Golf Improvement Exposé — New PDF
I have completed a new and very important PDF called the Golf Improvement Exposé. In this special report I reveal the ONE Most Important thing I believe all golfers should focus on to improve. So download and read this PDF now to find out the secret and then come back here and make a comment on what you’ve discovered….
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Thank you for your honesty and sincerity! Golfers need a straight up person like you telling the truth. I guess it sounds like common sense, but it’s the how-to’s that prevent most people from doing what they know they should sometimes. But also to hear what the most important thing to be working on is valuable information. It should save many hours of working on things that are not so important. I am very interested to find out more about your perfect shot system!
I think you’re insight into the ‘golf scene’ is very accurate and I think that your concept of how to improve is also on the money. I also like the visual representation you created of the golfer with the various components to be taken into account surrounding him - it’s a golfer’s mind map. I do get the feeling that ultimately you are plugging your ‘Perfect Shot’ program, but hey, that’s business.
Hi Nick,
I have been following your advice and bought some of your recommended products over the years, as well as some of your own personally designed systems to help improve the mechanical aspects of my game. I haven’t been disappointed yet.
The one type of product that has really proven to work for me has been ones that focus on improving my mental game. “Break 80 Golf Without Practice” was to me a stand out recommendation by you which focused on the mental approach to the game of golf. But it only scratches the surface.
From what you are suggesting about your “Perfect Shot System”, you will be teaching how to approach the mental game in a methodical way, to enable a person to be more consistently in that “right frame of mind” to play to the best of their ability more often and repeat their great shots. Neat trick.
You definitely have my attention - a little more information and less “Delco - … but wait, there’s more, we’ll even give you a complete set of steak knives …” sales talk is needed.
Regards,
Peter
I don’t usually get the energy to post anything on blogs, but I did find your argument persuasive. I have gone through spells of practising more while my handicap goes up.
Of course, it should be possible to practise and practise so that you can hit more-or-less perfect shots - under practice conditions. But golf games aren’t practice conditions, and I guess that’s when other, mental, factors must come into play. No matter how relaxed we think we are, the duff shots indicate that we are not so relaxed after all.
Occasionally, I do hit the perfect shot and I often find that afterwards that I knew that I was doing it during the stroke. At some point in the process, my mind tells me that this is going to be a good one. But, I am not sure that I have found a way to recreate that feeling deliberately time after time. I think it has to be instinctive, and I think that getting myself to trust to my instinct when swinging and not being concerned about the actual swing or the likely result would help.
How does that sound?
I’ve hit one incredible drive about 300yds., but I can’t exactly remember what I did! I have tried to repeat the same feelings, not think about mechanical or technical issues, deep abdominal breathing, relax before hitting the ball, visualize the ball, etc. but just can’t repeat it. Only remember I didn’t expect that shot, hit relaxed trying to hit upwards and swing more horizontal swing around the body…. How can I find out what I did before all the great shots if it happens so fast and sometimes it happens without you expecting it?
Thank you for the information, I’v been looking for a method to improve, like you I have had the experience of the perfect shot and trying desperately to repeat it. I am interested in learning more about your perfect shot system.
Nick,
Can’t say I read every word of your pdf download but common sense would dictate that you’re on the right track! My question would be: is running through a list or catalog of 7 “mental” fundamentals any more effective than a physical swing thought or two? In my 20 years experience with this game, which has included golf schools, multiple instructors and plenty of frustration, I’ve managed to hone a fairly reliable and mechanically sound swing, but my best golf shots have come at moments when I am, for lack of a better term, “brain dead.” In fact, more often than not, I hit my most solid, on target shots when I’m talking out loud through my swing. You can imagine I get razed quite a bit from fellow players for this. But why does it work? Obviously, I manage to distract the mechanical side of my brain, the left side, I believe, and just “see” the target. Works wonders in putting too! I call it the Aaron Baddeley approach to putting as he seemingly treats every putt like a tap-in and wastes no time over the ball…pick a target and roll the ball to it, nothing more complicated than that. I’m still surprised how often the ball finds the hole, center-cut, with perfect speed when I putt like this. How the Jack Nicklauses and Tiger Woodses of the world do it by standing over the ball as long as they do, I’ll never understand. But that’s me.
I would like to say that I’ve found your “loop drill” particularly effective. In my experience, it’s the single best drill I’ve ever come across for learning how to hit draw. Your swing may look like Jim Furyk’s or, in David Feherty’s words, “like an octopus falling out of a tree,” while you practice it but after a couple of dreaded shanks you find very quickly that it works! For me, getting my downswing under my backswing is game transforming! Thank you for that!
Regards,
CY (5.3 hcp index)
That was a very interesting lecture. I am quite curious to read your next message about the perfect shot system!
Thanks Nick, i enjoyed that read. It sort of summerises all I am beginning to realise. I took up golf at 62. searched for an easy approach to the game, got to 29 handicap in the first 6 months. I then had 6 months off for personla reasons. When I came back I thought i must learn how to play this game properly. My handicap went back to 36 & stayed there for the last 12 months. Meanwhile there were bits of my game that were ok. I though if I could put the best peice of every game together I would be a winner. I did read the older we are when we start something the more we think about it. With golf I think that is the down fall. So now I am trying to relax, enjoy the game, practise a bit more, focus on each shot, dont think about it too much, technically. Stop trying to find new solutions. I have so many variations in my game I confuse myself completely. I am trying to take the simplest elements & enjoy the walk.
