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How to structure your practice into 3 phases

10,000 hours of practice to become expert. 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to become expert. Practice golf smarter not harder. Is your golf practice efficient?

A recent golf study showed that for the average golfer, which is a golfer that averages 100 for 18 holes, deliberate practice was 30% of the total process of becoming a better player. This is roughly 1/3 of the total process!

The surprising part of this study (in my opinion) is that once a player reaches the international championship level (PGA Tour), deliberate practice only accounts for 1% of player success.

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Practice Golf Controllables

In life there are many things we can control and others we cannot. This is the same with golf. Often times we like to blame others, the golf course, and/or mother nature when things do not go the way we intended on the golf course. It is important with golf to focus primarily on the

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Improve Your Short Game

Anyone can learn to have a good short game! jj wood golf short game

As a college golf coach there is nothing more frustrating than watching your players struggle with their short game. The short game requires a small simple swing, which does not require much talent or athleticism. Sure, some players possess more talent with their short game such as soft hands, touch, and creativity, but anybody can practice their way into being a good short game player in golf.

When I was in college I didn’t possess the natural ability to be a phenomenal putter. I worked my way in order to be a functional putter in order to be an above average college player and post quality golf scores to help my team. I did this by:

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Tiger Woods hires Chris Como

Tiger Woods Coach Chris Como Over the years I have had the opportunity to learn from some of the best golf coaches and players in the game. One of the swing coaches I worked with for over 2 years was recently hired by Tiger Woods today. I could not be more happy for Chris Como,

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Mental Golf Performance Cues

Is it important to have a mental golf performance cue?  What is a mental golf performance cue? For most people, having a performance cue in their golf routine is very important. A  performance cue can also be called a “swing thought”. It is a trigger word that gets you to narrow your focus in order

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Fake it Till You Make It!

Mental Toughness and Sport Psychology for Golf In sport psychology for golf we are looking for ways to retrain our brain to think in a positive and confident manner. Recently I was working with one of our Ohio state golfers when I stumbled upon the phrase “fake it till you make it”. Let me explain.

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Alignment vs Awareness

Alignment for golf. Is it important? alignment for golf

Recently I did a 2 day seminar on a mental training aid that is supposed to measure your brainwaves throughout your golf pre shot routine and while swinging the golf club. There were numerous topics covered in this seminar, one of which was alignment.

The two men said many things that I may or may not agree with, but the main point I am going to talk about today is when they made the statement “alignment to the target is not important when executing a golf shot”.

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