Make it perfect and then

When I am learning something I do so until I can do it perfectly.
Then its all about forgetting that and just do whatever you do.

Let me give an example,
when I practice golf I practice on the range.
On the course I just play.

If something fails on the course, I just take a note, later I identify why the failure did happen and correct it and make it perfect.

BUT I do this from a standpoint of having a golf swing working for me for the first time in my life, I never had one called swing before.
I am working trough how to do it and how to feel it and how to make it a habit.

Today, I went to the range to really rip the ball.
As hard as I could.

I found several flaws,
one was a chicken wing,
the next was a lack of turn,
the next I got it to a good point but not far enough.
(improved distance however to much strain was involved)

Went home, poped the DVD into the machine, looked at the instructions, started to memorize the position in the backswing, and started to feel the proper turn.
(Felt much better and allow I guess for a better impact)

Then tomorow I go back to the range and try it out.
Practice this for a while and then go out and play again to see if it holds up or not.

I do this over and over until my game holds up, when I can hit the ball where I want, as far as I want, with the acuracy and precision I want.

Then I just play.

Obviously, this allows me to;
Practice and improve fast using feedback.
Sorting out when I play and where I practice.

I test my game on the course, playing like I want, if I cant make it I check what the failure is based on.
Obviously, when the technique (swing) is working then its all about working on details and improving smaller things since then I could play the game.

Its all about making a plan and meeting the criteria I want.
I have some criteria in my golf swing, how long, how I need precise yardage with each club and so on.
So, my practice is all about getting there, to those criteria, until they are met, I continue test, practice, test, test and so on until, I meet my criteria.

When I do?
Then its ingrain time, make a habit, and then play.
I then can trust it fully on course.
Then its all about precision/state/endurance/feeling good.

Make 18 greens in regulation, close to the hole, make the putts. etc...
Shoot under 80, under 70 and then under 60.

But to get there, I must meet my criteria, my outcome, what I need to make the game on the level I want to play it.

Its going in the right direction, and with 2 weeks to go to play regulary on summer greens cant come fast enough..

Continious Improvement is important due to being able to measure ones skills are going up that actually affects the results.

/Robert Johansson
Re-New NLP.