Does Sports Psychology Help Golfers in Removing Mental Blocks?

by Coach Guerci on July 27, 2009

Can’t visualize a golf swing? Feeling nervous during putting? Consider implementing advanced behavioral solutions created by the pioneers in sports psychology. These techniques, developed after extensive research, are utilized for upgrading visualization skills.

Poor imagination is usually a result of a mental block. Golfers can overcome their mental hurdles, using sports psychology. A focused mind minus the mental blocks facilitates achievement of impressive visualization, akin to that of legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus.

Sports Psychology: Remedy for Common Mental Blocks

In the book ‘Mind Over Golf’, author Tom Nieporte and Don Sauers have highlighted the most common mental blocks experienced by golfers, which include:

• Golfers’ inability to go beyond his current performance level: This usually happens when a golfer believes that he cannot enhance his performance. He also harbors a misconception that his current pattern of swings and strokes are the best and tries to sustain these. Unfortunately, this preoccupation with a particular style limits the scope of improvement. Sports psychology helps golfers unearth their hidden potential and eliminates the obsession with a typical style. They are also motivated to be more experimental.

• The yips: A research study conducted by The Mayo Clinic revealed that almost 33 to 48% of serious golfers experience the yips. All golfers experience this movement disorder at some point in their career. In most cases, the yips results due to a pre-play nervousness which induces a mental block. Sports psychology equips golfers to master their nervous behavior, prevent the development of a mental block and the occurrence of yips.

Golfers can overcome their mental blocks with the expert guidance of Coach Guerci. Utilize his advanced behavior enhancement solutions to hone your visualization skills.

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