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Learn The Best Pre Shot Routine For EVERY Golf Shot

Learn the Best Pre Shot Routine for EVERY Golf Shot

  • August 28, 2017
  • David MacKenzie
  • Shot Routine
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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…

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5 Reasons You Need To Re-think Your Pre Shot Routine

5 Reasons You Need To Re-think Your Pre Shot Routine

  • July 26, 2017
  • David MacKenzie
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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…

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How To Turn On Your Athletic Mind For A Better Golf Swing

How To Turn On Your Athletic Mind For A Better Golf Swing

  • July 6, 2017
  • David MacKenzie
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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…

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Why Is A Pre-shot Routine So Important?

Why Is A Pre-shot Routine So Important?

  • April 29, 2016
  • David MacKenzie
  • Shot Routine
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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…

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The Hardest Shot In Golf And How To Play It (Well)

The Hardest Shot In Golf And How To Play It (Well)

  • May 8, 2014
  • David MacKenzie
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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…

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The Anatomy Of A Pre-Shot Routine: What Is Your SAT Score?

The Anatomy of a Pre-Shot Routine: What is your SAT score?

  • January 31, 2012
  • Dr. Glen Albaugh
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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…

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Try This Technique To Remove Self-imposed Negative Interference

  • October 25, 2009
  • David MacKenzie
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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…

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Pre shot routine repetition is the key to better golf

  • August 3, 2009
  • David MacKenzie
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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…

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The Mental Side Of Golf – How To Improve Your Mental Game?

The Mental Side of Golf – How to Improve Your Mental Game?

  • June 9, 2009
  • David MacKenzie
  • Shot Routine, Target Orientation, Visualization and Feel
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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…

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Shot Routine
  • Learn the Best Pre Shot Routine for EVERY Golf Shot

    August 28, 2017

  • 5 Reasons You Need To Re-think Your Pre Shot Routine

    July 26, 2017

  • How To Turn On Your Athletic Mind For A Better Golf Swing

    July 6, 2017

  • Why Is A Pre-shot Routine So Important?

    April 29, 2016

  • The Hardest Shot In Golf And How To Play It (Well)

    May 8, 2014

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