| Golfers face a lot of challenges the moment the | | | | practice intense focus. Pre-shot routine |
| step up on the ball. They are bombarded with | | | | visualization is a good time to actually let go and |
| negative thoughts and overwhelming emotions - a | | | | feel the shot. This is a defining moment of your |
| "deadly" combination when playing golf because it | | | | shot whether it is good or bad. During this |
| can ruin your momentum and your performance. | | | | moments, remember to stay calm and |
| Visualization is a suggested solution, an essential | | | | composed, relaxing your mind and body. |
| component for a good golf game. It aids in | | | | Jack Nicklaus, a successful professional golfer, had |
| improving the game, developing focus and positive | | | | this to say about visualization. |
| thinking. It helps in transforming a golfer's bad | | | | "I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without |
| habit to a good new one. Its goal is to calm your | | | | having a very sharp in-focus picture of it in my |
| thoughts and relax your mind. But golfers have | | | | head. It's like a color movie. First I "see" where I |
| trouble perfecting this. | | | | want it to finish, nice and white and sitting high on |
| It is recommended to have a daily dose of | | | | the bright green grass. Then the scene quickly |
| visualization. Mentally rehearsing the moments | | | | changes, and I "see" the ball going there: its path, |
| during the game and feeling the game. | | | | trajectory, and shape, even its behaviour on |
| Visualization is more than just seeing with your | | | | landing. Then there's a sort of fade out, and the |
| mind. It is about feeling with it. You should feel | | | | next scene shows me making the kind of swing |
| your intentions, your swing, your shots and your | | | | that will turn the previous images into reality." |
| overall game. | | | | Having won 113 professional wins, this is a proof |
| Golf, unlike other sports, is game wherein you are | | | | that visualization indeed is a powerful tool in |
| given enough time to prepare for your shot. You | | | | achieving success in the mental game of golf. |
| can stand over the ball and wait until you ready | | | | All golfers have goals - to lower their score and |
| to take the shot. The ball waits for you. This is a | | | | play the game with their best performance and all |
| good time to visualize that you are going to hole | | | | plans to improve their performance and skills but |
| the ball. | | | | sometimes they do not usually stick to their plan. |
| Visualization can also be done in different stages, | | | | Many coaches are out there willing to help eager |
| pre-shot planning, pre-shot routine and post-shot | | | | golfers to develop their craft however, they lack |
| routine, of the mental golf game. During the | | | | the commitment to really pursue it. Perfecting |
| pre-shot planning, you can visualize your shot, the | | | | visualization takes more effort and practice. |
| distance, the angle, the target, the ground on | | | | Therefore, live with your commitment and |
| which you stand on, and more. This is when | | | | practice it everyday. |
| distractions attack you and this is the time to | | | | |