Golf Goal
My goal for golf is to get to the point where it is like throwing a ball or shooting a basketball.
Throwing a ball is a similarly complex motion. It is similar in that there is a multiple hinge lever motion to multiply the force. Position, balance, body turn all play a part in the process. But I certainly don’t forget how to throw a ball. Different shapes and sizes, even time away from throwing a ball don’t really degrade my abilities in throwing a ball. I can still get the ball to go where I want it to. I believe the reason for this is due to practice. I’ve basically practiced that motion until it has become a natural motion due to muscle memory. Inefficiencies and awkwardness have been evolved out of the motion over time.
“You throw like a girl.” I’ve read arguments that “girls” throw the way they throw simply because the average girl doesn’t have much practice much growing up. If I were to throw left handed, it would be pretty ugly. I could tell myself, “Hold the ball this way. Pull your hand back, elbow above the shoulder, rotate the hips back, etc”, but I imagine that would be a pretty poor mechanical facsimile of a right handed throw. That’s what I feel like my golf swing is like. Though, not quite to that extent. I don’t really think my way through the swing, but I make sure to check my grip, my stance, etc. Do I check my stance or how I hold the ball when I throw? No. In fact, I can compensate for poor footing or poor grip without much thought.
I’m not able to throw curveballs or anything like that, but I’m not really looking to accomplish that with my golf game either. I’m probably not even little league material but I can get the ball to where I want without thought, and I feel like I should be able to do that with golf as well.