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- Rub of the Green and Anger Management at The Masters - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Andrew FoggI've already talked about how much I enjoyed last weekends 2009 Masters at Augusta. Now, as each day goes by, more detail is coming into my conscious mind. I hadn't realised how much I had learned about golf psychology from watching just one event on television. I don't know if you saw much of ...
Views: 857 - Self-Talk Your Way to Golf Improvement - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Andrew FoggHow much do you berate yourself when you play a bad shot at golf? If you’re a typical golfer the answer is pretty badly! In fact, you probably use language that you’d never use in public. It’s a good thing that you save the worst things for expression privately in your head. Just imagine how you ...
Views: 1262 - Technically Perfect Golf Does Not Always Win Over Good Mental Golf - by Submitted on May 30, 2009 from Andrew FoggHave you noticed that the winners on the professional golf tours around the world aren't always technically or statistically the best players. They often don't even look like the best player over the four rounds the week they win. Now, I know that's a contradiction, because if they win the ...
Views: 1134 - The Fast Track to Better Golf in Your Unconscious - Slow Play Kills Your Golf Mind - by Submitted on May 31, 2009 from Andrew FoggHow long did your game of golf take this weekend? Maybe 3 hours or less if you played on a traditional Scottish championship course, 5 hours if you played a fourball around a more modern country club or even more if you played in a serious open amateur event. I remember playing in a two-ball at ...
Views: 1136 - The Golf Psychology of Going on a Pre-Shot Routine Journey with your Right and Left Brain - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from Andrew FoggAs a golf psychologist, I am especially interested in the importance of separating the conscious and unconscious elements of the pre-shot routine and the actual striking of the ball. In an ideal world, we should use our conscious rational mind, sometimes referred to as our Left Brain, for ...
Views: 1317 - The Mind Golf Secrets the Golf Equipment Industry Does Not Want You to Hear - by Submitted on May 24, 2009 from Andrew FoggWhen people write about the top professionals, they tend to talk about the externally visible aspect of their game – their swing technique. Those same writers rarely tell you about the golf mind golf secrets of those same professionals. So what about Jack Nicklaus and 90% of golf in the ...
Views: 1071 - The Top 10 Mental Golf Mistakes That Golfers Make - by Submitted on May 30, 2009 from Andrew FoggHere's a list of the top 10 mental mistakes that golfers are reported to make, together with suggestions as to how to address them with golf psychology. Number 1: Letting your internal dialogue run wild Get a good hypnotist to install a post-hypnotic suggestion that you go into a trance as you ...
Views: 1477 - Trust your Unconscious Golf Mind to Align Your Club for a Better Pre-Shot Routine - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2009 from Andrew FoggHow much is the accuracy of your golf shot influenced by club alignment at address and how much is down to your instinctive or unconscious golf ability? Now I'm not talking here about the complexity of aligning the various parts of your body when you address the ball. That's a subject for your ...
Views: 1315 - Use Golf Psychology to Overcome Bad Luck and Play Well Despite It - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Andrew FoggWhat impact does luck have on your game of golf? By that I mean do you treat good luck and bad luck as two sides of the same coin? Statistically, our golfing luck is going to even out over the long term. If you keep tossing a coin, you may get long runs of heads or tails, but I'm sure that deep ...
Views: 2493 - Use Your Golf Confidence and Play Golf to Win Like Jack Nicklaus - by Submitted on May 31, 2009 from Andrew FoggDo you play golf to win? What about when you're having a great round, playing confident golf and you only need a few pars to play under your handicap? Some of my best rounds came when I started scoring badly and just persevered. The further I got into the round, the better I found myself ...
Views: 1218 - Use your Unconscious Golf Mind to Protect your Golf Swing from Analysis Paralysis - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2009 from Andrew FoggIt's good to be back in the writing saddle and staring into my computer screen once more after a week's break. Seriously though, I'm glad to be back talking about analysis paralysis and unconscious golf - two of my favourite golf psychology topics. Concentrating on how you swing will often ...
Views: 1358 - Utilise the Fear in Your Golf Mind to Hit More Greens and Fairways - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2009 from Andrew FoggHow can golf psychology help you in overcoming the fear you have about hitting a bad shot on the golf course? Many people interpret this as classic fear of someone suffering from the putting yips who's about to putt or the person suffering form the shanks and about to hit a short iron. But you ...
Views: 1178 - Who is Using Golf Hypnosis for Golf Improvement? - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Andrew FoggSo who’s using hypnosis to improve their golf performance – apart from Tiger Woods and maybe Phil Mickelson? Well, taking first things first, it’s difficult to be sure who’s using hypnosis because most people who do don’t want to let on. Why’s that? Well firstly, they want to keep the ...
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