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The Al Owens Instruction Blog is dedicated to enlighten you to the latest golf instruction from Alcero Golf. The creator of Alcero Golf, Al Owens, presents here the latest in special techniques, methods and ideas he has developed to improve your golf game

Jul 13, 2010, Get Your FREE Copy of Manifest Your Golf Desires

Of the many Alcero Books by author Al Owens, Manifest Your Golf Desires unveils to you THE APPROACH that will allow you to finally create the type of golf game you have always wanted.

The type of the approach that only a few of the top players know how to use towards their successful golf games!

Manifest Your Golf Desires, authored by the creator of Alcero Golf Al Owens, introduces you to new methods and techniques that will re-direct your golf game and bring you improvement immediately!

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Finally a golf instruction book that discloses to golfers that their successful game does not solely revolve around how much time they spend practicing, rather it explains how their mind and thoughts set the path for their intended game.

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Jul 8, 2010, Player Development

The player development program from Al Owens is one that Breaks the Mold of any previous golf instruction and brings immediate results to improve your golf game!

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Jun 14, 2010, Pursuing Enlightenment In Your Golf Game

As the process of manifesting your golf swing proceeds you move to the final phase of your produced shots, Enlightenment.

The process began with inspiration you felt to generate a type of swing, shot or aspect of your game you desired. Next you moved on to the creative facet of the game and determined the shots you most aspired to build into your swing or your game the day you play.

Manifesting your intended shot follows next as you use your talents to bring forth the inspirations and creative thoughts to craft the shot that you face in front of you. Following the manifesting of your shot is enlightenment, as you ponder the shot you just created and take from it all the essential heartfelt feelings associated with what you just created.

A New Perspective

As you produce any golf shot on the course you are aware of the result of that shot and you begin to formulate a new perspective about your swing each and every time you finish one shot and move on to the intent of your next one.

Thoughts pass through your mind and sensations flow over your body as you think about what just happened with the shot you just made. Assessments are made about your swing, balance, composure, calmness and the thought processes you put into the shot.

Finding enlightenment with your golf game or a shot you have created requires you to set yourself free from the outcome of what you have created. You can be your worst enemy when you observe what you have produced and take it upon yourself to judge shots you just made, misses that occurred or scores on holes that are too high for your mind to handle.

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May 30, 2010, Are You Responsible For Your Swing and Game?

Too many players come to me asking what is the club that will best improve their golf game? I assess the situation with them and suggest some possible clubs to assist their game. However those golfers are placing the responsibility of their golf game on their clubs, not themselves really.

That is a huge problem in golf today!

74 percent of golfers are open to golf lessons, 23 percent take golf lessons and the rest go to the store to find the fix in their game. Those golfers looking at the store should probably look at their game also. In other words, they need to take responsibility for the game they are creating.

Taking that responsibility includes understanding the basics of the swing and mechanics and having a good picture in your mind of what you want your swing to look like. After all if you dont have a basic picture or map of where you are going, how can you get there?

Also you need to understand your play on the course is not some random set of events that unfold. You are creating them! Thus you can create the game you desire, you just must take some ownership of it and move towards your desired outcome.

Move to it with visualizing the game you want to have. This includes scores you wish to post, shots you want to create, distances you wish to achieve. All these areas are under your direction and your guidance.

Think of your golf game of a malleable energy that can be molded like clay. It can be shaped to anything you imagine, but imagination is the key. Your imagination is the cornerstone or building block of your game. So do not limit yourself to your outcome!

Taking responsibility for your golf game is a large step in some peoples minds. But if you consider that all other parts of your life you are also responsible for, so you can see in other areas where you are the creator and not the victim.

Take ownership of your golf game, find lessons to improve it, get a good picture of what is happening in your mind and where you wish your golf game to go.

Then unleash your energy in that direction and do not look back. Some anxiety may be involved, but that is a small fear really. Get past that and allow your creations to come to you and understand YOU are creating them.

