He goes to her when he gets nervous or gets scared. |
Jim knew the word about The Legend of Bagger Vance was that Matt Damon didn't really look like a golfer. He didn't want that to be the case here. He wanted to have it all down, even the mannerisms. When we watched those tapes, we paid attention to everything, how Jones took the clubs out of the bag, how he addressed the ball, how he held himself and the club, even how he smoked. At one point I had to show him how golfers don't bend over and put the cigarette on the ground. |
Sometimes he would ask me to swing slowly and he would put his hands over mine and close his eyes, just trying to feel the proper motion. It was interesting because he had no hang-ups about the outcome of the swing. Most of the time he wasn't even hitting a ball, it was just about getting the motion right. In a way it was a lot like teaching kids. Kids just do what the teacher tells them. Adults get all caught up in the outcome and that makes progress much slower. |