Hi. My name is Allan and I’m an addict.
It’s not an addiction to drugs as I’m afraid of needles and I don’t need pills to get me any loopier than I already am. It’s not alcohol either, although it’s impossible for me to eat a pizza without red wine, or an ice-cold martini next to a plate of raw oysters. No, my addiction is much more serious…I’m totally addicted to golf lessons on You Tube!
I’ve tried to break this habit many times, but I’m just too weak and the pattern is very consistent and ingrained:
I’ll be hanging out with my buddy Mac Book Air, just surfing the web or checking my email, and there it is…a treacherous video where a golf pro will tell me how to never again hit a fat shot….and he (or she) is going to show me how to make this simple change in just a moment…and then a moment goes by but he’s still talking about how great this is going to be….and then 10 minutes later he says this is going to change my game and maybe even my life! Ok…a half-hour later he’ll ask, “OK, are you ready to fix your swing? Are you ready to destroy and humiliate your playing buddies? Are you ready to be the golfer you’ve always dreamed of being?”
Well, shit yeah…lets go!
So I’ll watch the video and when the pro finally gets around to showing me the new swing, I’ll watch the demo like 5 times. Then I’ll take detailed notes. Then I’ll get up from my computer, grab the 7 iron that I keep next to my desk, and start doing practice swings until I know that I’ve totally ingrained this new move into my game. Ultimately, I go to bed and fantasize playing my course with my exciting new swing.
The next morning I’ll show up at the range and then afterwards try to forget the couple of shanks that I’d just hit and only remember the decent shots. Then I make my way to the first tee where I warn my buddies to look out, because I’m here today with a new swing that I’m totally psyched about. For some reason they usually mock me, but they’re probably just jealous.
Oh well…maybe tomorrow I’ll find a new swing. Gotta go now…there’s another pro on You Tube!
