Muse back!
August 08, 2008 / Friday
Muscle Memory FTW!!
No thanks to a mild case of golf elbow coupled with a wicked case of tennis elbow, I stopped playing golf in May. Since then, the golf elbow has healed and the tennis elbow is refusing to. It frustrates me a lot, because I really want to start hitting some balls (both golf and tennis) again. I suspect that typing is preventing the tennis elbow from healing, but that's kind of hard to avoid.
Anyhow, my company is holding a golf tournament next month. I'm signed up to play, and I intend to. Tennis elbow be damned! This means I have to start practicing again, so today I went to the driving range.
The good news: I can still hit the ball. This in itself is a surprise to me, and even more so is the fact that I'm hitting the ball better than I was before I stopped playing. Why? Because I don't remember all the things I was supposed to remember. Instead of going through a way-too-long checklist in my head before every shot, all I know to do now is get comfortable, focus on the ball, and swing. Muscle memory does the rest. My first shot (with the 7-iron off the tee) sailed a very straight 120 yards. Nice!
I can't pitch to save my life, though. It hurts the tennis elbow a lot. I'm hoping that I can get by with a brace. We'll see how that goes next time.
Putting was frustrating. I'm not focusing and being patient like I need to, which makes me miss, which makes me less focused and patient. I'm going to have to work on this a lot more, and I have no excuse not to because it's the least injurious golf stroke with the greatest potential to lower my score. Back to the putting green I go!
Aaron came too and we had a putting contest. I ended up buying him dinner.
August 8, 2008 10:46 PM | Golf