Take control and enjoy the game, do not sit by blaming others or your clubs. Look within and realize how great your potential is and go after it. I'm sure you have hit many good shots before in your golf game, so build from those and get your picture planted firmly in your mind of where you are going overall in your game and with each shot you face!

May 16, 2010, Learn To Detach From The Outcome Of Your Golf Shots

Looking at many different types of shots is not only good for your game, but the larger the arsenal you have in your bag the greater the chance you have of getting out of odd lies and such. Another great reason to look at different types of shots is because it begins to pull you away and detach you from pre-determined outcomes of shots you are making.

It is common for golfers to rely on certain types of shots while on the course, and in the same breath that type of shot usually only has a few possible outcomes. You are limiting your chance for success.

In order to expand the creativity of your game you must be able to expand your possibilities on the course and look at different ways to create shots. Many golfers have a hard time with this because they are so attached to the outcome and if they fear it will not work, they just simply will not try it.

Allow yourself to be open to new shots on the course. All shot making is such a challenge, but you must not be so wrapped up in the outcome of these shots.

In order to really detach from your pre-conceived outcomes you must learn to have an open allowance for all things to be in their own time and space.

This principle is a strong cornerstone for the foundation of not only your golf game, but your life. How often on the course do you fall prey to having to attempt a certain shot a certain way because others think you should? How often to you succumb to your mind telling you a shot you would like to attempt would never happen? Why do you care what others think or your mind is telling you?

Allow yourself to try new shots and detach yourself from the outcome. Embrace the new shots in front of you and think of them as a fun challenge. Open your mind and spirit to new possibilities and allow yourself the freedom to attempt these shots. When you commit to these new shots, do not worry about the outcome. You may or may not pull it off.

Visually create the shot in your mind and feel the shot before you attempt it, see it ending up where you want it to go. If the ball does not make it to your intended target, detach from that outcome and allow yourself to enjoy the shot you just attempted.

Too many golfers get caught up in the results of what they are trying to accomplish, and they take the results too personally. You must learn to not take things too personally and just observe what you are creating around you.

This idea is especially powerful because it shows that if you get mad, such as on the course, you are afraid and if you are afraid you are dealing with fear, which will only hinder your potential golf game.

Apr 25, 2010, How to Expand Your Golf Game More By Feeling Your Desires

What assists you in creating a good golf game today? Solid fundamentals including proper grip, posture and alignment? Proper balance throughout the body when you swing? Good mental outlook on the shots you are about to create? YES, all of these are vital points in creating the game you desire.

What if I suggested an additional unique way to assist you in your creative process? What if I introduced you to a simple concept that can catapult your golf game very easily and quickly? (so simple you will probably doubt it because it does not take time, pain and hitting ball after ball on the range)

Do you think you are OPEN enough with your outlook on golf and life to possibly accept what I am going to suggest? Well lets find out!

There are always different ways to create what we desire in golf. You are the powerful creator of your game and to believe you are the victim of circumstances is like putting your head in the sand. You don't do with your personal life, so you should not do it with your golf game.

A new and advanced way to consider the possibilities your golf game is to consdider the feelings you associate when you play well. This will take some reflection on your part but a powerful way to attract the results to your golf game you desire is to consider how good you feel when you do play the way you really want to.

So many golfers are led to believe the process of practice and improvement comes hand in hand. However what is the desired outcome? Golfers have the uncanny way of looking at the mechanics of the swing and are they doing it right.

Few suggest to you that since you are the creator of your game, that creation is in direct alignment from what you expect to see at the conclusion of your hard work in the building of your swing.

So an additional way to create your desired game is to dig deep within yourself and realize how you feel when you play well. This can be done with certain shots, putts, holes or the overall feeling you have when you play well. Focusing on this feeling thus attracts more future good feelings to you.

If you can reflect on previous times in your golf game I am sure you will notice that you pictured or worried about poor shots and then you received that exact poor outcome. You attracted that outcome to you as the law of attraction suggests.

