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- divinediva, on 04/04/2009, -3/+10Concentration is vital to playing better golf and having productive workouts.
- rolf, on 04/05/2009, -1/+7This must be apply to advanced golf players.
Perhaps it's because they're progressing backwards. When you become good at something, the learning curve is unconscious incompetence, conscious incompetence, conscious competence, unconscious competence. When someone on the computer, they start with the tedious hunt and peck method without knowing it is bad. Then they realize how slow they are, continue with but find methods to improve. As time goes on, they become accustomed to concept of the home row and other such things but still have to look down at the keyboard every so often. With practice, they eventually reach a point where they sit down on a computer, never look at the keyboard, and begin touch typing without problems.
Since the first point is unconscious incompetence, conscious competence is the next step - and there, when you focus on what you are doing, you become slightly better. So you learn that focus is good. But by the time you reach unconscious competence, focus sets you back to conscious competence, one step back. You second guess yourself on moves you already have down and stumble. - Banhus, on 04/05/2009, -0/+6A quote from Zen in the Art of Archery that I thought pertains to this... "What is true of archery and swordsmanship also applies to all the other arts. Thus, mastery in ink painting is only attained when the hand, exercising perfect control over technique, executes what hovers before the mind’s eye at the same moment as the mind begins to form it, without there being a hair’s breadth between. Painting then becomes spontaneous calligraphy. Here again the painter’s instructions might be: spend ten years observing bamboos, become a bamboo yourself,then forget everything and ˙ paint. "
- benzeneBoy, on 04/05/2009, -1/+5I think what this article is describing is an example of what psychologists call "flow". The article's title is poorly worded; the key is to stop self-conscious thoughts ( such as thinking about technique or how you swing the club, etc ) rather than to stop concentrating altogether.
flow:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)
even though the word "flow" was coined in 1975, it has been described over and over again in ancient texts. One good example would be "The Unfettered Mind", written by Takuan Soho in the 16th century. - Dinsdale77, on 04/04/2009, -1/+4Oh, that's easy, I'll tell those PGA guys just to not think about the millions of dollars on the line.
- Cilicious, on 04/05/2009, -0/+3"Be the ball."
- d3dm, on 04/05/2009, -0/+3Buh-na-na-na-na-nahhh.
- Eslamicolt3, on 04/05/2009, -0/+3Bobby Jones, one of the greatest golfers of all time, was famous for his habit of just walking up to the ball and hitting it without any practice swings or concentration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5XeiFcLyGw&fea ... - libbb, on 04/05/2009, -1/+3Lack of concentration huh? Well lets smoke a bowl...
- insomniacal, on 04/05/2009, -0/+2I'm no golfer, but I know from disc golf and Ultimate that I throw best when I take the least time to think. Conscious thought doesn't tap into already-programmed muscle memory nearly as well as instinct does.
- marksweb, on 04/05/2009, -0/+2true. but this is concentration in a different sense. Concentrating too much on what you're doing wont help. I know that from all my years on a golf course.
And its been my rookie year playing (american) football this year, the few times i've messed up there have been the few times i've really been thinking about what i have to do, instead of just doing what i've trained to do. - Rudegar, on 04/05/2009, -0/+2so you play better drunk?
- protogenxl, on 04/05/2009, -0/+2Shhhhh Balls Don't Talk
- protogenxl, on 04/05/2009, -0/+2This is a hybrid. This is a cross, ah, of Bluegrass, Kentucky Bluegrass, Featherbed Bent, and Northern California Sensemilia. The amazing stuff about this is, that you can play 36 holes on it in the afternoon, take it home and just get stoned to the bejeezus-belt that night on this stuff.
- Version03, on 04/05/2009, -0/+2I would agree but the thing about golf is, you cannot focus too much on what you are doing. The best rounds I have shot were rounds where I basically just didn't take the game too seriously.
- calbff, on 04/05/2009, -0/+2I'm typically a introspective person, and this article is dead-on. Golf requiers a zen-like thought process, hence why I suck so horrifically. When I'm half in the bag on the course, I'm not thinking and as a result, I golf quite well.
- protogenxl, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking. So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-galunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.
- tman9084, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1I've decided to apply this to disc golf. When ever I putt I try so hard to make sure the disc leaves my hand perfectly level that i usually make a carless mistake.
- tman9084, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1Im sure you would be as long as there were no birds flying by or airplanes or the trees blowing in the wind or a car going by or.....
- lowtolerance, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1It makes sense. There is really no way you're accurately going to be able to consciously determine and execute the exact coordination required to nail the appropriate trajectory, but perhaps the subconscious is better about figuring out some of this stuff. I'm horrible at golf, but I know that can't win a game of pool unless I'm really distracted.
