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Why, oh why, is the Golf Swing SO hard?! Giving insight to frustrated Golfers

An excerpt from the book Golf Swing Eureka by Jon Barrett – www.golfswingeureka.com

I’ve inserted this section in as I believe it may help you understand why we find the golf swing so hard.

Why do we find a move that seems so easy to the professionals so incredibly difficult to perform?

Recently I discovered that psychologists believe that we learn differently as adults than we do when we were children. And I believe this may be the key to explaining why we have such a difficult time of it.

The large majority of professional golfers will have taken up golf when they were kids – Tiger Woods was swinging a club well at 3!

But, I would imagine the majority of amateur golfers took golf up when either in their late teens, early twenties or even later in life – as adults.

The psychologists believe that as children we learn from repeating the model that we see – we know that kids are very trusting of what they are told. Yes, they ask lots of questions but they trust the answers given. They see, and are told, and DO.

Now as adults we learn differently. We have already formed opinions about how the world is and how things operate. So when we learn something new we actually test it against the rules that we have already built up in our heads as to what is right and wrong.

Unfortunately for us, the golf swing is actually illogical. That’s where the problem stems from. In our heads we can’t actually accept or believe that that is how the golf swing works. We then trust our instinct and test it against our rules and go back to what we believe is logical.

Here is what is illogical about the golf swing:

A Golf Swing without Effort = A Powerful 300 yard drive

It’s been said before that the secret to the pros swing is that it achieves ?Power WITHOUT Effort – how illogical is that!

It’s a bit like saying we’re going on a 200 mile car journey, but we’re not going to turn the engine on! No ones going to believe you.

That’s how our brains interpret it – we think there’s no way you can hit a golf ball 300 yards without LOTS of effort.

So next time we coil up on the backswing our brain tells our muscles ?right guys we need plenty of effort if we’re going to send this ball long and straight’.

Pro’s do actually put effort into their swings to get the ball to go that far (look at Tiger Woods face just before impact and you’ll see what I mean) BUT they put it in at a completely different point in the swing to amateur golfers. They also know the technique that allows them to produce such great results – and it doesn’t involve power, certainly not how the amateur golfer understands it.

Amateur golfers think you need to start the golf swing powerfully BUT the pro golfers know that you put the effort in at the bottom of the swing.

If you try and take this point on board this will start the process of adjusting your mind.

Over the next few pages I’m going to OPEN your EYES to how the golf swing actually works – much of which us amateurs don’t appreciate.

Understanding is the 1st key to unlocking your golfing potential.

Towards the end of my book I’ll show you where to get a piece of software that will by-pass your conscious mind and reprogram your sub-conscious mind to believe what you will see and start to understand about how the pro golf swing works. How YOU can swing powerfully without effort.

EYE-OPENER No. 2

What part of the body contributes the most

to generating the maximum speed of the club head?

This single answer allowed me to make a huge leap in my understanding of the golf swing, and in everything I had seen and read about the golf swing none of it emphasised it enough.

I carried out a survey on the Internet over several weeks and asked visitors to my web site the question:- What part of the body contributes the most to generating the maximum speed of the club head?

Only 20% got the answer correct – That’s only 1 in every 5 golfers! And these golfers had a wide range of handicaps down to single figures.

Interestingly this figure corresponds to another golfing statistic – Did you know that only around 20% of golfers have a handicap of less than 18? It made me wonder whether the misunderstanding of the fundamental aspect could be the one thing that is holding so many golfers back.

Which part of the body do you think creates the maximum speed of the club head?

Is it:

Shoulders

Arms

Hands

Hips

Legs

Torso

wrists

(Graphics and explanations omitted here)

….So the answer to the question that I posed above is that it is the hands (or wrists) that contribute the most to generating the maximum club head speed. The club is moved through over 180 degrees whilst the arms move through less than 60 degrees – all of the rest of the movement of the head of the golf club is generated by the movement of the hands. Unfortunately the large majority of golfers think that it is with the shoulders and arms. I’ll come back to this point later as even when you get everything else right in your swing this can be a real good swing killer!

Find out the details and much more in Jon’s Eye Opening ebook: Golf Swing Eureka – www.golfswingeureka.com

Fort Worth Apartments: Learning to Live in a New City

F ort Worth, Texas calls itself The City Where the West Begins. And this city certainly has the cowboy culture to back up that claim. But Fort Worth is simultaneously a modern city, with a vibrant downtown and major cultural attractions. Magazines such as Newsweek, Fortune and Money consistently name Fort Worth to the top of their lists of cities to work, live and do business.

