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To think about technique whilst swinging is incredibly difficult, especially when hitting a ball with hopeful expectation. That 1 1/2 second task is over very quickly. Set- up, however, the pre prep for a shot, is much easier to work on. Slow motion swings, particularly with a heavy club, are great for movement work. Plus there are plentiful pivot drills that can be done at home.

 I’m not sure focusing on being natural is even a thing in relation to the golf swing. Technical improvement requires time, focus, drills and repetition.

Practise is a skill in and of itself. There are so many facets to learn and become proficient at and it’s best to seek out advice from an experienced coach.

PS. Always mingle with better players.

 

Whatever works.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Same as Monte here except I generally call it technique and skill practice. They’re very different.

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If I'm struggling with something then I'll get technical. Most of the range time, or I hope most of my range time, is just hitting shots to targets so I'm definitely not thinking technical.

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1. If you're making a swing change then most of your practice will be technical. But you should always end your practice session with about 10 minutes of non-technical swings...just target and a swing key. 

 

2. If you're not working on a swing change then you should have a small handful of technical drills that help minimize your swing faults. It's then up to you to do those drills at the beginning of your session or evaluate how you're hitting it and do them as needed. 

 

At some point in a swing change journey, 1 gives way to 2.

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I wish Golf was more like Tennis in this relm

 

If you want to go work on technique ... spend time with a coach 

The other time spent on practice you are working on a skill 

 

 

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14 hours ago, MBAndrews21 said:

Should you always be focusing on your technique when practicing? Or is there a time during practice sessions when you need to forget about technique and focus being “natural”?

Probably depends on if you have a greater golf goal?

 

If you asked me that when I was learning, the answer was: The range is expressly for practicing all techniques that come into play when playing the game. 

 

When playing golf, I am using all those practiced techniques to score.

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1 hour ago, Santiago Golf said:

I wish Golf was more like Tennis in this relm

 

If you want to go work on technique ... spend time with a coach 

The other time spent on practice you are working on a skill

 

What if tennis technique is much simpler than golf technique?

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3 hours ago, GolfTurkey said:

That would surprise me.

 

Really? I think it absolutely is. Just like a lot of other golf instructors, I work with a lot of students who play both golf and tennis, and we happen to teach a few tennis pros, and they agree with that sentiment.

 

Plus the margin of error is greater in tennis, and you use the same racket for everything.

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Working on technique/movement and ball striking separately has  worked well for me.

 

This winter for movement/technique work I’ve been hitting into a net, no launch monitor.    Keeps me focused on what im trying to ingrain, with little care about where the ball goes.  
 

I’ve also found in the offseason, doing a 2:1 ratio of technique work to ball striking has helped.

 

its alleviated the struggle of expecting major ball striking improvement after hitting 10 balls with the new pattern.  

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