Coach: "Do you have a repeatable pre shot routine?" Student: "sometimes, but it's not always the same." This week, a student of mine (a very good player who is capable of becoming a scratch handicap) asked me what he should…
The pre shot routine is undoubtedly your most important tool on the golf course. From this moment on, I’d like you to think of your pre shot routine as the true measure of success for any shot you hit. You…
Despite what some people say about golf, it is an athletic sport. However, many golfers still play it like it isn’t and this holds them back. In this article, I’m going to show you how you can change your mindset…
The pre shot routine for golf is arguably as important as the swing itself. Where you put your focus before and during a shot will have a huge impact on your swing or stroke and the end result. If you don’t…
Today the best players in the world tee off in the tournament considered by some to be golf’s “5th major” and I can’t wait to watch it. TPC Sawgrass, this week’s venue, was designed by Pete Dye with Tournament Golf…
Next time you watch the best players in the world perform, pay attention to the consistency and precision of their pre-shot routines. Although pre-shot routines may vary in pace, time, physical movements, starting places, and imaginative mind activity, the structure…
Timothy Gallwey is considered to be the first "golf psychologists" and he gave us the seminal "Inner Game" series of books. These books show us powerful techniques for improving the mind for better performance. In his book the "Inner Game…
Golf is a game in which we need to be able to learn to switch from enjoying our surroundings and our playing partners into a highly focused state which connects us with the shot required. Learning how to practice this…
It has long been said that golf is a mental game. Arnold Palmer told us long ago that the game is at least 80% mental. Indeed, most of today's tour pros see a sports psychologist or "mental game coach". So…