WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.840 --> 00:00:05.519 Golf Smarter number three eighty two, published on April thirtieth, 2 00:00:05.759 --> 00:00:06.639 twenty thirteen. 3 00:00:06.879 --> 00:00:11.960 Welcome to golf Smarter Mulligans, your second chance to gain 4 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:15.560 insight and advice from the best instructors featured on the 5 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:21.600 Golf Smarter podcast. Great Golf Instruction never gets old. Our 6 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:26.480 interview library features hundreds of hours of game improvement conversations 7 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:30.160 like this that are no longer available in any podcast app. 8 00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:34.640 The most important thing is to separate out the elements, 9 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:36.759 and this is what most people don't do in their 10 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:39.920 putting routines. When you've taken your practice stroke and you're 11 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:42.000 ready to address the ball, you have to be done 12 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:45.359 with thinking about how you're going to make that stroke. 13 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:48.479 You have to be finished with that and say, Okay, 14 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:50.320 that's the stroke I'm going to put on it, and 15 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:53.399 I give some ideas in how to make every put 16 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:57.759 of how to go about finding your best stroke. Then 17 00:00:58.039 --> 00:01:00.000 when you set the putter and you've taken your stance, 18 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:03.240 you have to be done with direction. You don't want 19 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:06.200 to be pushing or pulling any putts, so you make 20 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:09.239 a commitment to use your stroke to send the ball 21 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:13.319 on the line where that hutter's pointing at address No Push, 22 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:16.239 No Pull. There's a chapter called every Putt starts as 23 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:18.560 a straight putt, and that's really what you want to do. 24 00:01:24.239 --> 00:01:27.359 How to make every put With Zen Golf author doctor 25 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:28.319 Joseph Parrot. 26 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:33.599 This is Golf Smarter sharing tips and insights from golfers 27 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:37.120 and golf professionals to help blower your score. It's worked 28 00:01:37.159 --> 00:01:38.879 for your host, Fred Green. 29 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:42.359 Welcome back to Golf Smarter. Doctor Joe. 30 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:44.040 Hi, Fred, great to be here. 31 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:47.159 It is great to have you back because we've had 32 00:01:47.159 --> 00:01:50.599 you many times. You are the most regular of our 33 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:55.519 regular guests, and it's mainly because that your first book, 34 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:59.640 Zen Golf, led me to this podcast. Honestly, I mean, 35 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:04.200 what it meant to me and on the bigger picture 36 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:08.960 made me think in a whole different way and launched 37 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:12.319 this podcast and the questions behind this podcast. It was 38 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:13.520 definitely from Zen Golf. 39 00:02:13.560 --> 00:02:15.960 So again, well thank you, Fred. It was a pleasure 40 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:20.120 being on that first podcast, and I appreciate how much 41 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:24.360 you connected with Zen Golf. Every time we've talked, you've 42 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:28.000 really shown that you understood it and understood where I 43 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:31.800 was coming from. And it's been very gratifying how many 44 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:35.159 golfers have really appreciated Zen Golf. I get a lot 45 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:39.120 of emails thanking me for writing the book. And it's 46 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:42.759 been eleven years since the book came out, and it 47 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:46.520 has stayed pretty consistently in the top five of all 48 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:51.159 golf books throughout that time, which is remarkable for a 49 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:55.759 little book on the Eastern wisdom and Western psychology principles 50 00:02:56.319 --> 00:02:59.439 of getting out of your own way and playing your 51 00:02:59.479 --> 00:03:02.319 best golf as much as you possibly can. 52 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:06.280 And that is why it's probably the most successful golf 53 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:07.759 mental book in history. 54 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:11.960 Right it seems that way, certainly in the last decade, 55 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:19.199 and it's really been a great, a great phenomenon that 56 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:22.199 I really didn't expect when I first wrote it. But 57 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:29.240 it's been consistently in the top five in mental game 58 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:33.240 golf books and in all golf books for the last decade. 59 00:03:33.319 --> 00:03:37.680 So that's that's been great. And you know, it came 60 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:40.560 out eleven years ago and it's still near the top 61 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:44.240 of the chart, so awesome, got lasting power. I really 62 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:48.159 appreciate your your how much you connected with it and 63 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:51.159 how much it meant to you and how and the 64 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:53.039 feedback that I've gotten from people about it. 65 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:56.960 Yeah, that's great. Well, there's a new book out, and 66 00:03:57.120 --> 00:03:59.159 as soon as I saw the title, I went, We've 67 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:01.840 talked about this, the title the new book, how to 68 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:05.520 Make Every Putt the Secret to winning Golf's game within 69 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:10.520 the game. So how to make Every putt is a 70 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:13.800 line that you have said on this show. You know 71 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:16.319 you made the putt, you just didn't hold it, right? 