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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Free Online Golf Instruction Book
If you are looking to play better golf and have more fun, you might want to go check out my new free golf instruction book at SimpleGolfogy101-Play Better Golf and Have More Fun
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Setting Goals For Your Golf Game In 2007
The basics of setting a goal is an open secret known by many top-caliber athletes, successful businessmen and businesswomen and all types of achievers in all different fields. The basics of setting goals give you short-term and long-term motivations and focus. They help you set focus on the acquisistion of required knowledge and help you to plan and organize your resources and your time so that you can get the best out of your golf game or your life, for that matter.
Setting clearly defined goals for your golf game will enable you to measure your progress and achieve personal satisfaction once you have successfully met your goals.
The basics of goal setting will involve deciding what you really want out of your golf game or your personal life, and what short-term and long-term goals you need to achieve it. Do you want to putt better? How about breaking a scoring barrier that you have been striving for. Did you know, without a solid plan for your goal setting, that more than likely you will fail? You have to break down goals into the smaller and manageable targets that you must complete on your way to achieving your lifetime targets.
Set yourself a daily and weekly goal on how you want to improve in your quest to become a better golfer. Attitude plays a very big role in setting and achieving goals. You must ask yourself if any part of you or your mind is holding you back towards completing the simplest of goals. Address the problem by educating yourself on how to accomplish your goals, setting a plan of action, and then be determined to fulfill your need to become a better person. Golf is a lot like any other endeavor in life. If you require education, set plans to acquire that education.
Setting clearly defined goals for your golf game will enable you to measure your progress and achieve personal satisfaction once you have successfully met your goals.
The basics of goal setting will involve deciding what you really want out of your golf game or your personal life, and what short-term and long-term goals you need to achieve it. Do you want to putt better? How about breaking a scoring barrier that you have been striving for. Did you know, without a solid plan for your goal setting, that more than likely you will fail? You have to break down goals into the smaller and manageable targets that you must complete on your way to achieving your lifetime targets.
Set yourself a daily and weekly goal on how you want to improve in your quest to become a better golfer. Attitude plays a very big role in setting and achieving goals. You must ask yourself if any part of you or your mind is holding you back towards completing the simplest of goals. Address the problem by educating yourself on how to accomplish your goals, setting a plan of action, and then be determined to fulfill your need to become a better person. Golf is a lot like any other endeavor in life. If you require education, set plans to acquire that education.
Monday, January 01, 2007
New Year's Resolutions For Your Golf Game
What's your New Year's resolution for your golf game? Could it be to break 90? Is it to putt better? How about having more fun and enjoying the game that we love more. Whatever you want out of your golf game this year, now is the best time to sit down and set some goals for yourself. I couldn't believe how much my game and attitude changed last year by sitting down and writing out some goals that I wanted. I finally got over the hump of shooting under 75. Golf is a passion that a lot of us share, and just like most passions, if you can fulfill some need in your golf game it makes it more satisfying. The best way that I've discovered is to get some help setting goals. Not only in golf, but in life.
I'm no expert on goal setting, but I have found that there are programs out there that can help you in any situation. Business goals, personal goals, and yes sports goals. Without direction, you can not start heading on the path to self improvement. I love to improve my golf swing or putting. It's what keeps me coming back. To satisfy the need for improvement that I have. I love golf and am looking forward to what the next year brings.
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Golf Is A Game Of Precision
Your thoughts can't hold any power over you if you don't judge them. If you notice yourself having a negative thought, detach from it, witness it, and don't follow it.
Golf is a game of precision and so should our mental approach be precise. Doubt, fear, lack of concentration, or being angry over your last missed putt are all factors that affect your scores. You must deal with cause and effect. Is it your putting stance that causes you to miss a two foot putt? Doubtful! Is it the fact you fear missing it, or doubt yourself in front of your peers? Of course it is. Most six or seven year olds can make a two foot putt. Understanding the fact that mental lapses exist and that they are the cause of errors in our games is a great step in creating a foundation for improvement. With improvement comes more satisfaction, with more satisfaction comes more fun.
Doubting yourself, huh? Well, unless you have played golf every day for a living and hit three hundred balls a day, of course you are going to doubt yourself. Let's talk about it for a minute. There are numerous reasons why doubt creeps into one's mind, affecting your golf game. One of them is not trusting our ability to carry out a certain action. We're not talking about hitting our drives as far as Tiger here. Not making a four foot putt is more like it. Doubt can be caused by past experiences. Our competence is questioned, therefore our ability to carry out simple actions is hindered. When faced with a tap in, there is no doubt. A four footer, on the other hand, increases our anxiety level. When you get anxious, the result is a tightening of not only the body,
but also our minds. You can't feel the clubhead, so your awareness of what it is doing decreases dramatically.
Anxiousness is caused by doubt. Not trusting yourself to play your best golf is the reason that you are not playing your best golf. If you are vulnerable, you are weak. Let's take that four foot putt. You know that you can miss it. You lack faith and you tighten up. You're conscious mind is screaming at you, " YOU CAN MISS THIS STUPID!" You half stab at it, miss, and your beliefs are confirmed. So my friends, the viscious cycle begins. Each succeeding stroke becomes harder, and your capability to perform wanes. The conscous mind reminds you that you can miss a shot, producing fear and doubt. When doubt is at the forefront of our thoughts, the mind starts telling the body how to do things and you keep trying harder. Golf is the perfect game for 'trying too hard'...
