Think Like Tiger!

THINK LIKE TIGER!


You watch Tiger play and you no doubt wonder what makes this guy so good.
The swing appears flawless and you have to laugh to yourself when he hits a wayward shot because on even super slow motion replays, breaking his swing down to stop action frames, it still seems perfect to almost all of us.
Other players on tour can hit the ball farther and Tiger is often penalized for his proclivity to be too aggressive on certain holes.
So what is the secret to his game?
Is there anything that we can learn from his utter dominance of the game?
A comedian might come in at this point and deliver the punch line.
We can learn that Tiger is Tiger and the rest of us are not.
But still, it gnaws at many of my golf students.
What can we learn from Tiger to help us in our game?
And the fact is, you can learn a lot.
I have studied Tiger’s game, as well as made a study of champions in all sports.
These champions have one thing in common that the garden variety weekend athlete doesn’t have.
In fact, this ingredient is so easy for me to teach that it is almost too easy for me to take my student’s money when I reveal it to them.
But, like Tiger, I have no difficulty in taking the money.
The secret I speak of is not in Tiger’s approach shots.
The secret is in Tiger’s mental approach to the game of golf.
For you see, Tiger plays golf as if he has seen every shot in his mind before he ever arrived at the golf course that day.
You have no doubt heard of the quarterback who saw the game winning pass before he threw it.
The hitter who saw his winning hit bouncing in the lush green grass of the outfield, rolling to the wall and clearing the bases, before the pitcher even threw the pitch.
The ice hickey player seeing his wrist shot beat the goalie’s desperate flop as the red light flashed behind him.
The basketball player seeing the game almost come to a slow motion stop, as the winning shot revealed itself and her arcing shot floated into a perfect trajectory and ripped the net strings as the buzzer sounded.
These are all examples of athletes who have experienced the power of making movies in their mind to help them to excel at their sport.
Tiger Woods is a master of the mental game.
Not because he is more focused.
Not because he appears to want it more.
And most of all, not because he is more talented than the rest of us.
He packages that talent with the most prodigious mental approach ever witnessed in the game of golf since Jack.
And as he approaches this 2007 season, no longer sneaking up, but making a full frontal assault on Jack’s long standing 18 major championships (Master’s PGA, US and British Open), I suggest you study Tiger the way I study champions.
Not for the way they play the game, but how they prepare for it before the playing ever commences.
You can take a minimum of 5 strokes off your game by learning how Tiger sees his round of golf in his mind before he ever takes the first tee.
I can teach it to you.
You might not be able to win a Grand Slam like Tiger.
But you can learn how he thinks.
And it will make your game a whole lot better.
And improve your life on the way.


Steve Tarde is a CPA and has taught athletes, entrepreneurs, students, parents, coaches, teachers and leaders around the world his amazing technique of making movies in the mind.
Contact him at stevetarde@yahoo.com