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How much pain and agony could have spared, knowing what I know today!

Before I had the following knowledge golf was always a game of life or death; happiness or sadness; all or nothing. Although I would not place myself among the manic- depressive, characters the game was more often torture than fun, because I was very seldom satisfied with my performance. Hence the frustration level was mostly high, and yet I still felt the eagerness to conquer this game.

I have written the following information for myself, to find the reason why playing lately has been so much better and much more fun.

Believing that my recent change of mind might help your golf as well, led to the idea sharing my thoughts.

The aim of the contents is to help you think like successful playing professionals.

The ability to use the given guidelines are within every person. We only need to change our way of thinking to discover a path of success with unbelievable power and energy flow.

Ask good players and golf teachers how important they consider the mental side of golf and they will all agree that the game is first of all played between your ears. Therefore it is astonishing that most golfers only practice the golf technique which falls to pieces when severe stress creeps into the game.

This phenomenon becomes obvious when the shots worked pretty well on the driving range or during the practice game, and yet during the competition very little seems to work. Most astonishing is the walk to the driving range after a bad game and there we go, the game seems in perfect order. This technique was always within you but your wrong thinking blocked the flow to your muscles and therefore fine coordination was prohibited.

I have played this game of golf for nearly fifty years, studied physical education and completed scientific research on the game. Golf became my profession with the goal of not only improving my game but also my pupil’s game. Since the early seventies I have seen, heard and experienced many different analytical methods of golf tuition. Each of them claimed to be the best and blamed the other ones for not working well enough. Meanwhile I gave myself and my pupil’s much more room for individuality. By working with good players and touring pros I learned that each player needs their own style which reflects his physical ability, body rhythm like walking and talking, experiences with the game and the ability to anticipate and visualizing golf-shots.

The following information will offer the philosophy of how to think while playing. With the help of the many tips you shall find the mental relaxation which is so vital for feeling the required movement and therefore get your whole technical potential onto the golf course. I am sure that through this you will find the path for Intuition and Flow to make your game shine.

Even Einstein tells us how Intuition and Flow work: "The world consists of energy fields, which are in constant exchange of each other including time and atmosphere. Consciousness fills the whole cosmos and everything beyond. It is part of a universal intelligence. Our body is part of this universal body and therefore subject to the overall change and exchange of the universe."

In golf, the flowing exchange and interaction is called the flow and if we are in it and experience the ease of movements we enjoy the trans of Zen, a feeling where everything seems to go by itself. This sensation feels so good that we never want to leave it again. Unfortunately it never lasts for long but with the right frame of mind and the intuition approach you will find your way back to it.

Simple ideas are the recipe for the path and it all starts by believing in the universal flow of energy and by trusting that looseness is better than tightness. Most things are easy and simple once we start believing that. Therefore, from now on tell yourself: “Playing golf is simple and is pure fun”.

Have fun on the trip to a new golf dimension!