Positive Golf Tip - Practice Discipline and Consistency to Help Develop New Habits and Lasting Improvement
While watching the coverage of the Mercedes-Benz Championship over the weekend, I listened with particular interest to some remarks the commentators were making about Mike Weir on Saturday. They repeatedly pointed out that he is "incredibly disciplined" in his practice, his routine, and his fitness program. It is often Tiger's discipline that we hear more comments about, and it is Tiger who commonly comes to mind when there is talk of a disciplined approach to the game. But discipline is an essential aspect of the approach - and the success - of so many other tour players as well, including Mike Weir. This discipline isn't reserved only for the "upper eschelon" of players, however. It can be practiced by players of any level, including beginners who are starting at square one. If you want to make positive changes and improvements to your swing and your game, you too can not only practice discipline to help create change - you must practice it if you want the change to last!
By "discipline," I mean the focused, consistent practice of new ideas, new attitudes, new swing thoughts, and new swing techniques. It is the consistent practice of these things that leads to the establishment of new habits and permanent change. The discipline is what gets you to not only "just do it," but to keep on just doing it - day after day, week after week, month after month. This is what gets results. So, in choosing new mental and physical habits to develop in 2008 (see the previous post for what I chose), keep in mind the stick-to-itivenes that it takes to "habitualize" these new habits that will make a difference in your game, and stick to it! That's what works for Tiger, Annika, Mike Weir, and other disciplined players, and they are great examples and inspiration. They can do it, so can I, and so can you! We all have the potential for discipline and consistent, ongoing practice - we just need to call it up inside ourselves. Along those lines, here are a couple of great quotes from great people who accomplished great things:
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. - Thomas Edison
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing. - Abraham Lincoln
If you want some tools to help you with discpline and consistency, CLICK HERE for a great website with a bunch of articles and recordings that will help you stick-to-it for success, including the MP3 recording, "Persevere to Succeed."
Here's to your success!
Rick Semple
Positive Golfer
Co-Founder, TheHeartofGolf.com
http://www.TheHeartofGolf.com
While watching the coverage of the Mercedes-Benz Championship over the weekend, I listened with particular interest to some remarks the commentators were making about Mike Weir on Saturday. They repeatedly pointed out that he is "incredibly disciplined" in his practice, his routine, and his fitness program. It is often Tiger's discipline that we hear more comments about, and it is Tiger who commonly comes to mind when there is talk of a disciplined approach to the game. But discipline is an essential aspect of the approach - and the success - of so many other tour players as well, including Mike Weir. This discipline isn't reserved only for the "upper eschelon" of players, however. It can be practiced by players of any level, including beginners who are starting at square one. If you want to make positive changes and improvements to your swing and your game, you too can not only practice discipline to help create change - you must practice it if you want the change to last!
By "discipline," I mean the focused, consistent practice of new ideas, new attitudes, new swing thoughts, and new swing techniques. It is the consistent practice of these things that leads to the establishment of new habits and permanent change. The discipline is what gets you to not only "just do it," but to keep on just doing it - day after day, week after week, month after month. This is what gets results. So, in choosing new mental and physical habits to develop in 2008 (see the previous post for what I chose), keep in mind the stick-to-itivenes that it takes to "habitualize" these new habits that will make a difference in your game, and stick to it! That's what works for Tiger, Annika, Mike Weir, and other disciplined players, and they are great examples and inspiration. They can do it, so can I, and so can you! We all have the potential for discipline and consistent, ongoing practice - we just need to call it up inside ourselves. Along those lines, here are a couple of great quotes from great people who accomplished great things:
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. - Thomas Edison
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing. - Abraham Lincoln
If you want some tools to help you with discpline and consistency, CLICK HERE for a great website with a bunch of articles and recordings that will help you stick-to-it for success, including the MP3 recording, "Persevere to Succeed."
Here's to your success!
Rick Semple
Positive Golfer
Co-Founder, TheHeartofGolf.com
http://www.TheHeartofGolf.com
Labels: golf improvement, improve golf swing, mental golf, positive attitude, positive mental habits
posted by Rick Semple at 1:04 PM
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