PUBLISHED JULY 2007




FEELING DRIVEN GOLF

• When asked about your golf swing, do you reply, I'm still working on it?
• If someone inquires, How are you hitting?, are you likely to say, Just okay, or fair?
• Are you a beginning golfer who keeps trying harder and harder but doesn't hit any farther or better?
• Or, have you been working on your golf swing technique for years but are still seeking lasting improvement?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, you are not alone. There are thousands of others on the path to golf swing improvement. For many, it has been a long road filled with lots of training aids, an assortment of clubs, buckets of practice balls, and tons of tips on mechanical techniques. Yet their perfect golf swing and solid satisfaction with their game continues to elude them.

What if someone told you that,

• You don't have to keep trying harder to swing better
• You don't have to keep overanalyzing your mechanics to improve golf swing 
• You don't have to spend hundreds more dollars to find your perfect swing
• The key is in  your senses - one of the most underutilized tools in golf!

The Perfect Tool -

What most golfers don't realize is that the perfect tool to finding their own perfect golf swing has been with them all the time. They have instant access to it whenever they choose. They don't need to buy anything or try harder in order for it to work. It's right there. It's so powerful and so effective, yet it's rarely used. It's the feeling side of golf. And, it's right there within you.

Feeling is a Building Block to Better Golf -

Instructors and coaches have long known the fact that we learn through our senses. The more we engage our senses in a learning experience, the more effective it can be, and ultimately the better we can remember - and repeat - what we have learned. This includes the sense, or the sensation, of feeling. When feeling is a conscious part of a learning experience, awareness is heightened and results are magnified. That is why it is common to hear a golf instructor say, "It feels like..." when giving a tip to help a student understand, remember, and replicate a certain move. There is a reason they use feeling as a part of their instruction - because it works as a building block to golf swing improvement and a better game!

Pros and other successful golfers utilize the sensation of feeling to great advantage in fine tuning their golf swing technique, and the reason why is because it works. They know the mental golf "secret" that tuning in to the sensation of feeling makes them more fully aware and boosts the effectiveness of learning (or changing), practicing, and repeating their golf swing.

You Must Convert From the Trying Mode to the Feeling Mode -

Despite the value and effectiveness of this perfect mental tool for golf swing improvement, the sensation of feeling is misunderstood and underutilized by many recreational players. And for all the pros that successfully use it, it doesn't get much coverage in the golf tips or mental golf literature. The truth is, there is so much emphasis on doing the mechanical techniques, but little emphasis on feeling them. And it is feeling that can skyrocket improvement and take your golf swing to a new level of smoothness and consistency.

With all the emphasis on doing mechanical techniques, what happens is that golfers are commonly misguided to approach their golf swing improvement in the trying mode - trying to swing correctly, trying to hit the ball hard, trying to hit the ball far, trying not to do domething incorrectly, trying to avoid trouble, and so on. All of this trying leads to tension, off-plane swinging, poor ball contact, and poor control. Trying too hard sends vital power and energy in an inefficient direction; it limits the ability to tune in to the perfect tool of the feeling sensation and blocks the flow of the true swing motion.

Author Rick Semple passes along the mental golf wisdom that "to gain lasting success in golf, we must convert from the trying mode to the feeling mode." If you really want to find - and consistently repeat - your true, perfect swing, you need to let go of all that trying and excess effort and "plug in" to that perfect tool that lies within. You need to access that "inside information" that makes you more fully aware and boosts the effectiveness of your learning and practice. You need to tap into the feeling side of golf, and then your golf swing improvement will explode and your golf swing will show its true colors! 

Very Few Resources Teach You How - Until Now!

While the feeling side of golf is mentioned in some mental golf publications, very few actually teach you HOW to use it in a practical, real-life way. There hasn't been a step-by-step blueprint to help the everyday golfer tap into the power and potential of the feeling side of golf - until now! Finally, there is a resource to teach you how - right now!

Author Rick Semple has written a practical guide for golf swing improvement that helps you understand the feeling aspect of your senses and teaches you how to reveal and enrich your perfect "true swing" with "inside information" that you can only get by opening up to the valuable sense of feel.

Rick's book is based on his real-life experience with trying the feeling driven golf approach and successfully reaching a new level of golf swing improvement and satisfaction with his game. This was after many years of taking a strictly mechanical approach with much forced effort that lead to frustration rather than positive, long-term change. It was only when he learned about, and consistently practiced, mentally and physically feeling (rather than forcing) his swing that significant changes began to take place. He changed the way he thought about his golf swing and that opened him up to allow flow, fluidity, relaxation, and a greater receptivity to actually feeling the proper swing motion. When he got a sense of the proper feeling, it was much easier to repeat the proper motion with each swing. The results were more consistency, power, and speed. He was hitting it smooth, straight, and long shot after shot and enjoying his game more than he had in years.

In his book, Rick tells you how you too can make great strides with your golf swing technique by working with the feeling side of golf to expand your awareness and put you more in tune with your game. With his experienced guidance, you will develop greater feel in the mechanics of your shots which will make it easier to sense and repeat the proper motions. Then, you will enjoy more consistency in your game rather than be plagued with wondering how to achieve it.

Points covered in this golf instructional book include:

• A straightforward explanation of the valuable but vastly underutilized feeling side of golf.
• Real-life tips and exercises for tapping in to the feeling side of golf and getting greater feel in the mechanics of your shots.
• Pointers for using this expanded awareness to develop a better, repeatable golf swing and enjoy more consistency in your game.
• Practical guidance on switching from the trying to the feeling mode and focusing your swing energy more effectively.
• Proven mental golf strategies for conquering fear, reducing self-imposed pressure, and releasing tension to yield a smooth, rhythmic swing.
• A do-able approach to developing a key mental golf skill and truly being in control of your swing.
• A blueprint for developing a new mindset, finding your perfect swing, and enjoying a greater level of satisfaction with your game.

CLICK HERE to read an excerpt.

CLICK HERE to read about the author.

READ THIS BOOK TOGETHER WITH RICK'S BOOK, GOODBYE HIT, HELLO SWING, TO GET A SUPER COMBINATION OF "INNER GAME" MENTAL GOLF TIPS AND "OUTER GAME" MECHANICAL TIPS THAT CAN IMPROVE YOUR OUTLOOK, EXPAND YOUR AWARENESS, AND ENRICH YOUR GOLF SWING AND GOLF GAME IN A NEW AND GREATER WAY.

Specs: 61 pages, 4 lessons including FAQs and print-friendly checklists

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