To create better results, begin to deliberatly focus your energy on how you would feel when you are playing your best. It is almost like looking at your golf game from your future backwards.

A very unique process, but one that can easily be tried if you can really imagine what it feels to create good golf shots. So do you think you can try that?

Apr 14, 2010, Balancing Your Golf Game With Your Grip

In many blogs here I have mentioned the need for proper balance in your golf game. These balance areas not only include your physical balance during the swing but also the mental balance you must have in the approach for each shot or hole you play.

However another vital part of the fundamental way you approach your game comes from having a good grip when you play. Specifically, a balanced grip for every shot you attempt.

Many intstructors speak about this and I will assume you have access to books or DVD's describing to you what a good grip is. If you have taken golf lessons, hopefully your intsructor has pointed out to you the vital importance of a good grip with your swing.

Whether I am giving clinics or lessons with any player, I almost always notice the players grip to begin with. It amazes me how the grip sets the stage for set up a player has with each shot.

To illustrate, as you have probably read or heard, there is line created by the thumb and forefinger of each hand when you hold a golf club. These lines should basically be parallel to each other when your hands are placed properly on the grip of your club. These parallel lines should point somewhere between the chin and right shoulder(for right handers) when addressing the ball.

This is a general way to describe where your hands should be, it is considered a neutral position. But what if your lines are not parallel? What is the result.

Well most players I see have there left hand to far to the left on the club (weak position). This poor position can promote an open stance, too much weight on your left side at address and as a result cause poor weight transfer during your swing.

This is a simple way of describing to you how things affect others, however I would encourage you to have someone take a look at your grip in your swing. A proper grip sets the stage for all aspects of the swing to perform as they should. A poor grip disrupts your process and then you develope bad habits to try to hit the ball as you want to later in the swing.

When I was younger I thought the grip was soo boring....and never paid too much attention to it. It is amazing now that I am older how wise I am getting! You must find a proper balance in your grip, otherwise the rest of your swing will suffer and your game will stumble in unnecessary ways when you play. It takes discipline, but the rewards are tremendous and your consistancy when you play will greatly improve.

Mar 27, 2010, Your Perception Is Creating Your Golf Game (Part 2)

As mentioned in my earlier posting, golf is perceived in many ways by various players. But the reality of your game comes from a simple statement that you should grab hold of and consider to its fullest.

What you perceive you receive!

No doubt you have heard this simple phrase before, however I doubt seriously you have correlated it with your golf game. But the fact is that looking at your game from an inner perspective is what sets the stage for what your receive in your outer manifestations either on the course or on the practice range.

Finding balance in your mechanical approach to golf and the fundamentals you work on all the time are indeed very important for any golfer. If you were to stand on any practice range tee you would immediately notice how many golfers are out of balance, mainly because their fundamentals (grip, posture and alignment) are off before they attempt each shot.

Balance is also needed within someone when they play. The mental approach players implement is just as important to find balance in ones golf game.

If you perceive your game is really off then that perception is driving you to receive more poor results. To stabilize and redirect your results, first you must recognize the reality of what you are manifesting when you play. Then create a plan to find improvement to improve or fix areas in your game that need adjustment.

The simple fact that you identify areas that need improvement, especially from within yourself, sets the stage for improvement to arrive for you.

What you resist persists! Thus, rather than resisting your flaws in your game, go within yourself and accept that change is needed. Embrace that concept and the work then needed to improve your golf game.

Take hold of the perception that change is needed, hold it comfortably in your mind and work toward a program for improvement. Stating that your game is out of sorts and you are constantly slicing your shots only provides more energy or resistance to your circumstances, thus bringing you more of what you do not desire.

Your thoughts go a long way to attracting what you receive when you play or practice so accept that change is needed and welcome the process. This new approach will make your transitions smoother and a better perception of your situation will allow you to receive better results.

