Branden Swings

  • Try Hard Try-Hards

    I feel like I have developed my game quite well over the past few years. There have been times where I want to bring that same progression to my professional life, so how can we make sure these two progressions grow simultaneously? I see many people regress in the sport simply due to the demands Read more

  • Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

    The actions we perform as humans are always retrospective. We do something, then we analyze how we could have done that thing better. After finding a reliable, successful method of performing the action we begin to analyze it less, and less. It gets deposited into the subconscious, and habits take form. What blows my mind Read more

  • The Eternal Internal Duality

    Imagine a modern living room, maybe one that you stumble upon while renting a guest house. One that is designed to be feng shui or entirely aesthetically pleasing. How long would it take before you make an impression in a couch cushion, a nick on the end table, or burn a candle. Suddenly, this room Read more

  • Knowledge is Metal

    There is nothing worse than watching your devout practice routine produce negligible results. I would argue that it is the most challenging aspect of being human. We try and try to get something right, but we just can’t seem to produce it on the spot. This happens constantly in golf. We reach an endless field Read more

  • Meet People, Enjoy Golf, Don’t Throw Clubs

    Here it is, October. The month where golf balls seem to hide under fallen leaves, causing many of the desperados to start claiming gallery drops. It’s a time when the ratio for daylight and patience begins to take a turn. For those in the northern parts of the world, it is the last month of Read more

  • Golf Equipment: Choosing Clubs

    Tools, not jewels. This is a popular saying given by the sages of our game. It is stated to remind the wielder that however precious they might deem their club(s), they are their for a purpose (to hit a ball) and they are replaceable. It is most common to hear this when a ball comes Read more

  • Pointers for Golf Newbies

    Luckily, I first experienced golf at a young, impressionable age, and I was able to go through many woes that would seem redeemable. However, when I am the golf course, I can tell that not everyone had the same fortunate experience I had. Here are some pointers that can help you in your adult life Read more

  • How to Thrift For Golf Equipment

    There are many topics, concepts, ideas, strategies, niches, or what-have-yous regarding the infinity of golf thrift-dom. It would take a highly organized and detailed book to capture all of its nuances. My goal here is to simply vaguely outline a few tricks of the trade, and some easy questions to ask ourselves while shopping. Thrifting Read more

  • A Night Before

    Look, I know none of you are really sleeping well before early Saturday tee times with your family and friends. You all just lay there in bed, in the dark, and stare at not a thing, but at the space-less swing thoughts that float around in the nether world between the depth of your brain Read more

  • The Most Important Shot in Golf

    I remember taking a personality test in high school, specifically the Myers-Briggs test, which uses a combination of 8 different subcategories where a questionnaire would narrow you into 4 of those categories. Once you are given that combination, you have a “realistic” view of your personality. There are definitely some problems with the idea of Read more

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