72 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:17.399 Is that where we're going with this? 73 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:20.759 That is the basic principle, you know, a cup. I've 74 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:23.600 gotten some very nice reviews about the book already, and 75 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:27.000 a couple of them mentioned they say it's a presumptuous 76 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:29.920 title or it's a you know what, what does that mean? 77 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:33.000 How to Make Every putt? And I made that the 78 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:37.480 title because I wanted to intrigue people and say, is 79 00:04:37.519 --> 00:04:41.439 that possible? Well, it's possible if you change the definition 80 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:45.120 of making a putt and separate out making and holding. 81 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:48.439 So if you got the putt started just the way 82 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:50.120 you want it, and we know what that feels like 83 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:53.240 when it leaves the putter face and we say, oh, yeah, 84 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:56.560 I really like the way I got that one started, 85 00:04:57.279 --> 00:04:59.439 then you made your putt if it's on the line 86 00:04:59.439 --> 00:05:02.879 you chose, at the pace you chose, with a good 87 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:06.000 roll coming off the sweet spot of the putter. Then 88 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:09.399 you made your putt, then you see what happens, and 89 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:11.720 if it goes in, then you hold your putt. So 90 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:16.399 we separate making and holding. It's highly unlikely that you're 91 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:19.879 going to hold every put but you can make every putt, 92 00:05:19.879 --> 00:05:23.439 and you want your confidence to be based on your execution, 93 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:26.959 not so much on the outcome, because we're not dealing 94 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:31.040 with a perfect surface. You know, on the PGA Tour average, 95 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:33.680 and this is a group of the best golfers in 96 00:05:33.720 --> 00:05:38.120 the world, the PGA Tour average from eight feet is 97 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:41.560 only fifty percent amazing. So if you say, you know, 98 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:44.600 these guys, they're not that good. They miss half their 99 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:46.319 putts from only eight feet away. 100 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:48.040 I can do that. 101 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:52.800 That doesn't sound very That's not a confidence builder. So 102 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:57.199 and to have your expectations. I have a chapter in 103 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:00.399 the book about lowering your expectations. If you think that 104 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:03.279 you should hold every putt from eight feet, you're going 105 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:05.800 to be pretty frustrated since the best golfers in the 106 00:06:05.839 --> 00:06:09.920 world only hold half of them. Yeah, well, your expectations 107 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:14.120 and focus more on building your confidence based on how 108 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:16.759 you get the ball started. And then if you get 109 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:19.360 the ball started the way you want to. The only 110 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:21.399 thing you need to adjust is how well you read 111 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:23.759 the putts and how well you gauge the field of 112 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:24.920 the pace. 113 00:06:25.079 --> 00:06:26.519 And that's what this book is about. 114 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:28.319 That's right. Yeah. 115 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:31.560 I mean I think that there's a bigger picture to 116 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:34.399 all of this, and that is that our expectations on 117 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:39.000 our game is always probably set a little too high 118 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:41.560 and leads to disappointment and frustration. 119 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:46.120 Probably true, and more with putting than anything else. I 120 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:49.800 don't think we really compare ourselves so much to the 121 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:53.240 pros when it comes to t shots, and not many 122 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:56.040 people I know hit the ball three hundred yards, so 123 00:06:56.399 --> 00:06:59.720 it's not too realistic to compare ourselves to the pros 124 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:03.360 hitting greens. Well, most of what we see on TV 125 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:07.639 are pros that do hit the greens, but we have 126 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:11.680 to remember the clubs that they hit into the greens 127 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:15.560 are usually shorter than the ones that the average middle 128 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:19.680 to high handicap or plays, So we really can't have 129 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:23.560 that much expectation. But putting, come on, there's the ball, 130 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:26.639 there's some grass as a hole doesn't take that much, 131 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:29.920 it doesn't take strength, it doesn't take that much skill 132 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:33.519 er coordination. That's where we start to compare ourselves to 133 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:38.720 the pros. And the problem comes in with telecasts. Golf telecasts. 