Mar 18, 2010, Your Perception Is The Element That Creates Your Golf Game (Part 1)

The power and energy that creates the golf game you see every time you play comes from a simple source.

In that source, your perception is what you may term to be all-powerful within your focus, for this is the tool which you incorporate to be creating all of your reality of your golf game when you play, and your perception is most influenced not by your thoughts, but by your beliefs.

Many of your beliefs require no thought process. Many of your beliefs are expressed so very automatically that many players do not turn their attention to them objectively at all, and they express no thought in conjunction with them, for they ARE automatic, and therein lies the strength of your concentration, and THIS is what shall create your reality. Therefore, in this situation, I would suggest to you that as you allow yourself to turn your attention to your inner self, you may be accomplishing what you seek objectively, for presently more than likely your attention is being held outside of yourself.

For many in golf they take up the energy of others around them, their opponents or the difficulties of the course where they are playing. Sit back and consider for a moment that these energies are outside of yourself, ones that you have believed you have control over. This previous perception may be the center of your weakened golf game that you have been trying to improve.

In order to find a better path for your golf game, consider that as you allow yourself to turn your attention and concern yourself with your inner self, and concentrate your attention upon your acceptance of your self and your golf game and merely allow yourself the freedom to be expressing those abilities that you trust and this opens a channel of energy, in a manner of speaking, that other situations shall draw themselves to you. You need not seek out. These results shall present themselves to you without extra effort.

Another area that you may allow yourself to view is your genuine belief concerning the amount of effort or practice you need to play well. Think to yourself of your definition of practice and your evaluation of this term. Now, as you allow yourself to view this picture, you also may allow yourself to view how very many elements within this picture are assessed in the judgment of negativity, in “supposed-to’s” and“have-to’s”. As you allow yourself to view all of these aspects of your beliefs, you also may offer yourself the opportunity to recognize how this all interplays in your assessment of your abilities of your golf game, your trust of your abilities, and your expression of your individual worth.

As you allow yourself the recognition of all of these aspects that contribute to the makeup, so to speak, of your game, you may also allow yourself to turn your attention, which shall alter your perception, and as you alter your perception, you also alter your game.

Mar 1, 2010, Learn How To Zero In On Your Golf Game

Approaching a round of golf or each individual shot you are about to attempt parallel each other in tremendous ways.

Most golfers I encounter do not realize this and give it very little attention.

Learning to zero in on your round you will play each time includes the strategy you will use for that round. Playing and worrying about your current faults while you play, and trying to fix them on the course is only setting you up to approach those problems, not the course itself. (In addition, concentrating on your negative aspects of your game is only attracting more negative situations)

To zero in on the course, you MUST zero in on each hole first and your strategy to play it. If it is par five, do you feel better getting on in two, three or four (depending on your ability level).

As a reminder, just because you want to get home in two, does not mean you will, especially if you don't believe realistically that you can.

As you begin the hole with your strategy in mind, be open to changing it if a shot or two goes off line. Remember there are infinite ways to play golf and shoot lower scores. It does not have to happen the way you expect or think it should.

Next let's look at a particular shot you face.

For example if you are on the par five and your third shot is 100 yards out, where on the green are you intending to hit the ball?

With each individual shot you must learn how to identify with exactly where you are wanting to hit the ball.

Front of the green, middle, back? Do you believe you can get it close to the pin if it is tucked away in some corner?

Find the area on the green you are most comfortable with for the next shot. The chances of you sticking it near the pin are not that good if you don't believe you can get it there.

Where do you feel and believe you can hit the ball to? That is the most important question.

Many people refer to this as playing safe and see it as cop out. I would strongly disagree with that. You can try to be macho all you want, but if you have dis-belief of any kind in any shot you are about to make, then fear is creepiing in, and that brings in doubt, etc.

How can you realistically expect to hit the ball anywhere with precision if you don't truely believe yourself you can do it?

