Golfers face a lot of challenges the moment the step up on the ball.
They are bombarded with negative thoughts and overwhelming emotions - a "deadly" combination when playing golf because it can ruin your momentum and your performance.
Visualization is a suggested solution, an essential component for a good golf game.
It aids in improving the game, developing focus and positive thinking.
It helps in transforming a golfer's bad habit to a good new one.
Its goal is to calm your thoughts and relax your mind.
But golfers have trouble perfecting this.
It is recommended to have a daily dose of visualization.
Mentally rehearsing the moments during the game and feeling the game.
Visualization is more than just seeing with your mind.
It is about feeling with it.
You should feel your intentions, your swing, your shots and your overall game.
Golf, unlike other sports, is game wherein you are given enough time to prepare for your shot.
You can stand over the ball and wait until you ready to take the shot.
The ball waits for you.
This is a good time to visualize that you are going to hole the ball.
Visualization can also be done in different stages, pre-shot planning, pre-shot routine and post-shot routine, of the mental golf game.
During the pre-shot planning, you can visualize your shot, the distance, the angle, the target, the ground on which you stand on, and more.
This is when distractions attack you and this is the time to practice intense focus.
Pre-shot routine visualization is a good time to actually let go and feel the shot.
This is a defining moment of your shot whether it is good or bad.
During this moments, remember to stay calm and composed, relaxing your mind and body.
Jack Nicklaus, a successful professional golfer, had this to say about visualization.
"I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp in-focus picture of it in my head.
It's like a color movie.
First I "see" where I want it to finish, nice and white and sitting high on the bright green grass.
Then the scene quickly changes, and I "see" the ball going there: its path, trajectory, and shape, even its behaviour on landing.
Then there's a sort of fade out, and the next scene shows me making the kind of swing that will turn the previous images into reality.
" Having won 113 professional wins, this is a proof that visualization indeed is a powerful tool in achieving success in the mental game of golf.
All golfers have goals - to lower their score and play the game with their best performance and all plans to improve their performance and skills but sometimes they do not usually stick to their plan.
Many coaches are out there willing to help eager golfers to develop their craft however, they lack the commitment to really pursue it.
Perfecting visualization takes more effort and practice.
Therefore, live with your commitment and practice it everyday.
They are bombarded with negative thoughts and overwhelming emotions - a "deadly" combination when playing golf because it can ruin your momentum and your performance.
Visualization is a suggested solution, an essential component for a good golf game.
It aids in improving the game, developing focus and positive thinking.
It helps in transforming a golfer's bad habit to a good new one.
Its goal is to calm your thoughts and relax your mind.
But golfers have trouble perfecting this.
It is recommended to have a daily dose of visualization.
Mentally rehearsing the moments during the game and feeling the game.
Visualization is more than just seeing with your mind.
It is about feeling with it.
You should feel your intentions, your swing, your shots and your overall game.
Golf, unlike other sports, is game wherein you are given enough time to prepare for your shot.
You can stand over the ball and wait until you ready to take the shot.
The ball waits for you.
This is a good time to visualize that you are going to hole the ball.
Visualization can also be done in different stages, pre-shot planning, pre-shot routine and post-shot routine, of the mental golf game.
During the pre-shot planning, you can visualize your shot, the distance, the angle, the target, the ground on which you stand on, and more.
This is when distractions attack you and this is the time to practice intense focus.
Pre-shot routine visualization is a good time to actually let go and feel the shot.
This is a defining moment of your shot whether it is good or bad.
During this moments, remember to stay calm and composed, relaxing your mind and body.
Jack Nicklaus, a successful professional golfer, had this to say about visualization.
"I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp in-focus picture of it in my head.
It's like a color movie.
First I "see" where I want it to finish, nice and white and sitting high on the bright green grass.
Then the scene quickly changes, and I "see" the ball going there: its path, trajectory, and shape, even its behaviour on landing.
Then there's a sort of fade out, and the next scene shows me making the kind of swing that will turn the previous images into reality.
" Having won 113 professional wins, this is a proof that visualization indeed is a powerful tool in achieving success in the mental game of golf.
All golfers have goals - to lower their score and play the game with their best performance and all plans to improve their performance and skills but sometimes they do not usually stick to their plan.
Many coaches are out there willing to help eager golfers to develop their craft however, they lack the commitment to really pursue it.
Perfecting visualization takes more effort and practice.
Therefore, live with your commitment and practice it everyday.