{"id":2456,"date":"2011-02-26T00:23:46","date_gmt":"2011-02-26T07:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robertfagan.com\/?p=2456"},"modified":"2011-06-17T19:20:25","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T02:20:25","slug":"improving-your-golf-game-getting-to-the-next-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/coaching\/golf-coaching\/2456\/improving-your-golf-game-getting-to-the-next-level","title":{"rendered":"Improving Your Golf Game – Getting To \u201cThe Next Level\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>So often I see young golfers being counseled about how to get to \u201cthe next level\u201d in their golf games.\u00a0 The advice typically includes work with a swing instructor, time in the gym exercising or running on trails, and careful nutrition. \u00a0\u00a0It might also include consulting a sports psychologist and most definitely competition and practice, lots of it.\u00a0 The same scenario goes on in other sports and the business world as well.\u00a0 Physical preparation and mental strategies will only take you so far.<\/p>\n

When competitors fall short, the blame story sounds like \u201cyou didn\u2019t want it badly enough or work hard enough.\u201d\u00a0 The translation to the individual is that they must work harder, practice and exercise more \u2013 all assumptions that success in competition is predicated upon physical prowess.\u00a0 Though well intended, this is a blow to the psyche and spirit of our aspiring competitor.\u00a0 How sad!<\/p>\n

Blame creates shame, a first-cousin of fear.\u00a0 And no one succeeds at the highest levels driven by or holding onto fear. \u00a0Taking your game to \u201cthe next level\u201d is always accompanied by a vision of love, passion, and joy \u2013 minimizing fear, judgment, scarcity and the like.\u00a0 In essence, you must become more comfortable in your own skin.\u00a0 The reason is that every swing, every hit, and every thought had to be validated, if even instantaneously by your spirit.\u00a0 The spirit is the third leg of the three-legged stool, in golf, sports, and in life.<\/p>\n

While technique, preparation, and delivery are all important, they become wobbly without you being comfortable in your own skin, trusting and confident in your style of play.\u00a0 As you embrace yourself (faults and all), you gain the stability and consistency to be able to play closer to your potential.\u00a0 Golf, like life, will throw all sorts of circumstances and challenges your way, and when you are better grounded with yourself, you can calmly face them with greater confidence.\u00a0 It is the emotional stability and sage decision-making that separates the winners from the talented \u2013 not their physical prowess.<\/p>\n

If you want to take your game to the next level, be it on the sports field or the boardroom, take action and email me at rsf4653@aol.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Coach & Author Bob Fagan<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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