The Golf Shrink

The swing is never learned. It’s remembered.
– Bagger Vance, The Legend of Bagger Vance

I had one of the best shots of my life last week and It reminded me of a shot that must have been 15 years ago.

No I’m not one of those guys that can recite every shot of my life or even my last round. But I’ve noticed a lot of good golfers can.

This was a situation where I came close to truly picturing the shot in my minds eye. I mean really seeing it. I’ve only gotten to this “Zen” state of golf twice and the shot I hit was the exact shot that I had just hit in my minds eye.

It reminds me of a book I have on the theater of the mind. It says if your out in the woods and you think a BEAR is chasing you — your mind and body react LIKE a BAER IS chasing you.

So it makes sense if you can really see it in your head it’s like you have actually done it.

So try to add this step to your preshot routine and see what happens.

Grip It And Rip it!

Jay

Many golfers will miss a shot or two because they go into the shot thinking they do not have a very good angle since they have not practice a scenario similar to the shot they have at hand.

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