I ALWAYS play better when I use a pronounced pause at the back of the backswing. It took a while to remember to do it.... and under pressure I'm STILL prone to rushing the forward move and it just pisses me off to no end when I "forget" to wait.
pause before pulling the trigger?
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I ALWAYS play better when I use a pronounced pause at the back of the backswing. It took a while to remember to do it.... and under pressure I'm STILL prone to rushing the forward move and it just pisses me off to no end when I "forget" to wait.
FYI, a good summary of reasons to pause can be found here:
Regards,
Dave
Did you pause going into the parking lot and coming back out?
nope....but i took a bit of a pause before heading to the swimming pool in my new leopard print speedo!!!
Pause in the Stroke
I play with a fellow that has played for over 40yrs that has this pause and he is really deadly to deal with. So at times Ive tried to emulate a few things in his game and recently tried to incorporate a pause in my stroke that he and other great players have.
While working on that "and it not feeling natural" another accomplished player I know told me this:
He said that he had read a lot on it and for him it was more about allowing yourself to take the proper time that you needed for the different components of the shot. So he suggested I take a stroke or two, insert a pause then another stroke or two and take the final pause then fire.
When I made myself take the time I needed I was able to put the pause in there with no problem. The pause is an awesome thing hopefully by the time you get to it you will have made all your sighting decisions and the pause causes you to focus on one thing only and that is shot pressure.
I began to feel the shot pressure because of the time I was making myself take and the extra time amounted in mere seconds. The pause was great but then began to disapear within the frame work of building a slow rhythm to the stroke and that slow rhythm allowed me to have a better feel for the shot and its fire shot which is more of a measured stroke resulted in the best position I have every gotten in my life. Yes its a pause but there is rhythmic stroke before it. The pause without the rhythm is not as good for me. Just to pause didnt seem to be the magic bullet but a slight pause and then stroking the ball after a completely grooved stroke is definitely the nuts.
I play with a fellow that has played for over 40yrs that has this pause and he is really deadly to deal with. So at times Ive tried to emulate a few things in his game and recently tried to incorporate a pause in my stroke that he and other great players have.
While working on that "and it not feeling natural" another accomplished player I know told me this:
He said that he had read a lot on it and for him it was more about allowing yourself to take the proper time that you needed for the different components of the shot. So he suggested I take a stroke or two, insert a pause then another stroke or two and take the final pause then fire.
When I made myself take the time I needed I was able to put the pause in there with no problem. The pause is an awesome thing hopefully by the time you get to it you will have made all your sighting decisions and the pause causes you to focus on one thing only and that is shot pressure.
I began to feel the shot pressure because of the time I was making myself take and the extra time amounted in mere seconds. The pause was great but then began to disapear within the frame work of building a slow rhythm to the stroke and that slow rhythm allowed me to have a better feel for the shot and its fire shot which is more of a measured stroke resulted in the best position I have every gotten in my life. Yes its a pause but there is rhythmic stroke before it. The pause without the rhythm is not as good for me. Just to pause didnt seem to be the magic bullet but a slight pause and then stroking the ball after a completely grooved stroke is definitely the nuts.
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