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The Un-Conscious Mind in Golf

If you don't think that your un-conscious mind has a huge bearing on your golf then you will clearly not be concerned about the commands you knowingly and more importantly, un-knowingly send to it, will you? Underestimate the vast power of your mind which runs automatically at your golfing peril!

Think about this. When last did you try to control your own digestive system and remove energy from the food to distribute around your body? When last did you control the PH Acid/Alkaline levels in your blood by consciously using body resources to neutralise too much acids? How about controlling the functions of your liver or kidneys? No? I didn't think so.

Now tell me that your unconscious mind will have no bearing on how you play golf. If you think about hitting your drive out of bounds and then you do it for real, congratulate yourself on a perfect performance. That's right I did say its perfect and here's why. Your unconscious mind (or sub-conscious if you prefer) IS IMAGE DRIVEN. I have highlighted this because it is crucial you really remember this... YOUR UNCONSCIOUS MIND IS IMAGE DRIVEN.

Even if you are not consciously aware of the images, I can still assure you that it is happening. If you think about doing something, images are flashing through your mind. Think about driving a car to the golf course. What images do you notice? They will be images of you, the car, parts of the journey and the arrival, golf course, perhaps even Teeing off? You have just experienced your unconscious running the program called - "Get me to the golf course, I want to Tee off and play."

When you think about hitting it Out of bounds, what images go through your mind? Do you imagine the feeling of a bad shot and see the arc of the ball going where you don't want it to? Can you hear the ball clattering around in the OB woods? Think about what thoughts travel through your mind for a moment. Congratulations you have just experienced your unconscious running a program called "Hit this ball out of bounds."

"But I don't want it to go OB and I was thinking NOT to hit it out of bounds!" I hear you say. Unfortunately this does not work, as your ball flying out of bounds will testify to.

Here is another KEY INFORMATION TO REMEMBER. Your unconscious mind WILL NOT PROCESS NEGATIVES FOR YOU IN A POSITIVE MANNER. In other words if you say "Don't hit it out of bounds" your unconscious will run images of it going out of bounds and interpret that as the command, ignoring the "Don't" bit.

If I say "Don't think of a pink elephant" you have just run an image of a pink elephant. In other words you have done exactly what you didn't want to do. You cannot, NOT think of what it is you don't want to think about! Whoa! Keep it simple - think about what you want to happen and not what you don't want to happen.

REMEMBER:

Your mind is image driven. Your unconscious mind will deliver what the images it processes suggest, negative or positive. If you process images of a negative event (Hit it in the water/bunker/OB) your mind takes this as an image driven command. Your unconscious does not process the "Don't" part, only the images of the event. What you think about, you get more of.

Think about WHAT YOU WANT TO HAPPEN! The positive shot staying down the fairway, rolling out and stopping in the perfect place. Let your mind run those images then hold the image of your target in your mind and swing away. You cannot not think so you best consciously think about what you want so your unconscious mind will work with you to deliver great results more often. Have faith, keep practicing Positive Image Driven Thinking and you will get better and better.

To find out more about the mental game of golf and how to easily apply principals such as visualisation, focus of attention, targeting and many others that will dramatically improve your golf results and enjoyment of the game now go to http://www.golfmindshop.com. "Every Golfers Guide To The Development And Mastery Of The Inner Game" has extensive guides both written and on MP3 to achieve your best performance using the untapped power of great Sports Thinking - The Mental Game.

Wishing you FIR's, GIR's & Blue Skies,

Mark Wright.