Golf Is A Game Of Opposites By: Roseanna Leaton | - You may have noticed that when you try to do something different with the golf club the ball responds in a way opposite to that which you hoped or intended. For example, if you want to get the ball to go higher up in the air you might be tempted to try getting the clubface further underneath the ball. The likely effect of such "scooping" is that you contact the ball with the leading blade edge and "skull" the ball across the ground.
Don't Forget To Hit The Ball By: Roseanna Leaton | - In golf what sometimes comes to pass is that you are so busy working on various aspects of mechanics and technique that you overlook the obvious intent of the swing...to hit the ball so as to propel it forwards towards the green.
We frequently hear comments such as "you lifted your head up" or "peeking too soon is what causes you to miss putts to the right". Golfers know that looking at the ball is a pretty important aspect of their swing. There are many times though when ... Tags:golf mind, golf mind training, golf hypnosis mp3s, golf hypn
Find Your Own Tempo In Golf And Repeat It Consistently By: Roseanna Leaton | - You will often hear professionals say that when you deviate from your own tempo you get into trouble. They say this because it is a very true fact of golf. We do each have our own rhythm and tempo and it is hard to change that. Not only is it difficult to change your natural tempo, it's also unnecessary.
We might admire another golfers slower or faster tempo but it is important to at the same time recognize that this is the effect of that other person's natural rhythm and ... Tags:Golf hypnosis mp3, golf mind training, golf mind, golf hypnosis
How Many Rounds Of Golf Did You Play Last Year? By: Roseanna Leaton | - It is undeniable that to get better at golf you do need to play a fair bit. Not everyone has the luxury of the key element of time to play as much as they might wish to do. Climate also provides an element that can make golf impossible or distinctly non-enjoyable. Work and family are further obvious elements that you have to work your golf around.
Did You Play Golf On Christmas Day By: Roseanna Leaton | - A Christmas day tradition in many families is to go for a walk sometime during the day. Sometimes a stroll is taken before returning indoors to face a big meal, or alternatively afterwards, so that a few calories can be walked off! It's just nice to take the time to walk and talk and enjoy a relaxing stroll in the fresh air, without pressure. It's peaceful. It's quality family time.
Staying Fit For Golf In The Spring By: Roseanna Leaton | - I just glanced at a fun golf poll out of sheer curiosity and was absolutely horrified at the answers. I got sent a link to new girls golf online magazine, GottaGoGolf, and got hooked by the following question: -
What's your plan to be ready to tee off in 2011? (Ok so now it is 2012.)
Now, there are a whole load of possible answers to this one, and some of us are keener golfers than others, which also affects the way in which we might respond. The choice ... Tags:Golf mind, mental golf, mental golf game, hypnosis, golf hyp
Getting Your Mind Around The Ups And Downs In Golf By: Roseanna Leaton | - If you are a dedicated golfer and care about your game you can find yourself riding along on a rollercoaster of emotional turmoil whilst out on the course. One moment you feel like a surfer riding a huge wave as your tee shots split the middle of the fairway or you chip the ball right into the cup, but then moments later your emotions sink like a stone as you miss a putt or get a bad bounce.
One Bad Shot And Cannot Stop Thinking About It By: Roseanna Leaton | - A golfer told me the other day that his problem was that as soon as he hits one bad shot he finds that he just can't stop thinking about it. It then ruins his entire round. There are a lot of golfers who will identify with this feeling and share a similar reaction. I can't help wondering why golfers let this sort of thing happen?
Best Way To Set Up To The Ball In Golf By: Roseanna Leaton | - How many times have you seen someone hit a shot in the wrong direction only to realize afterwards that they had in fact been aiming right where the ball went? You might also have noticed that a golfers weight distribution at set up bears a significant impact upon the shot that they subsequently produce, be it good or bad. These are such easy things to fix so why do golfers get them wrong time and again?
