Swing Thoughts or Feels & Perception? Inner Layer Discussion

The Inner Layer Model

Most golfers ask:

“What swing thought should I use?”

It can be a great question and it can be a destroyer of your motion since most starting getting mechanical and technical in their minds..

But the golf swing is fast and the only thing that matters is your application of forces. Force will pull you into mechanical positions.

When the swing starts, time speeds up.

There isn’t room for five technical instructions.

There’s barely room for one clear, potent feel.

That’s why I don’t structure my swing around mechanical thoughts.

I structure it around inner layers.

Underneath what the camera sees, there are layers.

These are not visible positions.

They are internal driving factors.

And your brain doesn’t handle them as mechanics — it handles them as perceptions.

Arrows.
Directions.
Intent.

A feel isn’t about being mechanically correct.

It’s about stimulating the correct inner layer.

For example:

You might feel like you’re swinging up.
You might feel like you’re throwing the club.
You might feel like you’re exiting low and left.

None of those are literal descriptions.

They are ways of stimulating a power protocol inside a specific pattern.

If the pattern fits, the feel works.

If it doesn’t fit, it turns into compensation.

The inner layer model only works if the engine works.

If you don’t have speed from the inside,
if your release style is unstable,
no feel will stabilize it.

That’s why I always start with power.

Once power is organized, the mind can direct it.

Not control it.

Direct it.

So instead of asking:

“What swing thought should I use?”

Ask:

“What inner layer am I trying to stimulate?”

Because when you understand the leadership in your swing and match it with a clear perception you can perform with one feel.

And that’s when the motion becomes stable.

Not because you memorized mechanics.

But because you’re acting in the correct layer.

In the FMM Academy I teach differnt patterns and it’s all about fit – has it’s overview page here.