As I said before, the missing link in your diagram was a teaching pro to confuse the crap out of you and keep you thinking about everything but striking the ball. Jim Hardy and his 2 plane swing crap has to take the cake in this department, although I’m sure the other “big namers” are just as bad.
Golf is about hitting the ball where you want it to go. It’s the only sport where the ball is in a fixed position, that I can think of. All other sports requiring ball striking the ball is moving. I found that if I just relax, clear my mind of the teachers crap, I hit nice shots, finish high and feel like the club is pulling me through. I appreciate your honesty about the teachers crap.
John Carter
Hi All,
Thanks for the read Nick! I am most inspired by the way you wrote it up and you were selling it for $879 years ago! How did you get the ability to do that?
System sounds great! I love the way you are getting people to see that it is not what they “Do” or “Have” but how they are “Being” that makes the difference. That’s where the experience lays.
I read your email the other day and I haven’t played golf for 2 months before that. It really triggered a thought of,”That’s it! Who am I being (the experience) when I hit the best shots.” I took this on and went for 5 holes late in the arvo. I chose to be accepting (of my ability and what happens) and connected (to the ball, target and everything). Best golf shots ever with the most exciting sound on contact! I used to think it was just the TV that made that sound possible.
Watch out for the next game! No plans yet though I know I have the ability to be a great golfer, and the faith to let it happen.
Thanks Nick, you have already helped me realise where I needed to shift my life experience and that I can do it with golf as well!
Radd Peters
Very interesting Nick.
Read the commetns and your expose. Your expose makes very good sense. We all try to figure out how to remmeber what we did. We just are not successful - unlike Tiger, Phil, etc. I thought for sure the answer to your posed question was going to be YOU (meaning each of us). Definitely too much thinking going on usually, instead of relaxing and let everything just flow.
Looking forward to more info on your 7 elements.
ron L.
Dear Nick,
I find that whenever i practice at range , i try and shutout every player at the range…iam able to repeat my shots with ease.
A lot of people reading this might relate it to a high level of concentration, and focus..on the contrary……. it is just by being extremely relaxed !!.
It does require some effort though….
I stumbled on “my secret”, when i was at my local bar all by myself, (unusual)-had stopped in to celebrate my recent success at work. Believe it or not, it was the first time i was oblivious to the surroundings…absolutely relaxed, soaking in my success, swigging my drink,with a big smile on my face- i noticed this when i saw my reflection in the mirror at the back of the bar.I tried it again- no reason to celebrate- just smiled silly and enjoyed my drink….it worked… i was one with myself and felt good.I then took this to the range.
Believe me..and i dont mind sharing this secret…try and practice at the range with a ’smile’ on your face…you will notice the difference.Soon you will not notice those around you, and the ball just keeps growing in size (metaphor)
sincerely
Lez
Hi, thanks for the insight for the swing thought. Really there is no conscious thought, just let the subconscious have its way doing the swing. What a relief to hear, since all I can think about is crushing the golf ball. Now, I’m relaxed and I swing smoothly and the ball flies on target. jn
Fascinating document. The story in it accurately fortold a practice session I just had recently. You must have some how gotten into my brain. I so desperately would love to repeat my great shots. Can’t wait for more Nick.
You may be onto something! Just today I had a wonderful few holes where everything seemed to click. Every shot was just magic. My playing partners were asking me what I was doing to play so well. I didn’t know what to say as I wasn’t trying to do anything. I was just hitting the ball while having fun. But then I started to think about how I was playing so good and what I would score if I continued to do what I was doing. Then as if by magic my great shots just vanished. I was so sad. Although I did prove to myself what I am capable of. Maybe, just maybe your Perfect Shot System has the answers I need. We’ll see. I’m impressed so far.
Stick it to those big golf improvement marketing companies Nick! you didn’t go far enough!!!! those b*^%$ards have fleeced me of hundreds if not thousands of dollars on crap. LIES, lies and more lies. about time someone stood up and said what needs to be said. you got some balls my man. NOT golf balls either LOL. Go get them Nick!!!!!
MY EYES BEEN OPENED. FOR YEARS AND YEARS NOW BEEN TRYING ONE TIP AFTER ANOTHER. GOLF MAGAZINES OVERFLOWING IN THE GARAGE. I WILL STOP NOW. IT SEEMS SO STUPID WHAT I DID FOR LONG TIME. WHAT WAS I THINKING??? LIKE ONE TIP IS GOING TO GIVE ME GREAT GOLF. I HAVE HIT GREAT SHOTS IN PAST. FOCUS ON WHAT I DID TO HIT THEM. MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. THANK YOU FOR THIS MENTAL SHIFT!
let me share this with you - the best round of golf I had this year was the day after I had flown home from Europe. I was jetlagged and my body had no idea which timezone it was in. I hadnt touched a club or ball for 5 weeks. But it was a nice day and I thought I would just enjoy the walk with some friends and hit the ball as I went. I came in 6 under my handicap with no double bogies. So dont tell me this is not a mind game - when you are relaxed and just enjoying it, it seems to do its own thing! I wish I could make myself do that everytime.
