3 Mental Skills to Use for Consistent Golf

“My biggest problem is consistency.  How can I play more consistently?”

Every golfer wants to play consistently all the time. However, golf like us, is defined more by its diversity than by its sameness. To play consistently, you would need to allow total focus for 40 seconds, 72 times or more (depending on your score), during a four-hour or greater time period.

Here are three mental skills to practice for consistency:

1. The first ingredient for consistency is perfect practice. The best place to practice perfectly is in your imagination. See yourself over and over again, swinging with your perfect swing, playing the game perfectly. Then go to the practice range and hit the shots as you saw them in your “mind’s eye”. Next go to the golf course and play the course as you imagined it.
2. The second ingredient for consistency is the pre-shot routine.  It is important that you
   mentally program the process of creating the shot you want to happen. Write down each step in your routine. Take the list to the practice range and practice the routine with every shot until it becomes habitual and you don’t have to think about it anymore. The
   routine will get you focused and eliminate all inner and outer distractions. It will set your mind into the same mental patterns every time to program you for consistent results.
3. The third ingredient for consistency is your rhythm and tempo.  Maintaining a relaxed state of mind and body will help you access your natural rhythm and tempo. The easiest way to access this relaxed state is by having fun playing golf, and remembering how easy it is when you play well.

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