I was reading a really interesting article by Ben Shuff in the Daily Iowan of all places.  The article looks at the concept of staying mentally sharp throughout an 18-hole round.  Not an epiphany you may think, but way too many golfers, both amateur and professional focus solely, or a majority of their efforts, on physical training rather than brain training! Shuff went on to detail how the Iowa men's head golf coach, Mark Hankins, holds a formal session once a week designed to improve the mental aspect of each player's golf game. These sessions consist of exercises, coaching lectures, looking over handouts, or reading articles that offer insight to the mental side of golf.  Brilliant!

To quote from the article: "Golf is probably one of the hardest mental sports there is because it's just you versus yourself, and you against the golf course," Hankins said. "Basically, what you have is about four-and-a-half hours of walking and time to think. If you get the right things in your mind, that can be good. If you allow the wrong things to come in your mind, that can be bad."

Take a long hard look at the multitude of golf training aids there are out there on the Internet and you’ll note that there are not a great many that help to focus on one of the most important factors in achieving that excellent swing: Focus and Visualisation.  Give some thought to the fact that, you can train and practice, practice, practice, but until you master control over your focus, you might not be able to progress much further.

Consider a superb golf training aid; a neuro-linguistic programming derived relaxation and visualisation technique in the form of a recording called Golf Power Hour.  If you feel you might benefit from mastering visualisation, you might want to focus your attention on this sort of training aid.  To listen to a sample, simply click here!