This makes very good since. I’ve been trying this new golf swing for the second year now. I was playing better golf for awhile ,then like you said .
when I did hit a bad shot I started thinking of all this other stuff that I could be doing wrong. I do know that to play your best golf ever, you can’t be thinking about your golf swing at all, or you are done for. So why isit so hard to do this ? Your insight makes alot of since.
Thanks, Larry
Hi Nick
I listened to your answers today. I do agree with your approach and am convinced that golf is a game played largely in the head. I have not reviewed your program but may well do so later. I did react to something you said which was that video shows that the golf swing does not change despite golfers thinking they are doing something different. My reaction is based on trying to improve my bunker game. I have had a lesson plus I have purchased a bunker video. They did not work. The reason became obvious to me when I started to practice regularly in the local range’s bunker. The actual feel of a shot cannot be discerned by observation of others. Unless you feel the shot -the take away and the follow through and the feel of the club in the sand- it does not register.
I’m not saying that this means practice is vital for the whole swing but that unless you get the memory of those elements fixed you can never repeat the shot at will. I think the video camera can sometimes miss the point. Another example is that I have improved my ground shots with longer irons. I’ve done this by anchoring my right leg and consciously keeping the weight on the inside of the right leg. It may not be sound technique but it works and would be completely invisible to the naked eye and camera! In other words the key elements of a golf swing to an individual may not be intelligible to observers because it is in the head and the invisible feel of the shot.
Nick:
Good work! When your ‘Mecahnical’ is even average, you soon discover that ‘Golf Is About 80% Mental’. Few try to discover improved paths or thought processes. Not all that difficult with a little help from a trained golf professional who cares!
People who do not know how to ‘Pre-Shot Mentally’ likely do not do so ‘Physically’ either. We must ‘Elevate Our Chemistry’. In other words feel good about what we are about to accomplish. Feel good about our opportunity and potential. (See ‘The Little Train That Could’) We must promote that our students (and self) have three ‘Mental Components’ in play at all times … 1) DESIRE, 2) Honesty and 3) An Open Mind. It is OK to make a mistake. It is a learning opportunity. Be grateful for that! Genefit from mistakes. “Get To Know Your Enemy!” It is a good trait to be able to absorb and release anger as well. We teach the ‘10 Second Rule’. We all get angry so we must face that reality. You can get angry for a ten count only. Then wash it away! Let your self get angry but work at reducing the effect by understanding the cause. Very few golfers reflect on the real ‘CAUSE’ of their error. Very few teachers do either. They are all caught up in the ‘EFFECT’ which is far easier to determine or suffer. Most people who think they are proficient (play or teach) are really not well prepared to do either. I tell my students to ‘Pre-Shot With An Image Of Ball Flight & Success!” I also invite them to ‘Post-Shot’ and ‘Press The Save Button’ when you are happy! It helps if we ask ourselves “Why Did That work? And Make Me Happy?
People from the British Empire or Commonwealth (if that still exists) are better trained to excel in golf than the Americans.
There is not much ‘Instant Gratification’ and even nice folks cannot get better simply by grinding repetition … especially if what they are repeating is wrong!
Millions of good folk practise poorly … minimal ‘Short Game’.
I often see people gettting fuming mad on the practice tee and driving range. How sadly comical! What is the purpsoe of kicking ones own butt, when there are plenty of other who will gladly do so for you?
I teach that ‘I Drive As I Putt’ and that ‘There Are ONLY Two Swings In Our Bag’ - ‘Two Stroke Procedures’! That will give you something to ponder.
Keep up the good work!
Karl
Solid thinking (pun intended)… Came to a similar realization on my own earlier this year (…although I couldn’t put my finger on it when I saw your first PDF) — and, so far this season, have been focussing more on the mental/preparation side, and less on practice/mechanical drill and tips. Results are slow, but steady.
Look forward to haring more- thanks!
Hi Nick; Enjoyed your e-mail. I also get bogged down in the mechanics of the golf swing, and it does get very frustrating to not hit the perfect shot every time. However I have noticed that just picking a target and desiring a focused outcome in terms of where I want to place the shot has kept my handicap hovering around a 5 for 20 years. I will look for your course manual and I appreciate your steadfast desire to honestly help those who want to improve at this great game. Thanks. John Price
There was a book written years ago called The Inner Game of Golf. Can’t remember the author, but he wrote about many of the things you are describing in your system, like letting the sub-concious hit the ball. I tried it with mixed results but I think I may have been lacking the discipline it requires to hit golf shots this way. It’s hard to hit a golf ball without thinking, you have to trust yourself which is damn hard.
I am very interested in your 7 step programme but I pray the price tag isn’t too ridiculous. $100 or more and you’ve lost me, I’ll just go back to the book or try figure it out myself. You did say you were doing this for the game of golf itself, it would be a shame to price people out of it and have them quit the game in frustration, hey?
Hi Nick you have really opend up my eyes to this great game we all love and hate when we are not playing well yes im one of those frustrated golfers as well i under stand what you are saying aobut the mental side of the game iv been thinking this for the last few years about the mentale side of my game so i think im on your wave length iv been reading diffrent books on the mental side of golf and when i put my mind in to this mental trance like state i tend to play better my self and i think my game has been im proving along the way i would like a look at your styem some time it seams intresting to me and if you can help me get even better that would be great iv played in a four ball for years i used to be the best in the four ball i used to help my other three friends with there game they were all geting frustrated and fed upbut alass they are all better than me now they have joined a big golf club but i have not and yes i only get an invite when one of them has no one else to play with but i live in hope thanks for leting me read this artical of yours keep up the great work.
