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COULD IT BE POSSILBE???
0/09/08 - click here

HARRINGTON DOUBLE!!!!
05/08/08 - click here

A DOUBLE SCOTCH
15 /07/08 - click here

TOUGH TIMES AHEAD
30 /06/08 - click here

TIGER'S GLORY
20 /06/08 - click here

LEARNING HOW TO LEARN
04 /06/08 - click here

SPECIAL OFFER!!
15 /05/08 - click here

CLARKE MAGIC!!
29 /04/08 - click here

A MIND FOR BUSINESS WITH THE MIND FACTOR
25 /03/08 - click here

McDOWELL MAGIC!!
18 /03/08 - click here

SPECIAL ISSUE NEWSLETTER
04/03/08 - click here

SEARCH FOR CHANGES
06/02/08 - click here

BELIEFS - USEFUL OR NOT?
22/01/08 - click here

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS
04/01/08 - click here

IDEAL CHRISTMAS PRESENT
05 /12/07 - click here

END OF TERM REPORT
05 /12/07 - click here

RESILIENCE
23 /10/07 - click here

VICTORY and GLORIOUS DEFEAT
11 /09/07 - click here

A SENIOR MOMENT
23 /08/07 - click here

MIND FACTOR COURSE IN MANCHESTER
14 /07/07 - click here

TRAIN YOUR GOLF BRAIN GOES DUTCH
22 /06/07 - click here

THE "MIND FACTOR"
16 /06/07 - click here

15 /05/07 - click here

THE MIND FACTOR COMES TO BURHILL GOLF & LEISURE
01 /05/07 - click here

THINKING ABOUT THINKING
18 /04/07 - click here

THE MIND FACTOR COMES TO LONDON
10 /04/07 - click here

THE "MIND FACTOR"
16 /03/07 - click here

WHAT MAKES A GOOD COACH?
14 /03/07 - click here

WINTERTIME
14 /02/07 - click here

WHY DON’T GOALS SEEM to WORK?
25 /01/07 - click here

PRACTICE TO MEAN SOMETHING
04 /09/06 - click here

OPEN & SHUT!
26/07/06 - click here

OPEN SEASON
05/07/06 - click here

THE NATURE OF THE MIND
29/06/06 - click here

IS THERE A FORMULA TO SUCCESS
29/05/06 - click here

A PATH TO SUCCESS
11/05/06 - click here

MORE THAN A GOLFER
27/04/06 - click here

IS IT A FEELING OR IS IT ENERGY
03/04/06 - click here

THAT NERVOUS FEELING
20/03/06 - click here

SOMETHING IN THE AIR
06/03/06 - click here

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
20/02/06 - click here

THE POWER OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
06/02/06 - click here

THE POWER OF QUESTIONS
23/01/06 - click here

CHANGE OR NO CHANGE??
12/01/06 - click here

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Golf Psychology Newsletter - IS IT A FEELING OR IS IT ENERGY?

Welcome again to Train Your Golf Brain newsletter.

GEORGIA ON OUR MIND!

Masters week once again!

That time of the year which for many really signals the start of the golfing year. Winter is finally drawing to an end and the prospect of better weather and decent course conditions. Who will win the Masters? It could be a good bet on Luke Donald who is playing some seriously steady golf at present.

Having just returned from the Portuguese Open which was played at the beautiful Penina Resort, many congratulations to Paul Broadhurst for his fine victory.

IS IT A FEELING OR IS IT ENERGY?

If there is one thing we need to get good at to become the best we can be at golf, it is to gain some control over our emotions. As a genius recently pointed out to me, this ‘mind stuff’ is ok, but it doesn’t get us to hit the ball any straighter. This was, in fact, an example of someone who really doesn’t get it! That is precisely because most of the time we don’t hit it straight in golf that we need to develop mental skills in conjunction to acquiring sound physical mechanics.

Someone asked me recently if there was a particular book or person who had influenced me the most in terms of the work that I do. Difficult question!! Yet, if I had to narrow it down to say a top five of the ‘most influential’ books that I have ever read then Stephen Wolinsky’s ‘Quantum Consciousness’ would rate extremely high.

For the first time, Wolinsky enabled me to understand that feelings, be they anger, sadness, joy or jealousy were actually E-Motions. That is, the fact that the feelings were all made up of energy to which I had attached a label such as anger.

NOW, WHAT DOES ENERGY WANT TO DO?

It wants to move but the problem is that when we put a label such as ‘anger’ to it, then the energy becomes blocked and we get to keep the feeling. Not only do we get to keep the feeling, we then get to dread having the feeling. This is the way of constantly being at the mercy of our ever-changing emotions.

The following is an exercise from Wolinsky which you can directly apply to your golf or life to help find a way out of the Emotional Trap:

Recall a story or memory when you felt angry
Allow the feeling to come into your body
Notice where in your body the anger is occurring
Notice the size and shape of the anger
Take your attention away from the ‘story’ as to why you are angry
De-label the anger and see it as energy.
For more information on DE-LABELLING energy, take a look at the cd series ‘Train your Putting Brain’ on www.golf-brain.com.

RESEARCH

LEARNING MOTOR SKILLS

To quote Dr Gregory A Mihailoff a professor of neurobiology at the University of Mississippi :

“In learning to make a typical multi-joint movement, two neurologically relevant points seem reasonably clear. First, the movement must be practiced and to be MOST effective, every repetition should be as true to the desired form as possible. Second, the ‘conscious’ cerebral cortex control needs to be ELIMINATED from the performance of the movements as SOON as is FEASABLE.” .

KEY LEARNING

Are you working at your game with the INTENTION of letting go of the ‘conscious control’ element?
Do you have a Thinking Zone and then a Playing Zone?

Share these tips with your fellow golfers and forward this email to them!

More tools and techniques for assisting memory are available in the Golf Brain series at www.golf-brain.com.

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