Use Your Visual Senses To Sharpen Your Focus – Your competitive drive and optimistic mindset generates positive energy for the shot. Now for the challenge – focusing this energy to help your body make the best swing you’re capable of making.

Mental coach Dr. Bob Rotella offers this advice – “A golfer’s mind and nervous system performs best when focused on a precise target.” Tiger Woods echoes these thoughts – “I look at the target and mentally pull it back into my hands. Then I let my subconscious react and my swing just happens.”

Dr. Rotella advises players to work on sharpening their visual skills during practice sessions - "For every 40 shots you hit working on your swing, hit at least 60 where you're thinking about your target - look at the target, let your mind react to the target and then trust your swing without thinking of mechanics."

The Highlight Video Strategy – Imagine that you’re in the middle of a round and hitting the ball poorly. You’ve spent a lot of energy trying to figure out what you’re doing wrong, but nothing you’ve tried has worked. Frustration and tension are building and performance is going from bad to worse. You’ve been there before and you’ll likely be there again.

Next time try something different. Develop a short imaginary "highlight video" of yourself playing a few great shots. Make the image of your shots, including the positive emotions they would produce, as vivid as possible. When you're struggling during a round, take just a minute to "play" this video. Focused on such a positive image, even for just a moment, there’s a good chance your mind will respond in a more positive way than it would by spending a lot of energy trying to figure out “what’s wrong.”