Arthur Crabtree wrote:So many seem to be superstitious, which doesn't seem a proactive, can-do mentality. See Strauss' wristbands.
Well superstitions are generally engrained in people on the simple fact that they try always to replicate what is successful, or what feels good, without really knowing why. I think Tiger Woods was famous for always wearing red on a final day of golf majors because he felt the first time he did it, the colour made him feel good, and subsequently gave him extra power. Someone like Trott or Alec Stewart had very flamboyant, lengthy and mechanical processes between balls. If they didnt do it, then they didnt feel right, so doing it made them feel better as players. If they stopped, they started to think as players they had come far in their career doing it a certain way, so they might not have the same levels of skill if they changed. Maybe some players feel this way about technique in general and this is a reason they are deemed uncoachable? I know as a golfer its hard to get coaching or changes into your swing, it feels so alien and counter acting for so long after. You have to train to engrain it into habit.