| OK let's have a look at how to improve mental | | | | body will move to. |
| focus in your golf game. This is the key to playing | | | | Remember: What you focus on, you get more of. |
| from a state of relaxed flow as it is in many | | | | Think about the shot that you want to hit, not |
| ways the doorway that can lead into the flow | | | | the one you are afraid of hitting. If you are |
| state. Being able to focus down and get | | | | worried about fluffing a chip shot, chances are |
| completely absorbed in your shot, allowing the | | | | you will. If you are nervous about slicing it out of |
| mind body to work without conscious thought. | | | | bounds, you may find you do it all too often. If |
| You will know when you are fully focussing by the | | | | you are nervous about distance control on a putt, |
| fact that you are completely "into your golf | | | | you may find yourself three putting a lot. |
| target" and nothing interrupts your train of | | | | All very annoying isn't it? And yet in a way it's |
| thought. If you think about a noise somewhere or | | | | perfect! Because you are actually doing what you |
| the consequences of a bad shot, you are not | | | | are thinking about, just not what you want to do. |
| focussing on the shot at hand. | | | | So this is the classic example of you get more of |
| Lets put it this way. Your body goes where your | | | | what you are focussed/thinking of. |
| mind leads so make sure your mind is where you | | | | To get more good shots, keep your mind fully |
| want your body to go. In terms of the golf ball | | | | absorbed, focussed, into your target while |
| you do not want to hit down at it. You want to | | | | imagining in as much vivid detail of how the ball will |
| send the golf ball to your chosen target, so you | | | | travel to give you WHAT YOU WANT - must be |
| must get your body to move in a way that | | | | what you think about. |
| propels the ball to the target. To do this, get your | | | | The mental game of golf is a large and fascinating |
| mind on the target and let your unconscious mind | | | | subject and compared to making physical |
| move your body and the ball to that point on the | | | | Bio-Mechanical golf swing changes can save you |
| golf course where you want the ball to finish. | | | | more shots per round and is, in my opinion, easier |
| If it's a drive, focus on a small piece of grass, | | | | to implement than a complex swing change. |
| perhaps a slightly different shade than the rest, | | | | Despite the fact that there is much to learn about |
| where you want the ball to stop. Imagine the ball | | | | the mental game, if you just practice and |
| flying there, landing, bouncing and rolling out to | | | | implement these few but very significant |
| your precise point. If it's a putt, put your mind in | | | | techniques you have learned in this article, you |
| the hole, after all that's what you are trying to do | | | | WILL get great benefit from them in enjoyment, |
| with golf, get the ball in the hole. | | | | shot making and the lower scores at the bottom |
| Remember: Where your mind is focussed, your | | | | of your card. |