So you think you can dance...

Gretchen and I were chatting tonight, and she was thinking that the results show for, "So You Think You Can Dance" was on T.V. We have not been completely diligent in watching the show, but when we do, we really enjoy it. The show was not on tonight, but that show is beginning to shape my view of golf.
I love dancing. Many of you who read this may not know that, but when I was in school, I always wanted to go dancing. I have always been impressed with people who can really dance. It just so happens, that dancing is in my blood. I learned a few years ago that my grandfather was a ballroom dance champion in the Carolinas. I also learned that my father has won a few beach music dance contests. I love beach music!
What does that have to do with golf? Well, on the T.V. show, there are a bunch of different types of dancers. Some are Ballroom, some Latin, and even Hip-Hop dancers make it on the show. They are given a style of dance, they meet with a choreographer, and then they have to learn a whole routine in a week. What if they are Hip-Hop dancers, and they have to learn a Ballroom dance? This is the part that is so interesting.
These dancers have to learn to move their body in a way that is completely different than they have ever moved it. Then, they have to do it with rhythm, style, and passion. They have to perform that dance routine in front of millions of people, on network television, and be judged. Each time the judges critique their dance routine, they say things like, "I didn't feel that you were totally committed to the moves," "you seemed a little hesitant out there," and "you carried yourself very gracefully out there, and threw yourself into this new style."
Do you think you could change your golf swing in a week? Could you change it enough to hold up under that type of pressure? I have been wondering this about myself. Why is it so difficult to make a swing change, when a dancer can stand up on stage and learn a completely different movement within a week?
Commitment, and passion have so much to do with our ability to learn. If we are going to work on a new move in the golf swing, it will never have the rhythm and grace it should, if we are not totally committed to it. My favorite quote about commitment is from Bob Rotella, "when you sit down to eat breakfast, the chicken is involved, and the pig is committed."
I really believe there is a lot to learn from these guys, about how to learn. I don't have the answers to all the questions I have presented, but I think it is very interesting to think about.
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