Exploring Rhythmic Hip Turns In Golf By: Roseanna Leaton | - I had a round of golf with a couple of girls the other day and ended up coming off the course chuckling to myself over our focus upon the optimal hip turn and weight transference through the swing. All three of us had individually been paying extra attention to this important part of the golf swing, but realized during the course of our game that we were all "working" on the exact same aspect of our golf.
Make Strengths Learned In Other Sports Benefit Your Golf By: Roseanna Leaton | - Many people who have played other sports at a high level end up playing golf as well. Golf is an attractive sport to many people and it is interesting to observe how sports people incorporate aspects of their primary sport into their game of golf.
I have watched cricketers putt in a manner that looks very much like they are holding a cricket bat. Although not a technique that one expects to see on the putting green, it is extremely effective to one who has spent thousands o ... Tags:Mental strength, golf mind, mental golf, golf mind training,
Set Realistic Expectations Or Set The Bar High By: Roseanna Leaton | - Do you sometimes feel that your goals are a little too conservative? Or maybe you consistently find that you have overestimated your potential and set the bar just a bit too high?
If you find that you consistently set your goals either too high or too low then this would indicate that you could do with making an adjustment to your goal setting strategy. Inevitably, there will be times when it pays to be conservative in your expectations whilst at other times you need to set ... Tags:Goal setting, setting goals, golf, golf mind, mental focus,
Stages Involved In Learning To Play Golf Well By: Roseanna Leaton | - Golf is a challenging game to learn. There are few golfers who do not find themselves both surprised and a little frustrated by its complexities.
One's first thought is that it really should not be too difficult to play golf. You are after all simply aiming to hit a ball with an appropriate implement and direct that ball along a fairway. And eventually you have to get it into a hole, again using an appropriate club.
Taking Your Golf Game From Range To Course By: Roseanna Leaton | - Taking golf lessons can become a very addictive pastime, especially for those who have a slightly obsessive nature. I know. I have been there. Golf lessons also pay off.
You can feel and see the benefits in the way you strike the ball cleanly out of the sweet spot, the way in which the ball flies, how much further the ball flies and so on. As you commit yourself to improving your golf game through the practice of weekly lessons and hitting balls daily upon the range, yo ... Tags:Hitting perfect shots, golf, golf mind, golf hypnosis, golf
Blending Technical Ability And Creativity In Golf By: Roseanna Leaton | - There is a technical formula for every shot in golf. In the ideal world, every golfer would have the perfect swing, perfect tempo and would step onto the golf course with complete confidence in their ability to produce every shot in the book. We would all play "text book" golf.
In a perfect golfing world we would probably carry three different wedges and know the exact distance and trajectory of half, three quarter and full shots with each. We would always have the perfect shot ... Tags:Golf mind, golf hypnosis, golf mind training, creativity in
Release Your Golfing Tigress By Understanding Your Golf Mind By: Roseanna Leaton | - You can spend hours and hours working away on the range, but what matters is how you play when you are on the course. We all know this and bemoan this undeniable fact of the world of golf. Any keen golfer knows the difference between range play and golf play.
The keener you are the more you practice and the more you play. I played golf yesterday with a couple of ladies who passed comments which I am sure you too have heard.
Believe In Yourself Not Just In Your Golf Technique By: Roseanna Leaton | - In the Daily Mail, Dr. Bob Rotella was quoted as saying that he wanted Darren Clarke to believe in himself on the putting green, not in technique. That was the day that Darren won the British Open 2011. Darren did believe in himself and he didn't query his technique.
When push comes to shove, a good mental attitude wins over technique. The problem though is that you need to have a good enough technique to trust, so as to be able to have the right mental attitude. It's o ... Tags:Golf mind, Darren Clarke, golf hypnosis mp3s, golf mind train
Swing With Ease Into The Breeze By: Roseanna Leaton | -
There are always many moments of an Open golf tournament that you look back upon and smile about. Tom Watson, as he always does, made a load of people smile during the four days of the British Open 2011 at Royal St Georges.