134 00:07:38.519 --> 00:07:41.920 Mostly we watch golf on TV, and if you watch 135 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:45.439 golf on TV, you see mainly the guys who are 136 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:48.680 leading and mainly the ones who are sinking putts. 137 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:52.360 Right, let's go back to thirteen. Now is sixty footter, 138 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:55.079 and of course it's a replay of something that's already happened, 139 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:57.519 so they've already vetted that shot. They're not going to 140 00:07:57.560 --> 00:08:00.759 show you. They'll show you a miss if it's two feet, 141 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:02.439 but they won't show you a miss if it's eight feet. 142 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:06.160 So they'll show you the leaders. And then if you 143 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:09.639 see a guy who's not in contention, and as you said, 144 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:13.040 as about a sixty foot or across the green, bet 145 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:15.319 your friends that he's gonna hold it, because the only 146 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:17.240 reason they're showing the guy is because they're going to 147 00:08:17.279 --> 00:08:19.839 show him holding a pot. Right, So you see puts 148 00:08:19.839 --> 00:08:23.480 going in all the time on TV, and then when 149 00:08:23.519 --> 00:08:27.519 yours don't go in at that frequency, you start to 150 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:31.800 get frustrated, be more realistic and focus more on how 151 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:34.639 how good it feels to get the putt started, and 152 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:39.360 realize on a twenty footer you know, maybe one out 153 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:42.360 of one, out of ten or twelve is all at 154 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:47.440 the pros hole. So when yours goes in, get excited 155 00:08:47.879 --> 00:08:50.440 when it gets close, feel like, hey, I did a 156 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:53.679 good job. I rolled a good putt there right right. 157 00:08:55.279 --> 00:08:57.799 And it's interesting because you know, when you talk about 158 00:08:57.840 --> 00:09:00.840 a level playing field with the pros, it's the place. 159 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:04.320 I feel that putting is the place that if somebody's 160 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:07.519 interested in getting started playing golf, that's where you should 161 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:10.480 take them. Is a practice putting green, not a driving range, 162 00:09:10.919 --> 00:09:14.279 because the driving range can be so frustrating because you're 163 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:17.399 not hitting the ball. But even a five year old 164 00:09:17.480 --> 00:09:19.919 can put the ball in the cup, right. 165 00:09:21.200 --> 00:09:24.759 I like to teach. When I teach beginners, I do 166 00:09:24.960 --> 00:09:28.759 something that Harvey Pennock said the same thing. And you 167 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:30.799 know the objective of the game is to get the 168 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:33.080 ball in the hole, So start with that and work 169 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:33.720 your way back. 170 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:35.759 Well, I taught Harvey everything he knows. 171 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:41.759 That's good, so we do want to I like to 172 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:45.639 teach it backwards, so you work starting with a two 173 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:50.840 foot putt, in fact, a tapin there's a chapter in 174 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:54.360 How to Make Every Putt called turning knee knockers into 175 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:58.039 tap ins, and I put something similar in zen putting, 176 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:02.639 and that is that you're little tap in strokes. It's 177 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:05.200 free of worry, it's free of care. You just make 178 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:09.159 a little swipe, you know, a little back and through 179 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:13.399 with the putter, and often it represents your best putting stroke. 180 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:17.200 So when you get four feet away from the hole, 181 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:20.399 you make your tap in stroke. It's usually enough to 182 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:22.559 get it all the way to the hole. You'll find 183 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:24.960 you're making your best stroke that way. So we start 184 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:27.360 with a tap in and work our way back, and 185 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:31.000 then you work to long putts. And then if I'm 186 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:35.159 teaching somebody golf, then I start teaching them with osay 187 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:38.000 an eight iron from just off the green, but I 188 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:40.840 have them make a putting stroke with that, and they 189 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:43.120 begin to see that the ball goes in the air 190 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:46.039 without them helping it in the air, just by making 191 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:49.480 a putting stroke along the surface with their eight iron 192 00:10:49.879 --> 00:10:51.840 and then a pitching wedge, and then they start to 193 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:55.559 get the idea, Oh, I just send the club through 194 00:10:55.559 --> 00:10:58.440 the grass under the ball, and that's what lists the 195 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:00.200 ball in the air. I don't have to help help 196 00:11:00.200 --> 00:11:03.039 it up. Because helping the ball in the air is 197 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:07.200 the most common cause of fat shots and top shots. 