Think back to the best shot you've ever played - I bet it felt great, even easy. Most players I talk to say it felt effortless, they knew how it was going to play before they hit it and everything came off to perfection - simple :0)
Imagine what it would be like to play a whole round like that - phew!
So why can't you play every shot like that - or even just one in ten? If it felt so easy to play the perfect one, what are you doing when it turn out a duffer?
I think the clue lies in the feeling of the shot. It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the harder you concentrate or try the more likely you'll succeed. In fact, it's the opposite. The more you try to get seomething right, the more likely you'll fluff it. Simple rule - the more you do, the more there is to get wrong.
Now obviously when you played your top shot you were doing something right - but if it felt easy it's because you let yourself flow and your natural coordination aided your technique and did the job for you. When you feel effort it's because you've added something extra, and invariably unnecessary, and you interferred with the flow.
So how do you play your best golf more often? I believe it's about getting into the state of mind and body athletes call The Zone. When you're in this state there's no anxiety, fear of failure and you're totally relaxed yet focused on the task in hand. From experience, and from coaching many golfers, I know it's possible to get there more often than not with pretty simple and practical techniques that require just a little practice. It opens up a whole new dimension to your game and you'll start to experience what some call 'simple golf' - it's much more enjoyable and rewarding :0)
The techniques I use in my coaching are all in my book 'Golf Sense: Practical Techniques On How To Play Golf In The Zone'.
You can also read more about what may be stopping you getting into The Zone in these articles below.
When Right Is Wrong: Overcoming Problems With Your Golf Technique
The Ultimate Golf Fitness Test - It's Not What You Think!
Imagine what it would be like to play a whole round like that - phew!
So why can't you play every shot like that - or even just one in ten? If it felt so easy to play the perfect one, what are you doing when it turn out a duffer?
I think the clue lies in the feeling of the shot. It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the harder you concentrate or try the more likely you'll succeed. In fact, it's the opposite. The more you try to get seomething right, the more likely you'll fluff it. Simple rule - the more you do, the more there is to get wrong.
Now obviously when you played your top shot you were doing something right - but if it felt easy it's because you let yourself flow and your natural coordination aided your technique and did the job for you. When you feel effort it's because you've added something extra, and invariably unnecessary, and you interferred with the flow.
So how do you play your best golf more often? I believe it's about getting into the state of mind and body athletes call The Zone. When you're in this state there's no anxiety, fear of failure and you're totally relaxed yet focused on the task in hand. From experience, and from coaching many golfers, I know it's possible to get there more often than not with pretty simple and practical techniques that require just a little practice. It opens up a whole new dimension to your game and you'll start to experience what some call 'simple golf' - it's much more enjoyable and rewarding :0)
The techniques I use in my coaching are all in my book 'Golf Sense: Practical Techniques On How To Play Golf In The Zone'.
You can also read more about what may be stopping you getting into The Zone in these articles below.
When Right Is Wrong: Overcoming Problems With Your Golf Technique
The Ultimate Golf Fitness Test - It's Not What You Think!
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