Effortless Golf

Golf is a game and should be fun. Fun is what it’s all about; playing a great game with a few pals. No matter how good a golfer you are and no matter how important your golf may have become to you, it’s still a game and should be enjoyed in the spirit of the game. It’s a recreational activity, which you should find relaxing.

Do you find it relaxing? Or do you find your emotions being affected in a rather different way as you play this great game? Do you find yourself hacking your golf clubs into the ground, or slinging them across the fairway? Do you find yourself muttering four letter words under your breath (or out loud)?

We all have caricatures in our minds of the true “Mr. Angry”. Are you a “Mr. Angry golfer?” If so, would it be handy to be able to change?

Anger is a normal and usually healthy human emotion. When anger is controlled, or managed, it will not cause you, or anyone around you, any harm. But when it is out of control it will become destructive. Uncontrolled anger is a major cause of conflict in both personal and professional relationships, on an off the golf course.

Anger is an emotional state which may vary in intensity and which is accompanied by physiological and biological changes – your heart rate increases, blood pressure rises, adrenaline is secreted at a greater level. Not very helpful when you’re trying to play a game that requires a state of relaxed concentration in order to be able to put your best swing on the golf ball.

Anger is caused by your own perception of events, whether that event is happening now, or in the past, or you are anticipating a future event. It is important that you understand this fact. You create your own anger. Your golf ball may have found its way into the trees, or a plugged lie; there may be a lack of baskets at the range or the tee box may not be level…but “it” did not make you angry…You did.

You will no doubt have wondered how some golfers remain calm, or even laugh, no matter what happens to their ball whilst others “blow” or “flip” at the slightest thing. The difference is that some people have learnt to manage their anger, whilst others have given in to it.

You have probably watched “Fawlty Towers” and laughed at Basil’s antics. But isn’t the entire series based on taking off mismanaged anger and frustration? And the exaggerated body language demonstrates beautifully the actual effect of anger – raised voice, jerky movements, clenched fists, and…a direction for the anger – usually Manuel or Mrs. Fawlty…and the disastrous results that are achieved reflect the destructive effect of uncontrolled anger.

And the equivalent of Basil in golf can be equally amusing some of the time…or perhaps embarrassing, depending on how you see it. The direction for the anger is usually the ball, the clubs, the nearest gorse bush, and so on. In extreme cases the entire trolley and clubs have been known to be launched into water and never retrieved!

The question is how have those non-angry people learnt to manage their anger? How can “Basil” learn to manage his anger? And, more importantly, do you want to control your anger? Because if you don’t want to, you won’t even try. Everyone can change so long as they want to. You’re not born angry, you just haven’t learnt how to manage your anger.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in golf hypnosis cds and hypnosis mp3 downloads.

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Golf is a great game, but extremely frustrating at times when you just don`t seem to get a single shot right: slices, hooks, fats abound; drives are too short, too long, too high, too low, too right or too left; those delightful cannon ball like shots are a far off dream, and you don`t know where things have gone wrong. Don`t fret. Improving your game isn`t the most difficult thing to accomplish on the Earth, though at times it may feel so. Here are some tips on how you can go about improving your golf game.

Firstly, when it comes to driving the ball, improving the swing mechanics is the most important thing. And you have to understand that the mechanics of a golf swing require certain specific levels of body flexibility, balance, stability, strength and endurance together referred to as golf fitness in addition to a grasp of the technique.

Golf fitness includes high rotational flexibility and strength of the muscles and joints in the lower back, hips, shoulders and the core (i.e, the abdominal area). Improved golf fitness is bound to improve your shots. If you are golf fit, you can implement correct body stance and setup more easily and have better balance and stability, without injury to muscles and joints, leading to improved swing mechanics, better shots, and longer drives.

Once your golf fitness and swing mechanics are in order, you can pay attention to the equipment. There`s no doubt that custom made golf clubs can make a substantial improvement to your swing power if you know what position the club should be in while it is being swung. A golf swing works best when you strike the ball with the club head square to the line of flight, pointing at the target, and with the right angle of attack.

Using the right club in the right way, for the purpose for which it was designed, also plays a big role in improving your game. For example, of the three basic clubs, the driver shaped club drives the ball on a low trajectory and is therefore used for long distance shots. The iron club (lofter), that lifts the ball, is used to place the ball into position in certain spots on the fairway or on the green. The putter is designed to roll the ball; this club is therefore used to accomplish the ultimate purpose of the game to roll the ball into the hole.

In addition to these three clubs, you can use a heavy weighted club to get the ball out of deep grass or sand traps. Professional golfers generally use a set of 14 clubs, up to 5 drivers and 8 irons, along with a putter and a weighted club. However, remember that even the best golf club can do only what you make it do; nothing more, nothing less.

In conclusion, tips for improving your game of golf boil down to three simple things:

1. Improving your swing mechanics;
2. Improving your golf fitness; and finally
3. Improving the equipment. Of course, the third tip works only after the first two are taken care of.

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Thinking of having a great round on the golf course can be a lot of mental work. The most important part of having a great round on the golf course begins with a few thoughts. Question is where and how many?

Preparing your mind for a great golf game can be quite time consuming and unhealthy, depending on where you start your mental game. Triggering your thoughts for a great game of golf should not be in the car on the way to the golf course. If you’re approaching a curve ahead of you going downhill on a slippery roadway, and you see a sharp curve ahead of you. Do you start thinking on how you are going to fly the trap on the first hole? Trying to dream up a great game of golf in a coffee shop can have your lips seared with hot coffee as well. Thinking of sinking that long 30-foot putt on the first hole, while having dinner out with your wife or girlfriend, could have that same coffee all over your lap.

Trying to conjure up a great game of golf, while doing other things at the same time. Does not work! No matter how good you are! For some of us trying to play a golf hole in our mind is our way of preparing ourselves for the game to come. Thoughts on visualizing how you plan on conquering the fifth, or seventh golf hole that you always seem to have trouble with, could have you playing it over and over again in your mind, until you get it right. I think it gives us the self-satisfaction before we approach the notorious golf hole, that in our mind we have conquered the golf hole the night before. Have you ever lost sleep the night before trying to conjure up a great round of golf for the next day?

The thoughts of having a great round of golf, and a good game plan, should start on the first tee box, looking down the fairway and visualizing the shot at hand. If you start thinking of anything other than where you want the ball to land on your shot at hand. You will find yourself scratching your head, and thinking of where you went wrong.

Thoughts on a good game plan should be on your immediate task at hand. Most of us have been told to play one golf shot at a time. I think the same would apply on playing one golf hole at a time, taking one curve on the roadway ahead of you at a time, and taking one sip of coffee at a time, and leaving your golf game plan thoughts at home when you go out for dinner. Do not attempt to take your golf game plan and wife, or lady friend out at the same time.

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