All the top pros say you have to "visualize" your shot before you take it. Some folks tell me that they have trouble doing this. Here's a simple way to develop this skill that you can use for any performance outcome you want to achieve
So here's what you want to do:
Develop your visualization skills by starting off using things that are very easy. For instance. If you are doing this while lying in bed, you can visualize something that is in the room that you are in, like say a simple picture. Explore from your memory exactly what it's like in detail. Zoom in, zoom out, pretend you are taking it on and off the wall etc etc.
Next, go to something outside the room. Like how about your car? Where is it parked right now? What does it look like in detail? Can you "see" yourself opening up the door and sitting in the seat and turning the key and driving out? Practice with things you know very well and have the intention of focusing on these things.
Work your way up from things like that to then going to wherever your golf clubs are stored in your home. Visualize just going over to the bag and grabbing one club. Take it out of the bag and start swinging it inside your own home. Keep everything as familiar as possible so that you are mostly using sites and pictures of things you are used to seeing every day. It should be a lot easier to focus on this process when you use familiarity of surroundings as your backdrop.
Swing the club inside your home with the idea of working on that part of your golf swing that you know you need the most help with. Graduate from swinging inside your home to eventually doing this process outside in the grass. At some point, you'll be able to "see" yourself down at your golf course.
Bottom line, start slow and simple with developing visualization. Everybody has this ability. You may tend more toward being "audio" or a "feel" type of person. If that's the case, add those elements into your "visualization" sessions first before asking your mind to come up with visions.
The more you do this, the easier it will become and your scores will show it. Greens and Fairways, Craig
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