As I mentioned, there are infinite ways to play a round or a partular hole. As you can also see, there are variety of ways to play each shot.

You must learn how to zero in on what your are trying to create on the course. You must also be open to new opportunities that you will encounter all the time that you play.

Feb 15, 2010, Your Golf Game is Consciously Created

Taking responsibility for your golf game is big step to make. Many golfers have dreams and visions of grand things occurring for them when they play or for their tournament or golf career path. To create the best path for your success takes the realization that the game you have currently created is a result of deliberate conscious decisions you have made in the past.

However the fault that many find in golf is that they believe the results they see on the golf course are a result of the defaulted actions from the past. By default, I mean the results they see are a haphazard line of events by chance that have arrived in their golf game. By taking that stance, many golfers live their golf games as a game of chance, one day your game is good and one day not so good, but only by chance. They believe they have no real control of the outcomes.

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Feb 2, 2010, What Is Your Golf Games Real Potential?

One of the pages here on our Alcero website is entitled Golf's Field of Possibilities. I encourage you to take some time and really look at this page.

Your Field of Possibilities is as far as your imagination can go. Literally, what you can imagine occuring in your golf game this year can take hold and manifest for you. The problem most people have with this idea is they either really have no goal for their golf game or they do not believe their skill level will allow them to create that which they desire. As a side note, obviously as your skill level increases you can raise the bar for your greater and greater desires in your golf game.

To reach new goals you should take them one step at a time for your golf game. I am not here to suggest you can go out and birdie your first 7 holes that you play this week. I am however suggesting that the potential is there for you to draw to you the type of golf game you would truly want to see this year.

To use your true potential in your golf game you must understand that your thoughts and beliefs attract to you the outcomes you see manifested on the course. Thus if you wish to improve on your game this year, make a list of the things that you wish to change or improve on and begin to work on them one at a time.

You must have a clear picture of change before it can arrive for you on the course. This takes persistance on your part to know and feel the path you wish your golf game to go to.

The real potential for your golf game sits in front of you, not in your past. To reach that potential you must break down areas of your game that need improvement and work at them. There is no substitute for balance of practice time to work on all parts of your game.

However the pure potential you have to improve will first come from within yourself. This means you must begin to find the milestones you wish to reach in your golf game and its various parts and then work to them in a persistant way.

I am not suggesting that this takes hours and hours of long practice. It does however take a vision of what you wish to create, and the belief within yourself to create what you desire.

Once vision and belief are met, your pure potential can be acheived. You do not need to believe that you are limited to only a certain type of game. Why would you limit yourself?

You always have had access to your true potential in your golf game. This year take the position that this potential is even higher than ever before for your golf game. Set your goals higher this year and reach for your greater pure potential!

Jan 24, 2010, Discover New Ways to Create Golf Shots When You Play

Opening to new ways of creating the golf game you desire is something you should take a serious look at. Up to now, unless your game is at its pinnacle and needs no improvement, the other methods may not have worked. So relax and look into new ways to lower your scores.

As mentioned in recent previous blogs here, discovering new ways to visualize and create from within yourself is the key to seeing the results you desire on the course. You are a powerful creator in all things you do, and discovering new ways to create things is a great way to open new doors of opportunity for your golf game.

The mechanics and basics of the game set the stage for your solid foundation of your swing. That foundation is built off balance in the swing and is a must for all shots to be more consistant.

However to reach further into your creative reality you need to explore the feelings within yourself to find ways to connect to new beliefs and methods that can improve your golf game.

Along with learning ways to visualize the shots you first wish to make you also need to look inside yourself to find ways to feel these visualized shots. Your creative forces within you are much stronger than you could ever imagine!

When playing and using your pre-shot routine make sure to visually create the shot you wish to during this process. To accentuate this visualizing, take deep breathes as you visualize the shot you wish to create and take your time and really feel the shot arriving where you desire it to.