Fort Worth supports a population of approximately 540,000 residents, whose average age is 31 years old. The population here continues to grow at a consistent rate, gaining two to three percent new growth each year. This is a growth rate that reflects the desirability of the area, yet is a manageable enough pace to not put undue stress on infrastructure. The median household income in Fort Worth is around $40,000 per year. And in a city this size, there are housing options to suit nearly every taste and budget. Real estate here has appreciated at a steady level, making homes a great investment for their owners.

The main employment sectors in the area are manufacturing and the retail trade. A significant portion of the population is employed in the sectors of finance, insurance, professional services, technology and the sciences. Fort Worth has a multi-layered economy, reflected in the companies that choose to have their home base here. Major corporations such as Lockheed Martin, American Airlines, Bell Helicopter Textron, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, RadioShack, and Pier 1 Imports all have a major presence in the Fort Worth area.

Fort Worth also has several one of a kind attractions within its borders. Here you will find the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame, the only museum of its kind in the world. This site honors the Women of the West “who have displayed extraordinary courage and pioneer spirit in their trailblazing efforts.” In this 33,000 square foot location, there are interactive exhibits, artifacts, and a theater dedicated to preserving the memories of these pioneering women.

The Stockyards is known as one of the best entertainment sites in the city. This National Historic District is home to a wealth of nightlife and dining, lodging and entertainment options. Many of Fort Worth’s annual festivals are held in this former meatpacking district. The Stockyards Championship Rodeo is here, as well as the Cowtown Opry and White Elephant Saloon. There are a wealth of shopping options, from traditional western gear to modern art galleries. And for dining, you can choose from a classic Texas steak to contemporary bistro food, classic barbecue, or Italian.

Fort Worth is a modern city by any standards. It strives to please and delight the diverse interests of its residents and visitors alike. If you are thinking of moving, consider Fort Worth, Texas, and contact Promove today.

Milton Erickson Learned to Walk as Tiger Woods Learns to Play Better Golf

Thinking further on my recent article about Tiger Woods apparently using an unorthodox form of anger management, to help him release bad shots, got me thinking. The way we learn anything useful in life tends to be on the basis of trial and error. We try something new and it works, we learn from it. We try something new and it doesn’t work, we learn from that too – possibly even more,

Milton Erickson, the father of modern hypnotherapy, often used the story of how he learned to walk again, at the age of 18 after severe bout of Polio, by watching his baby sister learning to walk.

How to become the ‘Tiger Woods’ of your Industry

?Professional coaching is an ongoing professional relationship, that helps people produce extraordinary results in their lives, careers, businesses or organisations. Through the process of coaching, clients deepen their learning, improve their performance and enhance their quality of life?????????.. Coaching accelerates the clients progress by providing greater focus and awareness of choice? International Coach Federation. www.coachfederation.org/abouticf/standards.htm

Effective coaching helps coachees in many ways, here are a few:

Unlock a person?s true potential through helping to raise their self awareness through enquiry, Find different perspectives to situation Build a ?can do? attitude? Give the coachee specific time to focus solely on themselves Increase an individual productivity Ignites their passion Clarity about life purpose and goals

Research conducted by Manchester Consulting in 2001, found that there was a direct link between coaching and mentoring to bottom business results!!! 22% in profits over the term of their project!!

?My tax partners know that in teaching tax technical skills they can instruct using the I will tell / show you technique, or they can use the ?Here is a problem ? what do you think is the solution?? approach. The former may be more time efficient, the latter may lead to deeper understanding? Bridget Allen, Head of Coaching KPMG

Did you realise from the quote about, that KPMG has a ?Head of Coaching?? What does that tell you about the importance of coaching to businesses?

Do you have a personal coach either at work or externally? If yes, great!! If not, what is holding you back?

Don?t you want to accelerate your career or business, have greater self awareness, improve your business relationships and increase your performance/ productivity / profits?

I have been providing business mentoring and coaching services for years now and I also have a business coach and my coach Terri Levine http://www.levinebusinesscoaching.com/about has coaches for her different areas of focus!!! Tiger Woods even has a coach and he is the best in the world!!!

People ask ?Why does Tiger have a coach?? Do you know the answer? The answer is because he cannot see himself!!!!

For us to become the ?Tigers? in our businesses, organisations and in our lives, we need help from experienced people to help us ?see ourselves? and to help us to grow.

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