Tag: Mental Game
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Playing with Music – Does Music Help Your Golf Game?
It’s probably a trend you noticed on your driving range too. More and more players are on the driving range with a headset on. They are listening to music, radio or something else while hitting balls. Sometimes you can even see people who are on the course with earbuds in their ears. At first this…
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The 4 Learning Styles and How They Apply to Golf Instruction
According to David A. Kolb (an American educational theorist) there are four destinct learning styles. People tend to grasp new concepts and ideas best with one of these four learning styles (see also: Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development by David A. Kolb). If you know which of these styles fits…
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Spin it! – How to Put Backspin on the Golf Ball
The tour players do it all the time. They put so much spin on the ball that their approaches roll back after they hit the ground. They can even do it with their normal iron shots, too. These shots do not just look cool, but are also valuable tools to work the ball.[clearboth] For example you…
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State of Mind – Use a Pre-Shot Routine to Unlock Your Short Game
Many golfers seem to have a problem with their short game. I don’t even mean this in terms of their technique. It seems to be more of a mental problem that gets stronger and stronger the closer they get to the golf hole. Is this you? This syndrome mustn’t be a physical problem. Topping the…
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Questions you Should Ask your Teaching Pro
There are many good teaching professionals out there. Unfortunately there are also some black sheep. Moreover not every pro and teaching style might be the right one for you. Finding a good teacher can sometimes feel like looking for the needle in the haystack. Here are some questions to get a better feel for the…
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Staying in the Zone – How to Leverage your mind for Your Golf Game
Staying in the zone. A saying you here time and time again especially in all kinds of sports. Is there something like “the zone” in golf? Can you stay in the zone for a whole round of golf? Can you deliberatly try to enter the zone? I want to address these kind of questions in…