Breathing in these shots is what I encourage golfers to do, because while they are visualizing the shots most get a little nervous in the process and can't learn to believe the visualization they are trying to manifest. Players literally do not believe that the shot they visually wish to make can happen.

By taking deliberate breathes you slow down yourself and connect yourself to your inner self and this connection creates an energy channel to assist you in creating the shots you desire. It opens you to believe more in the great manifesting energies we all have, if we can only access them.

Relax and take deep breathes and trust more in yourself and your creative capabilities. Visually see the ball arriving where you wish it to. Go within to feel, see and KNOW the shots you desire you will see!

Jan 7, 2010, Visually Create Your Shots From The Back Of The Green

Another way to create the shots you desire with visualization is to see the shot you wish to create from the back of the green of the hole you are playing. Thus you create a visual motion picture of the hole you are about to play.

This can be a challenge because as you approach each hole you have so many thoughts going through your mind, and most of them have nothing to do with what you actually wish to create when you play. If you reflect on the holes you play you will probably see that you have very few intentions in your mind before you play each hole.

As you step to the tee you need to determine what you actually wish to create on the hole upcoming. Begin to visually see and imagine how you wish to play the hole. This is not to suggest that it must happen the way you picture it, since the manifestation you see on the hole is a reflection of the beliefs you have when you play.

So when you play each shot picture the shot from behind the ball as you take your address and then go one step further to see the shot you are about to create from the other side of the hole where the ball is landing.

This is a great opportunity to build this motion picture in your mind, see the ball fly towards your target, see it land exactly where you wish it to, and actually see yourself back on the tee or fairway where you just struck your shot!

This is a challenge because it takes patience to do it, and real visualization to do it also. Once you get the knack for it, you create these pictures easier and easier every time. To get better at it, practice on the range from short distances first then to longer ones. You will learn from yourself that the pictures you create of the ball landing where you desire can and will happen, this is very empowering in your golf game!

Learning to see the shots you wish to create is a very powerful tool to learn to use when you play. As you get proficient with this, you will start to see that your visions can be created right in front of you when you play.

To acclerate this process, you can learn to feel and let go and breathe the shots you wish to see manifest in front of you.

Next time we will talk about that part of creating your shots.

Dec 31, 2009, Empowering Your New Golf Swing

I have mentioned in the past few blogs ways to first identify the change you perhaps need in your swing this coming year, and then ways to proceed to find and introduce change. Once you begin the path to this change it can be a challenge, however with the proper vision of your desires, you empower yourself to bring that change forward.

Being empowered in golf is about dropping pre-conceived thoughts of how you should create your swing. As always , the goal or end result must be visioned to create the path for your achievement.

To take your game to your level you desire you must empower yourself to feel the result and understand that every step along the way is part of the path. You must evolve in your golf game and to do this you will find good days when you play and you will find bad ones.

These circumstances are here because we are only human and mistakes will be made. As you learn from your swing the shots you do not wish to create the new path is set to receive the shots you do wish to create. This path is what allows you to clearly see the true path or shots or scores you really wish to achieve. So many times in golf we are let down because we fear bad results, we do not wish to experience them, but we do then are left to feel worse about our game and ourselves.

This coming year I challenge you to empower yourself to have the vision of what you wish to create in your golf game and visually see it coming into your experience.

Hold this vision strong in your mind, and adjust to the results you see. Remember that the fundamentals of the swing are important, and most importantly in that regard is having balance in your swing.

At every chance you get, have someone point out to you if you are swinging in balance or not. There are many resources or books on the fundamentals of the swing and balance, so go to them for assistance.

Work diligently on finding balance in your swing along with the vision you hold for your success first. The two go hand in hand, and by holding your vision of greater outcomes to manifest for you, you create the better path to walk down in your reality. Embrace the path and empower yourself to take each step and enjoy yourself every time you play.

Dec 13, 2009, Visually Changing Your Golf Swing This Year

As we continue with our topic of visually creating the swing you desire this coming year, we will move to our next step to enhance your game.

