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The Wheel of Golf Success
The Golf Bandit
Good sports coaches work on The Wheel of Success. There are
four arcs to The Wheel of Success:
1.Hard Work makes people more Confident.
2.Confidence enables them to Win.
3.Winning is Enjoyable.
4.Enjoyment makes Hard Work easier.
And so the wheel goes round and round and success comes more
and more often.
The point is that Winning starts with Hard Work.
What I know from playing a lot of golf over many years is
that most golfers do not work very hard at their game. They
go out to play with hope in their hearts. But they have not
spent much time on the practice ground or at the driving range.
They do not practice chipping and putting save for a few putts
before each round.
Be honest with me now - how much do you spend on new equipment
each year? How much do you spend on lessons each year?
I would be prepared to bet that the average golfer spends
at least twice as much on golf equipment as he/she spends
on lessons.
Yet lessons and practice are the hard work of golf. It is
the time spent grinding out balls down the range that groove
a golf swing. It is grooved golf swings that produce low scores.
So, why are golfers so averse to spending time at practice?
The first and most obvious answer is time. Most golfers play
for recreation so when they have time to play they want to
play not practice.
However, if you choose to change your attitude and learn to
regard practice as fun it can help a great deal. Practice
will still lack the sociability of a round of golf, but then
again you can find a practice partner to make it more fun
and possibly help you by pointing out obvious faults in your
swing.
The point is that you need to reach a level where your confidence
in your ability to hit adequate shots rises.
The only alternative to practice is to develop good Mind-Movies
during which you can rehearse your swing and groove it into
your mind until the pictures are so clear that it will automatically
reproduce itself out on the course in the heat of battle.
Grooving a swing by Mind-Movies is a specific technique which
you will need to study in considerable depth if you want to
reach a level of expertise where you can rely on it to help
you improve your game.
My e-book The Invincible Golfer is now nearing completion.
I hope to have it finished by 16th September when a beta version
will be offered to members of my Gang of Golf Bandits. If
you are a member of my gang by publication date you will be
offered the opportunity of obtaining a pre-publication edition
of the book free of charge. To join the gang all you need
to do is go to my web site and complete the subscription box
in the left hand margin of any page.
The Golf Bandit believes that anyone - including you
- can become a Winner at Golf. He didn't pick up a club until
he was 40 years old, but now he wins so often that other golfers
call him a Bandit. God bless them! He learned the hard way,
cursing and swearing his way around hundreds of courses, so
he understands how difficult you find the game, BUT he can
assure you, there are ways to make winning easier. In his
blog http://the-golf-bandit.blogspot.com
and on his web site he tells you how: http://www.The-Golf-Bandit.com.
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