Emerson knew the golf swing as well as words. Even Ralph knew the natural order of things. He wrote, “The ancestor of every action is a thought.” Implicit is knowledge of the mind as the engine of every movement.

Every word I write is to convey his message in practical terms for golfers, world-wide. In literal and cryptic form, the thread running through my body of work is intention. Likewise, bringing minds into communion with the beginnngs of their humanity negates movement-focused or – voices of the incidental.

Adaptive response is a given, you see? Therefore, adaptation is incidental. All my students learn to trust their own decision-making around one thought, which simplifies their learning process. Once I educate the world of golf on the power in self-trust, we can have a real, subjective discussion about the golf swing.

At the moment, we have subjective discussions because we have been conditioned to trust “Swing Gurus”. Listening to a guru of the inevitable is listening to a salesman of the useless. Conveniently, there are no short-cuts to improvement except for not wasting time chasing the fixes swing gurus throw out there.

The success I have with students seen and unseen tells me the Open Stance is more than a trickle now. It has turned into a clear stream cascading down a snow-capped summit. Whether or not it feeds a fountain of youth at the base remains to be seen. However, the Open Stance waters are definitely, and at a minimum, a potent potable.

Open your stance, and play golf.

John Wright – Founder
The Open Stance Academy

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