Concentration has always been the key to success. I have tried this on the golf course many times and it works. Unfortunately it is hard to keep your mind on this for 18 holes. Local courses want you to play fast so they can get as many golfers out as possible. When courses are not crowded it is possible to concentrate on your best shot and able to perform.
I have studied NLP for some time and find it very useful for accomplishing things that you never really believed you could. (NLP is Neuro-Linguistic Programming) This is a self help mind exercise for changing behaviors or eliminating fears and things like that. One of the aspects of this mind exercise is visualization of past sucesses to shape present results. It works!!
I have found from my own experience (I’m a 13 Handicap) that I can play great golf when I am completely relaxed and sort of mentally neutral. No tension, even if in a tournament, produces the best results. Every time I’ve shot like 76 or 77, it occurred with little effort, no tension, and no technical thoughts on what I was trying to do.
I have difficulty in remembering my thoughts before sucessful shots of the past. If I could do that it would be a great help in repeating them. I do know that the more relaxed I am, the more the shots improve.
Nick, you are on the right track! Thanks.
Enjoyed the Expose as a great tease! Certainly agree with you that knowing what you did mentally before and during the swing that produced the great shot and using that information as stored in the unconscious or conscious brain will improve ones’ golf game. The tease, of course, was not telling what the 7 mental secrets are and how to use them. Craig Sigl would agree with you 100% and using his techniques have helped me in the past month to lower my score by about an average of 4 to 5 strokes. Thought maybe if I knew what those 7 Secrets were I could go even lower. Guess that’s why you get the big bucks for your course!!!
Regards,
Maury
Hi Nick, Interesting stuff. My index has been in the 11 - 13 range for years. Up until the last two years, I just played, didn’t care about my form (which I assumed to be good, or at least reasonable). Then my wife took some videos of me on vacation. I saw my (bad) form on a sixty yard wedge shot that I hit about 15 feet from the hole. I had the club wrapped around my neck on the back swing, arms all bent, etc horible and I thought I took a 3/4 swing. Uggh. At that point I realized I needed to change my swing, as I’m in my 40s and the one I had, if you could call it that wouldn’t hold up as I got older.
I tried Tracy Reed’s program and got worse, shooting around 100 when I used his ideas (which I know must work, I just couldn’t get them to work for me). I tried the 4 magic moves to better golf, and that really helped me hit the ball better, when I mechanically thought about the moves. But then I read the stuff about using hypnosis and tried it and my game went haywire again. Then I got Bobby Schaeffers hot touch putting DVD (an awesome technique) and immediately went out and shot a 76 ( 4 including a triple on the send hole), but the results didn’t last.
I know the problem is in my head. I came across the RMT website. That stuff seemed very weird to me at first, but I think there is something to it. (I didn’t purchase it, as I’m sick of spending money on this stuff, even with the money back guarantees, I never have the patience/balls to ask for my money back, as all the advice given is correct, it just doesn’t seem to click for me. I do give it more than the “college effort” too. I really try. This lead me to EFT & now I’m looking a BSFF which is a improvement on that. These seem to help in other areas of life and seem to have potential, but as of yet the scores don’t reflect the changes. I’m just more content now while shooting higher score. Still I know I can shoot par. I can go through 9 or 10 hole stretches where it comes easily, and then it just disappears.
My suggestion for you is this, rather than giving a money back guarantee, do something like say that if someone has a handicap index, that they don’t have to pay until the improvement is reflected in the scores they post. I don’t think anyone is willing to post inflated scores to avoid paying. I’m a 12.something index. If someone could get me down to a 2 something index in a year, what would I be willing to pay????? Alot more than I would pay for something that I have doubt will work, in fact I probably wont even purchase. Really I’d probably fork out $1000 after having achieved my goal of a scratch handicap.
Hi Nick,
When you first asked the question about the most important thing about the golf swing my battery must have been flat.
You are correct about pre-shot routine especially seeing what the result of your shot will be once it is hit. I read an interesting book years ago called the Magician’s Way which was all about thinking outside the circle. The mind is a wonderful thing when used correctly. For golf, pain and loss of love ones.
Question do you still have copies to sell regarding Prefect Shot System?
How much does it cost in Australian Dollars?
Thanks
Roger
Hi,
Like Jim above me on July 15th, I’ve tried Tracy Reed’s training, Andy’s Four Magic Moves, about a dozen Doc O’Leary’s tapes including Bobby Shaffers (about all of his). I have now been listening to Break 80 by Craig S. I think the best so far had been Tracy Reed’s. All of this I’ve done within a year. My handicap has only dropped from 23 to 19. With what you are bringing to me here kinda goes along with Craig Sigl’s idea. I have little patience and that is what I’m trying to deal with here. It seems to be helping my patience listening to these motivational tapes from Craig. So, now I look forward to going back out for another round or two and trying to conjure up what I think about when I hit my best shots. In a tournament today with our interclub (6 city area) I shot a 43 on front 9 and a 51 on the back. That’s my luck. I look forward to having better news next time. Thanks.
Brenda
Great read Nick. Take the time to build some kind of a decent golf swing.TRUST it,forget it,relax and have some fun.
