Affirm, Visualize, and Commit: A Simple Process To Lower Your Golf Score

Affirm, Visualize, and Commit: A Simple Process To Lower Your Golf Score

Throughout the years, I have heard professional golfers and the greats in the game talk about how they would "will" the ball to their target. This ability has always fascinated me and a skill that the majority of golfers would like to possess. So I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you a way on how you too can make this possible in your golf game. This simple process I am going to discuss works, and based on the science of the Law of Attraction and the power of intention. By incorporating this simple strategy into your pre-shot routine you will notice an increase in your ability to consistently hit better shots and begin learning how to "will" your ball to your target. I call this process Affirm, Visualize, and Commit.

Step 1 Affirm: Affirming what you want whether verbally or mentally sets into motion the law of attraction and intention. It is very important to high level performance to deliberately declare what you want your outcome to be. What most people don't understand is that their mind will affirm and project things anyways, and the challenge is for most people that these are typically negative thoughts. So rather than having your intentions about the outcome of your shoot be an unconscious thought, consciously choose the thoughts that are in alignment with what you want to create.

What is also equally important to consciously choosing your thoughts before a shot is to make sure that you always affirm your outcome in a positive way. For example, if you have to tee off and hit over a water hazard instead of saying to yourself "don't hit this one in the water," affirm powerfully to yourself "I will hit my target on the fairway." I know this sounds very simple yet it is so important because your subconscious mind always moves towards your most dominate thought. In addition, the subconscious mind doesn't understand negative connotations in speech. If I tell you "Don't think of a pink elephant," your mind immediately thinks of a pink elephant. Most golfers are unaware of this fact about the subconscious mind and making this simple shift in the language of your self-talk can make all the difference in producing better results on the golf course.

Here are some examples of negative thoughts to eliminate during a round and before any shot:

"Don't hook this drive."

"Don't hit that trap."

"Don't lag this putt."

"Don't put this one in the trees."

Shift these thoughts into empowered self-talk:

"Hit a solid straight drive."

"This is going right to my target."

"This putt is going in."

"Put this down the fairway."

To recap, step 1 is to Affirm in a positive way your outcome before every shot.

Step 2 Visualize: I think the old saying, "keep your eye on the ball," should be slightly changed to be, "keep your mind's eye on the ball." The use of visualization has been scientifically proven to increase performance in all sports. It is important to understand that every thought we have affects our bodies. What happens when you are driving down the road and see flashing lights in your rearview mirror? The thought of getting pulled over immediately causes your body to respond. Every thought we have creates a psychosomatic response in the body and your thoughts on the golf course do in fact affect your performance. Negative thoughts of doubt, anger, and pessimism produce tension in the body which will inhibit your ability to execute your swing properly. Holding positive thoughts vividly in your mind have been shown to produce an increase in coordination, motor skills, fluidity of movements, and execution regardless of the sport.

Another important thing to know about the subconscious mind is that the inner mind doesn't discern the difference between something real and something vividly imagined. In other words, the more vivid your visualization the better the results you will produce. So after you did step 1 and affirmed your outcome, take a moment before every shot to visualize yourself as real and as vividly as you can executing your outcome perfectly. Visualize yourself swinging flawlessly. Experience in your mind's eye, a smooth, rhythmic backswing and as you release your swing it stays right on plane making perfect contact with the ball. Imagine your ball traveling with the perfect trajectory and right on path to your target. Finally, visualize your ball landing right on your target and set up perfectly for your next shot. Always visualize your shot being executed flawlessly every time. The more real you can make the experience the more your subconscious mind will work in your favor to cause your body to execute in a way to produce the desired result. Think of step 1 and 2 as success programming for your mind.

Step 3 Commit: After you have programmed your subconscious mind by affirming your outcome and visualizing your success, you no longer need to think about anything. It's now time to fully commit to your shot, step up, and make it happen. When I use the word commit what I am really talking about is having faith and trust in your ability to execute. One way and perhaps the most important way to fully commit to a shot is by releasing all thoughts when stepping over the ball. On the golf course we produce our best results when we perform with conscious effort and just let our bodies do the actions without thinking. When a golfer is in the zone what that means is they have stopped the vast majority of conscious thoughts and are simply allowing their body to execute. By following the first 2 steps, you have already done all the necessary thinking to produce success. Since you have affirmed your outcome and visualized the success in your mind's eye no more thoughts are required. The goal now becomes fully committing to the shot and to perform with as little thoughts as possible. So as you stand over the ball, hold in mind one simple thought, "Commit" and then just let it rip. Let your mind turn off over the ball and notice how well you execute without any conscious effort. Trust in the mental programming you did before your shot and know that your subconscious mind will cause your body to respond in the way needed to produce the desired result. Commit to your positive programming and the expectation of success, your body will then do all the work.

Some of the game's most historic golfers have learned how to will the ball to their target. You now know the secret. All that's left is to do is consistently apply this simple process to each shot and reap the rewards of better execution on the course.

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