Back from Vacation
After 6 days without touching a golf club – a long time for me these days – I went to the range, grabbed my 9-iron, and took an awkward-feeling warmup swing.
My body hadn’t felt as loose as it did during that swing in months. The awkward feeling seemed to come more from the fact that I didn’t feel any stretching or pulling or sore and tight muscles than because it was really an awkward swing. In fact, the swing felt pretty solid from a mechanics standpoint.
So I grabbed the first ball, went through my pre-shot routine and setup, and took a 3/4 swing. Perfection.
I’ve gone through two range practice sessions since then, and both sessions have been great practice. Despite taking the last week off I’m executing my swing mechanics better than I was before the time off. Granted, things aren’t perfect all the time, but most of the time I’m executing very well. That’s exciting.
My next lesson is this Friday morning, so I’m working hard to make sure the great swing mechanics are for real. It’ll be about a month since my last lesson, so I want to show that I’ve made some good progress in that time.
Oh, and vacation was good!
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