Well my game is definitely improving after my fourth lesson with Darren. I entered a medal competition on Wednesday on the Moorland course at Breadsall Priory and shot a net 72. Looks like the lessons are starting to pay off. I feel as I'm definitely striking the ball better and with more control.
On the last lesson we talked about the psychology of the game, as you most likely know sixty percent of the game is all in the head. An interesting point Darren made was imagine you're on a golf course and standing on the tee looking down at the hole. On the right is a big lake, and on the left side its all out of bounds. What are the two thoughts you think about first?
1, I don't want to hit the ball into the lake and
2, I don't want to hit the ball out of bounds.
Wrong... what you should be concerned about is none of the above. Your thoughts should be, what I'm going to do, not what I don't want to do. It sounds obvious doesn't it but how many of us high handicappers think about the negatives when we should be thinking about the positives. So what Darren said was focus on a spot on the fairway, Try to imagine the shape and flight the ball will take, keep that thought and only that thought in your head, because once you have that thought in your head you're more likely to hit the ball towards that spot and not into the lake or out of bounds. Well I tried it out and guess what it seems to work. When playing your local course is there a hole which you always dread because you never seem to score well on it? Most of us have that problem because we are thinking too negative. We're thinking about how badly we played the hole last time when the way to over come the problem is to think positively about the hole, try to remember the time when you actually played that hole well and the feeling you had when you did. Don't let bad shots get you down, put them out of your head straight a way and have positive swing thoughts for the next shot. Yes it sounds easy and I know lots of readers might think it's all a waste of time but I'm giving it a go because if it helps my game it's got to be good.
Cheers for now
Mel
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