Golf is a sport that has many different elements. Obviously there’s the swing and making sure your body is in perfect rhythm and harmony when you swing. Then there’s the fitness element–you need to make sure that all your muscles are healthy and operating at their peak. That means that your conditioning needs to… Continue reading Competing Mentally
Category: Wade Pearse
Emotionalize Your Golf Game
The Golf Mental Game Guy Wade Pearse spoke with us about setting and emotionalizing your goals. As with anything dealing with improvement it’s a process–a journey–that is the result from a series of minor victories. The key to achieving your goals–both the BIG ones and the smaller ones that build up to the larger ones–you… Continue reading Emotionalize Your Golf Game
Hanging Out With Wade Pearse
In this episode of Fitness For Golf Hangouts, we talked with Wade Pearse from Whole Mind Golf. Wade described a training technique called visualization–the process for visualizing every shot on every hole the night or day before you actually play. This allows for the body to be comfortable and confident when you actually go to… Continue reading Hanging Out With Wade Pearse
So you Think YOU Feel Pressure???
That was one of the most thrilling and captivating victories I’ve seen on tour in years. Charlie Beljan gets his first win. It’s not that it was his first win that’s so amazing but how it all unfolded… Charlie was completely panic stricken through the virtually the entire tournament. On day two he was being… Continue reading So you Think YOU Feel Pressure???
Distractions in Golf–How Do YOU Deal with Them
Distractions in golf are a part of the game. From the rattling of change in your playing partners pockets to the shadow cast across your line when you’re just about to take the putter back. It’s difficult to recall a round where there wasn’t at least something to get distracted by. Well, that is if… Continue reading Distractions in Golf–How Do YOU Deal with Them
Winning
As the Fedex Cup ended we got to watch the greatest players in the world battle it out for supremacy and oh, that little side pot of a measly $10,000,000! But at that level the money becomes secondary. Certainly it’s more money than most of us will see in a lfietime or two but when… Continue reading Winning
Preshot Visualization Routine
A Preshot Visualization Routineis an absolutely essential component to making a good swing. Not integrating a visualization process into your preshot routine leaves your mind unfocused and open to many lapses of attention. Not what you want before making your swing. What do you do while you prepare to shoot? Does your preshot routine include… Continue reading Preshot Visualization Routine
Performance Anxiety in Golf
A typical day on the golf course…. A few beads of sweat rolled off his brow as he lined up his 6 footer for par on the first hole. With a half committed putt, the result equaled the quality of his stroke: weak and short. “Geez, I’m shakin’ inside. I’m frickin’ nervous” he says to… Continue reading Performance Anxiety in Golf
Ignore Your Score To Shoot Lower Scores
Ok, I know this sounds like a complete contradiction, yet indulge my play on words for a few more sentences and you’ll have some new ways to improve consistency. One of the keys to playing fearless golf is by loving each moment and each new challenge. Treating each new shot as a challenge instead of… Continue reading Ignore Your Score To Shoot Lower Scores