Where do I buy. Sounds like the most reasonable way to lower your handicap. Been working hard all year to lower mind. My work leaves me little time to practice or play.
How do I get a copy.
Joe
The assumption you make in saying that the pre shot rooutine is the answer to consistancy is that a player’s pre shot rountine is correct. Many things go through the brain but if the right messges are not being sent, then the pre shot routine is incorrect and therefore not of value. Moswt amatuers are thinking about things that can go wrong and the last thing the think about is not hitting the ball in trouble. If the mind set is positive, then the chances of a good shot are increased.
My current game is inconsistent and fluctuates between 8 to 10 shots per round. I have read all the literature covering the mental side of golf, and no matter how hard I concentrate on the various advice given, I still end up playing far below my ability. I am not one who needs to have the best equipment and have on many occasions have shot level (par) on one nine, only to blow it on the next. My handicap appears to stay at the same level (an 11) and I have yet to break 80 - my best score being 81 over a five year period. With work commitments I find it extremely difficult to practice and the only time I have to play is when on the course - the first few holes already doing the damage in that I usually play them badly and by then it is too late to recover to post a good score. I would be interested in obtaining a copy of your method and would be willing to sign your non disclosure clause.
Ant
Nick
I think you have hit the nail on the head and are right on with what you are saying. I too have seen a lot of things to so called to improve your golf
game. One will conerdit what the other is saying. I too have writen these
so called EXPERTS with what I think and tell them what WORKS for me. Thier
answer was always will if it works for you ” I guess it’s alright”. I ask myself
the same question you ask yourself. WHAT the hell is going on here. I have
came up with a swing that’s a little bit of many different ways and and my game has gotten some better physically. I know I really could shot some
better scores because I have, but even the great ones have bad days.
Ben Hogan said he could expect at least 11 bad shots a round, but of
course his bad shots and mine are a whole different ball game. My are really,really bad. I only play once a week and because of rising gas prices
I may not be able to play at all come next year. I try to keep that in mind
and try very hard to enjoy each time I can get out at all.
Thanks again for your input, Del
Good Read, Nick; And makes a lot of sense. I’m 67 and my physical skills are no longer what they once were but I still enjoy the game. Right now my hcp. is around 18 and I just played on my league and shot 49 on a relatively easy course. I was so disgusted and frustrated that I could have drunk a case of beer. (And tried). Buft i’ll never quit this game because I’m too stubborn! Anyway, at one time I went on a golf vacation with friends and we played 18 holes a day for 10 straight days, and on the 10th day something just clicked with my swing and suddenly I could do no wrong. For the rest of the summer I played my best golf ever and shot in the high 70’s and low 80’s. But through the winter I lost the swing key and have never been able to get it back. That was 15 or 20 years ago and aside from one or two rounds a year I play in the 90’s and sometimes on a tough course I’ll be over 100.
I still remember that magical key though and what it was. It was just a feeling that the back of my left hand was square to the target line at impact and I could feel it and repeat it on every shot. Going to retire soon and I am going to “get it” again if i possibly can. By the way, the book “The inner game of Golf” is by Timothy Galway and is very good. Regards, Jim Hackney
Nick,
I have purchased other items from you. How so I order this program, and how much does it cost?
Norm DeTray
Very interesting read nick,i am currently a 16 handicap golfer but have on occasions produced rounds which far bettered this.Over the years i have spent a small fortune to find the small thing which could have me playing my better golf more consistentlyand wouldbe very interested in anything that did .
RESULT !
played with mind set to stay focused on shot in hand and returned gross of 75 ( seven under my normal scoreline ) to win Presidents prize board comp. in very windy conditions 18 miles north of Royal Birkdale
will carry on using your great advice and see what happens over next few weeks
I haven’t bought your seven steps, yet, but will do !
thanks nick
I would like some more information on your Perfect Shot product. Many of the things you discussed in your golf expose apply to my golf game. My curiosity was peaked.
Thanks alot Nick,
I’ve been reading your tips on the GolfImprovment Expose and found it to be very helpful to me. Like what I’ve mentioned last month on the block, been playin golf for the last 15 years and instead of getting better just hardly break the 90. Last week I played and with the help I’ve been getting from you,I came in 88. Wow I enjoyed that day, we’re going out this weekend and I will recreat those great shots. Again thank you and hope to receive more lessons.
Joe
really enjoyed that nick. you have my attention as you seem to be inside my head! but what i would really like to know is how one goes about ordering the perfect shot system. i feel as though i need that system to take my golf game to the next level. price is luckily no factor for me. just send the ordering information through and i’ll take a copy. thanks.
Very insightful report Nick. I will give careful consideration what you have presented and look forward to further information from you.
You have well and truly got my attention Nick. I have been struggling for years with my golf game and after reading your report I have come to the conclusion that it’s all in my ears. This past weekend for example I was 5 under my handicap the first nine holes and ended up 4 over my handicap!!! Not the end of the world but I had a great round going and the only thing that stopped it was my stupid mind. So I have the same question so many others seem to be having. How does one go about ordering the perfect shot system?
