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Should golfers be batting the ball?

There may be some controversy as to whether someone attempting to improve their golf, or attempting to learn golf outright, should be striking the red ball at all. The two  primary arguments against it are:

1. When the red ball is stricken it will occupy a different space than would a golf ball in a golf situation.

2. The red ball, being attached to the center of the Swing Thing, will always be moving in the reaction to the movement of the one wielding the Swing Thing. A moving ball does not seem to run parallel to the golf situation.

My feeling is that from the perspective of extending the object awareness exercise there is no harm in it. The whole gist is that in golf we must transfer the awareness of the moving object to an awareness of a still object. In both cases the ball is the object we must attend to. In both cases the fostering of awareness is paramount and the fact of the object's motion or motionlessness secondary. I believe that watching the ball distinctly to the moment of the hit is a hand-eye confidence builder. It's benefits to athletic balance and coordination outweigh any potential detriments to golf swing applications.

To watch the ball and track it so as to make it still is the main focus here. When you see the tethered ball purely the ball will leave a trail in the space behind it. You will know you are seeing the red ball purely when you can note how the ball slowly spins on the axis created by the leather tether. When attending to it in this way a simple turning on the True Center will practically draw the hands to the ball. It's rather amazing when you come across this fact. There will be times of lucidity whereupon it will be almost impossible to miss. Opinions from readers are welcome.

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personal aside

In my own personal practice I have rattled off more than one hundred consecutive right side hits and I'm working toward two hundred. I have even developed a set of guidelines to determine the veracity of world record claims. If I can get to two hundred in a row maybe I can start a new category in The Guinness Book of World Records. ;~)

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