Re: The muscle repeatability limit


An interesting theory, although in my experience it's as much a matter of mental focus as it is some muscle/body limitation. If you're hitting a substantial percentage of chips fat/thin, then I suspect it's either inconsistant setup, or some extra body movement during the swing, or you're not focused on hitting the ball solid. In my case, it's mostly the latter ... some combination of fear, uncertainty and doubt creeps in there and I start thinking about how hard I need to swing or where the ball is going rather than staying focused on contact and simply repeating my practice stroke.

The full swing certainly has more room for error, but I still feel like a lot of my mistakes are caused by lack of confidence or not being relaxed.

Of course the other side of this is that you're absolutely right, in the sense that no one can perfectly repeat their swing, and golf is about minimizing the mistakes and recovering from them. Even the pros don't hit anywhere near every fairway and green.

Rob

warren montgomery wrote:
Yesterday I was reading yet another of those instructional articles telling you to just practice something, in this case chipping, until you can do it the same every time. It occurred to me that whoever wrote that just doesn't get it. I play and practice a lot these days, I still hit some chips fat and some chips thin. It's not a matter of not knowing what to do or not being familiar enough with the motion, I've just reached the limit with which my muscles will repeat the same motions. Unfortunately for me and I suspect
the majority of golfers, no matter how many times you practice the shot you
simply can't repeat the same motion through the ball with more precision
than about half an inch, meaning that sometimes you come in a little low and
chunk it and sometimes a little high and hit it thin.
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