In his book "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life," Dr. Daniel Amen talks about "ANTs" - Automatic Negative Thoughts. These are the bad thoughts that are usually reactionary, like "Those people are laughing, they must be talking about me," or "The boss wants to see me? It must be bad!" When you notice these thoughts, realize that they are nothing more than ANTs and squash them!
Golf is a game of precision and so should our mental approach be precise. Doubt, fear, lack of concentration, or being angry over your last missed putt are all factors that affect your scores. You must deal with cause and effect. Is it your putting stance that causes you to miss a two foot putt? Doubtful! Is it the fact you fear missing it, or doubt yourself in front of your peers? Of course it is. Most six or seven year olds can make a two foot putt. Understanding the fact that mental lapses exist and that they are the cause of errors in our games is a great step in creating a foundation for improvement. With improvement comes more satisfaction, with more satisfaction comes more fun.
Doubting yourself, huh? Well, unless you have played golf every day for a living and hit three hundred balls a day, of course you are going to doubt yourself. Let's talk about it for a minute. There are numerous reasons why doubt creeps into one's mind, affecting your golf game. One of them is not trusting our ability to carry out a certain action. We're not talking about hitting our drives as far as Tiger here. Not making a four foot putt is more like it. Doubt can be caused by past experiences. Our competence is questioned, therefore our ability to carry out simple actions is hindered. When faced with a tap in, there is no doubt. A four footer, on the other hand, increases our anxiety level. When you get anxious, the result is a tightening of not only the body,
but also our minds. You can't feel the clubhead, so your awareness of what it is doing decreases dramatically.
Anxiousness is caused by doubt. Not trusting yourself to play your best golf is the reason that you are not playing your best golf. If you are vulnerable, you are weak. Let's take that four foot putt. You know that you can miss it. You lack faith and you tighten up. You're conscious mind is screaming at you, " YOU CAN MISS THIS STUPID!" You half stab at it, miss, and your beliefs are confirmed. So my friends, the viscious cycle begins. Each succeeding stroke becomes harder, and your capability to perform wanes. The conscous mind reminds you that you can miss a shot, producing fear and doubt. When doubt is at the forefront of our thoughts, the mind starts telling the body how to do things and you keep trying harder. Golf is the perfect game for 'trying too hard'...
In his book "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life," Dr. Daniel Amen talks about "ANTs" - Automatic Negative Thoughts. These are the bad thoughts that are usually reactionary, like "Those people are laughing, they must be talking about me," or "The boss wants to see me? It must be bad!" When you notice these thoughts, realize that they are nothing more than ANTs and squash them!
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Quit Talking To Yourself When You Play Golf
A person who can control his own mental processes stands an excellent chance of improving their golf game, for the human mind works along definite lines of thought, and can be studied. One can only control one's, mental processes after carefully studying them.
The human mind is a strange thing. One thing golfers need to understand is: Your conscious mind is easily overloaded with more information than it can handle. This is where stress and anxiety come from. Your conscious mind is the little voice saying, "You can't do it!" because you know that you have screwed up before. So you try harder and get poorer results. Your golf game is suffering from the fact that you are trying to improve.
When starting something new, your conscious mind is focused and in control. This is why a golf tip you have learned about seems to bring a renewal to your game. Suddenly, you are hitting it straighter or longer. You hit more greens in regulation or your putting improves. What happens next? Your subconscious takes notice. Your accomplishments are not normal. For years, you have struggled and this is what the subconscious mind expects. You are not a good golfer and the picture of yourself through the subconscious is inconsistent with the results that you experience in the newness of the golf tip. Defensively, your golf game reverts back to its old self. This is a terrible cycle that you get caught in. Your long term memory is stopping you from getting better.
The human mind is a strange thing. One thing golfers need to understand is: Your conscious mind is easily overloaded with more information than it can handle. This is where stress and anxiety come from. Your conscious mind is the little voice saying, "You can't do it!" because you know that you have screwed up before. So you try harder and get poorer results. Your golf game is suffering from the fact that you are trying to improve.
When starting something new, your conscious mind is focused and in control. This is why a golf tip you have learned about seems to bring a renewal to your game. Suddenly, you are hitting it straighter or longer. You hit more greens in regulation or your putting improves. What happens next? Your subconscious takes notice. Your accomplishments are not normal. For years, you have struggled and this is what the subconscious mind expects. You are not a good golfer and the picture of yourself through the subconscious is inconsistent with the results that you experience in the newness of the golf tip. Defensively, your golf game reverts back to its old self. This is a terrible cycle that you get caught in. Your long term memory is stopping you from getting better.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
The One Thing Golfers Should Understand
A worry-free, fear-free state could do so much to improve your golfing ability. By staying positive, you attract good energy that would be able to easily recognize imminent feelings and events.
Why do you keep telling yourself that you can improve, but find yourself worse off than when you began. Going through the motions, hitting a good shot here and there, and then trying to figure out why you hit a bad shot, and how to fix it. Instead of concentrating on what it is you are trying to accomplish. You deserve to play better golf. You deserve to hit great shot. Now is when you need to start. You and only you, can empower yourself to reach your full potential as a golfer. So what it is that we need to understand?
Why do you keep telling yourself that you can improve, but find yourself worse off than when you began. Going through the motions, hitting a good shot here and there, and then trying to figure out why you hit a bad shot, and how to fix it. Instead of concentrating on what it is you are trying to accomplish. You deserve to play better golf. You deserve to hit great shot. Now is when you need to start. You and only you, can empower yourself to reach your full potential as a golfer. So what it is that we need to understand?
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