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No Success like Failure…

March 20, 2016 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

Links Golf - players at St Andrews, Scotland

I know it’s not advisable, but I do tinker with my game during a round of golf. The reason for this is that, because I don’t play enough, I tend to revert to default swing positions after I clear my head of thoughts just before the swing begins. That’s often conditioned by the quality of […]

Filed Under: Enlightened Golf, Famous Golfers, golf and the mind, inspiration in golf, links golf, Mindful golf Tagged With: failure and success in golf, Maverick McNealy, Rory, Zen golf

Golf, Nerves, and Meditation

January 18, 2016 by Stephen Altschuler 6 Comments

In response to a hi-stress job, I spent quite a bit of time at the range last year pounding balls in order to not only improve, but to lower my anxiety levels. And it worked, but with a price paid. After hitting many balls, my anxiety did lower, but I developed golfer’s elbow as a […]

Filed Under: Balance, Enlightened Golf, golf and the mind, Golf Improvement, Meditation and Golf, Mindful golf, Practice Tagged With: anxiety in golf, benzodiazepines, golfer's elbow, mindfulness meditation, nerves, Shivas Irons Society

Tracking Matt

August 3, 2015 by Stephen Altschuler 1 Comment

The word “natural” implies an athlete who came into this life with his or her skills. Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Bode Miller, Babe Zaharias, Michael Phelps, and Serena Williams come to mind. When you see them run, jump, walk, swim, or swing, most of us can spot a natural straightaway. There is a certain grace about them, […]

Filed Under: Confidence in golf, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, golf consciousness, golf values, Mindful golf, Owning your swing, Practice, Swing tips, The drive, The PGA, Tiger Woods Tagged With: flexibility, golf natural, impact zone, John Donigan, Mike Barkann, Sean O'Hair

How to KO a Slump

July 5, 2015 by Stephen Altschuler 1 Comment

The anatomy of a slump is not difficult to describe. Actually, I teeter on one now so I will attempt to pinpoint what it is that characterizes a slump and make some attempt to extricate oneself from a slump and into the green pastures of pride and accomplishment. The slump started several months ago after a particular […]

Filed Under: Confidence in golf, Enlightened Golf, golf and the mind, Meditation and Golf, Mindful golf Tagged With: black holes, depression, slumps

Bad Rounds

April 26, 2015 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

We’ve all had them. I had one yesterday. Frustrating. Demoralizing. Even embarrassing. They hit like a sudden cold that we didn’t see coming. First the sore throat on the warm up range where say 7 of 10 shots are not hit well, but 3 are solid, and we think, “Great. I’m ready. I’ve got it […]

Filed Under: Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Mindful golf, pace, Patience, Swing tips Tagged With: bad rounds, Crenshaw, Irwin, negativity, Nicklaus, Player, Tiger, Trevino

The Key Backswing Move

August 8, 2014 by Stephen Altschuler 9 Comments

Watching Rory McIlroy smash 340 yard drives down the middle time after time on his way to winning the 2014 WGC Bridgestone, got me wondering how he does it. He’s not a big guy. On the contrary. He’s not a macho muscular guy. Far from it. He’s not a super athletic guy. What Rory does, […]

Filed Under: Fundamentals, Golf, golf and the mind, Golf Improvement, Meditation and Golf, Mindful golf, pace, Swing tips, The drive, The Key Move, Tiger Woods Tagged With: accuracy, backswing, distance, downswing, impact zone, Rory McIlroy

The Challenge of Concentration

July 20, 2013 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

As we see from the playing of the British Open this week, golf requires sustained and all-encompasing concentration on every shot. This is a daunting task that most golfers often back down from. I remember during a three-month meditation retreat at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts years ago, I reached a point […]

Filed Under: Confidence in golf, Enlightened Golf, Famous Golfers, Meditation and Golf, Mindful golf, Patience, The Majors, Tiger Woods Tagged With: Annika Sorenstam, British Open, concentration, Dufnering, Insight Meditation Society, Jack Kornfield, Lee Westwood, Phil Mickelson, Ram Dass, samadhi

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