The Mental Game...Play To Your Strengths

Written by Bob Power


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My strength inrepparttar fairway is PW, 9 Iron, 8 Iron, 7 Iron, 6 Iron, 5 Iron, in that order. Thusrepparttar 133261 further I am away fromrepparttar 133262 green,repparttar 133263 less confidence I have inrepparttar 133264 shot I am making. (This thought process is an on going learning curve that takes practice and a lot of playing to increase your confidence in making those types of shots) Thinking aboutrepparttar 133265 distance I had left, 220 yards I was thinking of getting my ball to PW distance. Since I hit my PW about 130 with confidence I layed up to approxiamately that distance on my second shot. A short shot for my second, but it got me to my confort zone. I then hit my PW for my third shot and landedrepparttar 133266 ball onrepparttar 133267 green pin high about 6 ft fromrepparttar 133268 pin. I now had a chance at par, something I am sure I would not have had if I had usedrepparttar 133269 3 wood to try to get me onrepparttar 133270 green on my second shot.

Yes, I only had one shot at par with one putt but my putting is fairly consistant, since I can practice putting just about anywhere, and I feel confident about my putting. (Hint, practice your putting)

I missedrepparttar 133271 putt by an inch and boggied, but I felt good aboutrepparttar 133272 way I playedrepparttar 133273 hole, and next itme I might par it. Not to mention that a boggey is better thanrepparttar 133274 double or triple I probably would have had with a second higher risk shot torepparttar 133275 green.

Rememberrepparttar 133276 goal is not to be onrepparttar 133277 green in regulation, but rather to finishrepparttar 133278 hole inrepparttar 133279 regulation number of shots. No one cares or will ask you how many greens in regulation you had, but when you tell them your great score they will be impressed.

Sure being onrepparttar 133280 green in regulation helps since you then have 2 putts instead of one to par, But if you are now playing double boggey or triple boggey golf, imagine what eliminating one shot per hole is going to do to your score.

Play withrepparttar 133281 clubs you have confidence in. Keeprepparttar 133282 ball in play for better scores.

Bob Power lives in Canada with his wife of 30 years and is an educator in an institution of higher learning. When not playing he is researching the basics of golf and how to teach the simplicity of the game through the "Back To Basics" approach to the game. To ask Bob any questions or to pass on any comment please e-mail his at info@howtoandyou.com


Introduction

Written by Bob Power


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What I went through was a two year re-learning process. A short time really when you think aboutrepparttar learning curve for golf. What I found out was that withrepparttar 133260 right physical, nutritional and mental approach,repparttar 133261 learning curve decreases drastically. The technical side becomes easier to comprehend and to put into practice.

What follows is a prcatical guide that I used to improve my scores from over 100 per round to shooting inrepparttar 133262 high 70s and low 80s consistently and to improving my enjoyment ofrepparttar 133263 game.

All I hope is that you can take one thing out of these articles and improve your game as I did.

Thank you, and enjoy your round.

Bob Power lives in Canada with his wife of 30 years and is an educator in an institution of higher learning. When not playing he is researching the basics of golf and how to teach the simplicity of the game through the "Back To Basics" approach to the game. To ask Bob any questions or to pass on any comment please e-mail him at info@howtoandyou.com


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