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The Inner Game of Golf QUOTES

The Inner Game of Golf QUOTES

1 " But the basic strategy for increasing feel is consciously to switch games from a game of results to one of awareness. Usually, it is overconcern with results that leads to overcontrol and decreased feel, so change your goal to increasing awareness. Pick any awareness technique and increase your focus on whatever feel is there. Don’t judge it as good or bad; merely observe it. Feel will pick up immediately, and improved results will follow as a matter of course. "

― W. Timothy Gallwey , The Inner Game of Golf

2 " fully. Still, I found that like most tyrants, Self 1 didn’t like losing control and resisted efforts to minimize his influence. "

― W. Timothy Gallwey , The Inner Game of Golf

3 " Keep your head still throughout the swing. It’s imperative to keep it still. Keep working at it until you get it. 1. See if you sense any movement in your head during the swing. Notice whether there is more or less movement on each succeeding swing. 2. Early in the downswing, the right elbow should return to the right side. (Sam Snead) 2. During the next few swings, pay attention to your right elbow. Don’t try to change it in any way; just see if you can tell what it does, especially after you begin the downswing. Notice any changes in its position. 3. Keep your left arm straight. 3. Notice whether your left arm is straight "

― W. Timothy Gallwey , The Inner Game of Golf

4 " The awareness instruction, on the other hand, asks only one thing of the conscious mind: Pay attention to what is happening. There is no doubt because there is no right way or wrong way, and there is no fear of failure because there is no externally implied standard for success. Yet the body learns because it is now free to focus on what feels good and to see for itself what works. "

― W. Timothy Gallwey , The Inner Game of Golf