Sep 03
I spent years trying to improve my golf short game. You name it, and I tried it. I took lessons. I read every book on the golf short game I could find. And I practiced. Nothing was working for me. My game had permanently plateaued, and the building frustration nearly led me to give up the game completely. Then, I had a chance encounter with a sports psychiatrist that changed everything.
Our conversation centered on anxiety and the role it plays in the golf short game. This was something I had never given much thought to. Over the next couple of weeks, I focused less on technique and more on the breathing techniques and the concentration strategies that he had thought me. It still amazes me how much progress I have made in a short period after having struggled for so long.
Tagged with: anxiety • breathing techniques • building • chance encounter • everything • game • nothing • psychiatrist • short game • short period
Mar 01
The basic building block of solid golf performance is your swing, and golf swing practice is something that you shouldn’t neglect. When I was first learning to play golf, I was so eager to play that I almost never stopped to practice my swing. Eventually my friends started getting better and I was not. Luckily, they told me what they were doing that I wasn’t: practicing their swing. Just as a basketball player can’t be successful by going weeks on end without some practice shooting the ball at the basket, any golfer who wants to avoid being embarrassed in front of his friends or coworkers should remember to regularly practice his golf swing.
Tagged with: basketball player • block • building • golf • golf performance • golf swing • learning to play golf • practice • swing • swing practice
