do you want the golf 424 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 1: ball to finish? So ask yourself those questions every time 425 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: you hit an iron shot, and every time you hit 426 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,880 Speaker 1: a driver as well. What shape am I trying to hit? 427 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,120 Speaker 1: Where do I want the golf ball to start? Where 428 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: do I want the golf ball to finish? Are you 429 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 1: going to start it where you want to every time? No? 430 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,679 Speaker 1: Is it going to finish where you want to every time? No? 431 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: It doesn't do that. For Rory McElroy, Scotti, Scheffler, Nellie Corda, 432 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 1: Lydia Co, all the best players in the world, they 433 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,360 Speaker 1: don't hit it perfect every time. But I think if 434 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: you start asking yourself those questions, it's going to challenge 435 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: you to come up with an answer. Okay, okay, I've 436 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 1: got the pin. Okay, where do I want the ball 437 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 1: to start? And how much curve am I going to have? 438 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,919 Speaker 1: If you're a higher handicapped player, the ball is probably 439 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: going to curve a good deal a good amount, So 440 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: allow for that. I read that. You know, if you 441 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:37,120 Speaker 1: think back to the PGA that Scotty Scheffler just won. 442 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: He didn't hit it great on the front nine. Right, 443 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 1: he was over par and he was missing a lot 444 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,400 Speaker 1: of his balls left. Scott, I mean missed it left 445 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: on the first couple holes. I mean the first hole 446 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:49,440 Speaker 1: from the middle of the fairway, hit it in the 447 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: left bunker. Second hole, trying to hit a fade over 448 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 1: the trees, double crossed it left. Everything was left on 449 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,920 Speaker 1: the front And I read that it was Teddy Scott's 450 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,400 Speaker 1: caddy that said, Hey, maybe we're just to aim over there. 451 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 1: Maybe we're aimed too far left, And that would make 452 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 1: sense to me, right, that tracks for me. I mean 453 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: you're missing it. You're trying to fade the golf ball, 454 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: and you are a fader of the golf ball like 455 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,199 Speaker 1: Scotti Scheffler is, and the control all delete. If you're 456 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: missing it left, he's going to be all right, let 457 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:17,480 Speaker 1: me just aim a little bit more left and hit 458 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 1: a little bit more of a cut. And so all 459 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 1: the balls on the front looked like they were going 460 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 1: left and missing left. And so it was Teddy Scott 461 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: that said, Hey, maybe we're just aimed too far left. 462 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 1: Why don't we aim just a little straighter aim what 463 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 1: you feel like is a little bit more to the right, 464 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: and then from then on Scotty started to flush it. 465 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 1: So having a recipe, a formula, a plan on every shot, 466 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:41,479 Speaker 1: I know it sounds really really kind of basic and 467 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 1: really really simple, but I do think that there is 468 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:48,439 Speaker 1: power in that. There is power in saying, Okay, what 469 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,879 Speaker 1: do I want to do on this shot? What am 470 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:53,439 Speaker 1: I going to try and do on this shot? And 471 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 1: then to execute the shot, where do I need to 472 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 1: start the golf ball? Where do I need the golf 473 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 1: ball to finish? And I just don't think those questions 474 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 1: are asked enough by players to themselves. I just don't Richard, 475 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 1: target the pin? Okay, how are you going to get 476 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,239 Speaker 1: the ball to the pin? Where do you want the 477 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: ball to start? Where do you want the ball to finish? 478 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: And I think having a focus, there are times on 479 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: the golf course where you need internal focus, right, you 480 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 1: need feels and things in your golf swing. But I 481 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 1: just see so many players on the golf course when 482 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:28,199 Speaker 1: they're playing and they're playing the game just get so 483 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 1: wrapped up into the internal focus and there's no external focus. 484 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 1: Where are you aiming? Where do you want the golf 485 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 1: ball to start? Where do you want the golf ball 486 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,919 Speaker 1: to finish? What club are you going to use for that? 487 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 1: And I think if most golfers from the middle of 488 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 1: the fairway would employ the same kind of technique that 489 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: they use when they get into the trees. Sometimes you 490 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: hit one into the trees and what you're looking for 491 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: is a way out of the trees, right, so you've 492 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 1: kind of hit it into jail and you're looking for 493 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: a way out of jail, and so you'll looking through 494 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: the trees. Sometimes you just see a gap in the tree. Right, 495 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,199 Speaker 1: you see a gap, you see an opening, and you're like, 496 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 1: it's a perfect shot for an eight iron to kind 497 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,679 Speaker 1: of go right through that gap. And it's almost like 498 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: you can't see anything else, right, So now the only 499 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 1: thing you're looking at is that gap that you feel 500 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: like you can hit this shot out of. And I 