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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
By Wade Pearse
Distractions in golf are a part of the game. From the rattling of change in your playing partners pockets to the shadow cast across your line when you’re just about to take the putter back.
It’s difficult to recall a round where there wasn’t at least something to get distracted by. Well, that is if we let it. What kinds of distractions get you a bit rattled? Are there certain scenarios that seem to take your focus off your shot more than others?
It’s useful to make a note of these. This way you can apply some techniques I’ll show you and remove the negative impact these “distractions” have on your game. The inner game must be developed to as high a degree as possible.
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Thursday, July 27th, 2006
SOURCE: HumanGolf.com – Mahadeva Ishaya
GIST: Count and keep separate score of your “good” shots in a round, including good course management calls, and enjoy playing a heck of a whole lot more. You’ll even likely find your course management improving as a result.
MY TAKE: Another mind game, but an effective one I think. I’m not sold on Ishaya’s lumping in “just put it back in play” strokes as good shots — being forced to putt onto the fairway just tells me I must have seriously futzed up the shot before — but that’s me. Whatever works for him and you, right? [GO]
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Tuesday, July 18th, 2006
SOURCE: HumanGolf.com – Craig Sigl
GIST: Shave some strokes “without practice” simply by not doing the typical post-round and off-course review and dissection of your bad golf shots. Sigl reasons that replaying your bad shots repeatedly, looking for what you did wrong, reinforces all this negativity into your subconscious, something that can’t possibly make you feel good. And feeling good, he explains, is elemental in helping you perform your best.
MY TAKE: I’m not even going to go all that analytically deep into this mystical subconscious stuff, but I figure this may very well be worth a shot. And for a very simple reason: The “analyzing the bad shots” routine hasn’t helped me one bit! Bet it hasn’t helped you either. Ready to try the feel good way? [GO]
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Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
SOURCE: Dr. Bob Phillips’ “The Mind Game” on GolfLink
GIST: Short article on the Post Shot Routine, which is something you do after a bad shot to help you maintain your focus, keep you loose and relaxed, and prevent you from wasting “energy on thoughts and actions that do nothing but interfere with the next shot.” Dr. Bob gives you five parts in this routine to help you “let go of the bad shots and move on to better play.”
MY TAKE: I play better when I’m P.O.’d. Not a temper tantrum, mind you; I just end up whacking the bejeezus out of that @^$%@#$& ball better for some reason… and sending it off going the right direction too. The problem is, this boiling zone-like state is short-lived. Thankfully, I guess — fuming for 18 holes (well, 17, since I usually start off well for a hole before things start falling apart) isn’t good for the old ticker, I’m sure, and I definitely am not getting any younger.
I think I really should start paying closer attention to Dr. Bob’s tip. And probably so should you. Looks like he’s got something here with his post shot routine advice; nothing complicated or fancy… things that work usually are. [GO]
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