After Rafa's amazing 65 at the API on Thursday, I thought it might be fun to take a look at his swing. But then I found this short video on how he approaches his game mentally, and it was so fascinating that I decided to share it instead. The video is roughly two years old, which is when he began to regain the form he showed earlier in his career.
Rafa's method is so specific from most execs! Players usually talk about trying to find 'something' at the variety, which is often a swing idea, that they could take out at the route. But Rafa mainly says his swing thoughts are for the variety, no longer the course.
So what does he reflect onconsideration on on the course? He says
- he thinks about the target and
- tries to feel comfortable over his shots.
Isn't that clean?
But let's say you need a swing thought. What does Rafa recommend?
He says maximum of the errors he sees at the direction are stance errors. Players line up too a ways to the left or proper, or they've their shoulders aimed in a specific path than their stance is aimed. So he recommends thinking about your stance.
Rafa recommends a cushty stance, of direction.
This sincerely does make sense. If your stance is snug, your swing is much more likely to be repeatable. If it's repeatable, it's simpler to believe it. And if you consider your swing, you're more likely to make precise pictures.
And what you will be considering whilst you make those desirable shots is where you need the ball to move -- in other words, your target.
When he's gambling along with his mind uncomplicated with the aid of mechanical thoughts, simply thinking about where he wants the ball to go, are you certainly amazed while Rafa shoots a rating like he did Thursday?
Sounds like a plan to me.
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