The British weather was as inclement as it could be, and pretty much what we all expect for links course conditions. The wind was pretty evil and there was enough needle like rain added to the mix to ensure that players and spectators alike lot co ... Tags:Tom Watson, Darren Clarke, British Open 2011, golf mind
Your Attitude Determines Your Golf Game By: Roseanna Leaton | - Darren Clarke has just won the British Open 2011, his first Major in over 20 years of playing professional golf at pretty much the top level of the game. Darren felt that he was in a good place at the beginning of the week and he displayed the impact of his attitude in the way he mastered the elements at Royal St Georges.
Apparently Ken Brown (golf broadcaster and writer) had proffered a little piece of advice to him a few years earlier, prior to a previous Open tournament; ... Tags:Golf mind, mental golf, strengthen your golf mind, hypnosis
In Golf Straight Is Great By: Roseanna Leaton | - How many times have you played golf with someone who is in the process of taming their slice, or reigning in their draw which has become a little too exaggerated? I, like seventy percent of golfers, have a pretty natural and instinctive slice and so my golfing mantra is often "know thy slice".
I played the other day with a very nice gentleman who has a single digit handicap and a very smooth rhythm to his game. He was working on reducing the amount of draw he was currently applyin ... Tags:Golf focus, strengthen golf focus, golf hypnosis, golf mind
Stop Getting Caught Up In Mechanics Whilst On The Golf Course By: Roseanna Leaton | - Listening to the television commentary about the first round of Masters 2011, I picked up on an observation regarding Rory McIlroy. The point made was that he was expected to do well, especially so as he was "not caught up in mechanics".
McIlroy has an easy and effortless looking swing in which he trusts. He's not spending time on the course messing about with his grip or whatever else. He just swings his club and lets the ball fly.
Winning Golf The Rory Mcilroy Way By: Roseanna Leaton | - Golfers have been avidly following the career of Rory McIlroy over the last few months, if not years. His first three days of play at the Masters 2011 showed us exactly what he could do, although the final day's play also aptly demonstrated how easily ones golfing game can take a swift turn for the worse.
The same thing happened to Rory more than once, but he showed us what he's got in glorious form during the US Open this year. Most club golfers can relate to this pheno ... Tags:Winning golf, mental golf, tournament pressure, golf mind
Golf Mind Tips For Approach Shot Accuracy By: Roseanna Leaton | - How do you prepare mentally to give yourself the best chance of making an accurate approach shot? Sometimes that shot is going to be from close range; at other times it will be from a longer distance away. Sometimes the pin will be accessible whilst at other times it will be well protected.
Some greens are small, as at Pebble Beach, but they may also be enormous. The greens themselves differ in both gradient and speed. Weather conditions also affect your choice of play. Whethe ... Tags:Golf mind tips, golf mind, mental golf, approach shot accuracy
Creating Harmony Between Mechanics And Confidence In Your Golf Game By: Roseanna Leaton | - Have you ever had the thought that you have lost your swing? This thought is not conducive to feeling confident about your game and we all know that good golf requires confidence by the truck load. It's a bit of a chicken and egg thing. You might say that when your swing is right you then have confidence. Others may think about this in reverse; when they feel confident their swing is right.
How To Stop Getting Angry On The Golf Course By: Roseanna Leaton | - I was chatting with someone today who is a great golfer but admits to suffering a certain degree of anger issues when the game isnt going his way. The last time he played he was one under after 10 holes, which in must amateur golfers books is pretty damn good. But the wheel came off on the 11th.
His drive whipped off in the wrong direction, which might not have caused as bad an outcome as he allowed it to, had he kept his temper in check. The driver was flung across the ... Tags:Golf mind, stop getting angry, golf hypnosis, golf hypnosis
Golf Mental Challenge By: Golfing Excellence | - The Golf Mental Challenge is all about managing your thinking, emotions and behaviour throughout your golf game.
No matter what level you play, this is the great challenge of golf. You will always be developing and working on every aspect of your game. Including your golf mental game, thinking, your body, your physiology, your emotions, your golf swing, course management and strategy.
