Mind
Training For Golf - Golf
Tip No.32
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How
To Never
Stop Improving
Many
golfers seem to feel frustrated
that they are either not improving,
not improving enough, or
even going in the wrong direction
altogether - backwards. Often
this can just be their perception of
their game, however there
are in fact a few ways to
ensure that, in the long
run, you will always continue
to improve, regardless of
the occasional bad round.
Not
surprisingly, this can be done
by continually reducing (and
finally removing) the negative
aspects of your game, whilst
increasing (and focusing upon)
the positive aspects. Before
I go any further, it's needless
to say that any physical stroke
improvements will also greatly
contribute to your improvement,
as this allows your mind to
have a greater range of tools
at its disposal to work with
- however today, we are going
to the very heart of
the issue.
The
best way to ensure you continue
to improve is by working
directly with the control
center of your golf swing -
your subconscious mind -
and I have brought this down
to 2 major points for you.
As
we have discussed before, your
subconscious controls all bodily
movement - and that includes
your golf swing. All movements
such as your swing are kept on
file in
the archives of your subconscious
mind's vast memory bank, ready
for re-use whenever
you happen to play again.
You
then access these stored golfing experiences, and
you might shoot a fabulous
score, which then gets stored
in your memory bank as well
for future use. Unfortunately,
your mind can just as easily
access a negative memory
instead of a positive one,
depending upon the quality of
your mental commands.
Your
subconscious also possesses
an enormously powerful imagination
- a tool which is capable of
creating your greatest shots
ever - and also your worst shots
ever.
Your
imagination creates the images,
pictures and movies that
you run through your mind
whilst on the course - and
these have a huge impact
upon your standard of golf
each and every moment you
play.
Yes,
even just one
negative thought just
as you setup for a shot can
trigger a destructive image (images
being the language of the subconscious),
which relays an electrical
impulse from your subconscous
to the nerve endings in your
arms during your shot - and... slice!
Your
subsconcious has both your memory
bank and your imagination at
its disposal to literally
program the stroke you are
about to hit, and as it's
the mind that controls the
body - it has the final
say as
to how the shot will be executed.
So regularly
monitoring your
thoughts while you play -
deleting any thoughts or
images of a negative nature
and replacing them with the
opposite - will continually reduce
the level of self-sabotage which
most golfers experience.
This
aspect is so crucial it
cannot be emphasized enough
- and
it will have a very positive
long-term effect upon your
game. Of course, a regular
visualization exercise at home
is also invaluable, working
along the same lines.
The
other aspect which will make
a huge lasting impression
upon your golf is practicing maintaining
your emotional control thoughout
your entire round - until
you have mastered it.
You
do this by using instant 'damage
control' after a bad shot where
required - so
that you no
longer allow bad shots to spill
over into
the remainder of your round.
Isolate any
bad shots immediately and then trash
them from
your memory bank - and then
get on with your next shot
with a clear, renewed and positively
expectant mind. Remember,
we don't get what we deserve,
we get what we expect!
So
if you are after long-term
golf improvement, work with
your mind on the course, to
reduce your level of sabotage
and increase your level of
positive expectation. This
can only make your game go
in one direction - forwards.
"The
Mind controls the body, and the mind is unlimited".
The best of success, Craig Townsend
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