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 applies at a every level. We all know how powerful the unerring self-belief that Tiger exhibits is and we also know just how much his competitors crumble in his presence.
Likewise how many of you have stood on the tee and thought:
“Don’t hit it in the water”
“Don’t slice it”
“Don’t hit it out of bounds”
“Don’t, whatever you do, hook it like you usually do here”
“Don’t duff it in front of these people”
… and we all know how incredibly destructive these thoughts can be for the shot that follows.
The control of my mind and the negative thoughts like this were an incredibly important part of my challenge. Particularly since I had applied so much pressure on myself by writing a monthly article in Golf Digest and blogging on the internet.
I worked with some very clever people during the year who helped me develop a variety of techniques which will be in the Ebook I am releasing next week. And I can safely say that without these techniques there is absolutely no way I’d have broken par.
Absolutely fascinating. I watched the whole video on Youtube and I have to say that guys ability to control people is amazing.
But as you rightly say this is exactly what we all do on the course. I’m very much looking forward to this ebook!
Peter