We Cannot Control Ball Flight...13

The critical difference between "action" and "reaction"

Perhaps the most consequential subtlety compromising golfer's performance is their desire to control ball flight. We can be blinded and mislead by the games primary task of sending a ball to a target. Surely that should be paramount?

The subtlety that eludes us is a simple matter of "action and reaction". Most any person (including golfers) can accept that one cannot produce a reaction. What one can produce is an action that results in the reaction. The elusive subtlety is that ball fight is a reaction to the action of the golf swing.

To the extent a golfer desires to control their ball flight (reaction) they must fully commit themselves to instead controlling the golf swing (action). If a golfer wants the ball to go in the direction of the target (reaction) their swing must be in the direction of the target. With this being the case, a golfer must direct their intentions to the a "target-related" swing versus a "ball-related swing". Think "club-to-target" instead of "club-to-ball".

Bottom Line: The golfer cannot produce the "reaction". Direct your intention to producing the "action". Work the club to the target not the ball.

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Swing to the Target,

Ed

Heartland Golf Schools

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