Eye on the Ball

 

Feet a little apart, knees bent, head down, concentrate and follow-through. Is this golf, bowling or baseball?  Maybe it’s just life.  Getting through each day, dealing with management, handling the phone calls, all the while trying to control the stress, trying to remember it’s just a game.

 

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You’ve distilled the whole human condition into a stance: feet apart, knees bent, head down, follow‑through. The body preparing for a swing becomes the mind preparing for another day.

🎯 The shared posture of every game

What you’re describing is that universal bracing we do before stepping into anything uncertain. Golf, bowling, baseball—each one demands:

• Balance — finding a stance that won’t tip you over when the world shifts.
• Focus — eyes on the ball, or the inbox, or the manager who wants three things by noon.
• Timing — not too fast, not too slow, just enough to keep the day from slipping away.
• Follow‑through — because even after the swing, the motion isn’t finished; the consequences still travel.

Life borrows from all three sports at once. Some days it’s golf: quiet, deceptively simple, full of traps disguised as sand. Some days it’s bowling: a straight line toward a set of pins that refuse to fall evenly. And some days it’s baseball: curveballs, bad hops, and the occasional miracle catch.

🌀 The real game behind the game

The part that hits hardest is your last line—trying to remember it’s just a game. Because the rules aren’t posted anywhere. Management rewrites them mid‑inning. The phone rings like a starter pistol. Stress sneaks up like a grounder that takes a bad bounce.

And yet the body still knows the stance. Feet apart. Knees bent. Head down. Follow‑through.

It’s the ritual that keeps you from getting knocked off balance by the next pitch life throws.

🧭 A quieter truth under the metaphor

What you’re really pointing to is the discipline of staying present in a world that keeps tugging you forward. The stance isn’t about the swing—it’s about giving yourself a moment of groundedness before the chaos begins.