How often have you said:
- I'm going to get my handicap cut?
- I'm playing well I just need to improve my putting / driving / irons etc
And yet it hasn't really happened.
They're like broken New Year's Resolutions. Good intentions, but poor strategies.
Read on to learn about how to make them work.
Improving your game
Improving your game means developing new habits by developing positive rituals.
A positive ritual is a behaviour that becomes automatic over time motivated by a deeply held value.
i.e. brushing your teeth twice a day on autopilot (not an effort to remember as you do it at the same point each day) - compelled by a health value.
In order to build rituals you need to:
- define precise behaviours
- and perform them at set specific times
- motivated by very deeply held values
Protect these rituals as you would any other important meeting in your diary (or they won't last.)
One step at a time
Remember that "nothing fails like excess!" Don't try to make too many changes at once. Do things in small and manageable increments.
Pushing too hard increased the likelihood that you will give up. You only have so much will power / conscious control. Make one significant change at a time.
Key ingredient 1
Practice different things! Practicing the same things harder won't make you better. Take different action, starting by writing some new rituals into your daily schedule - and do it today!
Perhaps this will just be scheduling in a drink of water on each tee (being 2-3% dehydrated leads to 60% more mistakes!)
Key ingredient 2
Remember that you'll get better results when you have a coach.
- I'm going to get my handicap cut?
- I'm playing well I just need to improve my putting / driving / irons etc
And yet it hasn't really happened.
They're like broken New Year's Resolutions. Good intentions, but poor strategies.
Read on to learn about how to make them work.
Improving your game
Improving your game means developing new habits by developing positive rituals.
A positive ritual is a behaviour that becomes automatic over time motivated by a deeply held value.
i.e. brushing your teeth twice a day on autopilot (not an effort to remember as you do it at the same point each day) - compelled by a health value.
In order to build rituals you need to:
- define precise behaviours
- and perform them at set specific times
- motivated by very deeply held values
Protect these rituals as you would any other important meeting in your diary (or they won't last.)
One step at a time
Remember that "nothing fails like excess!" Don't try to make too many changes at once. Do things in small and manageable increments.
Pushing too hard increased the likelihood that you will give up. You only have so much will power / conscious control. Make one significant change at a time.
Key ingredient 1
Practice different things! Practicing the same things harder won't make you better. Take different action, starting by writing some new rituals into your daily schedule - and do it today!
Perhaps this will just be scheduling in a drink of water on each tee (being 2-3% dehydrated leads to 60% more mistakes!)
Key ingredient 2
Remember that you'll get better results when you have a coach.
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