Great Practice

The Inner Game Of Tennis has helped already. I feel more energy practicing and a greater sense of fulfillment. I spent about three hours hitting balls this morning, and it was a blast.
The idea of not judging the shot as "bad" or "good," allows me to learn faster as I practice. This is what it's all about...how fast can I learn what I am trying to do.
So, what I do is go through my pre-shot routine on as many shots as possible. I do not judge the results as bad or good, and I look at the shot or the feeling I am working on as objectively as possible.
Lets say that I feel my left arm getting too tense in the transition.(Which is something I have felt often!) I do not try to relax my left arm and force it to work properly. I now just tell myself to notice how tense it gets, and where. I get as in touch with that part of the golf swing as I can, so that I can learn as much as possible about it. Remember though...I do not judge it.
Once I am aware of that part of the swing, I begin to really feel what it is doing. I then can make a change based on an experiential feel, rather than someone telling me to just relax a little more in the transition.
As I become more and more aware of the left arm position, my subconscious mind is free to make whatever changes are necessary, because my conscious mind is not trying to force my body to do something. I can feel it changing within three to five swings.
It changes without my effort to make the change. Doesn't that sound like fun!?
In the book Timothy Gallwey brings up a good point that sparked my curiosity, because now I get to watch it happen firsthand with my baby boy Aiden.
What if you had to learn to walk all over again? Can you remember how you learned to walk?
We were never taught to walk, and it is the thing we do with the most style and grace, and with the least amount of effort.