All I can say is Amen on this one. I have studied golf like I was going for my doctorate experimenting along the way with all the different techniques. Taking lessons from the best teachers even Tiger Woods instructor. I ran into one instructor named Carl Rabito out of Florida who made the most sense. He said how much can you think about in a two second swing? Your article brought me back to when I was playing close to scratch golf and I certainly didn’t rely on swing thoughts. I just made sure my allignment was correct and just swung! Period! Thanks for the huge reminder.
you have tremendous info displayed and I am sure it can help me greatly.Please do not stop forwarding me suggestions and info.It is nice to be able to improve my gamefinally. thanx Frank Russo
I can certainly identify one hundred percent with what you say about clutching at every piece of advice only to get worse and it is very gratifying to know that I am not alone in this. I am also happy to accept that getting rid of technical thoughts and replacing them with emotional ones is beneficial. What I am not so sure about is that anyone can help me with this. I find remembering my thoughts just as hard as remembering the technical aspects of a swing. However you have made me aware of an approach that I can work on and I am in your debt for this.
Sometimes, life is strange ! after, as everybody, trying differentes methods focusing on such or such technical aspect, I came to the conclusion that a subtel thing was missing …and I red your expose related to the perfect shot system. Assuredly, it deserves to be gone further into. is it possible to order it?
Guy
I can relate with everything you say in your expose and it makes a lot of sense. How would I go about ordering it ?
Everything you said “rings true” and reminds me of thoughts and feelings I’ve had attempting to improve my game.
It’s certainly intuitive that the mental side of the game has to be important. And as you remarked, I’ve had instructors tell me the “what” to do as in…focus on “one shot at a time” and “don’t get ahead of yourself” and “the best swing thought is no swing thought.” But no one ever tells you the “how” to accomplish those mind sets.
If you have a system or programatical way of understanding the “how” and putting it into effect…I’m interested!
Not surprisingly, I (and millions of other golfers) could have written the description of inconsistency and the search for solutions to every aspect of the technical aspects of golf.
I can’t help agreeing with the overall conclusions (which, considering my poor golf is rather presumptious of me) and the frustrations of getting worse the more you practice, trying different things.
I remember my best round ever and I clearly recall not focussing on any technical aspects at all - simply hitting the ball (Henry Cotton’s advice I subsequently read) I remember the ball looked incredibly large and all I had to do was hit it! How can I possibly recapture that feeling again, twentyfive years later?
Good luck with sales of the course - way outside my budget!!!
Ian Bradley
After reading your expose, I got to thinking about my own golf history, and I beleive that your outlook is completely accurate. Everytime I stop to freeze in front of the ball to go through the checklist in my mind of all the things I should or shouldnt do, the result is the same - a terrible or less than desirable shot. When I approach the ball and go through my preshot routine with my mind set on the ball, the club, and myself, I get a great shot. The less I have to analyze, the better I hot the ball. I’ll be waiting for your product to be available, and hopefully it won’t be too expensive, because if it is, your guilt for not helping enough golfers just wasn’t enough.
this does make sense, il is hard to keep your consience mind. forget the
teckinal swing, and just swing,, i hope this works for me.
Method after method after method have crossed through my mail slot. Some helped a little, most not at all. This has peaked my interest to Nth degree. I too want to know more on how to get your system. Please advise!
WOW!!!! The thing I remember about all my great golf shots, is that I just hit a great golf shot. I just steped up to the ball, took aim and let er rip. Kinda like the scarecrow from The Wizzard of Oz. No brain, No pain. Completelty empty headed, not one single thought in there. Hopefully, I will be able to afford your system so I can do this almost every time I hit a shot.
This is the KISS principal of golf and it makes so much sence. Unfortunately in my part of the world(Zimbabwe) i have other priorities than your system. Good luck though
You’r right, when I hit a great shot there is not anything dancing around in my head at time. I just line up the shot, address the ball and hit it. But then I try to think about how I did it, thats when I really screw it up. I’m just sorry I can’t get you’re system right now, but I will spread the word. Thanks.
A FEW MONTHS AGO I HAD MY BEST EVER GAME OF GOLF. BROKE 90 FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. IT ALL SEEMED SO EASY. I WASN’T TRYING. SINCE THEN I’VE TRIED TO GET THAT GAME BACK BUT NOT COME CLOSE. I WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR SYSTEM. HOW DOES ONE GO ABOUT DOING THAT?
Hi nick.
I just wanted to give your readers a bit of an insight. I am a 35 year old male, who is only playing golf a short time. I have never had a pro lesson, My first time hitting a golf ball was on a pitch and putt course were all i needed was my sand-wedge and putter, I really loved hitting that ball over those trees
That was maybe 3 years ago, I played my first real game of golf not long after that. It was against what i would have called seasoned pro’s at the time, With 4 holes to go i had it in the bag, To say i was having fun is a complete understatement. But let me take you back to about 2 weeks before that game. I had what you might call my first and only golf lesson, It was a book i read by a Dr bob rotella, I never realized what an impact that book had on me until i read your pdf. A couple of weeks ago i was playing in a charity event. I stood on the first tee looking down a very narrow fairway with a bunker running thru the center of it about 270 yards down, I took out my 3 wood and hit it sweetly down the the right hand side of the fairway. As i put my club away one of my foursome asked me what was i thinking while i was taking that shot, I looked at him blankly while i was trying to think of a good answer to give him, but in the end i had to tell him simply nothing at all, This carried on up the fairway, until i came to the conclusion that the only time i actually think when I’m playing golf is while I’m putting, And this is only just before i bring the putter head back, I see my ball going into the hole.
