The Most Important Shot in Golf?
Dr. Tony Piparo
International Best Selling Author, Speaker, Performance Psychologist, Golf Teaching Professional, and Mental Health Coach
The most important shot in golf is the one you’re about to hit.? To be successful you must give your full attention to this shot and this shot alone.? What happened before or what could happen later are of no consequence.?
But where should your attention be and how do you keep it there throughout execution of the shot?? In my humble opinion, a golfer’s attention should be directed at a distant target.? Of course, that distance is much further on full swings than it is on short game shots.?
Directing your attention to a pre-selected target is the only focus that keeps your mind and eyes quiet during the shot.? Thinking about your mechanics or creating mechanical swing cues inadvertently cause your eyes to move to determine the accuracy of your mechanics.? Why that’s the case will be discussed in my next post.?
Thinking about what happened on previous shots, along with the accompanying emotions also cause eye movement.? You may not be aware of your eyes moving but it is happening none-the-less.?
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Fear of hitting the ball other than where you want programs your eyes to move in the direction of your fears.? If that occurs prior to impact, your swing will change to allow you to look in the direction of your fears destroying your mechanics.? Thinking about any of the hazards you face on the shot at hand produces the same effects.? Trying to keep your eyes on the ball may keep your eyes still but may also cause you to become ball bound – not conducive to good ball striking.?
Directing your attention completely to a pre-selected target is the only way to keep your eyes and mind quiet during the shot.? It’s also the only way to keep your mind in the present and to keep negative thoughts and they’re accompanying emotions from destroying your focus and performance.?
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