Develop Relaxation Techniques For Golf Performance

In order for you to develop these performance tools and apply them in tournaments, you need to practice them daily on your own.

Breath2Relax App

This is an excellent free app on your mobile phone recommended to my by Coach Dismuke at University of Houston. It provides you with step-by-step learning on how to breath correctly to calm your mind and body. These are the tools a player needs to execute under pressure.

I have provided instructions to make it very simple for you to execute!

Step 1, journal in your GPG notebook – On a scale of 1-10 how stressed are you right now? Be descriptive, the more you can write out the more you will get out of this exercise

Step 2, Open app, click “set up”

Under “Cycle Settings” set “inhale length” to 5, set “exhale length” to 4. According to research studies by FocusBand, this is the optimal time of breath lengths to relax the mind and body.

Set “number of cycles” to 16

Step 3, Go back to home screen, click “show me how”, watch demonstration video

Lie down, flat on your back, with a book on your belly

Goal is to calm your mind, focus solely on breathing.

Step 4, click “breathe”

Perform 16 cycles with headphones in

Step 5, finish with journaling in your GPG notebook

On a scale of 1-10 how stressed are you after completing the exercise?

Did your mind start to wonder?

This is normal. With practice your mind will not wonder as much.

If so, what did you do to bring your attention back to your breathing?

What could you do next time?

Let your thoughts come in and out. Do not ponder or dwell on thoughts