With our goal of shortening ones swing a little in order to prevent them from going past parallel at the top of the swing, next lets take a look at what you can do to accentuate this process. Previously I mentioned someone should assist you in helping you feel where this shorter swing actually is. This takes patience on your part and the knowledge to realize that your previous swings are ingrained in you and to create new neuropathways of learning it will take 21 days of new visions and drills to create new pathways for your change.

As you practice your shorter swing on the range, begin from the other extreme and really shorten your swing at first. The sensations you receive when you first change will be a little off and where you think your club is at the top of the swing will probably be farther or longer than you realize. Again, have someone monitor your swing progress.

By feeling a much shorter swing at first, you give yourself the permission really to shorten the swing all together.

With each swing on the range, pause and reflect on where your last swing was and where your new swing should be and feel like. This discernment from you is necessary to really get within yourself to feel these new better sensations.

As you proceed on the range, you will need to adjust your pre-shot routine a little (a good pre-shot routine is a must for any golfer!). Your new routine should include at the beginning of your particular routine a visual viewing in your mind of the shorter swing you desire and it should also have the sensation of the feeling of that shorter swing before you step into the ball.

Both these areas of the new visual view, and then feeling sensation assist you in creating the new swing you desire each time. These aspects are better used at the start of each pre-shot routine and then you move to the rest of your routine that would contain your alignement, grip, posture and visual picture of the shot you desire.

As you are on the range and proceed with each shot, use these techniques for every shot you attempt. It is easy to slip back into old habits and just hit ball after ball. Maintain your purpose of creating the shorter swing with each shot by visually seeing the shorter swing, sense and feel it and allow it to unfold in front of you.

With each shot struck, take great interest in where the ball is going and listen to your intuition to see if you think your swing was shorter or longer each time. Correlate the two, have someone assist you by viewing you and take those results and make necessary adjustments.

Dec 3, 2009, How To Begin Your New Swing Direction Next Year

Setting your sights on a new game, new swing and better results is probably what is on your mind, or at least it should be for your 2010 season. To be able to reach your heights of greatness first you must have a desired goal in mind!

I will assume that you have a clear picture and feeling of what you wish to create this year for your golf game. You may be desiring a club championship, more length off the tee, or a way to cure your slice. At very least you must have the end goal in mind in order to create the game you want step by step.

One of the first moves to make is to be able to clearly visualize the swing improvement you may wish for example. This depends on you having a fair knowledge of your swing, how it looks and what faults it has. You may need someone to assist you in this area to show you what might be off in certain parts of your swing.

With that knowledge at hand, you must first begin to then be able to visually create the better swing that you wish to create. This is extremely important to be able to visually imagine (images of the mind expressed) what you wish your swing to look like.

For example, if you have a hard time controlling your shots with fades and occasional pull hooks coming in to your shot pattern and someone has stated your swing is too long (past parallel at the top) you may wish to shorten your swing this year.

Lets assume that is your goal, shortening your swing for better accuracy with each shot. The two two areas that first need to be brought to light is what that swing will look at the top of your swing and then how that will feel at the top.

Someone will have to assist you in letting you know where the shorter swing is at the top of your swing to allow you to sense what it feels like in a shorter position. Once obtained that feeling can be taken away from the course and you begin to visualize and feel what those better positions feel like.

In my next blog Ill discuss what steps need to be taken next to assist you with this powerful, easy process of creating the shots you really desire.

Nov 18, 2009, Creatively Visualize Your Golf Game Step By Step

If we can see ourselves as playing a certain way, hitting certain shots and posting desired scores, then we can do whatever needs to be done in order to have the thing we desire.

So as you continue to work towards your goals in your golf game, you will need to learn how to create a visualization session. A session that allows you to visually anticipate the golf game you wish to have this year.

