 Leverage the “Law of Accumulation” for Optimal Golf PerformanceBy: Dr. Paul Callaway A very important law that I introduce with all of my golf fitness and performance clients to help accomplish their total performance goals is the “Law of Accumulation”. The “Law of Accumulation”: · How your total golf performance accumulates slowly over time and then becomes enormous, like a snowball. · Every great golf performance achievement is an accumulation of hundreds of small efforts and sacrifices that no one ever sees or appreciates. Develop Discipline The achievement of your total golf performance goals will require a tremendous number of small efforts on your part. To begin the process of accumulation, you must be disciplined and persistent. You must keep at it for a long, long time. Initially, you will see very little change or difference but gradually, your efforts will begin to bear fruit. You will begin to pull ahead of the other golfers you play with. Your total golf performance will improve and your frustrations with your previous golf inconsistency will disappear. Your scores will improve and your enjoyment for the game will continue to improve for your lifetime as a golfer. Build Up Momentum The first corollary of the “Law of Accumulation” says:  "As your golf performance results begin to improve and accumulate, you develop a momentum that moves you more rapidly toward your total golf performance goals." It is hard to get started on a program of improved golf performance, but once you do get started, you find it easier and easier to keep at it. The"momentum principle" is one of the great success secrets both ‘on’and ‘off’ the golf course. This principle says that it takes tremendous energy to overcome the initial inertia and resistance to improved or optimal golf performance and get started, but once started, it takes much less energy to keep moving. Start Slow, Finish Fast The second corollary of the “Law of Accumulation” says: "By the yard it's hard, but inch by inch, anything's a cinch." When you begin thinking about improving your scoring average, driving distance, fairways or greens in regulation averages 10-20%, you will immediately think of all kinds of reasons that it is not possible. You might be really struggling off the tee, fighting a huge slice or missing 3-footers with regularity. If you do find yourself in this situation, instead of setting a goal of improving 10%, begin by setting your sites on gaining 1% over the next month of your upcoming golf season, then build from there. Increase As You Go Along This small amount of improvement in whichever area of total golf performance you choose will begin to add up at a rate that will surprise you. As you become comfortable with 1% of positive gain, increase your specific golf performance goal to 2%, then 3%, then 4% and 5% and so on. Within a year, you will find yourself making significant strides toward your intended performance objectives and experiencing 10%, 15% and even 20% improvement in one or more of your total golf performance goals, confidence and enjoyment of your game. Action Exercises 1) Decide upon your long-term total golf performance goals and then resolve to establish your team of golf-specific performance experts (mental coach, fitness coach, skills coach, and club-fitting specialist) to help you work toward your goals, one step at a time. The first steps are the hardest and you must discipline yourself to avoid backsliding into old habits. Having a performance team also helps prevent backsliding as you will have accountability measures built into your custom program design from each professional coach/mentor on your team. 2) Practice the “Law of Accumulation” in other parts of your life as well. Resolve to master a subject one page at a time. Improve your income and financials tability one dollar at a time. Rebuild a relationship with an old friend one conversation at a time. Lose extra pounds one ounce at a time. Learn a language one lesson at a time. The cumulative effect can be enormous! To learn more about how the “Law of Accumulation” can help you achieve all your total golf performance goals, email me at: Paul@CallawayGolfFitness.com or contact me directly for a FREE CONSULTATION by calling: (630) 567-7572 today! |
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