"Visualize - See yourself lowering your score!"
It’s amazing how just one simple technique can sound both so ridiculous and be so powerful at the same time.
The very first time someone said that I should actually see myself, in my imagination, sinking a putt before doing it, I thought he had lost it.
Imagine myself making the putt. I stopped playing imagination when I was thirteen.
But, when you stop and take the time to visualize your approach, your movement, your swing, and where you want the ball to go, your game will drastically improve.
Psychologists say that your body can’t distinguish between what is happening in the here and now or what is just imagination. There is a stimulating response no matter where your think something is happening.
See, your swing will improve if your body sees it happening and performs it without any interruption from your mind. When imagining your shot actually happening; the swing, the path of the ball, how far it will roll, etc., your body is then left to do the mechanics of it automatically.
But, as soon as you start putting your head into your actions, when you start to think about your swing and how important it is to get the lie that you need, the body is limited in it’s response.
Of course, you’re not going to get the exact results you imagined, you can’t just stop doing it, no matter how silly you feel. Because as you get use to seeing what you want to do, then your body will get better at actually doing it for you. Like everything else it takes time and practice.
I use this technique before every tee shot, every wedge, chip and putt. The few times that I haven’t and let my emotions and thoughts to interfere, I have a horrible outcome.
Use this method where it counts the most. The green. Visualize the putt, swing your club a few times and see the ball roll effortlessly towards the cup and drop in. Then put that same image into action by letting your body take over.
The results are amazing.
It’s amazing how just one simple technique can sound both so ridiculous and be so powerful at the same time.
The very first time someone said that I should actually see myself, in my imagination, sinking a putt before doing it, I thought he had lost it.
Imagine myself making the putt. I stopped playing imagination when I was thirteen.
But, when you stop and take the time to visualize your approach, your movement, your swing, and where you want the ball to go, your game will drastically improve.
Psychologists say that your body can’t distinguish between what is happening in the here and now or what is just imagination. There is a stimulating response no matter where your think something is happening.
See, your swing will improve if your body sees it happening and performs it without any interruption from your mind. When imagining your shot actually happening; the swing, the path of the ball, how far it will roll, etc., your body is then left to do the mechanics of it automatically.
But, as soon as you start putting your head into your actions, when you start to think about your swing and how important it is to get the lie that you need, the body is limited in it’s response.
Of course, you’re not going to get the exact results you imagined, you can’t just stop doing it, no matter how silly you feel. Because as you get use to seeing what you want to do, then your body will get better at actually doing it for you. Like everything else it takes time and practice.
I use this technique before every tee shot, every wedge, chip and putt. The few times that I haven’t and let my emotions and thoughts to interfere, I have a horrible outcome.
Use this method where it counts the most. The green. Visualize the putt, swing your club a few times and see the ball roll effortlessly towards the cup and drop in. Then put that same image into action by letting your body take over.
The results are amazing.
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