New Post #26 Technique Tuesday

Hello again Friends,

I don’t know about you but love a good quote and Henry Ford of automobile fame said a couple of my favourites,

First, is the one below contained within a Steve Job’s quote (2 quotes for the price one!)

“Some people say give the customers what they want, but that’s not my approach. Our job is to figure out what they’re going to want before they do. I think Henry Ford once said, “If I’d ask customers what they wanted, they would’ve told me a faster horse.” People don’t know what they want until you show it to them. That’s why I never rely on market research. Our task is to read things that are not yet on the page”

Why have I shared this? Its just a great quote. Interestingly Steve Jobs had no relationship with his daughter and the mother of his child - does inventing the Iphone make up for that?? I’ll leave you to ponder that thought.

The other one (only one this time) is,

So I ask you in regards to my last newsletter on 2025 and your golf and what you want to achieve -

Do you think you can?

Because you're probably right!

Moving onto this weeks subject, A fool and a swing fault

As I’m sure you all read in the last newsletter, one of my goals for this year was to sort my pivot out and improve my AoA and low point.

I’ve been having problems with my pivot/pressure shift for ages, and I didn’t even really realise it. A break from golf and some time to reflect has helped me identify this issue properly (The cricket reference in the last newsletter).

But in truth I should have known this years ago.

I spent a couple of months as a member of GolfOnTrack based at Godstone back in 2022, an indoor Golf venue utilising Trackman. Most of the time I was just trying to get the fastest swing speed with my driver - generally around 106 mph club head speed (That’s not fast enough I know).

But and here’s the thing, Trackman was telling me about my biggest swing fault, it was right in front of me and I didn’t see it. It was even pointed out to me by another member (MisterBuj - yes him again our unofficial handicap expert!!!!).

My low point was before the ball. This is a terrible fault for a good golfer and a large reason for me consistently hitting the ball slightly thin.

So I had Trackman telling me the issue (my big miss) with my golf swing. That was a few years ago and here I sit telling you I still have the same problem.

More fool me.

And here is where I think the likes of Trackman can help. It gives us an objective view, The number is the number.

I can’t argue with it, it’s there in black and white - my low point is behind the ball and if you look at any of the guys on Tour, scratch golfers or even low handicap golfers then their low point is after the ball.

Well as they say, fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.

And I’m not fooling myself again.

So if you have a “big miss” (and we all generally do)

Take action to find out what it is!

That might be a lesson with your PGA pro, a Trackman session, a mobility workout, a TPI screening or maybe a session with a mind coach/psychologist - take action and identify your issue, your big miss.

I do just have to add at this point and in my defence - There was some good (yes there was!!) Trackman also told me that while my low point was before the ball, it didn’t move alot - meaning I have a relatively consistent strike on the ball.

If you are interested in this further, here is what the guys from Trackman say about low point,

Looks like there is a thaw on and some golf will be played again soon, at the moment I’m officially a Padel tennis player and not a golfer but as Arnie (Schwarzenegger not Palmer) said “I’ll be back”

Thanks