198 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:15.840 To me, the ball going in the cup. That's what 199 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:18.320 I call the happy sound. I mean, that's what I'm 200 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:20.919 looking for. I got to hear the happy sound. I'll 201 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:21.440 tap it in. 202 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:24.480 Don't give it to me. In fact, I tell people 203 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:27.240 in their warm ups for going out before they play, 204 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:30.320 the last thing they should do is cut a few 205 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:33.919 two footers because you're not going to miss too many 206 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:37.320 of those, and so you'll have a feeling of confidence 207 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:39.600 of both making your put and holding your putt, and 208 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:42.000 you get to hear that sound again and again and again, 209 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:44.519 and it's very reinforcing and confidence building. 210 00:11:44.840 --> 00:11:48.679 Yeah. Absolutely, I mean I should have I wish we 211 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:51.360 would have had that conversation last week because I should 212 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:54.200 have done a couple more two footers before my round. 213 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:58.759 I feel that I have a decent mental game because 214 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:03.279 I'm a a practitioner of zen golf and all that 215 00:12:03.320 --> 00:12:07.279 you have taught me in your books. But when I 216 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:10.519 get frustrated, you know, I can let it go. I 217 00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:13.399 can let it go. That's fine. Something happens, it's out 218 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:15.720 of my control. I'll start laughing about it instead of 219 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:20.600 screaming and throwing things. But last week I was playing 220 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:25.360 with a friend. Par three, I hit a great gap 221 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:29.960 web shot right leaves me four foot from the cup. 222 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:32.240 I was so excited because my friend put the ball 223 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:33.960 in the water. Then he put one off the green. 224 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:39.480 I three putted from four feet and I cannot let 225 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:42.600 it go. That is the one thing I've been still 226 00:12:42.639 --> 00:12:46.159 frustrated about that round is I three putted from four feet. 227 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:50.600 Clearly you can't let it go. Right now, let me 228 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:52.600 let me guess you didn't leave it short. 229 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:57.759 H No, the first one, Nope, on any of them. 230 00:12:59.200 --> 00:13:04.480 I got it, So you know, you you might have decided, oh, 231 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:06.480 I'm not sure if there's any break, I'm going to 232 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:08.440 just aim at the hole and hit it a little 233 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:10.639 extra firm and make sure I don't take out any 234 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:15.440 break and then zoom it goes by. And then you 235 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:19.320 try it again, and well, at least you didn't four putt. 236 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:19.799 You know. 237 00:13:19.840 --> 00:13:23.519 That's well, there you go, Okay. I feel so much better. 238 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:27.000 Now, you know. In Zen in Zen Golf, there's that 239 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:31.360 chapter where I tell the story about the two monks 240 00:13:31.399 --> 00:13:35.679 walking around walking down the road and in their monastery 241 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:38.519 they they've taken a vow of celibacy and also not 242 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:41.960 to not to even make contact with women. But they 243 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:45.639 meet this woman in a beautiful silk kimono who's trying 244 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:49.159 to cross the stream, and one of the monks says, well, 245 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:51.559 climb on my back, I'll take you across. And he 246 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:54.120 takes her across the stream and she thanks him and 247 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:55.759 they go on their way, and the other monk is 248 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:59.799 very very upset, and he's thinking, how could my brother 249 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:02.759 have violated his vow and how could he do this? 250 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:04.679 And am I going to get in trouble if I 251 00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:06.440 tell on him? And then I'm kind of a rat 252 00:14:06.440 --> 00:14:07.759 and I don't want to do that. But if I 253 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:10.200 don't tell him and people find out, then I'll get 254 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:13.039 in trouble. And he gets all worked up and upset 255 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:14.960 it and upset, and about half a mile down the 256 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:17.840 road he screams out, how could you do that? And 257 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:20.240 the other the first monk says, do what he says? 258 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:23.840 That woman? He said, oh her, her? I set her 259 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:26.759 down when we crossed the stream. Why my brother, are 260 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:31.360 you still carrying her? I want you to encourage, to 261 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:37.679 encourage you. You know, what's done is done, and set 262 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:42.399 it down at the end of that round, and it's 263 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:46.399 time to move on. Okay, I have a good friend 264 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:51.120 who says, he says, you know, we think about the past, 265 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:53.759 and we run it through in our minds again and again, 266 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:57.960 as if we could change it, as if thinking about 267 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:00.960 it is going to make it any different. Well, it's 268 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:05.080 not right. So you have to say, Okay, what can 269 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:08.320 I learn from that? What I can learn from that 270 00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:10.679 is I have to treat a four foot putt just 271 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:13.799 like any other putt, And on any other putt, you 272 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:17.879 don't want to run it four feet by you want 273 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:19.919 you wanted to go at a pace that it's going 274 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:22.000 to take it no more than a foot foot and 275 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:27.159 a half past. Got it? I do. 276 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:30.559 I appreciate it, and I promise from now on I'm 277 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:32.799 going to be putting in a great silk kimono. 