THE TRUTH ABOUT COMMAND How to Nail Down Accuracy
Their movement patterns are clearly FAR from having the classic golf swings of Ben Hogan or Jack Nicklaus.
To put it simply, honing great command is primarily about developing a repeatable
The answer is thousands of hours of practice and a ridiculous amount of time banging range balls to shape their craft. Through repetition and trial and error, they developed a pattern that worked. It wasn’t necessarily “pretty” or “classic,” but it was effective. If that doesn’t spell it out, let’s take a look at an example from baseball. Juan Marichal and Dan Quisenberry are two of the all-time best in MLB history with regard to giving up the fewest walks per nine innings. In other words, their control and accuracy, or command, is exceptional. Yet, neither one of them are anywhere close to what would be considered by most in baseball as having classic or textbook mechanics. Furthermore, if you look closely, they are both right-handed and are not only far from classic, but also almost opposites of each other.
movement pattern. One builds a repeatable movement pattern ONLY by good old-fashioned deliberate practice and lots of it. Command, control, and accuracy are not techniques. Many in baseball would have you believe you can only have command with “good mechanics.” To think about command as a result of mechanics is flawed. I think that through real-life examples you will see why
narrowing down human movement patterns into an “ideal” movement model is not an exact science to say the least. Personally, I believe it’s a waste of time. In golf, control matters even more than it does on the mound. So, how do we explain how three of the greatest golfers of all time,
How did these legends develop hall of fame command while keeping their unique throwing motions?
The answer — much like with Furyk, Trevino, and Palmer — is countless hours spent throwing balls and perfecting their own personal throwing motions.
The bottom line: If you want great command, you need to practice, practice, and practice some more.
Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, and Jim Furyk have become top performers?
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THIS MONTH IN BASEBALL HISTORY Ending the Ultimate Dry Spell This is recent history worth recounting. On Nov. 2, 2016, the Chicago Cubs won their first World Series title in 108 years against the Cleveland Indians, in a feat often hailed as one of the greatest games in history. The Cubs crawled back from a 3-1 game deficit when it seemed like Cleveland was going to dominate. But Game 7 was a nail-biter from start to finish. The Cubs hit a lead-off homer, and the Indians tied the score in the third. Chicago scored twice in the fourth, then hit two homers to build their lead. Cleveland trailed 6-4 with two outs in the eighth. But they homered to tie again, sending the game into extra innings, where Ben Zobrist put the Cubs ahead with a double. Cleveland scored a run in the bottom of the 10th, but it wasn’t enough. Zobrist was named World Series MVP, and the Cubs finally broke their 108-year dry spell.
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