How
To Gain More
Distance
In Your Shots.
Getting
more distance and length
into your tee shots is
not only about
club selection and technique.
Your mind also has
its fair share to do
with this as, being the
control-center of all
bodily movement, it
is basically in complete
control of
every shot you hit -
and so it is a fairly logical place
to work with (In additional
to technique and club
selection), when you
are looking for additional
length in your shots.
By
working with your subconscious and conscious
minds, you can add extra
distance to your shots,
through a combination of visualization, and
on the course, consciously
working with your deepest beliefs
and expectations about
your shots.
You
probably already know
a little about visualization,
so I will jump straight
into the power of your expectations first.
Our bodies generally
only act within our
own level of expectation,
and rarely above them
- and so it is very important
to know what it is that
we are expecting when
teeing off. On
and off the golf course,
we generally get what
we expect (not
what we deserve) - and
so golfers often tend
to hit distances which
are within their
own mental 'levels of
expectation', or belief.
So
what we want you to do
is start shaking up your
belief system, and begin expecting greater
distances before you tee
off (not during, however),
regardless of the fact
you are not trying to hit
the ball necessarily any
differently. This
is NOT to say that you
should suddenly begin consciously
trying to
hit the ball harder - this
is not the way to do it
- the only changes
we wish to make here are
the mental changes before you
play the shot, and once
this happens, the mind
will take care of whatever
your body needs
to do to lengthen your
tee shot.
You
can achieve increased
results in your distances
by hitting the tee shot
the way you naturally
do - but gradually working
towards creating a totally
new and unlimited outlook (before
you address the ball)
as to the possible
length of
the shot you are about
to hit. Over time, this
attitude-change brings
about the necessary changes
to your belief
system, and
this will automatically
bring about any physical
changes required to lengthen
your shots.
So
many golfers and sportspeople
I have worked with over
the years have been totally amazed by
the fact that simply
by changing their mental
attitude - whilst not
(consciously) changing
anything physically with
their stroke - can still bring
dramatically improved
results! This happens
when we are able to overcome
the inhibiting beliefs
which had been holding
back our power and ability.
Please
note also, as this is very
important - this does not mean
that each time you don't hit
a huge tee shot, you should
beat yourself up with negative
abuse and criticism - this
would simply defeat the
whole process! You need
to be incredibly patient
with this before the changes
take place - your current beliefs
were not created overnight,
and so they will not change overnight
either - it might takes
two, three or possibly
even four months of doing
these exercises I am outlining
today, before you truly
begin to see the results
kicking in.
Just
continue doing the exercise
of expectation before your
shot (but not as you are
hitting the shot), and
consciously cultivating
the feeling of
truly knowing that
your shots are currently
in the 'process' of becoming
longer.
So,
No. 1 - begin working
with your beliefs, before every
tee shot. Napoleon
Hill once said "whatever
we can conceive, and
believe, we can achieve" - and
it is quite true. Secondly,
we need to further cement this
belief into the software
of your mind - your subconscious
- by using visualization
and some special imagery.
You
do this by regularly visualizing
in your mind the very tee
shots you are seeking on
the course. As usual, these
images need to be imagined vividly with
both color,
sound and emotional feeling so
that the mind will believe,
and accept, the images
- and this needs to be
done on a regular
basis to
fully imprint this new
blueprint within the subconscious
for your body to follow
on the course. However
there are also some additional
touches you can use to further
enhance these
particular images if you
wish, to make them more
effective.
This
means that you can bend
reality a
little within your visualization,
to suit your own purposes
- designed to increase
their emotional
effect within
your subconscious, using
some 'Hollywood-like'
special effects which
are only limited by what
your own imagination
can come up with.
For
instance, you might like
to mentally imagine the
ball carrying through the
air over vast
amounts of land, to
promote the feeling of
incredible length in your
shot (as it is the feeling we
are trying to promote here).
Or adding a sound
effect or
maybe even a fiery
glow that
make the ball look or sound
like a tiny meteorite hurtling
through the air etc - I
think you get the idea.
So
begin today working on
developing more power
and length in your shots
- by consciously working
on your mental
expectation before
each tee shot, and then
further entrenching the
new mental blueprint
through regular daily
visualization, as mentioned
above. Once your old
beliefs have been replaced
by the new - the sky's
the limit.
