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Continue reading →: 10 Amazing Ideas for a Golfers Christmas PresentPhoto by Seb Mooze on Unsplash Stuck for ideas for what to buy a golfer this Christmas? Don’t fall into the trap of buying toilet golf or a sleeve of unusable golf balls that look like Christmas puddings (yes I have received these gifts) Here is your definitive guide to…
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Continue reading →: Should You Have a Wide or Narrow Focus?Your personality dictates if you should have a wide or narrow focus. At Mental Golf Type you can take a free test and we can determine which focus is best for you. You can take the level 1 core concepts online course or contact me for one on one sessions,…
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Continue reading →: AttitudeI’ve recently qualified as a Mental Golf Type Coach. (Have a read of my last blog post to find out more about Mental Golf Type). By taking the free test from Mental Golf Type you will be one step closer to knowing what attitude is best for you on the…
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Continue reading →: Your Mental Golf Type. How Should you Behave on the Golf Course?Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash Aim small miss small? This was the advice I received from Bob Rotella in his classic book Golf is Not a Game of Perfect. I also heard it from tons of Pros and from many magazines. So I picked small targets, tried to hole…
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Continue reading →: How the Masters can Inspire Every One of UsIn 1991 a 5ft 5 Ian Woosnam won the Augusta Masters. I was 15 years old and a schoolboy footballer at Cardiff City. My dad was also 5ft 5 and a keen golfer. I’d been over the school fields hitting balls with him from a Dulux Paint can for years.…
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Continue reading →: Quotes to Inspire Your Golf Game.‘To find a man’s true character, play golf with him.’ – PG Wodehouse PG Wodehouse is one of my favourite authors and is responsible for the well known Jeeves series. I like this quote because so many people I play with reveal so many underlying traits in their characters when…
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Continue reading →: Cheap and Simple Forms of FeedbackContinuing from my last post, feedback is a great way to escalate your learning curve. Without feedback in some form or other you are just bashing balls in a wild search for a magic feeling. While repetition and reps on the range are valuable and will make you a better…
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Continue reading →: Six Degrees. The magic number when chipping and the benefit of feedback.In this day and age of technology knowing you numbers has become a vital aspect of the game. I recently purchased a blast golf sensor for £150 because it would give me feedback on swing tempo and angle of attack. Two metrics that are a vital components that top players…
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Continue reading →: Happy Valentines Day and our Love-Hate Relationship with GolfA Happy Valentines Day for earlier in the week to those that celebrated it. Throughout my years playing golf or even during the course of a round my love-hate relationship with the game has been a rollercoaster ride. Golf must be the only game I know that when things are…
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Continue reading →: Practice Your Focus to Play with Focus!“I never hit a shot, not even in practice without having a very sharp, in-focus picture of it in my head.” Jack Nicklaus Our ability to visualize and see shots is a way of telling the brain what movement the body should make. Jack was crystal clear before every shot.…
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I’m Mick Parry
Welcome to The Impact Bag Golf Blog. Here I share my thoughts on the golf game taking a holistic approach to golf performance development. Mostly I just like you to enjoy golf more and my blog posts will help you with this.
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