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This page is dedicated to providing students with tools and useful information to help in every facet of the game. Here Students and clients can find mental game worksheets, a score-tracker spreadsheet, case studies of other students and their issues, and other information. You will also find links to swing lesson content developed by Eric Jones in conjunction with Inpractis and 4View available for purchase through the Inpractis site (as soon as the lesson content is available!). If you are a student or client you are welcome to use any and all of the material here, but please realize that many of the downloads are best used in conjunction with instruction from your pro. Your feedback and comments are welcome, and we would love to hear stories of how you used this information and what it did for your game.

Student Downloads

• Practicing Effectively
• Pre Shot Routine Benefits
• Pre Shot Routine
• My Pre Shot Routine Worksheet
• Ray Floyd's Pre Shot Routine
• Post Shot Routine
• Nideffer's Focus Quadrants
• Goal Setting Basics
• Goal Setting Achievement Strategy
• Goal Setting Activity Time Log Worksheet
• Goal Setting 2-week Activity Form
• Score Tracker Excel Spreadsheet

• Score Tracker Single Round
• Score Tracker 10 Round Summary
• Concentration Introduction
• Circle Breathing
• Greatest Sports Moment
• Imagery Basics
• Imagery Anchors
• Stress, Choking, Slumps, and Coping
• Inverted U theory of peak performance
• Catastrophe Model of Performance
• Affirmation List

Tips and Techniques

• Driving for Distance
• Putting with Confidence
• Short Game Scoring Clubs

Case Studies

These case studies are representative of work done with actual students. They are not swing tips. They are stories of how the student and teacher worked together to find solutions to golf game issues. In nearly all cases the solution involved a mental game adjustment as well as a swing adjustment - that is why they are presented here as case studies. Too often golfers search out the latest swing tip or miracle cure. What they seldom realize is that the tips rarely work well or for long because the golfer has not addressed all the underlying issues! There is nearly always an underlying mental process that contributes to the mechanical swing issue. Just trying to use a swing tip takes the swing change out of context. Sooner or later the golfer reverts back to old habits. Without changing the mental process underlying the mechanical issue, change is difficult to make and sustain. Enjoy these vignettes. Perhaps you will find one that resonates with you. If so, send me your story!

• Owen's Over the Top move
• Frank's frozen feet
• Hank's hula move
• Susan's swing tempo
• Roger's reverse pivot
• Larry's left arm
• Richard's right hand
• Lou's left knee
• Tom's tension
• Charlie's chicken wing
• Nigel's negative attitude
• Brian's ball focus
• Pete's pre shot routine