Your Golf Slice of Heaven
Is your golf a slice of heaven or a slice of hell?
As you know there are literally thousands of different situations that you will encounter on the golf course where the brain takes over.
However, in what way do you want your brain to take over? Will it be a slice to heaven or a slice to hell?
After all, aren't we all are looking for more consistent results with every round of golf you play. You want to save shots, shoot a lower score and get down to lowest handicap that you feel you are capable of achieving.
I know there are thousands and thousands of golfers around the world like you who are so passionate about their golf, and want to take charge of this crazy game instead of letting it control you.
Don't you hate that in life when you don't have control of your every day circumstances? Yes of course we can't control everything but I am sure you structure things so that you are in charge of what you do daily. You organize your daily or weekly routine to suit you, as best as possible. So why is it that when you are out there playing golf that the "GeeBee" or our golfing brain blows up all your plans to have a good round?
And the simple answer to that is what you focus on. So here's a tip to help you out in your next round
Let me explain in the following example on the "Visual" side of the brain for a moment:
Ok so you are out there on the course and you are half way through your round. Your ball is lying about five to six club lengths from the middle of a big deep sand bunker. The sand is beautiful beach white, and fluffy. The grass around the pot is beautifully manicured like a newly trimmed hedge. The green is elevated and sits above and behind the bunker. Can you get the picture?
Now, you haven't been chipping that well and you know that if you knife the shot over the pot that the lake behind the green will swallow your ball. You are determined not to fluff this chip.
You are in a super tight match and a good chip and one putt will secure you keeping the honour for the next hole and make the nine dormy. All these thoughts are racing through your mind. It's your shot and everyone in the group is watching you. You don't want to rush, but you don't want to be holding your playing partners up either.
You are determined NOT to get in the bunker and here's what the brain does:
The more you focus on the sand and not going in the bunker, the more your brain cannot help but focus on the negative-THIS IS THE WAY THE SUBCONSCIOUS WORKS!
So what is the answer? - You need to focus on what you want to happen, the actual outcome. While this may seem similar to what you were thinking, it is actually poles apart. The next time you are out there on the course- focus on the outcome and see what happens. Focus on what you want. Say the things that you want to happen.
So how do we change our thought processes to focus on the outcome not the danger? We need to fully understand why this happens- it's to do with how we have been programmed.
As a fellow sporting peak performance coach, I know how great it is to play great shots and to walk off the course knowing I am playing to the level that I knew I could. It is heaps better than the pain and frustration I used to feel and walking off the course wondering why I ever stepped on to it.
So enjoy. Get motivated. And if you would like some extra help getting your golf mind into serious shape- because hopefully you'll be playing for a long time yet to come, use the link below to find out more about how we can help you.
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Shouldn't your golf be a slice of heaven?
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Added: April 1, 2008
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