This week, I had an actual golf lesson! Remember that second mentor I told you about? Well, he and I went to a driving range this past Tuesday. I was amazed with the amount of knowledge he had about golf. All the stuff he told me, I probably would never of figured out from researching. Even if I found an article about why the ball keeps going right, I would have to film myself and analyze the film because I can't watch myself swing the club. All of that would be too much effort. The lesson was only an hour, but I feel like a whole new golfer. I have so much more confidence in myself now, however, I still don't think I will be able to play a whole round of golf by the end of this project. I bit off more than I can chew.
Then during class time, I went to the practice field again to swing the club. I did better than last time. The balls went straight, but they didn't go that far. I am gonna give myself a little credit though; they were wiffle balls. See? They're little orange dots. My goal was along that white line. Next week I am probably going to practice on the practice field again during the class time.
P.S Wear bug spray when you go to a driving range. Both times that I have been, there were bugs everywhere.
What I do WRONG that maybe you do too:
1. strong grip (seeing three knuckles on you lead hand when you grip the club)
2. hit the ball to the right- this is due to a strong grip and an open club face
3. don't transfer my weight- I more cut the ball like in baseball, instead of moving pretty much all the weight to the left foot on the swing. I used to have to more weight on the right.
4. move my body, instead of rotate- on the back swing, when I thought I rotated my body, I also kinda shifted my body to the right so that I wasn't properly aligned with the ball.
5. clubs too much in my fingers
6. totally miss the ball
7. left foot not rotated about 20 degrees
Cori, your project looks really great so far! The only golfing I've done is mini-golfing and golfing on the Wii. You've done a lot of research about golf so far and even gotten two mentors. It's pretty impressive how much work you've done for this project. I think Parkview has a golf team. You could ask some of the golf team or their coach for help. Are you going to eventually go to an actual golf course sometime? Keep up the good work and good luck!
ReplyDeleteCori!! Your project is awesome. I am so excited to see your progress with golf, who knows maybe you could be Parkview's golf star this year. Your blog is very detailed and interesting to read. I think that you are making good progress and definitely improving and picking up skills. If you ever need a buddy to go to the range with I'll go... cannot promise I am any good though.
ReplyDeleteCoriii!!! I had no idea you were learning how to golf! I saw you the other day in physics with a set of golf clubs and I was like, "Wow, Cori has got some legit golf stuff. huh, I didn't know she golfed." Haha I didn't know it was your 20% time. From what I can tell, you have learned sooo much and you are actually putting a lot of time into this project, and I think that's really great. You're obviously having a lot of fun with this, and you actually get to be active in this project and go outside and do things during class since we have a practice field that you can use. I'm interested in how you're going to present to us in December. But even after this, the things you learn are going to stick with you afterwards and I'm hoping that you'll continue your interest in golf.
ReplyDeleteCori, I'm so glad you're enjoying golf! It's a great thing to learn how to play, and play well! It's a great pastime for the professional world, and something that you can play all of your life! Definitely be careful about the bad form,; bad habits die hard so try not to make them!
ReplyDeleteCori your idea of learning how to play golf with your 20% time is amazing! Kudos to your dedication and innovative mind. Also, I am happy you finally decided to invest in lessons! Hopefully be December, you'll be able to go out and play with your dad's friends. Either way, you're already really good at one sport (volleyball) so that can always be your back up haha just kidding, you are an athlete and you will most likely be able to beat Tiger Woods by December.
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