OVERCOME FEAR AND DOUBT OVER A SHORT GOLF SHOT BY GIVING YOUR MIND AND BODY A SIMPLE SET OF INSTRUCTIONS AND CLEAR FOCUS WITH OUR SHORT GAME CHECKLIST.
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This video is focused on using a checklist to help improve your confidence and short game.The issue with most short game shots is a lack of consistency and confidence. When dealing with distractions or under pressure, it is easy to forget a small yet important step in the process. A checklist helps prevent that from happening. We are often distracted or feel pressure during a lot of short game shot, letting mental distractions, fears and doubts getting in the way of performance. When we implement a checklist process, our focus moves from the fears and doubts to the process, getting our mind and body prepared to perform.
THE SHORT GAME CHECKLIST:
Let’s get into the checklist. Checklists have been proven time and again to aid in progress and improvement. When put into practice, they keep us organized and help us complete repetitive tasks more quickly and effectively, with fewer mistakes. That is exactly what we want with our shot game shots
#1. Determine What Shot You Want To Hit
a. This might seem obvious, but how many times do you just grab a default club or use one you already had in your hand to attempt to hit the shot near the hole, without considering your options. Especially if we do not have confidence in our short game, we get nervous and usually hit the shot too quickly without thinking it through. This process is not conducive to improvement.
b. Ask yourself these questions:
1. How much space is between the pin and the start of the putting green?
2. Do I want to hit it high and land it close to the hole (pitch shot) or do I want to hit it low and have it roll to the hole (chip shot)?
3. My favorite question, Do I want to duff it and land it two feet in front of me?
(This might seem like a joke, but you need to seriously ask yourself this
question. If that answer is no, get the thought out of your head and focus on the task at hand, getting the ball close to or into the hole.)
#2. Determine What Club To Use
a. There are a variety of options. 60 degree, pitching wedge, 7 iron, for some even a driver.
b. Your swing and set up will be determined by the club you select.
c. When choosing a club, the things to take into consideration are the lie of the ball, the carry to the green (how much distance between the ball and the start of the green) and how much distance between the green and the hole.
#3. Pick A Specific Spot To Hit The Ball
a. Pick a specific spot on the green or just off the green where you want the ball to land and configure your set up and alignment based on that spot. When you give your mind direction it will work it’s magic to try to get you there.
#4. Visualize Your Shot
a. This is the fun part where you get to be really creative. Actually see your shot hitting
your mark and how it will get to the hole.
b. Many LPGA and PGA Tour Professional have been sited saying they visualize their shots in one form or another.
The mind is a powerful tool we can use to our advantage. Consider how many times you think of a negative trait in your golf swing or want to avoid a hazard and how that very thought causes the action to happen. Well, the opposite is also true. We just need to trust ourselves and the process.
#5. Commit To Your Decision.
a. I cannot stress how important this is. A non committed shot is a uncompleted shot.
Without that commitment you will not free up your mind to swing, but rather open it up to doubt, fear and mistakes. Even with all the preparation in the world a uncommitted shot causes you to lean on luck and the chance of that working out is very slim.
6. Stay positive and creative and continue to enjoy this amazing journey of golf.
*Instruction by PGA Instructor Zachary Gleysteen*
Forgetting to use your lower body? This video will help!
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