| The Fairway
Within
Golf for the body, mind and soul by Peter
Lightbown |
Over many years I have developed a unique
approach to teaching golf, which focuses on drawing out a swing that
is free-flowing and pleasurable. I have found that the traditional
teaching method, which turns the swing into a technical jig-saw
puzzle, creates so much tension and self-doubt that it is
counter-productive.
I feel that each of us has a natural swing and my job is to help
create the conditions that will allow this swing to flower. In my
experience these favourable conditions are the qualities of balance,
relaxation and rhythm. So learning hinges on gaining an increased
awareness of these qualities, and not on “trying to get it right” in
the jig-saw puzzle tradition.
It is interesting to note that when we work on balance, relaxation
and rhythm, the so-called “fundamentals of good style” appear of
their own accord. For example, a steady head comes about as the
result of good balance, because the head only wobbles about when we
are unsteady.
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