Golf Instincts
- December 20, 2007
Is the golf swing really a natural motion? Or is that taking it a bit too far. I don’t think so, and here’s one reason why.
Hitting things with sticks is part of our evolutionary instinct. It is just as natural as anything else we do and has been an influential factor in our development as a species.
We as humans have been using spears for hunting and fishing for at least 400,000 years. Check out this article on archeology.org. If we weren’t able to hit our targets with sticks, we would not be here today to debate one of the outlets of those very instincts, i.e. sports.
I’m not saying that the golf swing isn’t something that has to be learned. What I am saying is that we are already pre-wired to learn the golf swing and other similar tasks involving eye-hand coordination and spacial judgement. We don’t need drills to learn that. We need only to apply our natural learning ability to golf through experience and practice. There are literally thousands of golfers out there that are living proof that the golf swing does not need to be taught technically.
But, just like hunting with a spear as our ancient ancestors did, experience, intelligence, and physical ability will always be prime factors in our success. Of course, this is where practice, fitness training, and finding a really good caddie or playing partner come into play. But the foundation is there in all of us.
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