The Complete Golfer
Reaching Your Ultimate Golf Potential
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GOAL SETTING Players who have goals (a vision and dream of what they want and see themselves doing) generally outperform those without goals. In golf, goals make our practice and preparation purposeful, focused, and of a higher quality. Goals are targets that guide us to better preparation and a stronger performance. Goals need to be measureable, attainable, and changeable depending on circumstances. At the start of every season you should make a list of goals that you want to accomplish in the short run that will benefit you and lead to your long range goals. My (author) playing goals for 2015 are: • Have fun playing and teaching golf • Play more golf with my family • Develop a relationship with a colleague that will support me mentally and physically in attaining my goals • To be competitive and win on local Florida and State tours • Win at least two events in my local association • Qualify for the Florida State Open • Finish my golf manual and get it published My (author) playing goals for the future: • Have fun playing and teaching golf • Play more golf with my family • Continue to be competitive in tournaments and my local association as I get older • Play in some Senior State Events and hopefully some Champions Tour Events • To become a “Complete Golfer” and know that I did my best to achieve that status • Qualify for the U.S. Senior Open Goals of Goal Setting: • Make goals specific and reachable; they can be difficult but not unrealistic or impossible. • Goals that a player sets for him/herself are more motivating than goals set for them by someone else. o Someone can help you set your goals (it is good to have a mentor/confidant). But, for the player to have success reaching those goals, he must own them. • Goals need to be positive with a system or method laid out to reach them. • Try to make goals process oriented. o “In order for me to win the club tournament, I will practice my short game 60% of my total practice time. I will use a specific short game practice check list to measure my results.” • Goals can be made and reached in increments or steps. • Short term goals are better than long range goals. It is good to have both but you can’t win the U.S. Open without attaining some other goals in the process. • Accept constructive criticism/reinforcement/revision of your goals. o Meet with your mentor or confidant to go over your progress and discuss any problems or weaknesses you are having in achieving your goals. • Think of a specific drill that can be implemented to get you past the roadblock preventing you from attaining that goal. • Positively reinforce yourself as much as possible. Congratulate yourself when you attain a goal. • Goals have to be written down, along with the plan on how to reach those goals. Feel free to use this space to highlight and write down your goals. Try to come up with 2-3 short term goals and 2-3 long term goals. When you reach a goal, make a new goal. Golf is a process or journey that is always evolving. Never be satisfied. Always work to improve but also take the time to enjoy and celebrate a new milestone! Example: My goal is to practice 15 hours per week. I will devote 6 hours to my long game on the range. I will devote 4.5 hours to my putting drills. I will devote 4.5 hours to wedges and greenside shots. Short Term Goals: 1. ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. ______________________________________________________________________________ Long Term Goals: 1. ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. ______________________________________________________________________________ How did your goals work out? Success? If so, congratulations! If not, what can you do to bring about success the next time out?
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Are you a “complete golfer”? Do you want to reach your true golf potential? Whether you are an accomplished player or a weekend warrior, “The Complete Golfer” will improve your game. This book will get you thinking and contemplating about your golf in thought, practice, and playing. It will take you from the thinking stage to the action stage of realizing your golf potential. This workbook format is interactive, allowing you space to note, write, and answer questions posed by the author as they relate to you and your golf. You don't just read this book; you work with the book! “The Complete Golfer” talks theory and philosophy but also provides proven drills and methodology, along with practice plans, data sheets, and games that will make you a better player and increase your enjoyment for the game! It is a no-nonsense, easy reading guide to better golf. “The Complete Golfer” will take you through the mental and physical, the tangible and intangible keys to better golf. Use this book and become the “complete golfer” you always wanted to be!
About the Author
For the past 16 years, I have been a professional golf instructor. 15 of those years were spent in the great golf state of Wisconsin. In 2014, I decided to leave the frozen tundra for Tampa, Florida where I could play, practice and teach year round. For 17 years, I was a Wisconsin high school golf coach and developed a very successful program including 3 state championships and two state runner-up finishes. In an average summer over my instruction career I gave 200 + lessons, conducted numerous junior camps, clinics, and specialty seminars. I have presented to coaches in Minnesota and Wisconsin numerous times detailing what I have developed in my “Complete Golfer” manual. One of my greatest assets is in understanding how people learn. This is derived from my 24 years as a professional educator and coach. This has given me the knowledge in how to adapt, modify, and approach each individual golf student based on their learning style, interest, and ability. My greatest reward in golf instruction, just like classroom instruction, is when I see that “click”; that “aha” moment when a student understands what I’m trying to convey to them. My students have said that I have a very simple way in how I discuss and present the golf swing. I believe that simplicity is best when trying to describe a sport in which every part of the body moves in order to hit a little ball with a little club face. Even Bob Rotella said that hitting a golf ball toward the desired target is a minor miracle. My goal is to make those minor miracles everyday occurrences for all of my golf students. My book has in depth discussion about goals and aspirations trying to lead you on both the correct mental and physical road to becoming a “Complete Golfer”. “The Complete Golfer” manual is an interactive book in that it allows you space to note, write, highlight, and truly think about what you want out of this great game. “The Complete Golfer” is a compilation of what I’ve learned, read, and put into practice since age eight when my dad put a golf club in my hands and said “Hit it”.