“If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success”
Malcolm X
I’ve written about Sergio many times before. Like Phil Mickelson, the level of natural talent is huge and it has been very painful to see his recent slump and even more painful to see him blaming his “luck” and acting a little like a spoilt [...]
Archive for May, 2008
How should Sergio Garcia cope with his critics?
Posted in Golf, John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch, Sergio Garcia, The Players Championship, Thick face, Tiger Woods, belief, critics, phil mickelson, tagged Add new tag, belief, critics, phil mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Thick Face Black Heart, Tiger Woods on May 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
How would you cope with the 17th at Sawgrass?
Posted in Golf, John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch, Sergio Garcia, The Players Championship, tagged Negative emotions, Sawgrass, Sergio Garcia, The Players Championship on May 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday’s post, with the Derren Brown video, graphically illustrated just how important the control of negative emotions is within golf and how this control became central to my challenge.
The 17th hole at Sawgrass in The Player’s Championship is a classic example of just how equally affected the guys on tour are. If you’ve ever [...]
How does the The Power of Negative Suggestion affect your golf?
Posted in Golf, John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch, Tiger Woods, belief, tagged Derren Brown, Negative emotions on May 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Have a look at the first few minutes of this video. The entire program is worth watching but it’s an incredibly graphic illustration of how a negative instruction tends to make us do the EXACT opposite of what we want to do.
The relevance of this towards golf is obvious and it [...]