| Every golfer knows what it feels like to play in | | | | of the 60,000 thoughts you had yesterday? Or |
| the zone. You can learn to play golf in the zone | | | | were some of them subconscious? And were a |
| more frequently with the help of hypnosis | | | | few of them repetitive? |
| downloads or golf hypnosis cds. | | | | Try a little exercise if you like. Go to the range, |
| Just as people are scared of hypnosis, many are | | | | or the chipping area, or the putting green and plan |
| adept at avoiding mental issues in general. I | | | | to spend five minutes in which you only think |
| mentioned earlier that I listen carefully to the | | | | about what you are doing. See if you succeed in |
| words used by commentators. You might find it | | | | this plan...I bet you don't! It's difficult to control |
| interesting to pay more attention to the particular | | | | your thoughts even for five minutes let alone the |
| words and phrases used as well. Nine times out of | | | | three and a half hours it takes to play a round of |
| ten the commentary will focus on the mental side | | | | golf. |
| of the game. For example "What were you | | | | You just aren't going to control your thoughts for |
| thinking there Tiger?" or "Can he keep this up?" | | | | a full round of golf. But what you can do is control |
| and so on. There are far more comments made | | | | and consciously direct your thoughts for the few |
| about the thought processes at play than the | | | | minutes which each golf shot takes, including your |
| mechanics of the swing. We can relate to the | | | | pre-shot and post-shot routines. And if you want |
| comments made, we accept that they are | | | | to make this task easy for yourself you can |
| generally accurate, and yet very few of us pay | | | | employ a little bit of self-hypnosis. Remember the |
| attention to this aspect of our own golf game. | | | | definition of hypnosis given before - "a state of |
| We are far more likely to say, "I chunked that | | | | relaxation, at one with a state of heightened |
| one" or "your head came up" than to get behind | | | | awareness, induced by suggestion". You can learn |
| these actions and ask "why?" What was the | | | | to relax and focus at will with the use of hypnosis. |
| thought process that caused that outcome? Were | | | | You have the ability to control and direct your |
| you committed to the golf shot or were you | | | | thoughts. There's no point saying "but you know |
| thinking "have I got the right club here?"? You will | | | | me, I always do that". If you think like that, you |
| only be able to control your golf game when you | | | | WILL always be like that. Everything in life begins |
| learn to control your mind. You need to be aware | | | | with a thought; every action is preceded by a |
| of what you are thinking before you can change | | | | thought. There's no point in focusing on changing |
| how you think. You also need to be aware of the | | | | your actions and behaviors without first |
| optimal way in which to think and then you can | | | | addressing your thoughts. |
| choose to think in this way. | | | | Why not spend a little bit of time in learning to |
| It's amazing how many people aren't even aware | | | | how to control and direct your mind? You can |
| of what they are thinking. This may sound really | | | | learn how to relax and play golf in the zone with |
| silly. But to put what I'm saying into context, a | | | | the help of hypnosis downloads. The professionals |
| Harvard University study found that the average | | | | use golf hypnosis because it works; hypnosis |
| person has 60,000 thoughts a day, and 59,500 | | | | downloads can be used to get you to focus |
| are the same as the day before. Are you aware | | | | clearly and to play in the zone. |