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TomTuckerGolf.com Golf Tips Newsletter Issue 551 - Wed. April 3rd, 2019 Website Newsletters Archive |
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USGTF Class "A" Teaching Professional
WGTF "Top 100" Teacher IGPA Certified Golf Psychology Coach |
If you don't take action, you'll never improve. Prepare to play your best golf by doing something now! Lesson Comments: What Students Have To Say Sponsors: Plum Creek Driving Range Batavia Country Club Open For Play Chestnut Hill Country Club Open For Play Click here: INDOOR GOLF LESSONS for details on how to improve your game over the winter. Plum Creek Driving Range, Batavia, NY, Open All Year Simulator Course Play Specials: BataviaGolf.com Call 585-993-0930 or Email Mark to reserve simulator time! Buy Gift Certificates for Lessons Sample Gift Certificate Golf lessons - Outdoor and Indoor - are available at Plum Creek. Please call me (Tom Tucker) 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: Should You Try To Avoid Negative Thoughts After Bad Shot? For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective. Most of you probably answered "yes" to the question posed in this week's tip headline, but you're actually incorrect. Here's a quick but invaluable mental game tip explaining how you should process your thoughts when you play, enjoy. One of the biggest misconceptions in golf is that we have to always think in a certain way to perform at our best To most people, that means avoidance of all negative thoughts after a bad shot. But that's not realistic, because negative thoughts will make an appearance after a bad shot for all of us. That's only natural. We need to understand that it's not the negative thoughts that cause our issues, it's our resistance to how we're thinking or feeling at the moment that causes that tension. For example, standing in the rough thinking about how you screwed up the shot you just blocked to the right, you say to yourself "wait a minute, I'm supposed to think positive thoughts only" - that's the resistance that causes the problems. Instead of worrying about blocking the shot again, just allow those initial thoughts to enter your mind, observe them, and then return your thoughts to your direct experience, which is staying in the moment and hitting your next shot towards the target. Don't allow your thoughts about your last shot to cloud that experience. I'm sure that most of you are like me after making a bad shot. I'm thinking why did I shank it, block it, hit it fat, etc. and that's all absolutely normal. When that happens, always remember this - those thoughts don't have any power until we try to resist them. Don't fret over the negatives. The key is to just observe those negative thoughts then let them float by like they're're floating down a river. Don't fight them. Get very engaged in what you are doing in the moment so that the negative thoughts won't really register in your brain. Recognize that you will have negative thoughts about a shot or situation from time to time, but you can observe them without giving them more thought if you train yourself to do so. Work on this aspect of your thought process, it's well worth the effort. Not only will your scoring improve, but so will your enjoyment of the game. Try this, you'll definitely like it! Comments: ttucker@rochester.rr.com Love your practice, own your swing, own your health, 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 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 (585) 343-7600 www.bataviacc.com Great rates, the best greens in WNY. Golf Digest Four Star rating for public courses to play in New York State. Tee times online or by phone in season. FISH FRYS AT BCC and other delicious dinner specials with soup and salad bar - Fridays, 4pm - 9pm Chestnut Hill Country Club (585)-547-3613 www.chestnuthillgolf.com THE WESTERN NEW YORK LEADER IN GOLF OUTINGS! Only minutes from Buffalo, open to the public. Tee times online or by phone in season. All the best, Tom Tucker Teaching Pro, Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility WGTF ' "Top 100 Golf Teacher" USGTF Class "A" Teaching Professional IGPA Certified Golf Psychology Coach Cell: (716) 474-3005 Email: ttucker@rochester.rr.com http://www.TomTuckerGolf.com "There are no substitutes in the quest for perfection!" ~ Ben Hogan |
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