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Mental Toughness for Golfers: Avoiding Comfort Zones in Golf

Saturday, March 4th, 2006

A comfort zone becomes a problem whenever a player is playing better than expected or is breaking new ground. I teach golfers how to break out of self-limiting expectations and preconceived beliefs. Comfort zones don t limit great players on tour, such as David Duval, Tiger Woods, and Davis Love, III. Comfort zones […]

Mental Training for Golfers: Attitudes that Sabotage Commitment

Saturday, March 4th, 2006

Plateaus in performance sometimes occur when you don t see any measurable improvement in score even though you are working hard. I m practicing more than ever, but I don t seem to be shooting better scores, many players tell me in frustration. […]

Why Golf Training Products Don’t Work For Most

Saturday, March 4th, 2006

The mere mention of golf training products is bound to cause trouble for you with many golfers. Garages right across the country are loaded with the stuff and yet the games of those who enthusiastically purchased the golf training products have hardly improved. Maybe they have even gotten worse.
So should you totally forget about golf […]

Simple Golf Warm Up Exercise

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

Golf warm up you say? Aren’t you supposed to rush to the course, pull out the BIG DOG, take a few hacks at it and start your round? Is that what you do? Come on be honest with yourself. If so, what was the result on the first tee? I […]

A Valuable Golf Swing Tip

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

No serious golfer will fail to be eager and maybe even desperate for a golf swing tip that actually works. This is because of the simple reason that a golf swing is the most important single aspect of a good golf game and yet for most golfers, it ends up being the most frustrating, causing […]

Getting The Golf Ball In The Air With Physics

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

Sir Issac Newton was one of the world’s most influential thinkers. He tackled what most people would consider to be complicated topics. But most things when explained in layman’s terms become a slot simpler.
For example one of Sir Issac Newton’s Laws of Physics states, ‘For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction’. In […]

Why A Golf Ball Actually Flies Through The Air

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

Not accounting for weather conditions there are a few things that influence how high and far a golf ball will fly.
The first thing is the spin of the ball.
A ball must spin to be able to fly through the air. The spin rate is measured in “rpm” or revolutions per minute.
A driver, because of it’s […]

Taking The Confusion Out Of Golf Ball Compression

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

Compression, in terms of a golf ball, is probably the most understood aspect of golf ball technology. At one time compression was used to describe the quality of a golf ball according to the tightness of the windings around a three piece ball core. The tighter the windings the better the ball’s performance.
Because of the […]