{"id":1478,"date":"2013-11-20T18:38:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T18:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2013-11-20T18:38:43","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T18:38:43","slug":"mental-awarenesses-for-golfers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/mental-awarenesses-for-golfers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Awarenesses for Golfers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Concentration<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mental concentration is at its peak when your mind is clear of all distractions.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The ability to concentrate is good, but thinking too much about <b>how<\/b> you are doing <b>wha<\/b>t you are doing can be disastrous.\u201d &#8212; Harvey Penick<\/li>\n<li>Be totally ready mentally and physically to play before you hit your shot.<\/li>\n<li>Concentration is the art of allowing yourself to become engrossed with what you are doing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tempo<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t be in a hurry.\u00a0Make your backswing and forward swing speeds the same.<\/li>\n<li>Think positively as you approach your next shot. Every shot is a new experience. The next one may be the best shot of your life.<\/li>\n<li>Never make a change based on one bad shot, or even a few missed shots.<\/li>\n<li>Stick to the one thing you can control\u2014you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Emotions<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cYou just have to take the attitude that you\u2019ve done all the training that is required, and what is the point of that training if you\u2019re not going to <b>trust <\/b>it\u201d? &#8212; Bob Rotella<\/li>\n<li>You cannot be relaxed and tense at the same time. The easiest path to a relaxed state of mind is through a relaxed body.<\/li>\n<li>Know the difference between being self-centered and centered in self.<\/li>\n<li>Release fears and judgments that keep you bound in faulty thinking.<\/li>\n<li>Remember the confident feelings of playing \u201cin the zone.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIt\u2019s tough to play bad when you\u2019re happy on the inside.\u201d \u2013 Jessica Korda, LPGA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Positive Mental Practices<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is more important to learn to score than it is to learn to swing.<\/li>\n<li>A miss-hit is a golden opportunity to learn what not to do.<\/li>\n<li>Experience is your best teacher.<\/li>\n<li>Always picture in your mind where you want the ball to land safely.<\/li>\n<li>Change \u201cit\u2019s impossible\u201d to \u201cmaybe it\u2019s possible\u201d \u2013 Just Do It!<\/li>\n<li>A consistent pre-shot routine produces consistent shots.<\/li>\n<li>Expecting to play a round without error is unrealistic.<\/li>\n<li>The game of golf is mind over muscle.<\/li>\n<li>Golf is a waiting game. Wait for the opportunities to appear.<\/li>\n<li>Practice the way you want to play.<\/li>\n<li>The mental game of golf is not so much what you know, as it is how you use that knowledge at the right times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b><i>Play \u201cIn the Zone\u201d with Joan<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b><i>Entrain Your Heart &amp; Brain for Peak Performances<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>For more information about how to play \u201c\u00edn the zone\u201d contact Joan at 828-696-2547 or visit the Positive Mental Imagery website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.positivementalimagery.com\/\">www.positivementalimagery.com<\/a><\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Learn to prepare your mind through relaxation, imagery and suggestion by listening to \u201cSelf-Hypnosis for Playing in the Zone.\u201d CDs are available on the website for moving into the zone state for accessing your peak performances. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pmi4.com\/cart\">www.pmi4.com\/cart<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concentration Mental concentration is at its peak when your mind is clear of all distractions. &#8220;The ability to concentrate is good, but thinking too much about how you are doing what you are doing can be disastrous.\u201d &#8212; Harvey Penick &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/mental-awarenesses-for-golfers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"pjgm-metanav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minute-mental-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1478"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1485,"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478\/revisions\/1485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}