2-11-09:

Feel good today.
Swung a 8 lb medicine ball at the club this morning to loosen and stretch my back muscles.
My swings at the lab this morning really felt good!
After having a cappuccino and recovering from my morning work-out for about 20 min. I tried some swings in front of the bathroom mirror.

I was happy with what I saw, which is a good thing, because, in spite of everything, I need my swing to look good, to look right.

I have been thinking that all my swing experimentation is leading me nowhere, and that maybe the fundamentals of my swing are so far off that no matter what I do I don't have a chance of developing a smooth, consistent swing.

This morning my thoughts were that I wish I was starting to refine my swing instead of wondering if I needed to start over again from ground zero.

I think, I hope, that I've put all that behind me now and can start working the kinks out of my swing.

Also thought of a name for my blog - "breakin 80" or "breakingeighty". I need to get video of some swings, including my old crazy swing to show that I've made some progress.

Speaking of progress, that reminds me of what it was I was so excited about as I sat down to write this morning, my first two swings I hit the quarter!

Not the ground and the quarter, but just the quarter.
And you (whoever you are) have to realize that when I say I hit the quarter, I'm talking about hitting the edge of the quarter. Six out of ten times no less!
Anyway, I do feel good about my swing.
I wish that instead of just swinging the driver at a quarter this morning I was connecting with a teed up golf ball and watching it fly straight and true down the fairway.

I am certainly hopeful that my next driving range experience will prove out my swing.

Random thoughts:
It's not just that I want to improve, I feel compelled to post mortem, discuss everything I'm working on, and this discussing, obsessing does not seem to be of interest to many people, so I'm hoping the blog will turn out to be therapeutic as well as entertaining.