The Mental Golf Blog

Steve Bann, is one of Australia’s most successful golf coaches counting Stuart Appleby and KJ Choi amongst his pupils.

Here he discusses how golfers gain confidence in their ability and game. It’s good stuff!

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Mental golf is a term, it seems, which means different things to different golfers. To some it may mean overcoming negative thoughts on the golf course, to others it may mean a swing thought or key and to others it may mean the way in which they think their way around; course management.

The mental side of golf is an area that has really come to the forefront in recent years with a great number of mind coaches, seminars, DVDs, CDs and books available to teach us how to elevate our games to greater levels. To help us produce the kind of golf we really know we’re capable of.

This wealth of information can, though, add to the problem, just as equipment junkies think they can buy a game by parting with ever increasing amounts of cash for the latest whiz bang driver, irons, wedges or putter, we are now encouraged to believe we can improve our golf by reading a book. And another book, and another and another…………………!

The problem is, information overload can hinder our game just as surely as getting tied in knots over the latest swing technique theory, Stack & Tilt anyone? And ironically, the gurus advocate a clearing of the mind before we play a shot to think of “nothing” which is very difficult to do just ask people who do yoga.

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