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Preshot Visualization Routine
Wade Pearse
Preshot Visualization Routine is an essential component
to making a good swing. Not integrating a visualization process
into your preshot routine leaves your mind unfocused and open
to many lapses of attention. Not what you want before making
your swing.
What do you do while you prepare to shoot? Does your preshot
routine include some form of visualization? Or do you
simply walk right into your setup and swing away? For the
sake of our discussion let's assume you have some form of
a preshot routine.
Let's explore how to add an effective visualization
process into your preshot routine.
Prior to every shot your preshot routine sets the stage
for you to make your best swing. The consistency of it is
key. When you have a simple visualization strategy to center
and focus your mind you will play far better golf.
The visualization component is done at the beginning
of your routine. Virtually every top player uses their mind
properly in their preshot routine and starts the entire process
with some form of visualization.
The first part of your preshot visualization routine will
be to stand behind the ball, looking toward your target.
Your target might be the center of the fairway, the right
half of the green or the left edge of the cup. Be clear on
your outcome/target before stepping into the physical aspect
of your pre-shot routine.
Literally "see" the ball flight or pace of the putt as it
enters the hole. When teeing off with driver I encourage all
of my clients to be as focused here as you would when putting.
This narrowing of attention taps your subconscious mind
and provides it with clear instructions of what you want to
accomplish.
Stand behind your ball and look at your ball momentarily.
Then trace an imaginary ball flight from the ball, as if you
had just hit it, through the sky. Watch it travel on your
desired trajectory right to your target. This only takes a
couple seconds yet these are critical seconds!
Now add one more element to the process. Feel what you are
seeing. I expanded on this in the last issue of the mental
game mastery ezine. (learn more below) True and effective
visualization involves feeling with your mind's
eye, not simply seeing. If you are only using visualization
as a method of seeing your shot you are leaving half your
cards on the table!
Once you have completed this simple process you can now naturally
continue the rest of your preshot routine. Step into address
and finish it as usual.
There are countless studies that demonstrate the effectiveness
of strategically applied visualization. By channeling your
mind toward inner game processes and beginning your preshot
routine this way, your mind/body relationship is positively
influenced.
With practice your swing will begin to mirror what you are
seeing in your mind's eye. There are several other
elements you can include into your preshot visualization routine
these will get you started in the right direction and "keep
you on target."
Wade Pearse is a Peak Performance Coach who spent
7 years applying the most advanced mental game strategies
in golf with his clients and in his own game with phenomenal
results. Visit his website. It is filled with mental game
resources you can use in your game right away. He has a mental
game ezine and a daily blog you can subscribe to
Wade Pearse
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