Mental Tips For Winning Golf Tournaments By: Roseanna Leaton | - Winning a golf tournament which matters to you isn't an easy task to set yourself. The very fact that it matters to you means that you become emotionally involved, and so you have to find a way in which to ensure that your emotions are controlled; you need to use your emotions to help you to win instead of allowing them to get in the way of your game.
Golf Mind Skills For Tournament Play By: Roseanna Leaton | - I am an avid golfer, but I'm not actually a very competitive person by nature and so have not got a temperament naturally suited to pushing forwards in tournaments and playing golf with a primary goal of winning. I'm naturally more comfortable being part of a team or being second in line. That's just me and I am sure there are many other golfers who share this temperament. But once you have got the golf "bug" you also begin to want to win! The question then is how to reconcile this new and q ... Tags:Golf mind, mental golf, golf hypnosis, golf hypnosis mp3s,
The mental game of golf requires great focus and concentration and a lot is stated about this by those becoming aware of it's importance but often players do not know how to work these essential skills. Useful mental tips for golf require the ingredients of how to utilize concentration techniques in the correct way. Generally speaking, there are four main areas of focus and concentration our mind can be orientated towards which can be l ... Tags:golf mental game, mental golf tips, mental aspects of golf, golf psychology, golf yips, golf mind
Are You A Golf Addict? By: Roseanna Leaton | - Are you like me in checking the weather forecast every day, in an attempt to work out whether you are going to be able to get out onto the golf course or not? I managed to play four times last week which was just fantastic, after almost two solid weeks of rain. I just checked the forecast for this week and it looks like the rain is returning. Blast!
You Never Know A Man Until You See Him Lose By: Roseanna Leaton | - I picked up this quote in reference to Mark Anthony. It is quite apt when applied to the human race in general. It is easy to have a happy and sunny disposition when you are winning, or when things are going your way. Your capacity to cope is put under a little more pressure when the tide turns and it looks as if you may be the loser.
How do you respond then? Do you steel yourself and allow your situation to fire you up and dig deep into your resources of mental strength and ima ... Tags:Mental mastery, golf mind training, golf hypnosis, golf mind
Golf Is A Funny Game By: Roseanna Leaton | - I was chatting with Fred Greene of Golf Smarter the other day and was aware of how often we broke into laughter during the course of our conversation. There are many things which made us laugh, and I am only too aware that my jaw got a great work out!
Both of us are passionate about golf, and both of us have found our way to forming a marriage between our passion and our employment. Golf makes me smile a lot and I can tell that it does the same for Fred.
The Power Of Your Unconscious Golf Mind To Unscramble Your Golf By: The Golf Hypnotist | - We naturally expect the words we read to be the words that are written on the paper or screen we are looking at. We expect the same when we try to read a green when we're playing golf. However, we are much more likely to be deceived by the green than by the written word, however difficult either is to read.
So let's have a look at an example. Quickly read the next sentence and see what you think it says.
Beware The Sick Golfer Playing Better Golf In His Unconscious Golf Mind By: The Golf Hypnotist | - Have you ever had one of those days when you played better golf than normal, despite having your mind clearly focussed somewhere other than golf. Maybe it's when there's something exciting or absorbing going on in your life that has nothing to do with golf. At the other extreme, it could be a time when you're feeling ill or worried about yourself. I'm sure you've heard the expression, "beware the sick golfer" and that's what was said about Y E Yang when he shot a 7-under par 65 on the Friday of ... Tags:Unconscious Golf Mind, Better Golf, Tiger Woods, Bob Rotella
Why Golf Hypnosis Is Not Just For Serious Golfers By: Roseanna Leaton | - Golf is a very challenging game, but it is still a game. It is easy to get very tied up in the mechanics of the game and the desire to master its intricacies and basically forget that it is, at the bottom line, a game which is meant to be relaxing and fun.