So i completely agree with your thories, stay out of your own way, go thru your routines and then just hit that ball.
Kindest Regards, Thomas.
your mind?
Consistent thoughts and feel the swing
As a former Hooters Tour Player I’d like to share my thoughts.
1. There is a place for training aids - Beginning golfers can’t jump from no swing to understanding and applying the proper swing fundamentals without proper training, and some training aids help the student see more clearly.
2. You have heard this one before - practice, practice, practice. I don’t care who you are, without practicing and a full understanding of all the different shots one can play, you will never be any good at golf. I do agree that the magazines are bad for students. Learn the basics and repeat them. That’s how one improves. Don’t try correcting bad shots by changing your grip, your stance, or your swing. Understand and learn the proper swing, check it often. Know where each part of the swing belongs at all times, work it away from the course, not on the course, and you will see your swing and game get better.
3. Your mind map covers a lot of great areas one needs to succeed at golf. Becoming a great player takes more and moving to the next level is part mental, it’s also feel. Once you master all the different shot making your mind will know the shot to execute and you will be able to see the shot, and execute it without any self doubt and fear because your mind knows you can make the shot and allows your body to do it - If your mental steps moves the student to this place then it would be a “training aid” worth having.
Thanks Nick for the insight! I know you have hit the nail on the head.
Ever notice that when we’re playing our best golf we trust OUR swing and don’t try to go with someone else’s? I think that happens to tour players when they play with Tiger. Payne Stewart said once that he caught himself being an spectator after several holes playing with Ray Floyd. So if they can do it we certainly can.
Anyway thanks for the information.
David Eaves
Inola, Ok
This really makes sense to me! I’ll have to learn more!! Thanks for the information.
Would appreciate additional information, very interesting read, and really does describe my experiences (just two days ago) at the driving range! Shot after shot exactly as planned. But, I’ve not experienced that feeling very often at the course…..
I can relate to almost everything you said! I started playing golf and improved quickly and got to a point where I thought I needed further technical knowledge to improve. Boy was I wrong!!! The more “knowledgeable” I became the worse I scored!!! For me I am going right back to the basics and focusing on the 2 inches between my years. So thanks for your insight. I look forward to hearing more about your perfect shot system.
from my recent experience you are correct with what you say. about 5 months ago now i had the best game of my life. ever since that time i have been trying to get it back. no matter how hard i try i can’t repeat what i’ve proven i can do. now i realize from reading your ebook that i have been trying to repeat my great golf mechanicaly rather than mentally. so i thank you for exposing this obvious flaw in my thinking. where can i obtain a copy of the perfect shot system?
Where can I find out more about your system. It certainly seems to me that you are on the right track. I don’t want to just remember the great shots I’ve hit, I want to repeat them. Thank you for a great article.
Hi again nick i did look at buying your system last time but it was way out of my money league so if you want to help us that much do you think you can lower the price $100 or below would be good and yes im still a 28 handicap and my scores ar still quite high but i only get out about one time a week if im lucky but its still a frustrating game and i love to play it and im now 60 but will still play and learn as much as i can so think about the poorer golfer bye william.
Very interesting reading…know that I could improve my golf game. Would be interested in finding out how I can order the Perfect Shot Golf Improvement Expose.
Thank you
I am 80 years of age and occasionally hit a good shot and I always attribute the bad ones to the fact that I am getting older. You made me think that perhaps there is another reason.
I’ve played the game for over 40 years and even though I’ve entertained the mental aspects of my bad shots I’ve havent thought of the mental aspects of my good shots until this year. Well we all have a learning curve ! It is absolutely true the best rounds of my life I was not thinking about a darned thing except where I want to hit it !
I have been thinking something along that line for a few years. It is just difficult for me to figure out what I did when I did have a good shot. I just cannot get that same mental image or swing 2 times in a row.
Nick,
I’m a 16 handicapper and having been playing regularly since 2003. The mental game intrigues me. Golf is 95% mental is a common mantra. I see Bob Rotella has been quoted quite a bit but I would like to cite Timothy W. Galway’s book “The Inner Game of Golf” as a greater influence on the mental side of golf. Like you, he teaches the methods for quietening the mind (this is key when you swing a golf club) and the mental state of being to hit consistent shots. His tennis book on the mental game is a landmark book on this subject. His research on the golf swing is equally groundbreaking.
Over the past few weeks, I have lowered my handicap from 18 to 16. I have been approaching some shots with the thought and feeling of what it would be like to hit a great shot. If I can keep the mechanical thoughts at bay, I often hit a reasonable shot.
Some questions:
How is your programme different to all of those “get in the zone” cds out there?
Is it wrong to have a “swing thought” every time you play a game like each pro advises?
Your programme intrigues me but I’d like to know more. I appreciate that you are not giving us the hard sell here. Look forward to hearing more.
Martin
Pukekohe Golf Club
Auckland.
Boy o boy, your programme just blew me away. I thank you for sharing this info. I have never thought that mental aspect of game is that important until I read your story. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou.
hi nick thank’s for the pdf, i was halfway down the road to understanding that it’s how you think out on the cource that can improve your game your article has helped why pga pro’s don’t give you some advice like this i don’t no. are they greedy and just want you to keep coming back or are they ignorant. yours andy
Brain Freeze “Thinking” will kill a golf swing.
