The Beginner’s Guide to Deliberate Practice
The Beginner�s Guide to Deliberate Practice
The Beginner�s Guide to Deliberate Practice
In some circles, Ben Hogan is credited with �inventing practice.�
Hogan was one of the greatest golfers of the 20th century, an accomplishment he achieved through tireless repetition. He simply loved to practice. Hogan said, �I couldn�t wait to get up in the morning so I could hit balls. I�d be at the practice tee at the crack of dawn, hit balls for a few hours, then take a break and get right back to it.� 1
For Hogan, every practice session had a purpose. He reportedly spent years breaking down each phase of the golf swing and testing new methods for each segment. The result was near perfection. He developed one of the most finely-tuned golf swings in the history of the game.
His precision made him more like a surgeon than a golfer. During the 1953 Masters, for example, Hogan hit the flagstick on back-to-back holes. A few days later, he broke the tournament scoring record. 2
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