Recently proclaimed by one of my students who was struggling with his driver, “I can’t stop trying tokill the ball!“ The prescription: Vitamin “R” = Relax Slacken the tension, borne of your efforts. (Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra, 2:47)Swing within yourself. Focus on balance, continuously light grip pressure, and tempo. This is the cure for symptoms of chaotic tee shots. […]
As we know in golf, no two shots are ever alike. “A person cannot step into the same river twice,” proclaims the Greek philosopher Heraclitus. Uneven lies on the fairway, deep grass, wet fairways, stiff necks, cold hands, mood swings, slow greens, unlucky bounces, fatigue, the variables are endless. The one predictable element that golf […]
“A person cannot step into the same river twice.” -Heraclitus Dodie Mazzuca is the author of “Golf Sūtras,” “Daily Golf Tap-Ins,” and founder of Golf PROformance. She teaches golf lessons, golf schools, and performance coaching for competitive players in Santa Cruz, CA and Reno, NV.
What mental habit would you like to change on the golf course? Put 5 tees in your left pocket. Every time you notice yourself stuck in the old habit, without judgment, move a tee to your right pocket. See how many tees you can keep in your left pocket by the end of the round. (Simply […]
Dodie Mazzuca is the author of “Golf Sūtras,” “Daily Golf Tap-Ins,” and founder of Golf PROformance. She teaches golf lessons, golf schools, and performance coaching for competitive players in Santa Cruz, CA and Reno, NV.
Dodie Mazzuca is the author of “Golf Sūtras,” “Daily Golf Tap-Ins,” and founder of Golf PROformance. She teaches golf lessons, golf schools, and performance coaching for competitive players in Santa Cruz, CA and Reno, NV.
A key factor in creating a new habit:DISCOMFORTISNECESSARYFORCHANGE.How does this apply to your swing? Dodie Mazzuca is the author of “Golf Sūtras,” “Daily Golf Tap-Ins,” and founder of Golf PROformance. She teaches golf lessons, golf yoga workshops, and mindfulness for golf programs in Santa Cruz, CA.
“Those who have an intense discipline get results quickly.” -Patañjali Yoga Sūtra I:21Why state the obvious? Because if we don’t love it, we’ll never work hard enough to be great. If we are going to attempt to thrash a little white sphere and catapult it across 500+ yards of grass with a tiny metal thing on the end […]
