Hypnosis is a familiar word to many people. Hypnosis is commonly misrepresented and misunderstood. What is Hypnosis? Hypnosis Is: a state of inner absorption, concentration and heightened, focused attention. It is like using a magnifying glass to focus the...
Mental Performance
Mental Game Issues in Performance
There are many things that can potentially disrupt a person's performance. Athletes have a tendency to create labels, generally negative self-appraisals, for a difficulty rather then understand it from a mind-body perspective. I find it interesting to hear the...
Mindset for Peak Performance: Psychological Resilience
As Arnold Palmer put it “Success in this game depends less on strength of body than strength of mind and character.” Strength of mind is a good description for a Peak Performance Mindset. One of the things that contributed to Arnold Palmer’s success was his mental...
Golf Builds Skills and Character
Golf for the most part is played without supervision of a referee. A central principle of golf: “Play the ball as it lies, play the course as you find it, and if you cannot do either, do what is fair”. Golf, like life, relies on the integrity of the players. Whether...
Staying Positive In a Negative Situation
Many times we are unaware of our self-talk; therefore, it can sabotage our performance without our even realizing it. Negative self-talk produces negative feelings, physical tension, as well as decreased motor coordination and speed – clearly it will impede your...
Mental Strategy
Mental errors are avoidable with strong mental performance skills. Although most people agree golf is a mental game few golfers really work on their mental game skills. To achieve your full potential in sport performance mastery of a variety of fundamental mental...