Friday, December 14, 2007

What's the motivation here?

This is Slacker the Hacker and my personal journey through the game has not taken a direct route from humble beginnings to great riches and stardom, more like from humble beginnings to humble middles. It’s not that I feel stuck in a mire or slump and definitely not having a midlife deal, but competition alone has never done it for me. I remember Annika saying once that for her it was not a desire to win that drove her forward but a hatred of losing, I’m sure that’s a paraphrase but you get what she means, it wasn’t about the “glory of winning” it was about the “fear of losing”. That seems somehow to be a negative approach to me but then again, humble middles and all maybe I should try to learn something here. It is a question of what motivates us as golfers, what makes us tick, and what makes us play and perform to the best of our abilities, week in and week out. I never thought of it as competition, I just wanted to beat my buddies, and it has been hard to take that motivation into full field events as they are not all my buddies and I lose interest. Cash games are another matter because at least it’s usually all in the group, but to play all day and find yourself outside the big money by a couple of shots, it’s aggravating thinking about missed short ones, loose drives, sketchy lags, missed greens, it gets even better when some punk is bragging up how he one-putted seven times on the back to only have eleven putts, what the f*ck I had more putts than that half way through the back. The other day I was playing with The Screw and he didn’t want to have even a friendly wager on the game, he wanted to “play the course” insert eye roll here, just another hack and practice day for me I thought you know try shots you wouldn’t normally try, see what can be done in different situations, cause who cares right? Why would someone lay up with nothing on the line? How will you know if you can get home if you don’t try once in a while, right? Well I’m starting to think, WRONG, it might be the other way around, if laying up is the highest percentage shot and will therefore logically lead to the lowest score the most often, then it just makes sense to play that way all the time and become a master in that area of the game. The players on the LPGA Tour can really drive that point home, I’ve been to some tournaments and watched where they lay up from on par 5s and while at first I groaned, it wasn’t long before I started rethinking the whole deal, the birdie percentage was amazing. I also remember reading something somewhere about Zach Johnson laying up on every par 5 on the way to his green jacket, I’m not positive that’s accurate, but it’s good thoughts none the less. All of this leads us to my announcement right here on “Golf to Go” that this year will be the year I rededicate myself to my game. Hackenstein the Caddy, my mutated fifteenth club might tell you that this is not the first year I have made this announcement, but as he can’t spell or type I don’t have to worry about it. I have a competitive outlet lined up for the coming year in the form of a season long match play tourney, and a couple of biggie type individual events. What I lack is interest, motivation, enough distance off the tee, and as of yesterday afternoon I can no longer touch my toes, this is shaping up to be quite a journey. I think I’ll start out with a big, shiny, new driver that should help with the distance, especially working with The LeaderBoard. It’s been many summers since I was a young hammer, but I am wise now and have a few more tricks, but I remember when I was hammering the ball it was easy to keep my interest up and that should motivate me to touch my toes more often. I just hope it all leads to lower scores, I’ll keep you posted on what I learn, your comments are always welcome, and until we do this again this is Slacker the Hacker saying stay motivated and play the game the way it was meant to be played.

Friday, December 7, 2007

Slacker the Hacker on The Leaderboard

Hello, my friends, this is Slacker the Hacker here to tell you about this thing my pro Pants got me onto. It's called The Leaderboard and I am just bombing everybody right now, Hackenstein the Caddy, my mutated bag servant can't believe it, it's like I'm ten years younger. This thing has already paid for itself, but don't take my word for it listen to this...

Hot Product
Review - LeaderBoard Golf Trainer



We just wanted to share
with you some information on what is arguably the hottest training product to
hit the PGA Tour in many years - the LeaderBoard
Golf Trainer
.



The LeaderBoard
was invented by Vern McMillan, a strength and fitness coach to many leading
players on the PGA Tour. In fact, the LeaderBoard is now one of the PGA Tour's
most widely used physical training devices.



It is used by a host
of Tour players including Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Adam
Scott
, Geoff Ogilvy, KJ Choi, Rod Pampling, Stephen
Ames
, Zach Johnson, Bob Estes, Steve Allan, Paul
Gow
, Michael Campbell, Mike Weir, Stewart Cink, Brad
Faxon
, Aaron Baddeley, Heath Slocum, John Senden, Jesper
Parnevik
, and Brett Quigley.


How does
the LeaderBoard work?








In short, the LeaderBoard works
the core muscle groups that power the golf swing.



The LeaderBoard uses an innovative resistance design to develop both muscles
and movements specific to the golf swing. In addition to developing the optimum
muscle function and motor skills, the LeaderBoard is also incredibly effective
in immediately identifying swing deficiencies in posture, balance, timing and
power by physically cueing the player that something is not right and retraining
the muscles and movements for more effectiveness.



What do the Tour players say about the LeaderBoard?



Some of their comments include:


Adam Scott - 2007 Shell
Houston Open Champion: "I use the LeaderBoard not only to train my body
to move with maximum power but also to technically reinforce the proper timing
of my swing. The training I do on the LeaderBoard
is paying huge dividends in my performance."


Geoff Ogilvy - 2006 U.S.
Open and World Match Play Champion: "The LeaderBoard
has been a part of my tournament preparation for the past two years. It is the
most versatile training device I have ever used, and proved invaluable in the
lead up to my victory in the U.S. Open. The exercises train those golf specific
muscles to 'fire' at the right times, resulting in greater accuracy and longer
hitting. I love it."


Stuart Appleby - 2006 Mercedes
and Shell Houston Open Champion: "I am not only a faithful user of the
LeaderBoard, I am an owner of the
business as well and I would not jeopardize my reputation on a product that
does not deliver results - so many of the guys use the product on Tour now that
in 2007, it will probably be bigger news if a player does not train with the
Leaderboard."



Where can I buy the LeaderBoard?



You can buy the LeaderBoard online at Leaderboard
Golf Trainer
.



Check it out the LeaderBoard now - it will do wonders for your game.



Leaderboard

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