I myself know how easy it is to become drawn into turning this game into what could almost be seen as a job. Many golfers can be seen with their bag of balls practicing their chipping and pitching for half an hour or more at a ... Tags:Golf hypnosis, golf hypnosis mp3, golf, mind training,
See Yourself Putting Better And Enjoying Golf More With Golf Psychology By: The Golf Hypnotist | - There were some amazing golf and putting psychology lessons on show with Phil Mickelson's stunning win at the Tour Championship at East Lake this weekend. Yes I know Tiger won the FedEx Cup and the $10 million with an amazingly consistent series of results. But given Phil's year, both on and especially off the course, his victory on Sunday was a simply joyous and breathtaking turnaround. Phil had looked out of sorts in recent weeks and after his quadruple bogey 8 on the 14th hole in the first ro ... Tags:Phil Mickelson, Unconscious Golf, Golf Mind, Putting Psychology
Finger Breathing For Self Hypnosis And Better Golf Psychology By: The Golf Hypnotist | - I wouldn't be at all surprised if by now you've noticed that self-hypnosis is a key part of my overall approach to golf mind improvement. In fact, many of the golf psychology techniques that I talk about in my articles start off with the words "If you're familiar with a quick technique for taking yourself into self-hypnosis, then use it now."
Are You Mentally Fit For Golf? By: Roseanna Leaton | - "The game of golf begins in your mind, more than athletic ability, more than technique, more than practice or ability or anything else. The mind-set you bring to the game determines not only the enjoyment you desire from golf but also the level of proficiency you will achieve". The great golf teacher, Jim Flick, made this statement. He further stated "Golf is 90% mental...and the other 10% is mental".
Utilise The Fear In Your Golf Mind To Hit More Greens And Fairways By: The Golf Hypnotist | - How can golf psychology help you in overcoming the fear you have about hitting a bad shot on the golf course? Many people interpret this as classic fear of someone suffering from the putting yips who's about to putt or the person suffering form the shanks and about to hit a short iron. But you can get the same type of fear when faced with a shot that you "always" hit badly or a hole that you always play badly. Perhaps your ball seems inexorably drawn to those trees on the right or that ... Tags:Golf Mind, Unconscious Golf, Paul McKenna, Yips, Shank
Focus Your Golf Mind On Your Target Not The Hazard For Better Golf Scores By: The Golf Hypnotist | - One thing I've learned from golf psychology is how my unconscious mind automatically follows where my conscious mind leads. Have you ever noticed that if one of your playing partners warns you about a particularly difficult bunker or some hidden golf hazard on a hole, your ball seems to be mysteriously drawn to that hazard? And it doesn't matter whether they were trying to help you or to put you off. So if youre standing over the ball thinking or saying to yourself, "Don't hit it in ... Tags:Golf Mind, Unconscious Golf, Better Golf, Golf Score
Better Putting In Your Golf Mind By: The Golf Hypnotist | - I hear that Darren Clarke's looking for putting improvement through golf psychology and working again with Bob Rotella. I know that Darren has worked in the past with Golf Psychologist Dr Karl Morris - after all, I've read Golf - The Mind Factor, the book they published together back in 2005. However, for some reason I didn't know that he'd worked with Bob Rotella.
Concentrating on how you swing will often prevent you from playing your best and most natural game of golf. You probably recall similar messages from me that tie into the concept that there's a place for thinking consciously on the golf course. That's thinking about where you want the ball to go and how you want it to get there. There's also a place for t ... Tags:Analysis Paralysis, Unconscious Golf, Golf Mind, Ralph Gulhahl
Balance Your Golf Mind And Body For Better Golf - Focus On Your Hara By: The Golf Hypnotist | - Moving from the balance of my life to the balance of the golf swing, I was intrigued to read recently about how many people view this as a key element of a successful golf swing. Now you know that I never comment on the mechanics of the swing as I'm neither a golf professional nor a swing coach. However, I do believe that balance is a key component of golf psychology and that psychological balance contributes significantly to balance in the golf mind and the golf swing. It also works wonders for ... Tags:Golf Mind, Better Golf, Golf Psychology, Hara, NLP, Paul McKenna
The Fast Track To Better Golf In Your Unconscious - Slow Play Kills Your Golf Mind By: The Golf Hypnotist | - How long did your game of golf take this weekend? Maybe 3 hours or less if you played on a traditional Scottish championship course, 5 hours if you played a fourball around a more modern country club or even more if you played in a serious open amateur event. I remember playing in a two-ball at Royal Troon, as the guest of a 70 year old friend, and getting round in 2 hours and 20 minutes and we were chased around by the Club Captain playing in a foursome. I can also remember playing in top amate ... Tags:Better Golf, Unconscious Golf, Golf Mind, Golf Psychologist
Golf Hypnosis As A Secret Weapon - Well Maybe Not By: The Golf Hypnotist | - I just seem to keep coming across different versions of what I suspect are a series of articles about hypnosis as a secret weapon for golf and I disagree most strongly with that - now that's a surprise coming from me, the Golf Hypnotist!
