Just Do It!

Mid length Goal: 

I won a professional golf tournament by August 31st 2013

Monthly goal: 

I have developed a morning training schedule by July 31st

Weekly goals: 

 
I complete 45 minutes of practice per day by July 25th 2013

Weekly Goals Completed – 1/1

Time spent on full swing – 1 hours

Time spent on shots inside 100 yards – 1 hours

Time spent on putting – 1 hours

Rounds played this week, where, score, fairways/greens/putts

Oaks North 9 holes par 30 – 33, 34, 30, 29 & 28

Time spent in the gym – 2 hours + stretching

Workouts I did –

Thursday –

Friday –

Saturday –

Sunday –

Monday – Full-body strength

Tuesday –

Wednesday – Full-body strength & power

Thoughts on the week – Very busy work week this week, so I had planned for a light practice week. I did play a 9-hole mini tournament with some of my students each day. Although I am concentrating on my students and helping them perform their best, any practice is better than none.

Looking at my scores as the week progressed, a little bit of time away from swing mechanics and time spent on relaxed playing and scoring certainly seemed to help.

What you can learn from my experience? 



Like the Nike slogan says “JUST DO IT”

If you have ever read any golf psychology books or any sports psychology books, they will all say pretty much the same thing. You perform your best when you trust your body. Just do – don’t think!

The thinking conscious mind is great for complex thought process but pretty bad at complex movement control. That is way better left up to the subconscious mind.

Probably the best book out there is Tim Gallwey’s The Inner Game of Golf. It has great descriptions and really useful exercises. For many golfers, the quickest way to improve would be to focus on the mental aspect of the game.

Goals for next week –

I complete 45 minutes of practice per day by July 31st 2013

See my original Project Awesome post for details about Project Awesome and links to each week’s posts.