Mental Golf Imagery
As I’ve developed my mental golf game I’ve tried to incorporate different mental images that are personal to me that I can draw upon on the golf course.
For instance you often hear the phrase “Pull the Trigger” in relation to the actual start of the swing, however, I prefer to conjure up the image of squeezing a trigger as if I’m firing a gun or crossbow at a target. This I feel creates a better image for the transition from the stillness of the address and pre-shot routine into the fluidity of the backswing.
(Just writing this and choosing descriptive words creates positive images in my mind eg “squeeze” and “fluidity”.)
Whilst at the range last night I realised that I was trying to hit the ball too hard particularly with the driver and as I thought about it I got an image of free wheeling down a hill on a bicycle. If you try to pedal you might go a bit faster but at the risk of a wobble and falling off. The feeling I wanted was of slowly and smoothly climbing the hill (backswing), going over the brow (transition) and smoothly accelerating down the other side (downswing).
This really seemed to work and found I was hitting much more powerful and accurate drives. This is an area of my game that I’m conciously going to work on this year and by creating descriptive relevant images in my mind I firmly believe my golf game will improve.
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