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JULY, 2001
Visualizing
Better Golf Shots
You can use
visualization before you make a shot or after the
shot. By using both approaches, you will greatly
increase your ability to improve your golf and
lower your score.
When you
visualize before making a shot, don't limit
yourself to just seeing where you want the ball
to go. The key is your imagination. Use as many
of your five senses as possible to vividly
imagine the shot that you want to make. You not
only want to see the path of the ball to your
target, you want to feel the power or softness of
the club face striking the ball according to the
particular shot you're attempting as well as hear
the sound it will make.
Visualization
works because your mind does not distinguish
between what you actually experience and what you
vividly imagine. This occurs because your brain
records every moment of your entire life. We will
call the recording process of your brain - your
tape, which is a conceptual representation of all
your previous thoughts and actions. Your brain is
programmed to make similar decisions according to
what is on your tape. However, the most current
portion of your tape has the biggest impact on
its decision making process.
By
visualizing a shot before you attempt it, you are
putting on your tape very specific instructions
for your brain to follow instead of allowing it
to choose from the good and bad shots that were
previously recorded there. If you make a shot
that does not come off as well as you wanted or
visualized, you can allow it to be recorded on
your tape 'as is' to be replayed in the future.
Or, you can take a couple of seconds to visualize
the shot you wanted and put on your tape the shot
you want the next time the situation calls for
it.
You can do
this immediately after the shot or at night
before you go to sleep. Ideally, you will do
both. The reason this improves your golf is that
when you sleep, your brain is reviewing what went
on your tape that day so it can decide what shot
to select for you in the future. Would you prefer
your brain to select the bad shot that you left
'as is' or the three good ones that you
visualized?
It's your
choice. If you take the time to visualize better
golf shots, you will lower your score.
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