Best Driver Thought Pre Swing?

[Stetson884]

What are some of the key swing thoughts in your head before hitting Driver?

[tommg]

Relax my hands

[Pigems]

Smooth is fast. :)

[GoTime]

none

[wkuo3]

Visualizing the ball flight to the intended target.

[taporsnap17]

"The ball has been saying bad bad things about your mother"

[Circaflex]

For me, its literally no thought at all. Just put the ball where I want it, grip and rip. When I overthink, or tell myself to do something, IE "light grip pressure, dont start back to inside, etc" I usually fail.

[Edward_Majorwin]

I like "low and slow" for the initial takeaway portion. Other than that my mind is clear

[pmo09]

Ideal impact position feeling

[dlanerie]

Hulk smash. >:)

[Justsomeguy]

Feel athletic.

[BogeyPutt34]

The engineers would be crying if they knew where their hard work is going to end up...

[erikro]

Be the ball

[Zitlow]

Waggle to sense the weight of the club head and preview the hand motion as you start the back swing.

[Kevlar10]

Damn! Where’d that ball go? Oh, you mean before the swing. Lol

Bring the club back low and slow. If I think of anything else, it’s followed by the other thought.

[Santiago Golf]

Same as every swing. My start line and traj im trying to hit. For any besides driver, im thinking about the distance i want to carry it. I feel all of this in my practice and then when i actually swing, all i think about is taking the club back and swinging forward towards my target

[Stanks]

Thought for driver?

"What could go wrong?"

Answer: A whole hell of a lot

[Fireballer]

Get trail hip deep, stay behind the ball.

[Shades234]

Something that I've wanted to experiment with is thinking that I've just piped one OB. Always seems like when I slice one 60 yards right OB, my next one is a dime down the middle. So the logic is that if I can just imagine that I'm hitting 3 off each tee, I'll just hit bombs.

[s1ten]

Once all the pre-shot decisions are made and I step to the ball with a driver I think, "Hit it Hard!" For me it take away a lot of possible swing thoughts. I forget where I saw the video but, it showed how repeatable our golf motions are. From high handicappers down to scratch and better although flawed they repeated themselves with remarkable consistency. So, I have what I have that day, and if driver is in my hands I'm steeping on it, and forgetting mechanics...they are already cooked in.

[N0rs3man]

"Everyone is watching, dont fk this up"

[naval2006]

"Go back slow" does the trick for me

[RobertBaron]

Complete the turn

[buckeyefl]

> @Circaflex said:

> For me, its literally no thought at all. Just put the ball where I want it, grip and rip. When I overthink, or tell myself to do something, IE "light grip pressure, dont start back to inside, etc" I usually fail.

 

Just a note fir those that do use thoughts, NEVER use or think "don't".

[BrianMcG]

Don’t go right....

 

 

or left.

[LyinEye]

> @buckeyefl said:

> > @Circaflex said:

> > For me, its literally no thought at all. Just put the ball where I want it, grip and rip. When I overthink, or tell myself to do something, IE "light grip pressure, dont start back to inside, etc" I usually fail.

>

> Just a note fir those that do use thoughts, NEVER use or think "don't".

 

What if the thought is don't swing the club.

[hobbes928]

Hit through the ball.

[cb24]

I don't know if this will help you or anyone else, but it has revolutionized my driving. I have one thought, "keep my left knee and shoulder against the wall.". Being right handed it forces me to turn and takes all actual swing motions out of my mind. I am hitting it shorter than before by about 15 yards but it is very controlled and am hitting fairways non stop and get good height on the ball. Good luck whatever you decide OP

[TIM929]

looser the arms, faster the speed.

[ferrispgm]

"be aggressive"