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Be Practical – Be Happy on the Golf Course

 

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The purpose of every shot is to hit your ball where you can find it and hit it again.

 

 

Trying hard and hoping harder is no way to play golf.

 

 

Use your handicap, think of all par 5s as 6, and par 4s as 5 and so on.

 

 

Before you hit a shot, ask yourself if you think you could pull it off eight times out of 10.

 

 

Pick a club that will keep you in the game.

 

 

No tension, no expectations, and free swings yield better results.

 

 

Do not stress on approach shots. There are no one shot miracles (they happen once in a while because it is the way god keeps making you come back to the course).

 

 

Think green as your target and not the pin.

 

 

For over the bunker shot, aim for the top of the flagstick.

 

 

For chipping, do not try to hit a shot you think a good golfer would hit. Given a choice, rolling is easier than loft shots.

 

 

Be realistic during putting. For the average golfer, all 5 feet putts are 50-50, where you miss as many as you make.

 

 

Finally, golf challenge is not mental; it’s emotional. Think about the emotions you feel when you’re playing well: joy, satisfaction, appreciation. Have fun and play happy.

 

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PSYCHOLOGICAL GOLF: HANUMAN SHOT

 

 

 

A PSYCHOLOGICAL GUIDE TO GOLF

 

What is it that champion golfers do better than other (professional or amateur) golfers?

 

A study “psychological state underlying clutch performance” provides some answers.

 

Whether you are a 24+ handicapper, a scratch golfer, or a professional, there are few characteristics that golfers of all abilities can learn from:-

 

Complete and Deliberate Focus

  • The golf course can be a distracting place.
  • There are other golfers nearby whose behaviour you cannot control.
  • There are 18 difficult holes to battle with along the way.
  • There is also pressure and expectation.

A good golfer can drown all this out and maintain focus on the task at hand.

 

Try Your Best

  • Make considered decisions.
  • Give it your best shot.
  • Train well, sleep well, and keep hydrated.

 

 

Mental State & Emotions

  • Pay attention to your mental state.
  • Reflect on what went well and what can be improved.
  • Manage your emotions.

 

Avoid Negative Thoughts

Performance psychology is about challenging unhelpful beliefs and exploring different perspectives.

 

Immerse Yourself

  • Champion golfers fully immerse themselves in the present moment.
  • Focus on your shot.
  • Look forward to the next shot as an opportunity to do something special.
  • Do not dwell on poor shots (You can no longer do anything about them).

 

 

Be Confident

  • Believe in your ability.
  • Be confident and stay self-assured.
  • Remind yourself of your previous successes and visualise future ones.

 

Be in Control

  • Focus on what you can control (your thoughts, feelings, and reactions).
  • Understand that you can’t influence and control everything.

 

 

Enjoy the Game

  • You are on the golf course playing a sport that you love.
  • Enjoy the experience and embrace the challenge.
  • Make the best of your time on the golf course.

 

THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF IT

 

The best shots are the ones that are played without any pressure.

 

I call them HANUMAN shots.

(Swing like Hanuman ji would swing his mace)

 

Think Positive, Visualise, Relax, and Rip it.

 

 

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Celebrating Two years of Blogging with 300 posts

 

 

Topics Covered

 

Leadership, Motivation and Management
Decision making
Mental toughness
Earning respect
Good  leadership qualities and values
Science of Karma
Good working culture
Listening Skills
Be good feel good
Healthy working environment
importance of Tolerance
Lessons from Buddha
Difference between strength and courage
Lessons from rich and famous
Leadership lessons from Hollywood movies.
Shark in the tank theory of management
Car wheel theory of management
Aya Ram Gaya Ram syndrome – yes men.
Calculated Risks
Practical Leadership and management
Communication skills and body language
Lessons from Nanak
Being Responsible and Tolerant
Transferable Skills
Words of Wisdom
 

