Practicing Is Overrated

By Jennifer Scott, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist

Ever get to a first tee late, not have time to practice, step up and hit a beautiful drive right down the middle? How can this happen?

Well, for one thing, you're not trying mentally to correct what you did on the last swing. There was no last swing. For another thing, you just had to trust that you could do it. So you did.

Doesn't this tell you something? It should. It tells you that you're better off not thinking about "keys" or "positions" or "critical moves" as you swing. During your swing, the less thinking the better.

Or have you ever watched golfers take perfect practice swings and then proceed to hit fat on the real swing? They'd be better off hitting their practice swing! Why? Same reason: they don't have thoughts cluttering it up.

"Own The Zone™" is all about eliminating thought clutter and tension. It takes you (your conscious mind, really) out of your own way.

So you can hit beautiful drives right down the middle on more than the first hole.