If you are a passionate golfer, you know the pleasure associated with playing at the peak of your game. You know what it feels like when you're "on"—your physical reflexes are quicker and you can think more clearly. You also understand how emotional blowups or meltdowns can quickly override and undo the results of countless hours of practice. Sustaining that "on" state is essential to high performance golf.
"Effective management of the emotions in your golf game will not only lower your scores, but is guaranteed to increase your enjoyment of the game."
— Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson, Voted Top 50 Teachers 2003-2004, Golf Digest
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Peak Performance/Stress Management Training teaches you to achieve physiological balance, mental clarity, and emotional stability. This in turn, reduces stress and anxiety, which helps you find and stay in "The Zone". |
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Golf is all about concentration and staying focused in the moment. Emotional states drive physiological functions and performance, especially in finesse sports like golf, where millimeters and milliseconds make the difference between success and disappointment. Have you ever watched a golfer experience anger or frustration on the golf course, and then seen his swing get more out of sync? He'll pull out a nine iron instead of the six iron he needs. He reads a putt and has no feel for distance. Although his putt is executed with perfect direction, it ends up ten feet short. His crisis started at that very first moment he felt anxiety.
Anxiety, irritation, and anger are all types of emotions that can turn up the mental noise to such a disruptive pitch that it becomes difficult to perform. Concentration, motor coordination, and decision-making skills are all compromised when the inner-mechanics of our brain, nervous system, heart, and emotions get out of sync. The internal mental noise generated from feelings of anxiety, frustration, and anger causes a golfer's otherwise refined skills to suffer.
A successful stress management program allows you to control your mind and emotions, even in the face of mounting pressure. With practice, you will build an internal reference point that you can use both on and off the golf course. Many pro golfers are finding stress management techniques not only lower their scores, but also increase their enjoyment of the game.
The research behind this emotion-regulated technology includes dozens of scientific studies published in peer-reviewed journals such as American Journal of Cardiology, Stress Medicine, and Psychosomatic Medicine.
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