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The Perfect Golf Swing
Kim Wist
We all dream of hitting the ball straight and far, landing
softly on the green and rolling towards the hole, walk up
to the ball, make the putt and move to the next tee…
In our dreams golf is simple and easy, no hassle, no looking
after lost balls, no feeling of embarrassment, we are just
mastering the art of golf, we have a good golf swing and we
are in control of our mind.
A lovely dream! But what is our reality? Getting little late
on the course and not having time to go to the range, nervously
driving on the first hole into the woods, but forgiving ourselves
because after all we were late, and didn't have that time
to warm up… double bogey on the first hole, not feeling good
at the second either… after 9 holes the game is lost, but
our thoughts are already on the next round, or maybe we just
want to get quickly home and forget about this miserable game...
In our dream it wasn't like this. In our dream we controlled
the ball with our perfect golf swing and we were also in control
of our emotions. We know it can happen, because we have done
it so often on odd holes, we just don't seem to be able to
make it work for the whole round, but the dream is there…
someday I will do it, someday I will play that perfect round
or golf. After I done that, my self-confidence is going to
be so high, I will keep on playing at that level. I don't
have to play with these guys I'm currently playing with… the
important low scoring guys in the club will ask me to play
with them, and I will be looked up to! This is who I am and
what I deserve! I just need some time to work on my game…
next summer I will do it…
If these feelings sound even remotely familiar to you, read
on.
Firstly, the dream can come true. But it is going to take
some sacrifices before it will be reality. It will mean a
good golf swing and physical control, but above all mind control
and taking control of the nerves.
One very important part of being successful at anything is
self understanding. Now I don't mean that we make a training
program, which might also be important, but it is a question
of our dreams versus reality psychologically speaking. Let
me explain this concept little more:
If we crave for fantastic results and have unrealistic dreams
that we cannot reach, we are going to create unnecessary pressure
in our system. This pressure is going to lead to uncontrolled
psychological state of mind, and that will result as bad golf,
which again is going to burst out as anger.
Golf is a mind game above all. We can play much better within
our limits, if we can be clear minded about our skills and
what we want and not have unrealistic expectations.
Have you ever tried to be calm and untouched even though you
play badly? Is it possible to decide that no matter what is
going to happen out there, I'm not going to loose my calm?
If you can do this, you are controlling your mind and not
letting the mind control you. It is very easy to get out there
and just "see" what the round has to give you today. No expectations,
no worries, just looking at your game as it was somebody else's
game. And you know what, it is somebody else's game to everybody
else but you… others will not punish you because you missed
an easy putt, it is you being hard to you're self that is
creating the bad feelings and pressure. The problem is called
"what needs to be and what is". What needs to be is not reality,
what is, IS REALITY, but we don't want to see it because of
"what needs to be".
I will go deeper into this later, in my next article coming
soon, so stay tuned and you will be getting results!
Copyright 2006 Kim Wist
Kim Wist is a professional magician from Finland,
a serious golf player and student of sport psychology. He's
also interested in the Internet marketing business and works
behind it. Please visit www.myhappy4ever.com
for some great marketing resources, and use for free the awesome
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