«All great contests at some point become head games. It does not matter if it is Politics and elections, military campaigns or sporting events, in the end it is about keeping your head and your heart for the fight.» Bill Clinton speaking to the media after watching the USA soccer team winning their group at the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa.
Why are you playing golf? Is it to beat the competition, for the pure competitive aspect? Are you trying to challenge yourself and see how good you can get? Do you just play for pure fun and enjoyment regardless of what you score? Is your enjoyment tied in with your performance, the better you perform the more you enjoy yourself?
No matter what your own personal motivation I am betting that if you play better you are a happier human being afterwards. We all want to play effortlessly and have fun without making a mess of things and embarrassing ourselves.
Try this strategy the next time you play. Forget about playing 18 holes and do not even think about playing a single hole, not a par 5 or 4 or even a par 3. There are no holes and the holes do not have numbers associated with them. There is merely a walk along which you will hit your ball, one shot at a time.
Step 1 – Stand over the shot you will hit and pick a precise point in the fairway where you want your ball to go to. Imagine the flight, bounce and run of the ball to that precise point. Internally, describe the shot to yourself as you imagine hitting it. Be realistic and only pick a shot you know you are capable of hitting.
Step 2 – Now say these exact words to yourself. You will need to write them down on paper until you have memorised them «I do not care if the ball does not do exactly as I have imagined the perfect shot to be. I will completely accept the shot and be happy even if it does not finish exactly where I have planned. I play this shot merely for enjoyment and for the personal interest and challenge of just this one shot.»
Step 3 – Now have a practice swing that mimics the exact swing you believe you need to make in order to send the ball to your precise target. Go through your setup routine, look at the target you have picked and then focus intently on the back of the ball and swing away.
Step 4 – Notice where your ball has gone and if it has done what you wanted congratulate yourself. You can even say «YES!» Internally with emotion and really enjoy the feeling if it was a great shot, celebrate it. Then forget it and recompose yourself. There is only one shot and it is the next one. There is no game, no hole no par or birdie, just one golf shot on its own and you will walk up and play it soon.
Important Alternate Step 4 If the shot was not as you planned. If the shot was not what you planned then just shrug your shoulders and put the club back in your bag. As you put the club in the bag imagine that all your emotions go back to complete neutral. Look around and think of things more important in your life than playing golf, hum some music, chat with a friend but forget golf. There is only one shot and it is the next one. There is no game, no hole, no par or birdie, just one golf shot on its own and you will walk up and play it soon.
Walk up to your ball and repeat the steps 1 to 4 again. Continue doing this until you take your ball out of the hole in the grass on the last green you walk to that day.
Can you do this? Can you learn to play one shot at a time and stay completely in the present for each shot? Can you forget results and what they do or do not mean? Is it possible for you to just play golf for the challenge of seeing how focussed you can remain on hitting one golf shot? If you can do these things and keep doing them over and over you will get better and better at staying in the present for one shot at a time and your golf game is going to improve dramatically.
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