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one should be very ‘Golf Ball Oriented’

You will be familiar with our world-known ‘5 Set-Ups’ … Posture, Grip, Stance, Ball Location and Alignment. (PGSBA) Number four on the list is, of course, ‘Ball Location’.

One must strike a golf ball on the ‘Sweet Spot’ (COM - Center Of Clubhead Mass). You will also know about our marking of the ball with a ‘Target Line and Red Dot’. (see Bottom Inside Cheek - BIC) Quality golf is very ‘Linear’. Sloppy strikes produce poor quality results. You shall struggle accomplishing ‘A To B Ball Flights’ and will be punished by poor score cards! You have to accomplish low scores ‘The Old-Fashioned Way’ … You Must Earn Them!

“Only those with great talent might become winners?”

Simply untrue!

Some of my and our best golf students and performers over more than half a century, were in no way the greatest talents but, they were good listeners, appreciated mentorship and embraced ‘Desire, Honesty and an Open Mind’.

These participants accepted our ‘555 Golf System’ … The 5 Set-Ups … Posture, Grip, Stance. Ball Location and Alignment. It was and is their bedrock from early to late!

There are numerous comments or phrases pertaining to your head position during the swing. One your ‘555 Team’ classifies as a ‘NO NO TERM’ is that we should ‘Keep Our Head Down’. This spinal ‘Kyphosis’ inhibits free and full spinal rotation or ‘Pivot Action’ as well as ‘Core Speed’. It is this golf teacher’s opinion that attempting to stop or eliminate this ‘Neck & Head Rotation’ can invite ‘Cervical Soft and Hard Tissue Injury’. (see ‘STI - Soft Tissue Injury’) You should regularly work on ‘Range Of Motion Exercises’ before and after your practice session or round.

It is useful to keep your ‘Dominant Eye’ focused on the ‘Bottom Inside Cheek Of The Golf Ball’. (see ‘BIC’) This will tolerably and safely control ‘Upper Spinal Rotation’. (see ‘Thoracic and Cervical Vertebrae’).

Deepak Chopra, MD

You see everyday life as a lucid dream, incredibly vivid but still an illusion. You can actually, magically improve the dream without getting trapped in it if you know the method.

Joy becomes the only measure of success because your essential nature is ‘Joy’. Pleasure is the beginning and endpoint of every journey. (Golf can be your unique ‘Journey’!)

You understand what it means to thrive. You savor the diversity of life, which brings richness to your ever unfolding story. There is a “Light That Lives”!

PLAY IN OR OUT OF ‘THE UGLY ZONE’
Create Real Tolerance For Pressure!

One must practise and learn how to recover from ‘Golf’s Valley Of The Shadow Of Death’! We shall unavoidably come head-long into trials and tribulations. One’s ‘Ugly Zone’ and ‘Self-Esteem’ must become immunized and grow to be comfortable bedfellows. Human conditioning!

What is the insurance key? An ever-present professionally resilient ‘Pre-Shot Routine’! Don’t short-cut as your critical mind and conscience will know if you cheat!

The Challenging 'False-Hope Syndrome'.

Documented cases of this psychological problem have indicated that the issue might be the result of setting expectations too high. Overconfidence might hinder your ability to succeed. ‘Pie In The Sky’ goals can become obstructionary and counterproductive.

Think about how you practise. Start with the putter and work up from there. Try to set small and more easily measurable goals as your foundation. You will remember that “A Chip Is A Putt With A Hop!” The ‘Pre-Shot Routines’ are very similar! Having more attainable goals helps you feel more likely to improve. (see ‘Micro & Macro’)

How many of us have dumped a ‘Small Bucket Of Bullets’ on the driving range grass and hit all of them too quickly without ‘Plan or Purpose’? There will usually be about 50 balls in a small to medium bucket. That being the case, you will have ‘10 Reps Of 5’ at your feet.

Is this ever genuinely efficient practice? Sorry but your ‘555 Team’ refers to this as “Golf Masterbation”. Not much purpose … certainly not honing ‘Playing Skills and Mentality’!

How often do we get ‘Mulligans In Play’? Seldom if at all, right? The one that’s done counts!

Firstly, your expectations must be realistic and very results oriented. To precipitate this end, establish a written point-form game plane with a defined timeframe. Monitor your progress.

Do you know that expectations can be negative stress generators? No point in inviting ‘Negative Energy’. You know that a ‘Negative pH’ is heading you into the ditch? The opponent you do not want to meet in the battle ring or stage is yourself!

Break your expectations into easily-managed ‘Time Task Units’.

Proper Set-Up – A Chip Is A Putt With A Hop

Ensuring your Set-Up is correct and consistent is ‘Job #1’. The winner’s opportunity! Once your Set-Up positions or criteria are established, you can focus on the quality of the procedure and actual ‘Swing Energy’. (see ‘Body Clocking’) Putting and Chipping are both ‘Stage One’ … No Wrist Cock or Pivot … very ‘Quiet Triangles’ and passive ‘Lever Assemblies’. You can execute these two procedures with ‘Irons, Fairway Metals and Hybrids’. The latter two implements, due to their deep flat, trim tab soles, tend to slide, glide and pinch through the ‘Impact & Separation Zone’. This is a powerful weapon procedural asset that provides predictability and consistency!

If you want to be successful and respected, ‘Solve The Problems Of Others’, “Continually”!

If you help clients (or strangers) to succeed, you shall be rewarded.

A key in this life’s equation is ‘Gratitude & Reverence’.

Enjoy both!