China
China’s Brain differently wired
China’s strategic thought
China’s military modernisation
China’s Defence industry
China – Pakistan Collusion
China – Art of deception
China: Kill Pigs List
China: Social score System
China: Active Defence Policy
China’s Joint Strategic support force (JSSF)
China – Joint Strategic Support Force.
Dealing with the Dragon
China’s grey zone operations
China: Flavours of military Reform
China: Pillars of Military Reform
China new diplomacy – drawing red lines in sand.
China – demographic analysis.
China through US Prism
China in South China Sea
China’s Military – Civil Fusion
PLAAF Analysis Strengths and weaknesses
Book review on China Airpower
Dealing with Dragon
Knowing China Better: lie flat and let it rot
Knowing China Better social life and customs
 

Geopolitics 
China
Pakistan – National security Policy, Turmoil
Afghanistan
India’s foreign policy
India’s neighbourhood
Quad
Indo – Russian relations
State of Airpower assets in Afghanistan
Indo – US relations
Afghanistan: Taliban runover
US-China shadow boxing over Taiwan
China spoiling Bhutan’s GNH.
South China sea
Gini Index and implications.
Multilateralism: Flexible Security Cooperation.
China Pak Collusivity
Collective Security
Sri Lanka Economic crisis: lessons and opportunity
Ukraine Conflict
Djibouti: Tug of war between USA and China
 

Air Power 
Airpower in Grey zone operations
Airpower in no war no peace situation
Air Power & Non-Kinetic warfare
Air Power in Multi-Domain warfare
Airpower in HADR ops and aid to civil authorities
Drone Threat the big picture
Fighter aircraft classifications by generations
Emerging Technologies and Air Defence
Air Power in Modern Day Warfare
S-400 SAM AD System
Combat Aviation
Changing nature of warfare
Air Defence operations
Air power concepts: Command / control the air, air supremacy, Air superiority & Favourable air situation.
 

Technology 
Hypersonics and hypersonic weapons
Technology and airpower
Future Trajectory of AI
Artificial intelligence
Unmanned Platforms and Swarms, Loyal wingman concept
AI and Fake News
AI: Digital twins and Surrogate models
 

Cyber Safety and Security 
Cyber warfare
Digital addiction
Economic Cyber Frauds
 

Space 
Space operations
Space warfare and organisation in India
Space-based ISR
 

Indian Air Force 
Capability development
Tejas and AMCA project
IAF role in HADR and aid to civil and other agencies
Network-centric operations
PLAAF and IAF comparative analysis
IAF Modernisation
Balakot Operations
Rafale induction and capability enhancement
S-400 Induction
Fire Power Demo: Ex Vayu Shakti
 

War and Warfare 
Types of war
Decoys and deception
Afghanistan Air Assets
Future Wars
warfare
Grey Zone Warfare
Classification of warfare into generations (Russian Thoughts)
Domains of warfare
C4ISR
Military Balance in the region
Ukraine War: Air Power aspects, a case of dog and the bone, Air superiority aspects, decoding Ukraine war
Operational Logistics
Lesser known facts about 1971the  War
Review of book on 1962 war
Review of book on 1965 war
India’s two-front challenge
Douhet theories
Duration of Conflict
Jasjit Singh on Airpower
Galwan stand off
Asymmetric Threat
Nuclear aspects revisited
Accelerating the paradigm Shift
National Security / Military Strategy
Urgent need for National Security Policy
Multilateralism: Relevance and changes
National Security Strategy
 

Military 
Military diplomacy
Military spending: trends and analysis.
Collusive threat and Deterrence: Air and Space Aspects
Integrated Capability Development.
Joint war game training systems
Fighter Pilot: Traits
Agni veer and Agnipath / Tour of duty / making best of the scheme
Andaman and Nicobar Command and Islands
Joint Operations and Joint man ship
 

Higher Defence Organisation 
Department of military affairs
Theaterisation
Air defence command
Civil-military fusion
 

Flight Safety 
Golden rules of safety
Importance of SOPs
A proactive approach to safety
Damage due to Bird Hits and Foreign Objects
Good safety Culture
 

Defence Industry 
Indigenous defence industry
HAL and DPSUs
Role of the private sector in defence production
Arms Transfer to Afghanistan
Defence Budget issues
Atmanirbharta
IAF and indigenisation
Indian Initiatives to promote self-reliance
 

Stories 
My tryst with HT-2 aircraft: The day god flew with me
The day I flew my dad’s car
Male Lake: Tale of two coursemates
Flying Tales

 

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