Thursday, October 25, 2007

Golf Ball BS exposed - The Secrets That Manufacturers Don't Want You to Know

You have probably seen and heard advertisements from several different manufacturers claiming that their ball is the best. Hey, they can't all be the best...or can they? Since there are rules that limit a ball's initial velocity, it stands to reason that all the major golf ball makers are already pushing those limits. If they wanted to, they could probably make a ball that goes much further, but it would be illegal. Some pros are under contract to play the ball brand of their various sponsors, but they probably would do just as well playing a different brand, so it is not likely that these balls can be all that different.

That means if the average golfer wants more distance, any of the major brands will be OK. Some balls claim to have "high spin". Sounds cool, but if that is true, you can expect to increase your slice or hook, which negates the value of being able to stop the ball on the green more easily. Trying to spin the ball on "public" greens may be futile, because those greens are usually not as soft as the greens on plush private courses, so the extra spin might not be of any benefit to the average golfer anyway. If you really really like spin, use a ball with a cut or scrape on it (just kidding). If you like more distance, line up the seam of the ball vertically along the target line (not kidding, this supposedly also promotes a better roll for putting).

Some people claim they can feel a difference in the "softness" of the ball when they hit it. Don't be fooled by this. Any ball will feel softer if you hit it on the sweet spot of the club, and the same ball will feel hard if you fail to strike the ball on the sweet spot. Some people say they can tell by the sound; gimme a break, does it go "doink" or "squish"? If you think any of these balls are soft, allow me to bounce one of them off your head, and then you can tell me how soft it feels. They used to say hard swingers were supposed to use harder higher compression balls, yet the lower compression Lady Precept has changed this way of thinking, and now all the major brands are making balls with specs similar to the Lady Precept.

So the bottom line is this: Unless you are a low handicap golfer, it probably makes little difference which ball is better for you. The marketing hype is just playing on your mind. For the average golfer, brand guchi-fufu will probably get no better scores than Brand A or B or X. However, the mind is a very powerful thing, so if you feel more confident by playing an expensive ball, then go for it, a positive attitude will probably help you.

So without further ado, here is my "meticulous scientific" and most fiscally responsible method of choosing a golf ball. Use whatever the ball retriever can dredge up from the nearest ponds, and put the money saved to better use, like maybe for some extra beers at the 19th hole, or better yet, use it for some of the golf swing instruction DVDs mentioned in our web site!

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Monday, October 22, 2007

Immediately Improve your Golf - Simple, Easy to Follow Ideas

All of us use hypnosis in our everyday lives all of the time. If you are overweight and overeat, you can become satisfied with smaller portions of food, If you smoke, you can
become an ex-smoker. If you’re phobic, your fears can disappear completely.

In an open state of mind, you can make strong, positive suggestions to change your life dramatically. Hypnosis can help you improve your golf game. It can help you lower your
score and feel proud of your accomplishment and your game.

Your inner mind is lazy: It needs repetition for change to occur. The more detailed your picture, the more accurate your outcome. If you expect a positive outcome, you will receive
it.

Once you create self-hypnosis on command and through suggestion, you need to product strong mental images of what you want to accomplish, you can lower your golf score.

You can achieve that score you always dream about. No more being embarrassed of your score in front of your friends.

And along those very lines, we have an article within this article, written by Jennifer Scott, author of Own The Zone. Jennifer is a Certified Hypnotherapist, and has helped many
golfers improve their score.

DON’T ‘BE THE BALL’ - BE THE TARGET By Jennifer Scott, Clinical Hypnotherapist

In the movie, ‘Caddyshack,’ before they swung, golfers repeated the mantra, ‘Be The Ball.’ This is OK for a funny movie or if you’re a beginning golfer who’s likely to miss the ball if
you don’t pay supreme attention to it. But for anyone else it’s ridiculous.

Because you’re better than that. You don’t want to just hit the ball. You want the ball to go someplace. Like...a Target. It would be much better for you to ‘Be The Target.’ To focus
intensely on the Target. To picture your ball going to it. To have it so burned into your mind that you can still see it in your mind’s eye when you’re addressing the ball. Watch the pre-shot routine of any good golf professional. What do you think they’re doing when they stand in back of the ball, in line with the target? They’re picturing the ball flying to the Target.

This is what my Golf Clients do through Self Hypnosis. They’re able to picture something happening and then let it happen. My Golf Clients ‘see’ the ball going to the Target while
they’re looking at the ball they’re about to hit. The connection with the Target is never lost. Want to improve your scoring?

Before every shot, make the Target your image.

Get the picture?

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