The Einstein Theory on Golf

eagle eye

I don't know if this is a true story, but Einstein apparently played a round of Golf once with two regular golfers, one a two handicapper and the other a very high handicapper.
Afterwards he told both players that he had figured out the main difference between them and proceeded to prove it.
He got three golf balls and told the low handicapper to stand three feet away from him and threw the three balls up in the air and said 'catch', the low handicapper caught two balls. He then got the high handicapper to stand in exactly the same position and did exactly the same thing to him, the high handicapper did not catch any ball.
He then proceeded to explain how the low handicapper managed to catch two balls and did not really attempt to catch the third as he knew it was out of his reach whereas the high handicapper was intent on perfection and catching all three balls and as a result did not catch any. He likened this to their golfing efforts where the low handicapper just stood up on the tee and hit the ball whereas the high handicapper was so purposeful in everything and never looked at ease while attempting to hit the ball. As a result of this analysis he believed that the big difference between the two lay in the ability of the low handicapper to just concentrate on the act of hitting the ball while the high handicapper was trying to concentrate on three or four things at once and as a result could not possibly hit the ball with the same consistency as the low handicapper.

I don't know if its a true story but it makes a lot of sense to me.

JCDUB

Dr Bob Rotella is the modern-day Einstein so....
He's made a fortune out of teaching these theories for years.

stockdam

Most of the low handicappers I know don't know a lot about technique...they just swing simply and hit the ball down the middle. Many of the high handicappers could give lessons as they know so mauch about the golf swing.



Another slant on Einstein......


Einstein was assigned a young, energetic assistant pro by the name of Gigi Carnevale. Gigi accompanied his new pupil to the practice green, where he intended to have a simple lesson of chipping and putting. The good professor was famous for the proficiency of his brain, but he was not so skillful with his hands and coordination. Gigi soon realized he had a formidable task! After each of Einstein's failed attempts to contact the golf ball, Gigi shouted more instructions.

As the lesson progressed this way, Einstein became very confused and frustrated. He finally set his golf club aside, and asked his young instructor to hand him a few golf balls. Gigi quizzically looked at the professor, and then gave him four golf balls. Einstein quickly threw all four golf balls towards the young instructor, and shouted, "CATCH!" Gigi waived his arms furiously in the air, but failed to catch a single golf ball. Einstein paused a moment, raised his finger and said, "Young man, when I throw you one ball, you catch it. However, when I throw you four balls, you catch nothing! So when you teach, make only one point at a time!"

Einstein, unfortunately, never became a golfer. But this story has a great message for golf instructors and students alike. Keep your thoughts simple, and work on one thought at a time. Even the most complicated of tasks may be learned quickly by slow, progressive learning. After all, if the brilliant Einstein could not digest more that one point or thought, what chance do the rest of us have?