if you are skeptical about visualization and have never given it a go just be open-minded and give it a chance it is surprising how powerful this technique is and how much it is able to improve your golf there are a couple of ways to visualize the path of your shot one way is for you to stand for a moment behind the ball and visualize or imagine the path that the ball will take after you hit it in your mind's eye you have to really see the ball heading for your chosen target before you step up to strike it the other way is when you are in your stance and your feet are in position ready then look at the target and visualize the shot some golfers like to visualize the ball going towards the target and then returning back to the club in other words the ball traveling in reverse this method is probably slightly faster to execute than the first one