Western Movies

Western Movies’

For those of you of ‘advanced’ years you will understand what I am about to say.

Those of you that are ‘younger’, just ask your parents.

Do you remember those Saturday afternoon matinees at the ‘flicks’ where you went to see your film favourites such as John Wayne, Alan Ladd and Randolph Scott in the good old western movies?

Although the films were different, the theme was the same, boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl again and all while fighting the bad guys.

Now I want you to use your imagination again.

You should consider your golf swing and thoughts to be like a western movie.

The good guys are fighting the bad guys and in this case the ‘girl’ is enjoyment success and satisfaction.

Still with me?

In terms of your ’swing’, the good guys are the key fundamentals for good golf of posture, grip and alignment.

For your ‘swing’ the bad guys are usually too strong a right hand grip, bad posture over the ball, poor alignment, not releasing the club from the top and deceleration of the club head.

All of these will cause inconsistent and poor golf resulting in the, slices, hooks, pulls, duffs, thins, shanks and total misses that you see every day on the golf course.

In terms of your ‘mind’ the bad guys are negative thoughts, bad attitude, lack of focus, over stating your own abilities, low confidence, poor preparation, anger and fear.

The ‘mental’ good guys are a good attitude, positive thoughts, relaxation, calmness, good preparation, goal setting, control of anger, concentration, course strategy and most importantly visualisation.

So there it is, your overall golf game is like your favourite western movie, make sure that the good guys beat the bad guys and win the girl, which in this case is success, satisfaction or just plain enjoyment.

Will this be easy?

The answer is no but do not be scared or afraid because help is at hand and if you call the number below the ‘sheriff’ will arrive on his Andalusian stallion, complete with silver star to drive the bad guys out of town.

Go on you know it makes sense and as they say in the movies “a man has got to do what a man has got to do”.

Go ahead and make my day.