Its because we play with our nuts all day!
Psychologists at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, renowned as the home of golf, believe they have discovered the holy grail of golf. Don’t think.
Hmm, most golf coaches have known that one for ever. The problem is how does one stop a person thinking? The University of St Andrews believe just talking about your game in between playing shots can effect your skills and score. The medical mumbo jumbo is called ‘verbal overshadowing’ which makes the brain switch focus from the cerebral systems (skill related) to language related part of the brain.
I say phooey, if you want to really know the key to playing great golf you need to act like a squirrel. Squirrels, surprise, surprise, don’t think. It is the reason they are able to scurry across a thin wire and not fall off. Us humans, we think, process and analyse. If we were told to walk a thin wire like a squirrel, we couldn’t, mainly because our brain would be working overtime analysing the situation. Our brain would be thinking , crap that’s too high, the friggin wires too thin, I will die doing it, isn’t there an easier alternative, blah, blah, blah. A squirrel however is denied the complex assessment of information and has no ability to reason. It simply processes, acts and executes.
So next time you pick up your clubs find your inner squirrel and just go for it. Oh and if you want a really cool assessment of your golf by a world leading golf coach check out this site Free Golf Lesson Online.
Chuck Norris can’t play golf because the balls are afraid of him.
I really think I’m a squirrel. Sometimes I behave like this friggin squirrel. Sometimes I don’t analyse what the outcome will be a blah blah blah and I have my friggin 82 ear old mother telling me off for blurting things out without thinking. Just wait till I tell her my squirrel theory. She’ll really think I’ve lost it. But wait, Chuck could fix my mother lol.
I’ve already told her I’ll miss her in heaven lol.
You know…your friggin’ right. That concept was actually well documented in a book called “Overachievement” by John Elliot, Ph.D. – Professor and Chairman of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia. Although, he didn’t actually mention the fact that Tiger plays like a squirrel…I wonder why!
Yes, come on the Friggin loon is always right
! Oh and I’m guessing Tiger would hate to be known as a squirrel 
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Tiger’s swing in 2000-1 was pure. (Much more so than now, I believe…) This book captures his swing in perfect color images that are worth being framed, they are so good! Great insight into his mindset and swing thoughts at that time. Worth triple this $ 12.99 price…. A ‘Must Have’ if you are a golfer.
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Oh yes, definitely a must if you are a serial swinger!!!
And does he count all his strokes?