501 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: think if you could kind of have that laser hyper focus, 502 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: but do it from the middle of the fairway and say, Okay, 503 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: where does this ball need to start and what is 504 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: the formula that I'm gonna use to start it in 505 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 1: this direction? And the self talk then can be in 506 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,680 Speaker 1: your head about the things that you're going to do, 507 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 1: and the things that you're going to try and do 508 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: to execute a good shot. And I think so many 509 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 1: players on the golf course just get so wrapped up. 510 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: They're just trying to not hit bad shots. They're just 511 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 1: trying to not make a bad swing. They're trying to 512 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 1: not hit it in the water, trying to not hit 513 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:01,400 Speaker 1: it out of bounds, trying to three putt, trying to 514 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 1: not leave it in the bunker. And I just think 515 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 1: that leads to hitting it in the water, three putting, 516 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: not getting out of the bunker, because all you're trying 517 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 1: to do is not do something. You're not telling yourself, Okay, 518 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 1: this is what I'm going to attempt to do. This 519 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 1: is what I'm going to try and do, and this 520 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: is the formula, this is the recipe, this is kind 521 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: of my plan to execute this. You're not gonna do 522 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: it every time, but if the focus is on hitting 523 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 1: good shots, I'm going to do everything I can do 524 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 1: here to try and hit a good shot. I'm going 525 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 1: to do everything I can do here to try and 526 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 1: hit a good putt, and maybe employing some intention, some visualization, 527 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: and having the focus be maybe just a little bit 528 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 1: more external and less internal internal focus. I think is 529 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 1: really really good when you're thinking about body movements, body 530 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 1: parts and all that. There's a time and a place 531 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 1: for that. I think the range is a really good 532 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 1: place for that. But once the game starts, you've got 533 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 1: to try and play the game as opposed to go 534 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:04,640 Speaker 1: out and play golf swing. And that's what I see 535 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,439 Speaker 1: most golfers doing. He's on the golf course that they 536 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: are playing golf swing. They're not playing golf. They're not visualizing. 537 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:16,199 Speaker 1: There's no motive, purpose intent on any of the shots. 538 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,919 Speaker 1: The motive and the purpose and the intent on the 539 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 1: shot is to just not hit a bad one. And 540 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 1: I would say for the majority of golfers, there's nothing 541 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 1: worse when all you're trying to do, you know, mentally, 542 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 1: when all you're trying to do is not hit a 543 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 1: bad shot, and you hit a bad shot, you never 544 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: even focused on hitting a good shot. You never even 545 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 1: picked out a specific target that you were trying to 546 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 1: start the golf ball out. You never even thought about 547 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: where you wanted the golf ball to finish. So I 548 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:42,639 Speaker 1: say this all the time. Having a good golf swing, 549 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:47,639 Speaker 1: having good technique, having great impact, all of those things 550 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 1: help you improve as a player. But unless you were 551 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 1: going to play golf in just a simulator controlled environment 552 00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 1: kind of vacuum, and only play when your golf swing 553 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: is perfect, only play when you're hitting it good, only 554 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 1: play when you have command over your shape, you're going 555 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: to probably play the majority of your golf feeling like 556 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: you don't have it, feeling like your golf swing isn't great. 557 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 1: And if you're going to continue to still play golf 558 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,639 Speaker 1: with a golf swing that isn't perfect, that doesn't have 559 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:25,879 Speaker 1: great mechanics, that has some flaws, that has some issues, 560 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,880 Speaker 1: I've got a news flash. That's basically everybody playing golf right. 561 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,399 Speaker 1: But if you are going to play, and you are 562 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:35,159 Speaker 1: going to play the game, and the focus when you 563 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,639 Speaker 1: go out and play is to try and shoot the 564 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:43,440 Speaker 1: lowest score, intention, visualization and external focus on the golf 565 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: course I think can help you play better and can 566 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:52,879 Speaker 1: help improve your scores. So golf swing, everybody's trying to 567 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:54,880 Speaker 1: have better golf swing, but think better on the golf 568 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:58,879 Speaker 1: course and think your way through your rounds, and I 569 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:03,159 Speaker 1: think you will start to some results. Can't thank everybody 570 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 1: enough for listening. I think we're almost at two and 571 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 1: a half million downloads. For the pod in a couple 572 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 1: of years, which to me I still am blown away by. 573 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 1: So thank everyone for listening. Try and get this out 574 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 1: every single week. Obviously with my travel schedule it can 575 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 1: be tough at times. But Little US open preview next week. 576 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: It's the Son of a Butcher Podcast