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As I am coming back to the game, I have many questions. I have been thinking about many of them lately. Almost everyone has swing thoughts. Do you think of them while you are swinging the club or just during your rehearsal?

I try for only during rehearsal...I get better results when I can clear my mind...doesn't always work though...

..by the numbers...
it hasn't become second-nature....... yet.......

Rehearsal thoughts only, and the thoughts focus on the proper takeaway only.

I don't know if you'd consider it "during" the swing, but when I step up to the ball, I run through my mental checklist...
Grip, Posture, Stance (width of feet apart) and then I tell myself to not bow my left wrist and don't overswing...then I promptly forget everything and try to demolish the ball and do everything wrong anyway.

I don't usually have swing thoughts that consist of, grip, takeaway, backswing...etc.

I step back from the ball, and while I'm going through my pre-shot routine, I'm also deciding what type of swing I need for the shot, and I'm practicing that in my pre-shot. Once I get to the ball, I hopefully have everything figured out in my head, and from there I don't think about anything except making sure I feel the shot. The rest just happens. Difficult to describe, but it's more feel than specific things to think about.