Comments on: How do we learn the optimal golf state of mind? http://www.golfstateofmind.com/blog/2009/06/26/how-do-we-learn-the-optimal-golf-state-of-mind/ Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:36:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: David http://www.golfstateofmind.com/blog/2009/06/26/how-do-we-learn-the-optimal-golf-state-of-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-6 David Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:16:25 +0000 http://www.golfstateofmind.com/?p=488#comment-6 Thanks for informing me know of your new book, I'll be sure to check it out. In golf, being in the present (or The Now as you call it) is paramount to successful performance. Having 100% awareness of what you are about to do is the key to good golf. You cannot be dwelling on a shot you have hit, nor thinking about future results. Focusing on a positive outcome for the shot you are about to play is a habit we have to develop. This is one of the aspects of the Golf State of Mind Teaching - using techniques to keep us focused on the present and take us into "the zone" during each shot. I agree with Butch Harmon, the mind can have such a negative effect on our performance, but if used correctly is the most powerful tool we have. Tiger Woods probably has the most powerful focus and visualization of what he wants to achieve with every shot, and in my opinion it's what makes him the best golfer. Conventional golf teaching places too much emphasis on the technical game and equipment and not enough on how to practice using the mind. Most golfers know it is a mostly mental game but don't know how to practice it. Their minds are filled with swing thoughts, technical information and what they don't want to do, whereas the mind needs to be focused on positive images to allow the body to execute. The Golf State of Mind Mental Game Audio Teaching is about learning to increase your powers of visualization, focus and feel through practice so that good golf becomes a habit. Thanks for informing me know of your new book, I’ll be sure to check it out.

In golf, being in the present (or The Now as you call it) is paramount to successful performance. Having 100% awareness of what you are about to do is the key to good golf. You cannot be dwelling on a shot you have hit, nor thinking about future results. Focusing on a positive outcome for the shot you are about to play is a habit we have to develop. This is one of the aspects of the Golf State of Mind Teaching – using techniques to keep us focused on the present and take us into “the zone” during each shot.

I agree with Butch Harmon, the mind can have such a negative effect on our performance, but if used correctly is the most powerful tool we have. Tiger Woods probably has the most powerful focus and visualization of what he wants to achieve with every shot, and in my opinion it’s what makes him the best golfer. Conventional golf teaching places too much emphasis on the technical game and equipment and not enough on how to practice using the mind. Most golfers know it is a mostly mental game but don’t know how to practice it. Their minds are filled with swing thoughts, technical information and what they don’t want to do, whereas the mind needs to be focused on positive images to allow the body to execute.

The Golf State of Mind Mental Game Audio Teaching is about learning to increase your powers of visualization, focus and feel through practice so that good golf becomes a habit.

]]> By: Michael Shingleton http://www.golfstateofmind.com/blog/2009/06/26/how-do-we-learn-the-optimal-golf-state-of-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Michael Shingleton Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:07:14 +0000 http://www.golfstateofmind.com/?p=488#comment-5 Dear David: I look forward to reading your book. The mind and training the "golf mind" is important. I believe however, Butch Harmon's quote: "In golf, the mind is a terrible thing." Butch is not referring to what I believe you are sharing, but to the mind's propensity to go and dwell in the past and the future. I share in my book, "Peace and Par - Enjoying Golf in the Now" (www.amazon.com) an ancient technique that takes you to a natural state within that "watches" the mind and brings you in a few breaths to the "Now" (aka the zone). This place within that I call Being is where the creativity you suggest evolves. Thanks for being you. Dear David:
I look forward to reading your book. The mind and training the “golf mind” is important. I believe however, Butch Harmon’s quote: “In golf, the mind is a terrible thing.” Butch is not referring to what I believe you are sharing, but to the mind’s propensity to go and dwell in the past and the future. I share in my book, “Peace and Par – Enjoying Golf in the Now” (www.amazon.com) an ancient technique that takes you to a natural state within that “watches” the mind and brings you in a few breaths to the “Now” (aka the zone). This place within that I call Being is where the creativity you suggest evolves. Thanks for being you.

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