What Is Your Target?

By: Dr. Joseph Parent

Narrated by: Dr. Joseph Parent

Our actions are shaped by our intentions. When I ask golfers the purpose of making a golf swing, most of them answer, “To hit the ball.” Yet focusing on the ball as the target is a problematic perspective. Thinking of their job as “hitting the ball” instead of “sending the ball to a target” is probably why you see some high handicappers make quite acceptable practice swings and then get up to the ball and swing like they’re chopping wood. When the purpose of the swing is to send the ball to a target, that’s a different intention and a different swing appears. Set up to a shot with those two different intentions (hitting the ball versus sending it into the distance) and notice the difference in your stance and mental focus. “Sending it” calls forth a stance and state of mind that are far better preparation for a successful golf shot.

©2002 Dr. Joseph Parent (P)2016 Audible, Inc.