30 Aug 2010
Brandt, your current “quick trigger” process of shotmaking: [hit it before you let your mind get in the way of your athletic ability] doesn’t appear to sufficiently focus your attention and feel of motion on where you are going BEFORE you swing. Consequently, your ball flights are not zeroing in on target as well as they need to, if you are to crack the winners circle.
I, too, tried Doc Rotella when I played on the senior tour. I found I needed a better routine than he was able to provide. I now teach both the PROCESS OF SHOTMAKING and PERFORMANCE ROUTINES better, perhaps, than anyone else in the game.
The Process of Shotmaking at its simplest is: SEE IT! FEEL IT! DO IT! OBSERVE IT! Then comes the POST SHOT ROUTINE - Immediately after you have played each shot take (2) more swings to confirm a good motion (groove that feel) or fix a bad one (take that shot out of your bag).
An effective Performance Routine accomplishes the following: sets you up properly to the ball, aligns you properly to your target, focuses your attention and feel of motion on where you are going (feels the motion required to produce your intended ball flight) and triggers your swing motion.
It appears to me that your quick trigger approach is short changing your alignment, focus and feel of motion, but I do like your consistent approach to set-up – with the exception that you must make better adjustments for bad lies.
I can and would very much like to help you. It is really tough to see such a nice guy with so much talent leave so many shots out there on the course. If you are as frustrated as it appears, let’s take advantage of the opportunity to make these fixes during the off-season. I look forward to hearing from you.
All the best,
Ozzie
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