Well, I fully agree with the idea of golf hypnosis as a secret weapon for better golf and I support many of the author's opening arguments. If he'd put his name in the article, I'd even go so far as thanking him here.
Play Unconscious Golf In The Zone Or In A Trance-like Cocoon Of Concentration By: The Golf Hypnotist | - So what is this golf mind and unconscious golf stuff that I'm always writing and talking about? And how does it actually work? These are questions I occasionally get asked by more sceptical golfers. Thankfully the vast majority of people I talk to either accept my explanations or trust me based on the results they've seen other people achieve.
Hypnosis tends to be experienced in many different ways with different [people and what works in one session with a client may not work as we ... Tags:Unconscious Golf, Golf Mind, Nick Faldo, Tony Jacklin, In th
Golf Psychology Lessons From The Open Championship At Turnberry - Part 2 By: The Golf Hypnotist | - In part one, I talked about the golf psychology lessons from Tom Watson's amazing performance both on and off the course at this year's Open Championship at Turnberry. So what other golf psychology lessons can we learn from some of the other contenders?
Now I know the valiant and expectant Ross Fisher's challenge effectively died in the thick rough at the 5th hole on Sunday. But he went on to succeed magnificently in a way that world number one, Tiger Woods, miserably failed to do t ... Tags:Ross Fisher, Golf Mind, Tom Watson, Golf Psychology, Turnberry
Best Golf Gifts To Present For Father's Day By: Roseanna Leaton | - If your dad or husband is a golfer, you probably know how addicted golfers are to the collection of equipment. He spends so much time in the pro shop, fondling the latest driver head, picking a putter up and putting it down again, you could fall asleep waiting for him to come back out of there! Most golfers could spend many happy hours in there and when they get home they switch on the golf channel...more golf! His eyes light up and he becomes so absorbed in the examination of each golfers swi ... Tags:Golf hypnosis, golf, hypnosis, golf NLP, golf mind training,
I Can Make You Play Great Golf By: Roseanna Leaton | - Hypnosis is the key to great golf. Hypnosis is the most wonderful, most incredible "rescue club" that will ever be available to a golfer. There is nothing that comes close to hypnosis. You may say "what about NLP?" NLP is absolutely fantastic; it is an application of hypnosis - it was developed from Ericksonian hypnosis and applies hypnotic principles. Many people "dumb down" the hypnotic aspect of NLP, but hypnosis is in reality what gives it its power. NLP without hypnosis would be like a ... Tags:Golf hypnosis, golf, hypnosis, NLP, golf mind training, NLP
How To Improve Your Golf Game With Subliminal Affirmations By: Mick Euan Tait | - It is said that the game of golf is 90% mental, so learning to control the inner game of golf is essential. Many golfers struggle for years until they realize the importance of the mental game of golf. So until you know how to implement the mental game of golf, don't spend any more money on the latest golf driver, golf training aid, or lessons.
What do subliminal messages have to do with golf, you may think? Well, Tiger Woods has used subliminal affirmations since the age of 13. Most ... Tags:sports, , golf tips, , mental game of golf, , golf training, , subliminal affirmations, , subliminal messages, , amazing golf mind, , recreation and sports, , hobbies
