Philly Golf Guy
#PGG
- Joined
- Nov 7, 2012
- Messages
- 9,103
- Reaction score
- 7
- Handicap
- USGA 14
Just an update on this for anyone that is pondering.
It's been almost a month since I started using the program and have been pretty disciplined about staying on the schedule laid out for me, which is basically doing a set of exercises every other day. The program is good at increasing difficulty on exercises where you're performing well while maintaining difficulty for exercises you're still figuring out.
Without describing each exercise, the ones laid out for me mainly target stress management, brain speed, mental endurance and focus. As others have commented, there is an exercise that makes you work on breathing, inhaling every 8 - 10 seconds for 6 minutes, which has been proven to lower stress hormones immediately. I've used it on the course a few times and it helps get rid of a lot of those negative thoughts that seem to pile up when you hit a rough patch.
Generally, I am pretty happy with this purchase. I am thinking and focusing on my game when I should be, instead of when I'm standing over the ball. I've noticed a significant difference in that regard. In the past, I used to try and figure out how I needed to swing as I was standing over the ball. Now, I think about what I need to do before address and once I stand over the ball, I start the swing much more quickly. I attribute that to the brain speed exercises.
I'm also starting to notice areas where my mental game needs work. The biggest are towards the end of the round, where I may start to get a little casual and hurried, so this seems to be a mental endurance issue. The other is my reaction after a good hole, like a birdie, where I get complacent and lose focus, already satisfied that I played well on at least one hole. There are exercises for that as well, so will be putting in time to improve in those areas. I'm glad I found a program that is effective and allows me to work on this stuff interactively, as opposed to just reading a book about it.
It's been almost a month since I started using the program and have been pretty disciplined about staying on the schedule laid out for me, which is basically doing a set of exercises every other day. The program is good at increasing difficulty on exercises where you're performing well while maintaining difficulty for exercises you're still figuring out.
Without describing each exercise, the ones laid out for me mainly target stress management, brain speed, mental endurance and focus. As others have commented, there is an exercise that makes you work on breathing, inhaling every 8 - 10 seconds for 6 minutes, which has been proven to lower stress hormones immediately. I've used it on the course a few times and it helps get rid of a lot of those negative thoughts that seem to pile up when you hit a rough patch.
Generally, I am pretty happy with this purchase. I am thinking and focusing on my game when I should be, instead of when I'm standing over the ball. I've noticed a significant difference in that regard. In the past, I used to try and figure out how I needed to swing as I was standing over the ball. Now, I think about what I need to do before address and once I stand over the ball, I start the swing much more quickly. I attribute that to the brain speed exercises.
I'm also starting to notice areas where my mental game needs work. The biggest are towards the end of the round, where I may start to get a little casual and hurried, so this seems to be a mental endurance issue. The other is my reaction after a good hole, like a birdie, where I get complacent and lose focus, already satisfied that I played well on at least one hole. There are exercises for that as well, so will be putting in time to improve in those areas. I'm glad I found a program that is effective and allows me to work on this stuff interactively, as opposed to just reading a book about it.
