What You Should Think Over the Golf Ball
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I get asked all the time what I'm thinking over the ball. This video finally answers it - the answer will surprise you! If you struggle with the mental game, this will help you a ton!
one of the most common questions I get asked all the time is what are you thinking over the ball well as you saw there that was a normal pre-shot routine for me and I didn't have a whole lot of time to think about much of anything the reality is I don't think about anything over a shot if you're thinking a lot you hopefully are doing that on the practice range or just playing a practice round if you're going out to play golf and you're actually keeping score you can't think anything you really have to learn to clear out your mind and let your subconscious take over because if you're thinking a bunch of different random jumbled up thoughts it's impossible for your body to coordinate those into a coordinated athletic dynamic movement now the trick is of course how do you work on your golf swing and still play golf at the same time if you can't be thinking anything over the ball well that's what practice comes in you have to get enough repetition that this stuff gets burned into your subconscious mind so you don't have to think about it at a conscious level at a conscious level you're really going to be able to process one thing at a time and that may be one drill that you could be working on so say you're working on your takeaway okay well that's the only thing I can really think about but if I'm going out to play golf for score I can't even think about that I've just got to feel it I've got to rely on what I've done to this point to get me here and hopefully I've done the reps and done enough rep at work in front of a mirror that that movement has settled in however if I haven't I've got no prayer of going out and playing good consistent golf and this is where everybody makes a mistake they go out and do reps in front of a mirror or in the range they do a hundred or so and then they think they can go out and play and that's just going to stick you've never learned anything in your life like that golf is not going to buck that trend so it's really important that you understand the concept of how your brain really learns and you slowly start stacking pieces on as your brain can handle them if you rush the process it's just going to take twice as long to get half as far because you're not really going to be making any progress you're going to keep making steps backwards when you go out and play if you have to consciously think through every single little movement in the whole golf swing it's impossible so what I want you to really understand is that the whole goal is that you do all the work away from the golf course so that when you show up to the course you're ready to play and by play I mean have fun go out there it's a game remember and if we're hitting the ball well it's a fun game but if it's not it's really challenging and the reason you're not going to be hitting the ball well is you haven't done enough work away from the golf course doing your drills and repetitions because when you show up to the course it's too late you can't think your way through around a golf consistently you might be able to do it once or twice but you're never going to be a consistent ball striker until you get up over the ball and you pull the trigger without having to think about it and you're going to be able to do that when you put in the reps and work but if you still struggle with understanding the mental side of the game I've written about a dozen articles on it to help you understand the process that most great golfers go through when they're ready to hit a ball honestly it's way simpler than you think but it's just learning to do something a little bit differently learning how to clear your mind so that your body and your subconscious can do what you've trained it to do rather than you trying to coax in it to do something it's not quite prepared for so I've put some links in the description I want you to go and look at the mental game articles if you struggle with learning how to take everything onto the course and being able to consistently hit the ball the way that you want to I can almost guarantee you're overthinking it and you're making it harder than it really is
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
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