I read an article last year that said Lorena Ochoa would work on a new shot for three weeks to learn the mechanics, then use it for three weeks in practice rounds, before she took it into competition.

Let’s keep this in mind when we’re learning something new. One good day at the range doesn’t mean you got it down. It needs to be done over and over and over before it’s ready.

Why? Because it has to be installed in your subconscious mind and well as in your hands.

When we play we revert to what we believe in, what we know we can do, even if that isn’t very good. It takes a lot of repetitions to come to believe in a new habit.

So when you’re working on something new, work on it every time you go to the range, find a way to work on it at home, to get those repetitions.

You’ll know the new shot, or the swing fix, is ready when you go to the range and start hitting the shot and feel like you own it instead of you’re learning it.

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