Golf's Mental Game

The traditional approach

Golf’s mental game is traditionally trained independently of the golf swing – almost as a separate part of the game – and is aided by the use of psychology and in particular a branch of sports psychology known as NLP or neuro linguistic programming.

Typically, NLP involves helping the golfer manage their mental state by learning to reframe negative thoughts and encouraging better performance using positive inner dialogue, all very useful as self-motivational tools, especially when preparing to play.

However, experience shows us that when a golfer is playing golf in the zone – that state when everything seems to just happen naturally and you stop getting in your own way – something is going on in a realm beyond that of everyday thoughts. In fact, a golfer playing in the zone stops the internal chatter altogether and becomes completely immersed in what they’re doing, to the point where they stop reflecting on their performance and start to trust their instincts and abilities.

This state – immersion – or the absence of mental interference - is available to any golfer who can learn to switch off the everyday ‘monkey mind’ - doubt, anxiety, expectation, fear of failure/success – simply by focusing on the breath, which is the quickest and easiest way to reduce the internal dialogue of self-interference.

The chi-power GOLF approach

"When you exhale smoothly, without trying to exhale, you are entering into the complete perfect calmness of your mind".

chi-power GOLF helps the golfer develop awareness of breathing through ancient meditation and movement exercises which also train the body for inner strength, balance, rooting and relaxation to the point of being able to produce a ‘relaxation-response’ under pressure.

Awareness of breathing is perhaps the single, most important factor affecting a golfer’s performance, particularly when they are under pressure, yet it a concept so simple that millions of golfers are still struggling to let go of swing thoughts and so on, because they are overlooking the power of this easy to learn skill.

With chi-power GOLF you can gain a huge advantage mentally by incorporating some simple drills into your weekly schedule – around 90 minutes a week in total – which will help you pay more attention to your breathing and less time sabotaging yourself with unnecessary self-interference.

Benefits to be gained include:

The absence of self-interference
The ability to regain composure after difficult or poor shots
The ability to hold your nerve under pressure
Enhanced concentration
The courage to really go for the shot you want
Getting in the zone or flow-state