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Originally Posted by POKEROMGLOL
I understand the skepticism and it is obviously warranted but wasn't every single actual professional golfer basically in the exact same situation as this guy is now (albeit younger)?
I'm just saying, how do we know this guy doesn't have hidden natural talent that has just never been unleashed?
Hi Pokeromglol
Actually, I don't think every single pro golfer was in this position. They were very, very good and decided to commit. This guy has unknown potential and has decided to commit.
I think some of the conventional thinking about hard work and being reasonably athletic is very wrong on a sport-by-sport basis, or even in sports in general.
If you look at every PGA player i'd challenge you to find more that a half dozen or so who were not "exceptional" at 13 , 14, 15 etc. By that I mean, the type of kid that clearly has game and that everyone in their club, shcool, small towm is convinced they are headed for the pros. Most of this kids don't make it, but you can be sure that majority of current PGA pros were labled early as awesome.
What set them apart? I mean there are lots of kids who are athletic in their teens, and lots of them are into multi sports. What set them apart, IMO, is probably their swing, rythym, feel and commitmnet to practice. Notice that commitment to pactice is only one part, and the other three may not be teachable. You can work on the mechanics of the swing until the cows come home, but in the end if it looks "mechanical" and it doesn't look natural and smooth and fluid, then you probbaly don't have it. I mean you can check back in 10 years when the guy is 24 and his swing will still be mechanical if the rythm, timing, feel are just not part of his make-up.
You can practice all you want, and you will reach whatever you plateau is for you, but your are not likely to change your body type and rythm.
I think that if you take the 30 year-old in the story and he worked with NTnbo or ship..this for a couple of weeks, they could probaly say with conviction what the player's ceiling is with respect to handicap.
It is just not going to happen that Ntnbo and Ship..this say the guy might be a 5 or 6 handicap with lots of work, and then the guys is -3 hdcp in 5 years. The reason is that ntnbo and ship.this (I am using them for examples) will have identifed a lack of pyshical attributes (like feel and rythm, flexibility, coordination, for example) that are just not going to be overcome with practice.