Sunday, October 28, 2007

How does the mind control the golf swing?

And can you Improve the process?

They say that the golf swing is 90% mental and 10% physical, and you might want to argue with those numbers, but what golfers miss about that statement is that the physical part is controlled by the mind too!

So the golf swing is 100% mental... That should crack the door open to a whole new perspective on what you may be doing to improve...

That is the door to the way I teach golfers to swing the club so that they are playing in the eighties in their first season. If this sounds too good to be true, you're welcome to keep struggling with it, but if you're just a little curious, read on.

First, I'd like you to think about how the mind and body communicate, because this is step one to getting a handle on what's really happening when you strike a golf ball.

Have you ever tripped and suddenly found yourself flailing around trying to catch your balance?

How long did it take to start reacting? Did you think about it?

How did that happen? The answer to this question is where mind/body control happens.

Here's what happens: Your body has an auto-response mechanism built in that is designed to keep you in balance at all costs. There are balance nerve receptors in the body that communicate with the brain 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. When they sense imbalance, they tell the brain and the brain immediately starts trying to correct... without a single thought.

This process happens in the subconscious brain, the same place movement control happens.

Stay with me because I think you'll see where I'm going on this...

Have you ever talked to someone who has experienced the Zone? They always tell you that things just happened without thinking about them...

By now the wheels should start grinding because there is a link between being in the Zone and this auto-response mechanism in the brain.

OK, now a little exercise... Without looking at it, wiggle the big toe of your right foot up and down. Next, press down with just that toe. As you press down try to see in your mind the shape of the part of the toe that is actually contacting the floor (or the bottom of your shoe).

Can you see it in your mind? Congratulations! Two things just happened. First you have used visualization to move a part of your body. And second, you have just experienced the link between the mind and body for movement control.

By the way, did the toe move in a different direction other than what you imagined? Of course not... It can't because that picture in your mind was the very control for your movement.

Now you might be saying, can I use this system to make better shots on the golf course? The answer is YES, and the results show up immediately after starting the process.

So now you want to know how... Don't you?
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