In the next couple of days I am attending two seminars on golf. I have been teaching for 30 years and I am still excited about learning. I think we should always be trying to get better at the things we do. The first seminar is an all day event with three keynotes speakers all to do with high performance golf. Included in them is a sports psychologist which I always enjoy learning how the mind works.

The second seminar is in the evening and Hank Haney, Tiger’s coach, as well as his fitness coach are going to be there. I have heard Hank Haney talk before and he is very good. I will write about what I learn on Wednesday.

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Golf is such a great game. It resembles life in so many ways and teaches some important qualities. I was talking with a friend the yesterday and he was saying how he was a good athlete and would get better at golf. I believe that to be the case however golf is such a precise game that getting one thing off can cause your scores to soar. Sometimes this is difficult for people to handle. One week they are consistently breaking 100 and then the next week they are shooting 120. I think this is why I see so many young players who play the game well eventually stop playing that much. It is tough to take the ups and downs so they quit. Well life gives us ups and downs over and over. I think it is how we handle these and keep going that leads to our success.

Handling the adversity, the ball in the water, the broken down car, the out of bounds shot, the loss of a job is really what determines our fate and our attitude, which is reflected out in the real world. Some things that happen to us are tough to take. A lost love one or a horrible disease like cancer, but we are only here for a short time. Losing the game means that we were able to play which is an honour in itself. Losing a loved one means we had the chance to love them. In 100 years, is it going to matter. We are all going to end up in the 19^th hole so I am honoured just to be allowed to play the game. I am thankful everyday for being allowed to be alive on this wonderful planet.

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I teach golf for a living and it is a very complex motor skill. In giving a lesson, I am encouraging the student to move differently than they have previously moved. This undoubtedly would create different results and most of the time the initial results are not favourable. I have to convince the student that in the long run they are going to be a better golfer if they move this way. That is why it is sometimes easier to teach someone who has never played the game. People that have played before are trying to do the same thing they have always done and expect different results. (Isn’t that the definition of insanity)?

We are reluctant to try different things, explore different options because we are afraid of what might happen. We don’t like getting out of our comfort zone. Take the leap and really change the way you do things. Once you expand you will now know two ways of doing things and you will be much better off even if the initial results are not favourable.

When related to the golf swing, one of the most important factors is being aware of what you do versus what you think you are doing and your willingness to change your habits. The best way is with a qualified instructor and video equipment. If you swing slow, swing as fast as you can, if you think your head should stay down try and lift it, challenge all your beliefs about the swing and see if any of them matter.

I think you can teach old dogs new tricks but one thing is for sure, the dog has to be willing.

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I live in a wonderful city. St. Catharines, Ontario Canada. I have lived here all my life and I am proud of it. I was invited to a meeting with the local MP to discuss the manufacturing of local products as our city and region is constantly losing its industries and jobs to other parts of the world. He was a very nice fellow and very earnest in is desire to serve the people. However I felt there was not a lot he could do.

At the meeting was another fellow who also was passionate about helping the area with his products. Lots of people have ideas but how many turn them into products. This man does.

I think we should take a shot. Do something. Anthony Robbins, the self help guru said that personal power is the ability to take action. I guess then community power would also be the ability to take action. I am not talking about having another meeting. Do something and if that doesn’t work do something else.

We live in a greenbelt, rich farming with all kinds of products yet we are losing the last canning factory in Canada. I don’t pretend to know all the details but I believe we have the resources to do about anything we put our mind to. We should not be trying to save the plant we should be trying to make it into the best canning factory in the world. .

A friend of mine propose a downtown skating rink in the winter in a beautiful park. What a great idea and a project worth doing. I think there still is a possibility but I heard that different people had different agendas. I guess there will have to be more meetings.

We are building a new hospital and a golf pupil of mine said wouldn’t it be great to build it next to our local university and have a wonderful medical school. What a great idea. He did say it might be too late and they probably would have to have another meeting.

How about a downtown shopping mall? Another new arena for our wonderful junior hockey teams? I know this all costs money but other communities are doing it. Community power- the ability to take action. Do something. Take a shot.

Getting back to the two principals involved in the meeting. The MP was miffed by the amount of people that didn’t know who he was because he sent out the second most stuff one year and was fifth the next year. I can’t believe that someone in the top ten in sending out stuff is not known. I shouldn’t be so sarcastic because he is a good guy but let’s do something. Break the mold. Do different things. Get things changed. The other guy has the products and as he said “when I build it they will come”. I just hope it is to St. Catharines.

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