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Our special guest,
Dr.Bob Phillips "Golf
Psychologist" will be here exclusively every
month to reveal to you techniques used by top
level professional golfers to mentally prepare,
maintain focus, bring about their peak
performance and to help you improve your score!
MARCH, 2001:
Become a Putting Engineer
Did
you know that the single biggest difference
between people who are creative and people who
are not creative is that the people who are
creative believe that they are creative, while
the noncreative people think that they are not
creative. Remember the Henry Ford quote, "If
you think you can or if you think you can not,
you are probably right."
A
putting engineer is a golfer who has studied how
to make putts. He or she has practiced the craft
of putting and reading greens. They are creative,
focused, goal oriented, well grounded in
statistics (I will make only a percentage of
these), not banking of luck, and ready to sink
the thing and get on to the next hole. As with
most engineers they are pragmatic and structured.
They do not think of the next project (the next
hole), nor do they think about the thing falling
apart in the middle. When they miss they are
somewhat surprised and immediately begin planning
a better putt.
While
engineers are as human as the next guy, they do
not throw up material (strokes) and expect
something good to come of it. They know that
hoping it works is not the same as planning it to
work. They take things in the right order and
expect to test things before they put them all
together. The golfing engineer does the same
things. He or she will not just hit a ball at the
green or hole, they will plan the shot, use
historically successful blueprints (memories) to
guide their plans and allow for changes is the
current situation. Above all they expect the
process to work. They are confident that given
the right stuff and using the right plan they can
accomplish the task at hand. These putting
engineers usually make the grade and the shot.
Be a
putting engineer and not a golfer who only pushes
ahead and hopes to get close. Use all of your
resources to their maximum and do things in
order. Understand the math and be flexible. Above
all, expect to be successful.
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Bob
Phillips, Ph.D.
Aspire
Training and Coaching Personal coaching for
success in sports, business and life. Helping you
achieve your goals. 748 Holcomb Bridge Rd.
Norcross, Ga. 30071 (770)729-0030 Fax
(770)449-5758
Ask Dr. Phillips about any
mental game of golf question or problem you have
and he will e-mail you an answer.
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Bob Phillips, Ph.D., has
been helping athletes, sales people and managers
perform at their best for over fifteen years. As
a leading performance psychologist and coach, he
has developed several methods of evaluating and
maximizing performance.
In this series of articles
Dr. Phillips gives golfers the information and
techniques used by top level athletes in all
sports -- especially golf -- to mentally
prepare, maintain focus and bring about their
peak performance. A number of articles will focus
on Junior Golf.
ONE-ON-ONE
COACHING
Now Available
- First Session Free -
Dr. Bob Phillips offers
one-on-one coaching by phone to home or office
for golfers who are "stuck" and want to
move up to the next level of play, taking 5-10
strokes off their game. For more information,
call Dr. Phillips at 770-729-0030 or e-mail him
below.
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Dr. Phillips
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