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blugold

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Are you a golfer than mentally pictures the shot before you swing? How often does that mental picture and the result match?
 
oh yes, i absolutely try to picture the shot. i pull it off maybe 2/10 times. and that's being generous. i had a playing lesson with my instructor, and he asked if i was someone who saw shapes or someone who saw targets. i thought i was a target guy, but we realized as i would explain the shot there was always a shape with a starting line and ending point. so i'm a shape guy, which i guess means i'm a "picture" guy too.
 
I do and sometimes it works, other times, not so much.
 
I try to get a mental picture of what I want the shot to do. My success rate is probably 20%
 
I would definitely say that I try to picture the shot. The general shot shape tends to match what my mind sees. But the outcome never matches, I am at 0%. I always envision the ball going in the hole.
 
Yes I am, and the amount it matches goes up as I get more consistent. With putting it's much more.
 
I stand behind the ball and try to decide what shot I'm going to hit, but I don't go all Jason Day and picture the flight and everything. I just pick an aim point, say "hit it there with a little draw" to myself, then pull the trigger.
 
I do but I don't remember to do it all the time, when I do take my time to envision the shot I can come close to what I see a lot of the time.
 
blugold said:
I would definitely say that I try to picture the shot. The general shot shape tends to match what my mind sees. But the outcome never matches, I am at 0%. I always envision the ball going in the hole.
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i bet you scream "get in the hole" after every one of your own shots, don't you?
 
c.a.eleric said:
i bet you scream "get in the hole" after every one of your own shots, don't you?
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Oh no. It's usually, "are you effing kidding me?"
 
cbaker2882 said:
Yes I am, and the amount it matches goes up as I get more consistent. With putting it's much more.
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What I've noticed with me, I have to envision the mechanics of the shot I am trying to hit. Not so much just the flight, but I need to mentally picture the swing.
 
blugold said:
What I've noticed with me, I have to envision the mechanics of the shot I am trying to hit. Not so much just the flight, but I need to mentally picture the swing.
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Same with me. I have to picture the takeaway and tempo too. I envision the swing to match the shot I need, so if I need a punch shot, I try to envision holding off the finish and everything involved.

It's a fun part of the game for me. I love executing a shot how it plays out in my head.
 
cbaker2882 said:
Same with me. I have to picture the takeaway and tempo too. I envision the swing to match the shot I need, so if I need a punch shot, I try to envision holding off the finish and everything involved.

It's a fun part of the game for me. I love executing a shot how it plays out in my head.
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Having learned how to control my shots a little more, has opened up a lot of fun but a lot of frustration as well.
 
Sometimes, not all the time.
 
As I have been thinking about this, I do more picturing of shots on the range than I do on the course.
 
Hmm, I had to think about it for a bit but I think I'm definitely more of a target guy.
 
I try to do it on every shot. I'm very visual when I'm reading putts on the green and most of the time on the tee.
 
100% I visualize every shot. Maybe twice a round is see exactly what I imagined. The rest of the time it's close but not perfect
 
This subject brings to mind Jason Day.....the human rain delay. I have a hard time watching him and his lengthy pre shot mental picture routine knowing their are amateurs out there wanting to copy it. Last year I was stuck behind a couple who were literally hacking the ball down the fairway, yet each of them before every shot would stand behind their ball for 5-10 seconds visualizing their next hack! That was one painfully slow round. I don't have a problem with someone standing behind their ball for a couple seconds.....but anything north of 3-4 seconds on every shot is just holding up play for the groups behind. Pace of play/length of a round seems to be a hot button topic.
 
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I find the more I do this the better the outcome, it is rarely exactly how I see it but the results when taking a few seconds to make a plan seem to pay off in much better shots.
 
It's part of my routine but it's quick.


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Tadashi70 said:
100% I visualize every shot. Maybe twice a round is see exactly what I imagined. The rest of the time it's close but not perfect
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myself as well, also I visualize at the range, and on my practice shots as well. 1-2 times a round perhaps its what I imagined.
 
Every last shot. I feel that visualizing what shot shape you want can take some of the pressure off..


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Yeah, I know what I expect the shot to do. A few times a round I pull it off. Or close enough, haha.
 
blugold said:
Are you a golfer than mentally pictures the shot before you swing? How often does that mental picture and the result match?
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I can't play a straight shot...........and never could.

It's gotta be a shape no matter what happens.

Luckily for me, I am a patient and humble man.
 
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