278 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:34.399 A good plan. 279 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:37.879 Let's talk about some of the chapters in this book. 280 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:42.320 Let's talk about the things that we can learn from 281 00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:44.440 this book that we're going to take away from this book. 282 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:48.320 And before we do that, I just want to commend 283 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:52.480 you on this awesome element that you've included at the 284 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:57.120 end of every chapter. You have QR codes that when 285 00:15:57.200 --> 00:16:01.159 you scan it with your I something or your pocket 286 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:03.639 phone pad whatever. 287 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:04.840 Whatever we use smartphone or. 288 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:09.759 Smartphone or device tablet. When you scan that, it'll pop 289 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:15.440 up a video that shows you basically what the tip 290 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:17.000 you've been trying to give in that chapter. 291 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:21.000 That's right. We don't have for every single chapter, but 292 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:25.320 many of them have these QR codes, and in a 293 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:28.960 lot of the chapters, the way the chapters are formatted, 294 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:32.919 they most of them have a challenge. It talks about 295 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:35.879 one of the challenges of putting and the solution that 296 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:40.480 I provide, and often an exercise, a drill, or a demonstration. 297 00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:44.679 So these drills or demonstrations are what we have videos 298 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:48.799 of on my zenngolf dot com website and they're also 299 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:52.759 on YouTube. And what will happen is when you scan 300 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:55.080 the QR code at the end of the chapter, it'll 301 00:16:55.080 --> 00:17:01.080 take you immediately to the video on our site. It'll 302 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:03.559 take a little bit to download. So what I recommend 303 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:06.720 is people scan it in first, then read the chapter. 304 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:09.960 By the time they're done reading the chapter, it'll be 305 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:13.960 loaded on their computer and they'll be able on their 306 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:17.240 smartphone or device and they'll be able to play it 307 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:22.480 and see me demonstrating that particular tip, that particular drill 308 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:26.640 for that chapter on the ebook. I don't think we're 309 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:28.559 going to have the QR squares because you have your 310 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:30.519 e book right there, but it will have a link 311 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:32.240 to that very same video. 312 00:17:32.599 --> 00:17:34.519 Oh fabulous. And how long are the. 313 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:40.000 Videos anywhere from thirty seconds to a minute. I think 314 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:42.160 a minute and a half is the longest one. So 315 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:45.400 they're very short. Yep. You know. The book is written 316 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:50.680 for our modern generation. No chapter is more than two pages, 317 00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:53.599 so I make the point, I get to the point, 318 00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:56.599 and then go to the next one. And the videos 319 00:17:56.599 --> 00:18:00.799 are the same. They're just very brief drills and administrations 320 00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:02.200 of what's in the chapter. 321 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:06.680 Sounds like the keeping the which I appreciate greatly. Keeping 322 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:11.000 the chapters short, that that was something that you thought 323 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:13.680 well in advance to make sure that you did. 324 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:16.440 That was a planned part of the format. And I 325 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:19.079 had to edit some of them down and it was 326 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:22.640 a great exercise because it really it made me take 327 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:26.039 out any extra stuff, any fluff. You know. It's just 328 00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:30.640 really the key points, raising the questions that golfers have 329 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:35.960 about putting, answering that question, giving them drills and exercises 330 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:39.200 to do so. One, two, three, and move on. 331 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:44.359 And this book is not just a zen golf type 332 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:51.200 of putting instruction book you give actual, you know, physical 333 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:55.279 things to do beyond what's in your head to make 334 00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:56.119 you a better putter. 