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Prepare to play your best golf by doing something now! To comment or respond to this newsletter, please click here ttucker@rochester.rr.com In This Issue - Tom's Featured Tip: Play Better by Feeling Better - Tom's Bonus Tip: Try This Great Training Aid - Lesson Comments: What Students Have To Say - Sponsors: Batavia Country Club Chestnut Hill Country Club Plum Creek Driving Range and PGA AboutGolf.com Golf Simulator Click here: INDOOR GOLF LESSONS for details on how to improve your game over the winter. PLUM CREEK DRIVING RANGE IN BATAVIA, NY, IS OPEN ALL YEAR Check out the Equipment & Apparel and Simulator Course Play Specials: http://www.plumcreekdrivingrange.com Call 585-993-0930 or email Mark at plumcreek4@rochester.rr.com to reserve your simulator time! Buy Gift Certificates for Lessons Sample Gift Certificate Golf lessons - Outdoor and Indoor - are available at Plum Creek, please call me at 716 474 3005, email me at ttucker@rochester.rr.com, or visit my website at http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/lessonrates.html for details. Subscribe - http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/signup.html If you like this newsletter, please do me a favor and forward it to your friends so that they may subscribe, thanks! The Unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this newsletter. Tom's Featured Tip: Play Better by Feeling Better 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! I am a big fan of mental tips from recognized experts like Michael Anthony. I saw this in one of his books and had to pass it along, enjoy. There are two approaches to improve your mental game. The direct approach is to become totally positive, completely focused on the process and play in the present on instinct without thinking. However, this is easier said than done. The indirect approach is to work at gradually eliminating all of the negative emotions that are on your tape until you are ready to move up to the direct approach. Both approaches improve your chemistry and improve your performance. Most golfers relate easier to the indirect path because they can readily see the direct correlation between their negative emotions and poor performance. Since your tape does a great job of having you repeat your past negative thoughts and actions, it is obvious what you have to change to improve. Why not work on both approaches at the same time? Start by becoming aware of how easy it is to improve your performance by improving your attitude. Make sure that your glass is always half full, instead of half empty. Notice the correlations between how your performance improves when you feel good. The medical profession is very aware that placebos work. They work because if they make you feel better and you believe they will help you, your chemistry increases and improves your body's ability to heal itself. The placebo effect works for golf as well. How many times have you seen a golfer blame his or her putting woes on their putter. Isn't it amazing how sometimes using a new or different putter can miraculously cause a golfer to start sinking almost every putt he or she tries? When you buy a new set of golf clubs, do you find that you play better initially and then your game starts to fall off? Better clubs will help you play better because of improved technology. Plus, new clubs will help you play better by making you feel better until the newness wears off. Since most of us can't afford to keep buying new clubs to feel better, why not simply decide to change your attitude and keep your glass half full. If you do, you will feel better and play better. Love your practice, enjoy your golf, own your swing, Tom Tom's Bonus Tip: Try This Great Training Aid 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! A few weeks ago I started tested a training a called the Tour Striker Smart Ball, and frankly I can't say enough about it. It works better and is easier to use than anything else I've ever used to get students to feel a good connection during their swing. One of the bigest problems that I encounter as a golf teacher is students losing their connection during their swing. This means that their elbows start getting too far apart from each other, they "chicken wing" away from the body, and a good swing goes out the window. In the past I've tried a few things, towels under the armpits, Impact Balls that are too heavy and fall out of your arms - and you end up chasing them all around the range, etc., etc.,. Then Martin Chuck came up with the idea of attaching an inflatable ball to a lanyard and all the problems were solved. Here's a brief youtube video of how it's used: Tour Striker Smart Ball I loved this tool so much that I became an affiliate to promote it. You can buy one through my affiliate link for the Tour Striker Smart Ball, and yes, I do make a couple of bucks if you buy through me, so thanks in advance if you get one! Love your practice, enjoy your golf, own your swing, Tom Golf Lessons I conduct lessons at The Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility there's a link for Plum Creek 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 email me at ttucker@rochester.rr.com for more information. Outdoor Lessons Details and Rates: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/lessonrates.html Indoor Lessons Details and Rates: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/indoor.html Driver Fitting Rates: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/indoor.html Testimonials: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/testimonials.html Sponsors Plum Creek Driving Range and Simulator Outdoor range and play indoor golf on any of our 40 Simulator Courses. Call 585-993-0930 or email Mark at plumcreek4@rochester.rr.com to reserve time for simulator play or practice! Batavia Country Club Best greens in WNY, great rates. www.bataviacc.com Chestnut Hill CC Great rates, 20 minutes East of Buffalo, NY . 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 "There are no substitutes in the quest for perfection!" ~ Ben Hogan |
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