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Out of bounds: Mastering thoughts for better rounds on course
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 27/11/2024
» The following is from Dr Brasier's experiences of many rounds of golf with many strange people. Golfers don't have a particular tool for creating good rounds, or from their thoughts as they create a good score. All thoughts we have in our minds are not ours. Hidden things from the subconscious are just thoughts. For example, fear is a thought, blocking something out is a thought, habit is a thought, apprehension of a particular course, shot or opponent is a thought. Several kinds of anxieties, any "What if" -- these are also thoughts.
Embrace your style, choose right coach
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 07/08/2024
» You won't learn anything by playing with players who are not as good as you. In competition try to be yourself, don't try to become someone you're not -- in other words if your normal demeanour is loose and joking beware of switching to a serious Ben Hogan type.
Develop right muscles with weighted club
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 28/02/2024
» I'm asked regularly on how you put backspin on iron shots. The obvious answer is that if you hit the ball solidly, the loft of the club will automatically put backspin on it. But my answer is invariably too simple, as the average golfer thinks there's a secret that makes a middle-iron shot land on the green and dance backwards.
Please don't nag at your child
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 13/12/2023
» The best age to start a child in golf is the time he or she becomes interested in the game.
Club speed matters a great deal
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 05/04/2023
» Gone are the days of hitting a 240-yard drive, and the 150 you may have left to the pin would have meant reaching for a 7-iron.
Some useful tips for newcomers to the game of golf
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 06/11/2022
» New players take up golf all the time, and here are some tips when setting out to learn how to play the game that have stood the test of time.
It has become a norm for golfers to make excuses
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 17/04/2022
» As golfers, we are all experts in finding excuses for a bad round and regardless of your playing ability, it seems nobody is immune to this habit.
It's about time tours penalise spitters
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 28/07/2019
» I wince when I see tour players spit on TV and now there's a call for this disgusting habit to be outlawed with a penalty implemented for those who continue to do it. Why do player do this? Is it a nervous twitch?