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============================================================== [ TomTuckerGolf.com Tips ] Issue 214 - Date 10/24/12 ============================================================== Newsletters Archive: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/archive.html Hundreds of Great Tips and Articles to help you improve your game. IN THIS ISSUE: - Tom's Featured Tip: Brain - Body Tricks - Tom's Bonus Tip: NEW - Newsletters Archive - Lesson Comments: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/testimonials.html - Sponsors: The Batavia Country Club, Chestnut Hill CC, Plum Creek Driving Range and PGA Golf Simulator Click here for details about the October 50% off sale for simulator time at Plum Creek: http://www.BataviaGolf.com If you want to respond to this newsletter, PLEASE DO NOT hit reply, email sent via reply gets auto-deleted. Instead, please FORWARD your reply to ttucker@rochester.rr.com and I'll get it directly. It's set up this way to avoid spam replies, which were clogging up my mailbox. Thanks! Tom Tucker http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/ If you like this newsletter, please do me a favor and forward it to your friends so that they may subscribe: Subscribe - http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/signup.html The Unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this newsletter. ============================================================== Tom's Featured Tip: Brain - Body Tricks ============================================================== For the sake of simplicity, all advice on swings and drills is provided from a right handed perspective; lefties .... well, you know what to do :-) There are a couple of very simple thought processes that you can utilize to help your brain influence your body to improve your game and your scoring. One has to do with confidence, another with stress, and please allow me to tell you a quick story that makes me a believer. A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to tape a commercial for the practice facility where I work - The Plum Creek Driving Range - at WBTA Radio in Batavia. I met with the President and GM of the station, Dan Fisher, who was a real pro. I had some thoughts written on a sheet of paper provided by Mark Pflaumer, Plum Creek's owner, and I read through them a couple of times. When they were played back, I sounded pretty vanilla, so Dan spiced things up significantly by telling me to smile while I was speaking. The results were astoundingly better - more projection, more dynamic, more enthusiastic. Since golf is played with the body - but won with the mind, here are two ways that brain - body trick's can apply to golf. The first brain - body trick has to do with confidence. Carry yourself with confidence, even after a bad shot, and your next swing at least has a chance to be better. Here's exactly what I mean by "carry yourself with confidence": 1) Walk into your shot (always approach the ball from the rear) with a confident stride, not slumpy and slouchy because you just hit a bad shot. Walk tall, chin high, with a purposeful gait. 2) Have a look of confidence on your face - a relaxed smile, not a terse, tense, frown. 3) Visualize a beautiful shot, do not permit the thought of failure to enter your mind. 4) Then execute your pre shot routine and make a good pass at the ball The second brain - body trick has to do with stress and nervousness. Stress and nervousness are both inevitable, so don't try to ignore anything - simply acknowledge their presence then go about your business. You can do this by using Sales Training 101 - Rebuttals by Using the Word "And" to get past objections. In this golf analogy, objections would be stress or nervousness. Here are a some examples: You have a fast, five foot, downhill, left to right slider putt, your worst case scenario because you have trouble with this type of putt. Here's what you should say to yourself: "I have a tough putt, the type I hate the most, AND I'm going to roll it right into the cup." You have a tight lie for a twenty yard pitch, the type that you usually hit fat or thin. Here's what you should say to yourself: "This is a tough, nervous shot for me, AND I'm going to "stick it" right next to the flagstick!". Brain- body tricks can take care of a large portion self created stress and allow your unconscious mind to let your body play golf without unnecessary interference. I know this all may sound a little strange, but try it, you'll like it. In fact, give it a try with day to day activities besides golf as well. I've always taught my kids that it doesn't cost a dime more to be positive - so why not be that way? Enjoy your golf, Tom ============================================================== Tom's Bonus Tip: NEW - Newsletter Archive ============================================================== For the sake of simplicity, all advice on swings and drills is provided from a right handed perspective; lefties .... well, you know what to do :-) If you looked at the number of this issue - 214 - and thought you may have missed a few issues, you didn't. I've updated the issue number to conform with all of my past newsletter broadcasts for easy reference. Last week I got ambitious and decided to install all of my past newsletter issues on my website for the benefit of my faithful newsletter subscribers. The newsletters archive is located here: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/archive.html and it's only available to newsletter subscribers. You'll find literally hundreds of tips within this collection to help you get better at golf. I'll continue to post the link near the top of each issue for easy access, but it won't be posted on my website. I hope you enjoy going through the articles which date back to December, 2006! I think you'll find them to be very interesting. Enjoy your golf, Tom ============================================================= Golf Lessons ============================================================= I conduct lessons at The Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility there's a link with info here: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/ Lessons are available for all ages and skill levels, please contact me - Tom Tucker - at (716) 474 3005 or at ttucker@rochester.rr.com for more information. Rates: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/lessonrates.html Testimonials: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/testimonials.html If you want to test your putting stroke preference compatibility with various hosel styles and shaft placement options, please contact me to set up an appointment. I have the three basic hosel styles available in a putter head with the ability to adjust the shaft placement from heel to mid to center. Call my cell (716 474 3005) or email me at ttucker@rochester.rr.com for details or to make an appointment. It can be done indoors or outdoors, so weather conditions are not a factor. ============================================================== Sponsors ============================================================== Batavia Country Club - http://www.bataviacc.com The best greens in WNY Chestnut Hill CC - http://www.chestnuthillcc.com Low greens fees, great course! Plum Creek Driving Range - http://www.BataviaGolf.com Play golf all winter on the indoor simulator. Courses, leagues, lessons, and personal available! ============================================================== All the best, Tom Tucker Teaching Pro, Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility WGTF "Top 100 Golf Teacher" USGTF Class "A" Teaching Professional Cell: (716) 474-3005 Email: ttucker@rochester.rr.com http://www.TomTuckerGolf.com http://www.usgtf.com/top_100_wgtf.html Success Loves Preparation ~ Anonymous |