How to zero in and get the zone. By Denise McGuire and Elena King Like many highly successful athletes, three-time major winner Nick Price owes his success to a preternatural ability to focus. “The more I focus, the less I worry about pressure and everything else,” he once said. “My mind is totally and completely [...]
Does visualization really work? Jack Nicklaus once said that he Never hit a shot, even in practice, without having a sharp picture of it in his head. “It’s like a color movie,” he explained. “First, I ‘see’ the ball where I want it to finish, nice and high and sitting up high on the bright green grass. [...]
How to zero in and get in the zone. Like many highly successful athletes, three-time major winner Nick Price owes his success to a preternatural ability to focus. “The more I focus, the less I worry about pressure and everything else,” he once said. “My mind is totally and completely into the target. Some people [...]
Dr. D has helped my daughter become aware of how her emotions can affect her game. She deals with everything from pre- and post-shot routines to improving team dynamics. She goes above and beyond the scheduled sessions through constant communication with my daughter and with me. I have noticed a major improvement in my daughter’s [...]
How not to let one bad shot snowball into two or three or … How many times Have you hit a bad shot, stormed up to your ball determined to redeem yourself with your next swing-only to hit another lousy shot? Golf is not a game of perfection. Even during your best round you are [...]
Having spent nearly ten years running junior events I am convinced that the number one priority for our players should be the mental side of the game. Dr. McGuire has made tremendous inroads with the Colorado Junior Golf community and is a true asset to our players. By helping our players get control of their [...]
Prior to visiting Denise, our daughter seemed to have mastered many of golf’s fundamentals yet still faced scoring challenges in high pressure tournament play. Sometimes her scoring was inhibited by negative thoughts and other times she wouldn’t be able to recover from a “blow up” hole. After investing quality time with Dr. Denise, our daughter [...]
We have found that many golfers are unaware of how their thoughts, feelings and physiological reactions are interfering with their ability to play well. Golfers can learn to play in their optimal zone by developing greater awareness of their mental, emotional and physiological habits or tendencies during performance and choosing to play in their optimal state. To consistently [...]
Get in the Zone can help you discover what your best playing state is in all three areas (mental, emotional and physiological) and teach you the skills needed to transform to your optimal performance state or “zone”. Being able to transform your performance state is a skill that will elevate your game. It requires a commitment to [...]
