Category: Golf Psychology
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Deliberate Golf Practice
The Value of Deliberate Golf Practice 10,000 hours of practice to become expert. 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to become expert. Practice golf smarter not harder. Is your golf practice efficient? A recent golf study showed that for the average golfer, which is a golfer that averages 100 for 18 holes, deliberate practice was 30%…
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Practice Golf Controllables
In life there are many things we can control and others we cannot. This is the same with golf. Often times we like to blame others, the golf course, and/or mother nature when things do not go the way we intended on the golf course. It is important with golf to focus primarily on the…
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Mental Golf Performance Cues
Is it important to have a mental golf performance cue? What is a mental golf performance cue? For most people, having a performance cue in their golf routine is very important. A performance cue can also be called a “swing thought”. It is a trigger word that gets you to narrow your focus in order…
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Fake it Till You Make It!
Mental Toughness and Sport Psychology for Golf In sport psychology for golf we are looking for ways to retrain our brain to think in a positive and confident manner. Recently I was working with one of our Ohio state golfers when I stumbled upon the phrase “fake it till you make it”. Let me explain.…
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Youth Golf Lessons
Youth Golf Lessons – Enjoyable or Competitive? My latest reading in Sport Psychology for Peak Performance was focused on youth and motivation in sports. This reading was of great interest because it brought me back to my days as a golf instructor in Houston, TX only a few years ago. I was teaching some of the…
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Golf Swing Changes
Getting comfortable with golf swing changes When making golf swing changes, most people revert back to what’s comfortable. A few things you need to know before giving up on your new golf swing changes that will make you a better player in the long run: Changes take 6 months or longer Quit bouncing around to…