For the sake of simplicity, all advice on swings and drills is provided from a right handed perspective; lefties …. well, you know what to do \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
There are a couple of very simple thought processes that you can utilize to help your brain influence your body to improve your game and your scoring. <\/p>\n
One has to do with confidence, another with stress, and please allow me to tell\u00a0 you a quick story that makes me a believer.<\/p>\n
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to tape a commercial for the practice facility where I work – The Plum Creek Driving Range – at WBTA Radio in Batavia. I met with the President and GM of the station, Dan Fisher, who was a real pro. I had some thoughts written on a sheet of paper provided by Mark Pflaumer, Plum Creek’s owner, and I
\nread through them a couple of times. When they were played back, I sounded pretty vanilla, so Dan spiced things up significantly by telling me to smile while I was speaking.<\/p>\n
The results were astoundingly better – more projection, more dynamic, more enthusiastic.<\/p>\n
Since golf is played with the body – but won with the mind, here are two ways that\u00a0 brain – body trick’s can apply to golf.<\/p>\n
The first brain – body trick has to do with confidence.<\/p>\n
Carry yourself with confidence, even after a bad shot, and your next swing at least has a\u00a0 chance to be better.\u00a0 Here’s exactly what I mean by “carry yourself with confidence”:<\/p>\n
1) Walk into your shot (always approach the ball from the rear)\u00a0 with a confident stride, not slumpy and slouchy because you just hit a bad shot. Walk tall, chin high, with a purposeful gait.<\/p>\n
2) Have a look of confidence on your face – a relaxed smile, not a terse, tense, frown.<\/p>\n
3) Visualize a beautiful shot, do not permit the thought of failure to enter your mind.<\/p>\n
4) Then execute your pre shot routine and make a good pass at the ball<\/p>\n
The second brain – body trick has to do with stress and nervousness.<\/p>\n
Stress and nervousness are both inevitable, so don’t try to ignore anything – simply acknowledge their presence then go about your business.\u00a0 You can do this by using Sales Training 101 – Rebuttals by Using the Word “And” to get past objections.\u00a0 In this golf analogy, objections would be stress or nervousness.<\/p>\n
Here are a some examples:<\/p>\n
You have a fast, five foot, downhill, left to right slider putt, your worst case scenario because you have trouble with this type of putt.\u00a0 Here’s what you should say to yourself:\u00a0 “I have a tough putt, the type I hate the most, AND I’m going to roll it right into the cup.”<\/p>\n
You have a tight lie for a twenty yard pitch, the type that you usually hit fat or thin. Here’s what you should say to yourself:\u00a0 “This is a tough, nervous shot for me, AND I’m going to “stick it” right next to the flagstick!”.<\/p>\n
Brain- body tricks can take care of a large portion self created stress and allow your unconscious mind to let your body play golf without unnecessary interference.<\/p>\n
I know this all may sound a little strange, but try it, you’ll like it.\u00a0 In fact, give it a try with day to day activities besides golf as well.<\/p>\n
I’ve always taught my kids that it doesn’t cost a dime more to be positive – so why not be that way?<\/p>\n
Enjoy your golf,<\/p>\n
Tom<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the sake of simplicity, all advice on swings and drills is provided from a right handed perspective; lefties …. well, you know what to do \ud83d\ude42 There are a couple of very simple thought processes that you can utilize to help your brain influence your body to improve your game and your scoring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tom-tucker"],"yoast_head":"\n