| Yes, there are easier and there are more difficult | | | | of these may no longer be appropriate. |
| ways of creating a great shot. Yes, there is an | | | | Trainee golfers may have beliefs about whether |
| optimal technique. BUT ONLY IF YOU HAVE | | | | they are good or not at sport, or golf, or good or |
| CONFIDENCE IN IT. As Henry Ford said "If you | | | | not at learning. There is no need to be held back |
| think you can or you think you can't you are | | | | by limiting beliefs. Everyone has the power to |
| probably right". The moral of this story is that if | | | | choose to change beliefs no matter how deep |
| you feel that you have over-dosed on technique | | | | rooted they are, although it may well be that |
| to the degree that your confidence has gone, | | | | hypnosis may be needed to change the more |
| take a sabbatical from technique and concentrate | | | | deep rooted beliefs. Everyone has the ability to |
| on simply hitting the ball towards your target, | | | | play golf well. The most important thing for a |
| whilst keeping the club face square. | | | | golfer is to set your own goals, and enjoy your |
| It's amazing how frequently a golfer is not aware | | | | golf - it's a game and golf should be fun. |
| of ball flight and where the club face was at | | | | Unfortunately many people overlook this fact, and |
| impact in order to have created a particular shot. | | | | allow worries and fears to get in their way. Fear |
| And any golfer, just by becoming aware of how | | | | is something which we learn through experience. |
| side spin is created, has the power to change | | | | The human mind is very good at learning fear and |
| what they are doing and truly take control of the | | | | keeping it; But you can learn to let these fears |
| club, and in this way they will RETAIN THEIR | | | | go, no matter what age you are, with the help of |
| CONFIDENCE. | | | | hypnosis. Hypnosis allows access to your inner |
| It is well known that children "have minds like | | | | mind, to your inner beliefs, and so it is a state |
| sponges", that they find it easier to learn and that | | | | which enables therapeutic change. |
| it gets increasingly more difficult to learn as you | | | | The most important factor to grasp here is that |
| get older. As one gets older the mind becomes | | | | what other people think doesn't matter...but what |
| less open to receive new suggestions. Instead, life | | | | you think does. And having confidence in what |
| is experienced within the constraints of self-beliefs | | | | you are doing as you play golf will dictate the |
| which were formed many years ago, and many | | | | outcome of your shots. |