THIS MONTH TIPS
A New
Beginning
New Year's
Day is special because it marks the beginning of
a New Year. Many individuals make New Year's
resolutions to improve their lives.
Unfortunately, many of these resolutions go by
the wayside in only a couple of weeks or days.
Are you keeping your New Year's resolutions or
didn't you even bother to make any since you
haven't kept the ones you made in the past?
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PREVIOUS MONTH TIPS:
You
Have to Believe
"Michael,
I have been using your mental keys for a while
now, and combined with some focused practice, I
am beginning to get back to my best playing. My
confidence has returned and I am more focused on
the "right" things. I have a question
regarding how to deal with the days when I
"don't have it".
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Cock A
Doodle Do
"Mike,
IT seems to work!!!! Today when the "pink
Elephants" arrived I didn't say "Cock A
Doodle Do"...but; I did say to
myself..." That is stupid, I'm only allowed
one thought sooooooo it must be positive"
and low & behold the "Pink
Elephants" disappeared!! Best round of the
year! (67) in competition! Thanks!!!!"
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Playing
in the Zone
When you
are in the "zone", it is almost magical
how easy it is to accomplish even the most
difficult shots. However, not many golfers can
enter the zone at will or maintain being in the
zone once they realize that they are in it.
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What is
your Number?
If you
knew that you would shoot the score you desire
before you even tee off, you would be a very
confident golfer and it would reflect in your
performance. Guess what? You already know what
your final score is going to be most of the time
if you know your number. Now, it is just a
question of improving your game to lower your
number or final score to be the one you desire.
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Golf is
a Game to be Played
There is a
huge difference between playing to win and
playing to play. When you play to win, you create
tension and pressure that adversely affects your
brain's chemistry and your ability to perform. If
you play to play, you are relaxed and give
yourself a chance to perform at a much higher
level so you can win.
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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.
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The
Power of Shaking It Off
When things
don't go your way during a round of golf, do you
dwell on the negative or do you shake it off and
keep on going? You will always be better off
staying positive than letting old man golf with
his amazing bag of tricks frustrate you and get
you down.
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Focus
on Success
To those of
you who have read The Mental Keys and my many
mental tips, you are well aware that associating
negative emotions to facts adversely affects your
chemistry and performance. So what do you focus
on when faced with facts that challenge your
ability to pull off difficult shots?
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First-tee Mindset
A college
golf coach recently asked me to help his team
prepare for the first-tee shot, which he
considers to be the hardest golf shot because
everyone is watching. Many golfers experience
anxiety and get the jitters when they step to the
first tee. How about you?
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"You have to Admire
Tiger"
Does the idea
of love your competition seem strange to you? If
so, it is because many individuals have been
programmed to view their competition as their
enemy. One, who is to be despised or burned in
effigy at a campus pep rally or tail gate party.
Of course, this does not hold true for the
gentlemen's game of golf.
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"Optimum Intensity
Levels"
I was
speaking to an ex-PGA golf instructor who was
preparing to qualify for the U.S. Open. He told
me he has been hitting a lot of balls lately and
would spend the next week playing to get ready.
Then, he added it would probably take him the
first three or four holes of the qualifier to
settle down.
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"Handling
Frustration"
Golf can
be a very frustrating pursuit if you allow it to
be. Here is a typical comment I recently received
from an honest golfer, "I know that I get
nervous when I'm having a good round then start
screwing up as a result. I know I get frustrated
when I'm having a bad round and it just gets
worse". Does this sound like someone you
know?
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"Eliminating The
Yips"
The
first step in eliminating the yips is to
understand why you have them. The yips are caused
from having fear about missing a putt. It may be
a recent condition or one that you have had for
years.
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"The U.S. Open's
Mental Test"
Davis Love
III explained, "A U.S. Open is not only just
a golf test; it's a mental test and you try to
win that battle. It comes down to scrambling, who
can get the ball up-and-down and make putts and
be patient."
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Beware of Mental Traps
What are
mental traps? Mental traps are facts that can
lead to frustration and other negative emotions,
which play havoc with your performance.
Here are just
some of the mental traps, many golfers fall into.
When you expect a certain level of play and watch
the score (outcome) to see how you are doing, you
open yourself to trouble. If you make a couple of
bad shots in a row or are still at par after
hitting the greens nine times in a row in
regulation, you may start to doubt yourself or
get upset. Your putt lips out and you are
disappointed. You can't believe you just made a
very terrible shot. The group in front of you is
playing very slow.
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Thinking is Stinking -
Part II
Some golfers
with high handicaps are actually mechanically
better than their scores reflect. Upon reading
The Mental Keys they happily find themselves
dropping 8 to 10 strokes. That is because they
are able to quickly become process oriented and
let the results take care of themselves. They
simply stopped thinking or worrying about making
a bad shot......
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Thinking is Stinking
What
are you thinking about when you are performing at
your best in anything you do? If you are honest
with yourself, you will realize that the answer
is always the same. You are not thinking. You are
operating on instinct!
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