Most golfers will admit that golf is 90% mental, yet most spend all their time and efforts on the mechanical aspect of the game. The golfing industry hasn't helped the trend by breaking down the swing and analyzing each of its components. Although, the average handicap for club players is still the same as it was 20 years ago. Even with all the new technology in equipment and video analysis.
Everyone seems to be teaching or learning the perfect swing, but little do people realize that almost no one has a perfect swing, not even the pros. Each of us has a certain way of swinging the club, even if we are taught the correct way in the beginning. Negative feelings have a lot to do with our swing. If you have a good swing, and negative thoughts, you still will not play good golf.
Most players are distracted and not totally concentrating on their shot at one time or another. Each time this happens, you can lose a stroke or two. If this happens only 4-5 times a round, it could add a lot of strokes to your score.
The main principles behind good golf are simple. You must be able to focus on the task at hand and stay in the present, then pick a small target and empty all unwanted thoughts from your mind.
The mental aspect of executing a shot is crucial to our success. Think about all the good shots you hit when you are practicing, when not on the course. Why do you play bad one day and not the next, why do you play well on the front nine but terrible on the back nine? Your physical ability is the same. The fact is your mind and body are connected and work in symbiosis, so how you think will affect how you perform.
Evidently, the mind is a critical determinant in shot making. Hypnosis, specifically self-hypnosis in this case, can assist in achieving the right mind set for a golf shot.
All of us use hypnosis in our everyday lives all of the time. If you are overweight and overeat, you can become satisfied with smaller portions of food. If you smoke, you can become an ex-smoker. If you're a phobic, your fears can disappear completely.
So you see, in an open state of mind, you can make strong, positive suggestions to change your life dramatically. Hypnosis can also help you improve your golf game. It can help you lower your score and feel proud of your accomplishment and your game.
Your inner mind is lazy: It needs repetition for change to occur. The more detailed your picture, the more accurate your outcome. If you expect a positive outcome, you will often receive it.
To create self-hypnosis on command and through suggestion, you need to product strong mental images of what you want to accomplish, you can lower your golf score. You can achieve that score you always dream about. No more being embarrassed of your score in front of your friends.
In the movie, 'Caddyshack,' before they swung, golfers repeated the mantra, 'Be the Ball.' This is OK for a funny movie or if you're a beginning golfer who's likely to miss the ball if you don't pay supreme attention to it. But for anyone else it's ridiculous.
Because you're better than that. You don't want to just hit the ball. You want the ball to go someplace. Like...a Target. It would be much better for you to 'Be the Target.' Focus intensely on the Target. Picture your ball going to it. Have it so burned into your mind that you can still see it in your mind's eye when you're addressing the ball. That's self-hypnosis.
Watch the pre-shot routine of any good golf professional. What do you think they're doing when they stand in back of the ball, in line with the target? They're picturing the ball flying to the Target.
Want to improve your golf score? Before every shot, make the Target your image.
Get the picture?
By Richard C Myers
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