335 00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:59.119 Yeah, we include some elements of the stroke in here, 336 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:04.400 and I develop those in conjunction with people working on 337 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:11.160 the mechanics of putting. But also, you know, I work 338 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:14.519 with a lot of different instructors and a lot of 339 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:19.759 scientists who worked on the mechanics through I think there's 340 00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:23.240 all these putting monitors that they have nowadays that they 341 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:26.000 and they've come up with really what some of the 342 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:29.599 key elements are. So I include a few of those, 343 00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:33.200 but I also include options because it is really more 344 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:37.200 of an art than strictly a science. So when we 345 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:40.440 talk about the grip, I include lots of different ways 346 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:45.839 of holding the putter and talk about the fundamental motions. 347 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:50.480 They're not that different. But the key is that you 348 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:54.720 want the putter face to be sending the ball directly 349 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:58.039 on the line perpendicular to the way that face is 350 00:19:58.079 --> 00:20:01.880 set up at address and whatever gets the putter back 351 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:05.200 to that point that's not a glancing blow, but that 352 00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:08.599 the putter head is moving down the same line and 353 00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:12.599 the face stays square to that line at impact, before 354 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:17.079 or after it's not as important as at impact that's 355 00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:19.279 going to send the ball where the putter's pointing, And 356 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:21.920 that's really a key element in the routine that I teach. 357 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:31.359 It's more than just the stroke. You get into elements. 358 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:33.200 And what I'd like to do is if I throw 359 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:35.599 out a topic, if you can just go ahead and 360 00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:38.960 run with it and I'll pull from the book. Yeah, 361 00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:41.640 I would love to do that. And we don't have 362 00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:43.599 a ton of time left for this episode, but would 363 00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:45.000 you be able to stick around and we'll do a 364 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:47.000 member's only episode and we can get into a lot 365 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.920 more depth of the book. 366 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:50.559 Absolutely, let's do a few now though, Okay. 367 00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:51.720 Let's do it for a few now, and no. 368 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:55.240 Definitely want to get them going on the routine. 369 00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:57.599 Oh, absolutely, so let's go ahead and do that. Let's 370 00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:59.799 talk about the shot routine. 371 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:06.880 Okay. The most important thing is to separate out the elements, 372 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:09.000 and this is what most people don't do in their 373 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:12.559 putting routines. You have to separate out the elements. So 374 00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:16.279 when you've taken your practice stroke and you're ready to 375 00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:18.559 address the ball, you have to be done with thinking 376 00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:22.599 about how you're going to make that stroke. You have 377 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:25.599 to be finished with that and say, okay, that's the 378 00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:27.880 stroke I'm going to put on it, and I give 379 00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:32.720 some ideas in how to make every putt of how 380 00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:37.599 to go about finding your best stroke. Then when you 381 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:40.039 set the putter and you've taken your stance, you have 382 00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:44.440 to be done with direction. You don't want to be 383 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:47.480 pushing or pulling any putts, so you make a commitment 384 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:51.319 to use your stroke to send the ball on the 385 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:55.880 line where that putter's pointing at address. No push, no pull. 386 00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:59.519 There's a chapter called every putt starts as a straight putt, 387 00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:02.759 and that's really what you want to do. The third 388 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:06.119 thing is to connect with the distance and only look 389 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:09.200 for pace, for the feel for the distance, and take 390 00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:11.920 a good long look. Don't just glance at the hole 391 00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:14.960 and then guess how big a stroke to make. Let 392 00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:20.160 your visual connection with the distance imprint that distance as 393 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:22.839 you look at the hole, or maybe you're not looking 394 00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:24.400 at the hole, maybe you're looking at a point on 395 00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:28.559 the green that you're putting toward. And connect with that distance, 396 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:31.920 how uphill or downhill, how slower fast the green is, 397 00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:35.839 and really let that sink into your eyes, and your 398 00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:38.839 eye hand coordination will tell your body how big a 399 00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:43.079 stroke to make. And that's really the key part of 400 00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:46.279 the routine. That you imprint the picture and then you 401 00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:50.000