more technique = more things to go wrong

i used to play a bit of golf when i was younger.. 11, 12 years old. people used to tell me i had a real "natural" golf swing. i never really had lessons as a young kid, it was just the way i would swing the club.

being a bit older now, i recently started playing golf again a bit more frequently as i got a new set of clubs a few weeks ago. i've recently had a few games with some decent experienced players, who have given me some tips about my swing.

how ever, it seems the more i learn about the golf swing, the more complicated it has become, and at the same time more difficult, because i am consciously thinking about more techniques etc...

it's a lot like life i guess. it seems some people go through life quite easily and effortless, while others, like me, seem to think and analyse things too much. the more i think about life, the more complicated it becomes, and therefore the harder it is to get through each day.

it seems like some people go through life with very little conscious decisions.. it's like they're so comfortable with themselves and their personality, that their sub conscious runs along on it's own. i on the other hand seem to struggle to just relax, "let my hair down" and be me. maybe because consciously i am not really happy with my personally and "who i am". who i am, being my attitude, my personality, and the thought process that goes through my mind when in most social situations.

i guess the less complicated things are, the easier it is. simple as that.

 

Heh, I remember trying to learn how to swing a golf club. The key, from what I was able to gather, was to take the time to practice a perfect swing every time, at about 60% force, and eventually your muscle memory takes over and you can start adding more force. I never got to that point, because I'm a perfectionist when it comes to stuff like that and I just don't have the time to spend an hour a day on the driving/putting range.

You can tell when someone is good at something when they can make it look easy and/or natural. I saw the Nutcracker ballet a couple of Saturdays ago, and it just didn't look that hard. Until I took a step back and got an idea of the scale of the jumps that these dancers were making, with every appearance of effortlessness. Jaysis!