The Drive Isn't Smooth

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We enjoy a drive down the highway when it’s smooth. When the merge is unimpeded, the drive is smooth.

When the left lane is empty, the drive is smooth.

Then roll up on some jackass doing 65 in a 70 in the left lane.

The drive isn’t smooth. Your frustration arises.

Then said driver taps the breaks because their text is more important.

The drive isn’t smooth. Your frustration builds.

Then said driver slows to the same speed as the car in the right lane.

The drive isn’t smooth. Your frustration boils over.

While some point out the car in front as the problem, it really isn’t the car.

Then you might say it’s the driver. But it really isn’t the driver.

Then it’s the texting. But it really isn’t the texting.

It’s the lack of attention and consistency.

That’s what’s frustrating.

Now stop and think how often you’ve done that in your own game. You do it to yourself.

When the warm up is dropping balls to “get a feel for the speed,” you’re texting. It’s distracting from the information gathering that you need. When the drills are based on outcome instead of process, you’re driving slow in the left lane. It’s inhibiting your progress and learning.

When you react to the last putt hit 3 feet short by saying to yourself “Don’t do that again,” and hitting the next one 6 feet by, your input is inconsistent.

And not just in your result, but in your approach to solving the root cause of the problem.

Don’t text and drive.

Don’t drop balls to “get a feel for the speed.”Don’t react to misses.

Do identify why you missed.

Do have a consistent, information gathering warm up.

And do, enjoy the drive for all 18 holes.