Paul Azinger was commentating on the competition at this week’s US Open golf tournament at Shinnecock Hills.
He said that many coaches in the current era have a primary objective beyond technical improvement.
Azinger posited that the instructors are burdened with ‘uncluttering the cluttered mind’ of their players.
It got this very young cowboy thinking about the tennis you play and the lessons you take.
Perhaps one of our greatest gifts as coaches is to keep things simple and not clutter your mind with too many swing thoughts.
Time would be very well spent saving brain cells and achieving technical improvement while encouraging more flow and less paralysis by analysis.
Indeed, it’s a fine line when players need better mechanics to play better tennis.
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