One of the keys to playing well is the ability to relax and play without stress and tension. Once you are relaxed, the key to playing at your best is your ability to become poised to enter the zone. This is quite an undertaking for the average golfer, but poise under pressure is what all […]
Sometimes our awareness of the golf ball actually inhibits our ability to play well. I refer to this as being ball bound. And in today’s video, Bobby Clampett is going to show you how to overcome it and ensure you fully concentrate on the things that really matter for great impact.
The hardest thing to communicate to a golfer is the importance of changing their world view from outcome to process thinking because they have been conditioned from birth by society to judge their success from their results. It takes a leap of faith to trust that perfecting the process, which includes staying in the present and not […]
Confidence is a vital ingredient to success in golf, and all golfers can experience lapses in it from time to time. Some feel it the most when they first take up the game, regularly comparing their handicap or score with that of others. Even seasoned golfers battle twinges of self-doubt and fear when faced with […]
One day your swing is great. The next day it seems to fall apart. What changes? There’s no simple answer for why your performance has peaks and valleys. It could be that you just haven’t locked on some new mechanics you’ve added to your swing. It could be that your thoughts aren’t sending clear messages […]
THE YIPS – IS THERE ANY HOPE??? If I were to ask you to make a guess as to the highest single hole score in professional golf what would you throw back at me? If you only managed early double figures, then you are still miles away. The great Tommy Armour playing in the Shawnee […]
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Guest writer: Rick Sessinghaus…Pressure is defined as a “force that pushes or urges”. From a mental standpoint pressure is usually perceived as a negative force that affects thoughts and behavior. I have heard many elite athletes explain that pressure is self-inflicted. What is pressure for one athlete is not for another. There are methods to […]
Golf is one of those games that you really don’t know how good someone actually is until they have some pressure put on them. Most good players can hit quality range shots and even light it up playing 9-holes with their buddies. A true test of pressure is competition. This past weekend at the Ryder […]
Guest writer: Patrick J. Cohn, Ph.D… The adage that “over-analysis leads to paralysis” is very true in golf. One of the inherent difficulties of golf for some players is the amount of time they have between shots. In reality, this is both an advantage and an obstacle to overcome. The advantage is that you don’t […]
