Optimal balance depends on three aspects - your visual perception, signals from inner ear, and signals from your muscles and joints. Sometimes these aspects get out of sync, causing a balance disorder.

A lack of balance usually occurs when your head position changes - which is a good reason to keep your head still during your swing!

Migraines can attribute to a balance disorder. So if you have frequent migraines, seek medical attention. These headaches can affect your golf game in ways you may never have thought of.

Don’t spend a fortune on new golf equipment hoping for better play before you check your medicine cabinet to see if any drugs you’re taking affect your balance. The condition “ear poisoning” seriously affects your balance. Ear poisoning is usually caused by side effects of some medications - notably antibiotic gentamicin. Up to 50 % of people who take this drug experience some sort of ear poisoning.

Problems with a good player are almost always mental in nature. Thinking clearly really is name of game. And a clear head is impossible when fear reigns.

So if you change how you think, you change your game. Dont worry why ball flew where it did. Just keep your mind focused on next shot.

One of big problems for some folks is that they constantly worry about what others will think of them if they make a bad shot. If youre thinking about how someone else is going to perceive you, youre not concentrating on ball, on your swing, on basics.

Must you have approval of others? In grand scheme of life, is hitting a bad shot truly a disaster you can never overcome?

Psychologists tell us that we tend to become a composite of five persons were around most. Maybe you need to find some more relaxed folks to practice with.

Playing with a perfectionist translates into “no fun”. Why ruin joy of game for yourself? Find friends you can play game with just for pure enjoyment. Your game will likely improve as youre less tense and able to swing more freely.