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Motor Learning 101 for Effective Golf Practice

August 29, 2023 3:58 PM

Explore the intriguing world of motor learning and its significant role in perfecting your golf swing. This article delves into the process of motor learning, its application in golf practice, and the benefits it brings to your game. Learn how understanding the brain-muscle connection can enhance your golf practice, making it more effective and efficient. Discover how repetition, feedback, and mental imagery can transform your golf game and boost your performance on the course.

How to practice golf - the Peter Finch view

December 31, 2022 3:58 PM

Adding variability, measurability, and intensity to your golf practice will make it more efficient and effective. It will feel more difficult, but that is good. Golf is hard, but is still fun. Make your practice hard and fun too.

Rethinking golf video analysis

August 9, 2022 7:58 PM

The first step in developing a new approach to golf practice with video analysis

Mix up your golf practice with interleaving

May 26, 2022 7:55 PM

Golf practice can be much more effective when you introduce interleaving; mixing up your tasks and drills to make the session more challenging which helps long-term improvement.

Why your golf practice needs desirable difficulties

February 9, 2022 7:54 PM

Your golf practice should have some desirable difficulties. If your training is too easy, you will not get the benefit of long-term improvement.

Remember to forget in your golf practice

December 10, 2021 7:39 PM

Improving your golf game requires focused practice; an important feature of your training should be spacing and variability, which induce a pattern of forgetting and retrieval, helping you to ingrain new patterns for long-term improvement.

Challenge Point Theory: Optimize Your Golf Practice

August 29, 2023 at 3:25 PM

Explore the Challenge Point Theory, a concept that can revolutionize your golf practice by matching task difficulty with skill level. Learn how professional golfers like Rory McIlroy use this theory to optimize their practice and how you can apply it to your own game. Discover the benefits of this approach, including improved skill acquisition and better performance on the course. This article provides practical tips and insights into motor learning principles for effective golf practice.