Do You Trust Your Stroke?

Johnnyt · 2009-10-17T20:19:29+00:00

I think the best tip I ever got that really helped my shot-making percentage on tough shots was a comment that Steve Cook said to me years ago. He said if you don't trust your stroke you'd never get any good on pressure shots. Do some drills to see how straight your stroke is. If it's straight…then forget about it. Once your locked on to where you want to hit the QB, and you have a solid bridge…forget about the QB. Keep 90% of your focus on where you want to hit the OB and at what speed. If you have a straight stroke and you know where to hit the OB just trust your stroke to hit it there. I was amazed how this little tidbit of advice helped my long shots, both straight and cuts. Since then anytime I start missing a lot of long shots I go back and do some drills to see how straight my stroke is. Most every time it's some basic fundamental that I'm doing wrong or skipping all together.