Establish specific timelines for accomplishing your golf goals. After you have established your general goal, set a date for completing it. Establishing a golf goal and setting a date for accomplishing it, like setting goals in other parts of your life, will help you to stay focused. So, take some time to write down your golf goal and a time you will complete it.
For example 1: Win my Club Golf Championship next summer
For example 2: Relax while playing golf with my friends by the end of the summer
For example 3: Win the PGA Sr. Championship 2 years from now
For example 4: Lower my golf handicap from 10 to 8 by this fall
In planning a time for completing your goal take into consideration how much time you can commit each day or week to working towards your goal. While a timeline for your goal will provide a sense that the goal is important and needs to be completed it is not advisable to be stubbornly attached to your timeline. After taking several golf lessons many students discover that the date they’ve established for accomplishing their long term goal is not realistic. Making a permanent skill change takes approximately 1500 correct repetitions. So be realistic with your timeline.
Keep your written golf goal and it’s completion date in a visible or readily accessible place for example: golf journal by your bed side, on your computer desk top or android phone. Seeing your goal and timeline in front of you will keep you motivated.
Dave emphasizes goal setting at our Cahill Golf Schools in Palm Springs. Upcoming blogs will discuss setting specific goals based upon performance assessments.