Global Sports: How to Visualize Your Shot to Avoid Tension

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

How to Visualize Your Shot to Avoid Tension

By Jamie Faidley


If you're new to the game of golf or a player who has struggled with the game of golf, then odds are you have hit plenty of bad shots. With all of the bad shots you've made, it's hard to get those poor results out of your head each time you get ready to hit your next shot. Your consciousness uses these past memories as an opportunity to create doubt. When you permit your mind to manage your swing, you tighten up and lose the fluid natural movement that works best.

Your prior experiences have compelled you to look at the game ina preconceived way. Your mistakes now let you see new shots as tough to play. If you reverse this thinking however , and you look at your shots as easy, then you'll find that it relaxes your mind on difficult shots, which in turn reduces the need for the conscious mind to manage the swing. For additional tips on how to get rid of tension in your swing, click on the link provided.

Visualizing a Simple Task

The key is to visualize an easy task before you hit your shot. Anything will do, even the simple task of picking the ball out of the hole can be the perfect vision to jump-start your putt.

Before your next putt, picture yourself rolling the ball at the hole. Visualize how easy it would be to get the ball close to the cup. For shots off the tee or in the fairway, picture throwing the ball overhand at your target. Imagine a tight fairway or green that's scattered with trees on each side. A lot of people think they will hit the fairway or green less than 50% of the time. However if you were given a ball, it's safe to assume that you could throw it in between the trees pretty much every time. Do this visible exercise and you'll be able to swing better in almost no time.

A Closer Relationship

Now that you are slowly gaining your confidence, you are now able to apply your visualization to the shots that you are about to hit. With the visualization exercises in the corners of your mind , you should start to see some better results.

The same goes for your short game shots. You can play with different scenarios in your head until you find the best one you need to use to make your short putts less complicated. An example of this is when you picture the moment of impact with a straight path and a square clubface.

Visualization works for full shots also. Focus on making solid contact and the ball heading right on path, with very little movement right or left. You can then visualise it landing next to your target.

The less complicated you make your shot seem before you hit it, the less likely that your consciousness will make an effort to control the club. The more you let your subconscious mind control the swing, the more fluidity and relaxation you'll feel so that you will be in a position to hit better shots.




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