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golf SMARTER

The Internet is Killing Golf Instruction...and Probably Your Game!

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

600: Jim Waldron of the Balance Point Golf Schools has witnessed a huge shift in golf performance and instruction since the overwhelming amount of information that has been offered by high speed internet.  We call it instant gratification, Jim refers to it as Instant Contamination. There’s an intellectual exercise that should be incorporated into your practice and rounds, but because we have so much information to digest, it disappears in players who can’t understand why they’re not improving. As promised, if you appreciate Jim's wisdom and perspective as much as me, and have not heard all that we’ve been blessed to share, here’s a list of each of the Golf Smarter episodes where he can be heard, including all the Premium Episodes that were never available to everyone till now!12/18/07 #105 "Introducing Jim Waldron"8/19/08 #140 "Being Paralyzed by Too Many Swing Thoughts"1/11 & 1/18/11 #265 & 266 "The 15 Gates of Golf (and the keys to unlock them)"8/23 & 8/30/11 #295 & 296 "The Top 10 Traits of Better Golfers" part 1 & 22/7/ & 2/14/12 #319 & 320 "Are You Sure You're Ready To Take the Next Shot?" & More on Consistency, Distance, and Accuracy"6/26 & 7/3/12 #339 & 340 "Can Swing Changes Really Lower Your Scores?" Part 1 & 24/2 & 4/9/13 #378 & 379 "Power of 6 Practice Strategies" Part 1 & 29/3 & 9/10/13 #400 & 401 "You May Have the Yips and Not Know It! Dinner with Jim" & "Mentally Engaged - Emotionally Disengaged, Dessert with Jim"4/29 & 5/6 #434 & 435 "Putting! Putting! Putting! Best Practices to Lose Strokes" & "Jim's Keys to Putting - Confidence and Detachment"1/27/15 #473 "Three Critical Elements to a Great Golf Swing"12/15/15 #518 "Why Your Swing is Hurting You LESS Than You Think!"7/26/16 #550 "The Yips: What They Are and How to Cure Them"Here are two other podcasts from SmarterPodcasts.com: If you're also a fan of baseball, espeFor exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, this is Fred. And before we begin, I want to tell you about two new podcasts from

0:33.9

smarterpodcast.com. Radio baseball cards hosted by Hall of Fame pitcher Don Drysdale are two-minute episodes

0:41.2

featuring the greatest baseball players of the 20th century, telling stories of their lives in and around the game.

0:49.1

As we move from All-Star Game Memories in July, we approach the Dog Days of August with two episodes

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a week all month long to continue our celebration of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's

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color barrier in 1947. We have stories from teammates like Roy Campanella and Duke Snyder,

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major league home run, and players from the 60s, 70s, and 80s who saw Jackie as a ray of hope

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and inspiration. And our other news show is called Good Dog. Think of Good Dog as Golf Smarter

1:27.1

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So if you're a dog owner like me who actually listens to podcast while walking the dog,

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