Mental Strategy 6 – Goal Setting
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Motivation can waver at times for even the most dedicated of athletes. This can happen if there is there aren’t clear and specific goals for the athlete throughout the career.
It’s one thing to have an ambition, an ultimate, all-time goal but that’s not enough. Every golfer should challenge themselves regularly, by setting short-term, mid-term and long-term goals.
However, the type of goals we set is very important. The mistake many of us make, is to only set goals, which aren’t necessarily always in our control, like some performance goals. These might be to break 90 or to break 80, or even 70.
We also need to set process goals, which we spoke about in Mental Strategy 1. David MacKenzie encourages us to ask ourselves questions, to discover our weaknesses and focus on improving them.
Goals can also be for your Mental Game. How was your concentration for the round? Were your timid? Do you allow your emotions to affect your performance?
These are the sorts of aspects of our golf games, we do have control over and can strive to improve.
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Steve and Glen are not ‘Method’ coaches. They recognise that there are literally 1000’s of ways to swing a golf club! Rather than try to ‘change’ your swing, their goal is to help You Be The Best Golfer You Can Be!
Skill Development vs Technical Changes
Although technique is an important factor in improving a golfer’s performance, Skill Development is largely neglected in golf coaching today. Skill is something that can be tangibly improved with proper understanding of the golf impact laws and effective practice towards improved performance.
External Focus of Attention
Most golf teaching involves an internal focus. Common suggestions might include increased hip turn, a still head or improved hand path. These are all factors of the golf swing, which many golfers and teachers consider important. However, as they are focused internally, on movements of the body, golfers find changes extremely difficult to process.
Enter the world of External Focus of Attention. This means that instead of focusing on body parts, a golfer can and should focus more on the target, the ball, the clubhead – objects which are external to the body. The sciences involving Motor Skill Learning have proven that by employing an External Focus of Attention, sports men and women learn new moves more quickly, retain changes more readily and can perform better under pressure.
All of the Aussie Golf Pros coaching, drills and advice for clients and viewers, involve an External Focus of Attention and the results can be astonishing!
