Desire
Fear of Failure
Recently I have had several conversations with adult players, junior players and their parents about the state of their games and development as a whole. I understand that many of us are not where we would like to be in our development as a golfer, and it made me think, why not? Why do we think we are not going to be good. Why do we feel that we will not obtain our goal? As I sat down to write...
There Is No Sudden Breakthrough
It is common in golf, or sports in general, to hear someone say things like, “where did that kid come from?”, “he/she came out of nowhere to win”, “I don’t know what happened but suddenly my game improved by 5 strokes.” Let’s look at this “sudden” breakthrough syndrome. In my opinion, no one in the history of anything just “suddenly” got better. It takes many hours, d...
How To Be Your Best
All in my pursuit of helping thousands of athletes both young and old become the best version of themselves, I have asked thousands of athletes and other successful people how they reached their successes, and to no surprise it sounds easy! If you have tuned in to any of my newsletters or articles you have also heard me mention, “easy is hard.” You may be wondering, what do the best people ...
The Missed Putt
The Open week, watching the best golfers in the world look a little silly on and around the greens of St. Andrews was eye opening and heart-warming. Well, maybe not so much heart warming but certainly eye opening. The Open lets us mere mortals who play the game realize, everyone can miss a 1 foot or a 2-foot putt and that NO one is exempt from feeling a little embarrassed about it. The differe...
Playing without Fear
It is TT (tournament time!) of the year for most of our northeast golfers. This for many brings about some anxiety, fear, and in general unease. We would like to believe it also brings about excitement, engagement, fun, fear and sense of purpose. Did you notice anything like my previous comments? Fear! Got it! Fear is that “terrible” thing we feel when something is uncomfortable, but it does...
