this short video is for the experienced golfer who plays well enough that they trust their body to make the appropriate physical moves without instruction from their mind the next step in your swing training is knowing how to distract your conscious mind so that your subconscious can get on with the job of playing golf you have probably been told on numerous occasions that for golf mental toughness you should clear your mind of all thoughts before taking a swing but this is a hard task so you have to learn how to distract your mind some golfers have a mantra that they repeat over and over such as i am relaxed i am a focused player or i am a confident golfer remember a mantra is always a positive statement some golfers like to concentrate on relaxing a certain part of their body because you cannot have a tense body and a relaxed mind a couple of areas you could focus on keeping your jaw from clenching or not holding your breath