- forg0tmypen, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1Absolutly spot on. Where did you learn this thinking?
- Draous, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1Smoking weed gives me a longer attention span.
- CJArgus, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1I came in here to say this.
- protogenxl, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1you are off by 13 years
- zantos420, on 04/05/2009, -1/+2no wonder corporate fat cats are so good at golf ...
- GordonClass, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1When your over the ball you shouldn't be thinking about anything other than putting it where you want it. If your thing about technique then you just have too much going on.
- gfox, on 04/06/2009, -0/+1I try to apply every golf article I read to disc golf
- Larssonk22, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1True true, its the same in martial arts, thought slows you down, it overloads the neurosytem with multiple options when there should be only one. As Bruce Lee said, "Don't Think ..Feel"
Get "in the zone" - indubitably, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1yeah i remember seeing a report on the topic a year or two back (perhaps on 60 minutes). they mapped the brain activity of olympic archers and it showed a flurry of activity while the archer took aim but moments before they shot, their brain displayed a trance like calmness.
- cassaffousth, on 04/06/2009, -0/+1Yeah, that's why they want silence!
- mp12321, on 04/06/2009, -0/+1Concentrate on technique on the practice range, focus on the shot when playing the course. We (golfers) all know that you shouldn't try and change your technique while on the course...so why even bother thinking about it? Walk up, address ball, swing. Simple.
How often have you failed to get out of a bunker because you were focussing on how to swing the club to ge the ball out, then you basically "give up" and walk up to the ball and swing the club...what happens? The ball flies out perfectly onto the green. You have disengaged your brain from worrying about technique and it works!
Same for putting. How often have you walked up to a putt and just trusted your technique and instinct and the ball just goes straight in the hole? Master technique, trust your instinct. http://www.masterputting.com - Optiks, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1Ah, Carl Spackler Bent.
Cannonball! Cannonball coming!
http://tinyurl.com/cy4mu9 - d3dm, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1Cinderella story, out of nowhere, former greenskeeper, now about to become the Masters champion...
Oh look! A chicken! - stackered, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1LOL Digg is ridiculous these days.
- Draous, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1Yeah i was going to make a similar comment, archery without a sight requires a certain lack of focus and just being more one with the bow and arrow, feeling the shot rather than trying to see it.
- PanicAK, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1I am not a good golfer by any means. Last time I played I was not expecting any miracles, as I was getting drunk and just goofing off with some friends. The first three holes I hit the green every time, so I started to take it seriously, and my game went to ***** from there. The harder I tried the worse it got.
- Draous, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1Mini-golf? you're talking about putting, not driving.
- supercibor, on 09/20/2009, -0/+1The most important round of your golfing life follows.
Get ready for some outside-the-box thinking for improving your
golf game. You probably never thought of Thumbs Down® as a
positive thing, but now it may be. In fact, this negative expression
is the best thing that ever happened to your ball striking, and possibly
your entire golf game.
http://www.simplegolfswingtiger.com/ - inactive, on 04/23/2009, -0/+0yep, that must so... how often do you play?
http://www.dealadaygolf.com/ - TOGolfer, on 04/16/2009, -0/+0The researcher is correct, he simply has no explaination of how to do this. Offering a 'trick' is typical of academic research unfortunately as this then get's passed on to the PGA as another 'tip'. To play target oriented golf requires a detailed understanding of your attentional focus sytem and how external auditory, internal auditory (your thoughts) and visual sources all compete for your attention focus.
If you are interested in understanding the detail of target orientation, take time to look at my work at http://www.targetorientedgolf.com. If you have any questions after reading, listening and watching, please don't hesistate to contact me. - LonelyTylenoL, on 04/05/2009, -1/+1As much as I would think this is nonsense, I have experienced days where I played a round of Mini-gold without really trying that hard (but still playing properly with a bit of care) while in the end getting the most hole-in-ones in one game ever...
There probably should be some more in depth psychological studies dealing with this phenomenon... - golfclubset, on 09/17/2009, -0/+0Technique is the most important thing in golf! Ask any golfers you know and they will say that the key is technique. But do you know how golf clubs are important? Do you know how to choose the right golf club?
http://golfclubcompletesets.net/golf-clubs-beginne ... - ha3er0, on 06/16/2009, -2/+2I have ADD, so I must be good at golf ;)
- opengolf0744, on 05/18/2009, -0/+0hey i think you are right that now i am try to apply every golf article and prove it on golf sets
http://opengolf.co.uk - herher123, on 08/19/2009, -0/+0lol
- cdm2009, on 08/29/2009, -0/+0The gist of the article is, when under pressure don't focus on your technique, but rather focus on the shot at hand. Practice works on technique.
http://hubpages.com/hub/golftipstobreak100 -
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