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[> [> [> Re: Urge to Kill -- ed norman, 07:56:37 05/25/09 Mon

trottier,
When I play golf for fun with my buddies, its usually 9 holes, and I usually shoot around 37 or 38, I am usually almost disappointed when I shoot a 40. When I play in our league, 40 is a good score. It has to do with pressure for me, when I play with my friends, there is still pressure, but a different kind. When I play with my friends, I try to make my shots have as much pressure as I can in my mind. I might say out loud, or even to myself, this putt is to win the u.s. open as an example. Or if we are both off the green, I might say closest to the pin for lunch etc. I havent been golfing all that long, and I think pressure eventually goes away, or at least should lessen some. But there are things you can do to speed up that process. When I practice chipping before our league, I often imagine myself in a high pressure situation, I pretend everyone is watching me chip as an example. Anything I can do to get used to dealing with pressure seems to help me in the long run. If I am making a shot before my opponent, I will think to myself "force him to make a good shot" when I have that mindset, I usually make a pretty good shot, I am not thinking about my own shot as much as putting pressure on someone else. (I hope that makes sense) If you are that good on the range, just be patient, it takes longer for some people than others to get used to pressure. When I force someone to make a good shot, then I dont worry about losing as much because my opponent earned the win by making that good shot. I just like to compete, some of my best rounds of golf or my best tennis matches were losses where we were both playing great, and they earned it by making the better shots. If you try to look at it that way, you learn not to be afraid of losing. Winning is great, but I have seen great players have an amazing thought process when they lose. Almost all players that understand the concept will say they learned a lot in their losses,,,,,,,,good luck ed

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[> [> [> [> Re: Urge to Kill -- Robert, 10:25:32 05/25/09 Mon

Hi Ed, please take a look at my question of you in the 5-15-09 thread below by Keil (After a few trips to the driving range). Many "Thanks", Robert

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: Urge to Kill -- ed norman, 18:02:55 05/26/09 Tue

Robert,
I am sorry I never saw your post there. I am 55 years old, and was hitting a pw probably 90 yards or so is all when I first started golfing. I have been golfing about 8 years now. About 3 years ago, I started drinking a product called xango. It is full of anti inflammatories, and the dr. I talked to said 98% of all diseases are inflamation based. Long story short, my back pain has diminished greatly, I can swing more freely now, and more aggressively. I also purchased a corevolution machine for my lower back last year. I also use a weighted hula hoop. I have been hitting some drives over 300 yards this year more consistently than last year. I am keeping my weight centered instead of more weight on my back foot at address also. If you e mail me, I will send you some info, that will give you a lot more details. ed@nextlevelgolf.org I told kjell that I quit worrying about my distance when my scores started dropping. Now my distance is gaining (about 4 years with davids clubs I think) I lost some yardage at first with his clubs, then got to about where I was with my graphite shafted clubs. Now I am gaining some more. I always had a strong belief in his system, it just takes some people longer than others (like me) to gain results. I am looking forward to golfing this season like never before. Hang in there, and good luck,,,,,,,,ed

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