Last week I played my best ever round of golf coming in with 23 points on the front 9 despite not having played much golf this year. Why & how was this. I applied aspects of the Alexander Technique. I was really present, ignoring any self doubt if things went wrong and just treating each shot separately. So often golfers play a bad shot and its followed by another bad shot, and another, and another and one bad shot becomes a bad round. Why because we try too hard to rectify our mistakes. If we live in the present and don't reflect on the past and do not respond to the stimulus to try too hard. On a Par 5 for example as soon as you take your club out of your bag you are subconsciously probably thinking I'd better make this a good shot - it had better go a long way otherwise I've got no way of getting the ball down the hole in 6 or 7.
So by saying no to the stimulus to really wack the ball, think of your body moving freely with minimum tension, notice if you are getting ready to take your shot as you address the ball. Most people are - we've all observed the golfer with strange habits maybe bobbing from one foot to another doing a little dance in his habitual way before he takes every shot as that's comfortable for him. You may not have any strange habits like this but I'm sure you're probably anticipating the shot, maybe tensing your shoulders or tightening your jaw. So just STOP and PAUSE and then take your shot just allowing the club to do the work.
Why not give it a go the next time you play and see what happens.
Remember STOP - PAUSE - OBSERVE - THEN ACT
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