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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:06:40 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Golf Blog</title><subtitle>Golf Blog</subtitle><id>http://www.danlucking.com/golf-blog/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.danlucking.com/golf-blog/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.danlucking.com/golf-blog/atom.xml"/><updated>2010-07-12T18:01:19Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Boost Your Golf Game With Hypnosis</title><id>http://www.danlucking.com/golf-blog/2010/7/12/boost-your-golf-game-with-hypnosis.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.danlucking.com/golf-blog/2010/7/12/boost-your-golf-game-with-hypnosis.html"/><author><name>Dan Lucking</name></author><published>2010-07-12T17:53:05Z</published><updated>2010-07-12T17:53:05Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<p>Being a successful sports person involves being at the peak of your game at all times. You have to physically and mentally fit, to succeed in many sports including golf. Keeping your physical fitness high quite easy to maintain. Managing to keep yourself mentally fit is a lot harder. Hypnotherapy has been used for years to help athletes keep on top of their game, Tiger Woods has been known to use hypnotherapy to help him with his golf.</p>
<p>Having a strong mental state when playing golf means you do not doubt yourself when taking a shot, it can improve your confidence and motivation. Being able to control negative thoughts and feelings is the basis for sports psychology, hypnotherapy engages with a golfers mind and helps them focus on their goals and helps them to achieve them.  Hypnotherapy can help you relax, taking away any anxiety and self doubt.</p>
<p>Most golfers that use hypnotherapy find it helps them maintain their composure, overcome their fears and any distractions which leads to an improved game.  If you would like more about how hypnotherapy can help improve your golf you may find <a href="http://www.hypnotherapy-directory.org.uk/articles/sportsperformance.html">Hypnotherapy Directory</a> useful. The site is a network of Uk based qualified and insured hypnotherapists, you can find your local hypnotherapist by searching via postcode, town or county. The site also has lots of information on what areas and issues hypnotherapy can help with. To start improving your game why not visit <a href="http://www.hypnotherapy-directory.org.uk/">Hypnotherapy Directory</a> today.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Understanding the golf swing</title><category term="golf lessons"/><category term="golf swing"/><category term="golf tuition"/><id>http://www.danlucking.com/golf-blog/2009/10/30/understanding-the-golf-swing.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.danlucking.com/golf-blog/2009/10/30/understanding-the-golf-swing.html"/><author><name>Dan Lucking</name></author><published>2009-10-30T12:41:07Z</published><updated>2009-10-30T12:41:07Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<p>For years the golf swing has been made more and more complex as new ideas and teaching theories fight for your attention. This has created a golfing world with 100&rsquo;s of different ideas on how to swing a small piece of metal on the end of a bendy stick!</p>
<p>As modern technology has improved some would say so has our understanding of the of the correct golf swing. But has it?... Do we need to make, what are essentially several basic movements, performed in the correct order any more complicated? Surely we should be consolidating the wealth of information into a condensed, simplistic learning process.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Can simplicity offer faster, longer lasting results?</strong></p>
<p>Sure it can!?! The golf swing, when broken down, is nothing more than several basic mechanical movements. Perform them well, in the correct order and you will be rewarded with a long and straight golf shot.</p>
<p>But..</p>
<p>The mass golfing public (that's you!) have been programmed into believing the hype! The golf swing is a mystical beast, which only a small number of us will ever be able to complete. It will take years and an infinite number of lessons to learn! Or will it?</p>
<p><strong>That's certainly not my view.</strong> Having seen golfers dramatically improve their golf swing and thus there scores in weeks, not months or years. Using simple but well structured learning techniques, anyone can learn to perform a fully functioning golf swing within weeks.</p>]]></content></entry></feed>
