Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Take a Deep Breath – Mental Game Golf Lesson
Your breath and your breathing patterns have a direct influence on the tension of your muscles, your focus and therefore on your golf swing as well. Many athletes practice specific breathing patterns for a reason (e.g. swimming, running or precision sports like shooting). If you try specific breathing patterns you will see that you can positively influence your game. Try…
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3 Death Moves You Must Avoid if You Want to Play Consistently
There are certain moves in a golf swing that can be seen universally on all driving ranges of the planet – death moves that can wreck anybodies game. Most often these moves occur with golfers who rely on learning the game by feel alone. Unfortunately the golf swing needs different moves and timing compared to…
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Rerouted Paths – Ryan Moore Golf Swing Analysis
Ryan Moore, born December 5, 1982, came into focus with his recent win at the CIMB Classic 2013. Although he had a successful amateur career he did not have an equipment or apparel sponsorship for most of 2009. Ryan sports one of the more unconventional swings on the tour which teaches an important lesson to…
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The Secret is in the Dirt – How to Dig it Out
Hitting greens in regulation is always a good feeling. The key to doing so is a good long game, of course. If you improve your contact by learning how to make the right kind of divot with a square clubface you’ll be on the right track. Ben Hogan coined the phrase that you got to…
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The Proper Way to Focus – How to Prepare Your Mind for the Shot
You can hit golf balls until your hands are bloody. You can work on your technique until dawn. But you will only be able to access everything you learned if you are mentally prepared for your shots when it counts. Being strong mentally doesn’t have to do much with physical talent. Every professional golfer and…
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Perfect Technique – Sang-Moon Bae Golf Swing Analysis
Sang-Moon Bae is from South Korea and was born 21 June 1986. He got some media attention because of his win at the HP Byron Nelson Championship in May 2013. He beat Keegan Bradley by two strokes winning his first PGA Tour event. His main source of golf education was taking lessons from his 18-handicap…
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