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The Inspiration of a New Year!
*Above: Calvin at Sullivan’s Island
Happy New Year! What a wonderful opportunity! Each New Year, we get the chance to reflect on the previous year and GET FIRED UP about the New Year! I just love it.
So let’s get fired up about golf in 2013!
Why? Because we can!!!! We can set new goals. We can dream our golf dreams. We can write down our strategies and lay out our plans for success!
How good do you want to get this year? I’m not talking about winning net events, I’m talking about how many strokes off your handicap do you want to take? What is your goal for low round? I’m talking about what kind of scores do you want to shoot in competition (gross scores!)?
How are you going to get there? More practice? Better practice? Golf Lessons? Play more?
What other kinds of golf goals will get your juices flowing?
· A round free of double bogies and or ‘others’?
· A bogie free round?
· A certain number of pars or birdies in a round, or pars/birdies in a row?
· 50% up and down from inside 30 yards? (harder than you think! But a great motivator!!!)
· Etc., etc…..
Be creative. Set a few goals and then begin to plan your year. Practice better, study, do the gravity golf drills…. Put your mind and body into it, and I can guarantee you’ll be proud as you look back at 2013!
Whether you accomplish the goal or not is not as important as the attempt and intent put into it.
Well, I’m pretty fired up about the New Year! Want some help planning your strategies? Want some help with your game? Want to bounce off some ideas with me as to how to go about achieving your goals? Please do not hesitate to email me at pete@athleticgolf.net, or stop by Snee Farm or RiverTowne and discuss!
Best wishes in 2013! Many eagles, pars and birdies!
Now go PLAY GOLF! Stop THINKING golf swing!!!
Trust the Method. Trust the Indian….
Below is a blog written by a long time student, Joe Losek. Reading it (even though I lived it) allowed me to see it with a new perspective.
There is a major theme in my LEARNING philosophy…. Has been for over 15 years. I’m proud to say that this blog validates what I so strongly believe- I’ve got to admit that it’s rewarding to know that I practice what I preach! Here’s 2 quick ways to understand this very powerful LEARNING philosophy:
1. “Put your best swing on the next shot” -J. Busuttil…… (That’s the best answer to how to ‘fix’ the last shot….golfers too often change their next swing… Fix their next swing and end up in a constant cycle of swing, fix, swing, fix, swing…..)
2. “It’s the BELIEF in the method that makes the greatest difference in learning”
-Dr. David Cook
OK, on to the blog. Thanks Joe!
Guest Blogger: Joe Losek
Title: See it, feel it and TRUST IT. Pre-shot routine
I have the good fortune each week of doing the Driver Drill with our pro Pete Dunham [You hit 100 balls in 12 minutes]. During the most recent drill, Pete started with right arm and left arm only cross- footed and transfer drills for the first 30 balls. Then advanced to off the deck, 2-arm front route, cross-footed and transfers for the next 40 balls.
The shots were not up to his usual level of “beautiful”, but considering these were one arm only and off the deck shots it was hard to be too critical. However, he then hit the last 30 shots from the tee alternating every 5 shots between spread-footed front routes to regular swings. Normally these shots from the mats easily clear the trees, but most of Pete’s hits were falling into or short of the trees and many shots were weak ballooning to the right hits. We did not know what to say. But Pete continued with no words of doubt, frustration or anger. Gravity Golf drills have worked in the past and there was no reason to think that the forces of gravity and rotation had changed. The laws of physics do not change. Just ask David Lee.
When done, Pete asked us if we saw any obvious flaws. We have been doing Drive Drill together for over 4 years and know each other’s strengths and weaknesses and routinely critique our sessions, usually with words of congratulation. However we did not see any flaws, Pete was turning deep and level and finishing balanced, but the hits did not have the sharp pop and piercing slight draw trajectory as in the past. Did the forces of gravity and rotation suddenly abandon our talented pro? Will those who of us have seen great improvement and a renewed enjoyment to our golf need to find a new method to advance our games?
Fortunately NO. The principles of Gravity Golf are as true as ever. Pete’s driver head was cracked. For once it was the arrow and not the Indian.
Take home message, despite poor shots, Pete continued to turn deep and finish balanced, completely trusting the principles of Gravity golf. For us who have not worked at Gravity golf for as many years as Pete, such an experience would have likely transformed us into raging, foul worded, doubting complainers. Learn from Pete, TRUST IT.
I Had the ‘Nots’!!!!
“There’s an enormous gap between KNOWING and DOING.” -Some wise dude
What’s On My Mind….Pertaining to golf, of course….
Well, before I get into golf, I’ve got to apologize for being away from the blog for so long…. So long that I needed to do that weird psychedelic code word security thingy to get into my own blog page!!!!

Random Thoughts on the PGA Championship
Rory…. Wow.
If Golf was a Feather…..
Most of us simply LOVE the game. The goal should be to enjoy every moment. Every shot!





Keep Believing That Today is the Day!
Be Who You Are….. AND Turn!
This blog should be 2 things….
One and Only Time….I Think
So this should be the one and only time you read me writing about a political statement….. Most likely. Probably. Hopefully.
