5 Elements Blog
Your daily dose of the 5 Elements of Success to strengthen
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The Most Overlooked Piece of Equipment in the Bag
What is the only piece of equipment that is used on every single shot during your round of golf? The golf ball! Before teeing off, most amateurs reach into their golf bag and pull out a couple of mismatched golf balls that they have either found, bought or were gifted. The most common thing I hear is “I’m just not good enough for it to matter”, but is this true? Golf balls come in a ...
True Tempo
How many times have you heard someone say that his/her swing was quick? This is a very general observation that people will also make of other players without a true understanding behind what is actually happening. With a training aid called Blast Motion we can actually see a player’s tempo and begin to decipher what is taking place in the golf swing causing someone to feel or look quick. Af...
Dance, Football, Cheerleading and Golf Coaches
“If you don’t get your butt in there and work it off, you will never make my team or anyone else’s! There is no time to pout and if you want to pout, do it on your own time! I showed you the routine, I gave you the music, do you want me to dance for you in the competition?!! Well, I have never seen anything like this, do you want a trophy for showing up?!!” – Dance Coach “If yo...
Aim Small, Miss Small
This phrase, made popular by two outstanding movies (The Patriot and more recently American Sniper), relates to our wonderful game of golf quite nicely. The concept is simple; pick a very specific target, within a larger target, at which you are aiming. If you miss your target, chances are your level of focus will still result in you finding the larger target or not be as far off as you would have...
Focus Matters, Achieving Greatness
A two-decade study of more than a thousand adolescents revealed focus, self-regulation and delaying self-gratification is a better predictor of someone’s success than IQ and socioeconomic status. Hmm, then why do many parents provide overbearing feedback and take away opportunities to their kid/s to learn from mistakes? For them to only feel better in the moment? It is not the kids’ fault;...
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