What is the backswing?
The backswing for all swings, is nothing more than keeping the clubhead below the hands untill the hands reach the back leg and then you can start the lifting process and the body will make a full turn.
On the way back in the backswing, it does not matter if you drag the sole on the ground or have the clubhead off the ground as long as you keep the clubhead below the hands untill the hands reach the back leg. You will stay in balance.
Do not think about doing it, just do it. “In-Grain It”.
Hi Nick,
my golf never reached the heady heights you did but apart from that I can see a lot of similarities in the story. I used to play golf ‘naturally’ without much attention to theory, technical issues or much in the way of instruction. My handicap came down to 13 and in 1993 I won the Scottish Prison Service Handicap Championship over 2 rounds competing against a field of about 90. That season I also won the Ford Trophy at my home course in Auchterarder and peaked when I won the club handicap championship playing 4 rounds over 2 weekends. and I was cut to 11.2. Over the 4 rounds in the handicap championship I dont think I was ever over par for any of the 4 rounds. Since then my golf has gone steadily downhill and my self confidence with it. On more than one occassion I have had the embarrassment of scoring 11 ponts for 18 holes of Stableford and its not got any better. I have on more than one occasion considered chucking golf but my memories of the good times keep me going. I attended an evening with Dr Karl Morris (Leading UK Golf Mind Coach) which focussed my mind on something I had been considering for some time, that somehow I needed to de-clutter my mind and get back to playing the kind of natural, free flowing golf that brought me success. One other thing you mentioned struck a chord with me and that was remembering the good shots that you had played before ‘ crossing the line ‘ to begin the set up phase. I think for TOO long I have been plagued witha debilitating, self- defeating, spiraling negativity in relation to my golf. In fact more often than not I have myself beaten before I finish the first hole. However even in these dark, despair ridden days I still manage to hit some good shots, have a string of good holes and even execute some shots that better players than me would be proud of. I am now playing off 16 and every time I play in a medal my handicap goes up. Instead of steadily improving like many of my peers, I have got worse. I have always had the beleif I had it in me to play to a single figure handicap but have failed to achieve……….. bigtime !! and despite my (best ??) efforts I dont see it getting any better. From what I have read your philosophy appeals to where my mind is at the minute;
1. De-clutter my mind
2. Positive mental attitude
3. Remember the good times (good shots) I have played this shot WELL before
4.Stay natural & uncontrived swing
Drew
Hi Nick,
Thankyou for taking the courage to step out with the truth!
I often wonder, with all the available information from great coaches, pros, books, magazines and so forth, why even the best like Tiger Woods miss fairways and a short game wizard like Mickelson miss chips and putts!
It obviously has to do with their present state of mind, and the better one is in keeping it quiet, the better the results.
Assuming that one has got the basics right and spent sufficient time practicing the physical aspects, the swing should be instinctive with no thinking involved.
A relaxed but alert and empty state of mind is key for consistency as you have espoused.
John Cholai
Hi Nick,
Wow,read them all.
Aren’t people terribly complicated ?
Regards.
David
One of the things that I have always done, and sometimes out loud, is to sing during my golf swing. Just like talking, it distracts your conscious mind and allows your swing to simply happen as it should.
Nick, you are very much correct in what you are saying about triggers and the mental side. LONG recognized principles which get very short attention in most of the magazines.
Fred
I would love to contribute,but i am unable to download from your Blog. Please send again.
are you going to re-release and will it be affordable ?
Drew
Isn’t it amazing how many different concepts there are to teaching golf. I have had multiple attempts made with “Pros” and most contradicted each other so it became very confusing. I love the game and agree that once you have the basics most of it is mental. I also find it goes along with something that sunk in for me with Tracy Reed. If your out of balance not matter what you try your body will rebalance itself..
I look forward to hearing more and unless totally out of reach in this economy will purchase. In part because it makes sense and in part because one of my big problems is I think to much and haven’t found a way to stop it when on the tee box while pitching and chipping it is clear so it is just the long game that kills my score.
Thanks Nick: For posting all those letters. I found mine in there from last year and enjoyed reading it again. My short game is killing me right now: what do you think of the “Taly Mind Set gizmo”? Thanks Jim H.
Thanks, Nick. I haven’t tried remembering what I was thinking about when I hit my best shots but I intend to start now. I started playing golf 2 years ago and I am 81 now. My handicap is 29 and I generally play close to it but still improving. Furthest drive is 180 yards, putting average 2.6, greatest problem reading greens and consistency with approach shots. Immediate goals are 200 yards drive and 2.0 putting. I’ll now try to remember my thoughts when hitting my best shots.
However, there is obviously more needed - practising at home and exercises. Could you please give me more information on The Perfect Shot System?
Many thanks.
Phillip
Hi Nick, I’m intrigued because what you have described and explained in detail is typical of my Golf Game, I have been playing the Game for 30 years can hit great shots and I have gone very low on occasions… however my problem is… consistency. When younger I used to play the game and enjoy it because in part it was a stress reliever, I was able to concentrate and play good Golf, now when under stress I lack concentration and my Game tends to fall apart. I would like learn more and the techniques I need to master to help me became a better consistent Golfer.
Mikej
Golf is MENTAL! It is all in your head.