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Balance and Focus
When you feel pressure on the course, have a heightened awareness of balance, tempo, and tension in your body, as they are non-cognitive. Focusing on them will move you to the right side of the brain (or your long-term memory). This is where your skill lies.Your balance might be great in the morning but not so great in the afternoon. You might be relaxed on one station but three stations later you might be tense. Just ... Read more…
Committing to the Shot
an you walk into the cage and, regardless of external or internal variables, hit the shot you have determined to hit in your plan and preload and become the shooter you have committed to being?Committing to the shot is critical to eliminating the mindless stream of drivel that runs through your head when trying to shoot the target or compete in a tournament. It is there because you have not decided how you want the sho... Read more…
Vicki's California Adventure!
I took a long ten-day trip to California, and what I learned is fabulous. I was solo on this trip going to two places I’d never been before.My first stop was in Sonoma at the Wing and Barrel Ranch. This was the first time OSP had been there. We were so well-received, so I’m sure this won’t be the last time we will be there. I had great classes with five people each day, and each of them came with a desire to learn.Prob... Read more…
Spend More Time Simulating the Real Game
In “Be A Player,” Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson cite another study about trying to do the same thing over and over again:“'The nervous system was designed to be flexible, not to do the same thing over and over,’ Churchland explained when the study was published. Given this, the scientists extrapolated, an athlete’s quest for consistency is at odds with how human brains have evolved. 'The pervasive belief that we can r... Read more…
Too Many Players Focus on Achieving "Consistency"
In “Be A Player” Marriot and Nilsson mention a study that proves the human brain is not wired to do the same repetition the exact same way over and over again which is why emphasizing perfect at the end is so powerful. Why is the idea of variability so critical for golfers to understand? In our opinion, too many players focus on achieving “consistency". They practice the same shots and swings over and over, conv... Read more…