The word “visualization” refers to what we can see, and of course you want to have visual cues. Find pictures of what you want, or draw one yourself. Create a picture in your mind, and describe it in writing. Make it vivid, colorful, attractive and detailed. You can add to this picture during your visualization sessions, but this will serve as a basis. But don't forget the other senses. Imagine hearing from your playing partners how your golf game is improving, your hitting it longer, straighter, better scores, etc.

Remember, you want to create vivid pictures related to being and doing as well as having. The being part may work better with auditory images, such as imagining someone saying to you “My goodness, how did you manage to improve so much with your golf game this year?”

As I have mentioned before, it's important that your beliefs be consistent with your desires. In general, there shouldn't be a conflict of values – you want to be sure that you think that what you want is good, both for you and for those around you.

You also need to believe that what you desire is actually attainable, at least theoretically, even though you don't yet see how it can come about for you. You will necessarily be stretching your belief limits, because you don't yet have the thing you desire, and you want to be careful not to stretch them too far, or they might snap in your face like a rubber band. This is why the choice of what you want to visualize is so important, especially when you are starting out. Each success will increase your confidence in the process, and you can gradually become more daring.

Begin to understand that the game you desire must first be visualized in your mind, before it can materialize in front of you on the course.

I will continue with this topic throughout the winter months, next I will introduce to you a method that will need to be imlemented on a small scale at first for the coming year. This method will naturally unfold in front of you, and if you stick to it, your game will improve faster than you ever have improved before!!

Oct 27, 2009, Are You Aware of What Thoughts You Use When You Play?

So what is the thought behind each of your swings? You have many different opportunities for thought with each individual shot. Probably way too many, so one thing to do should be to notice what it is you are thinking about while on the course.

Are you constantly thinking about the outcome of a particular shot? Are you re-living the shots you just made? Do the mechanics of your swing consume you while on the course?

Where is the focus for each of your shots and where is your mind leading you?

These are answers you must begin to find in order to analyze where your mind is while on the course. Chances are you are going to find that the thoughts you have while approaching the ball in the fairway, or addressing it before you swing or hitting the ball while it sits there are not all positive!

In fact, you are immediately going to see how many negative thoughts you have out there on the course. These negative thoughts must be abandoned in order for you to move forward to create a better game for yourself.

Assessing your swing thought process will take some time, and the practice range is a great place to start that. You can even begin the process by simply analyzing your thoughts while you practice your putting in your house.

Because you have so much opportunity to fill your mind with clutter about your game while on the course, it is also a great idea to find places to clear your memory bank in your computer so you can start fresh with each shot.

That is why I always suggest to you to simply take in the surroundings that are around you and let go. As you can see, you have a lot to let go of! Your mind is constantly trying to fill you with thought after thought about your game and where you are heading.

Rather than walk from one shot to the next and think of what just happened, let go of that shot and turn your focus to the course around you. Enjoy the beauty of the color of the trees, the green grass, the water or mountains that surround you.

You don’t need to badger yourself or analyze every shot you make. Use your senses while out there to notice the beauty of the course and clear your mind of all negative thoughts. You need to teach yourself how to think on the course. Others have pointed this out in many books. Watch what you think, think positive thoughts, be happy while on the course, etc.

Those are all good points, but the reason behind those is the Law of Attraction, bringing you the results of what you are thinking. This law is a very simple one and very powerful and consistent. Your thoughts are deliberately creating the situations you are encountering while on the course.

Sep 13, 2009, Your Dominate Thoughts Bring You The Golf Game You See

Many players align themselves with the thoughts that if they try to continue to improve their golf game it will eventually happen.

This of course is correct, but only to the extent that the thoughts you are using are in alignment with what you actually desire in your golf game. However if you assess your golf game you may see that your dominate thoughts to have improvement are coming from a focus of not actually having that improvement at that time.

The reality of your golf game is a result of the thought process you project, it is that simple. Of course your swing mechanics and fundamentals play an integral part in this process to create that which you desire.

But you must be aware of the focus of your thoughts when you practice and play. Seeing poor results gives you a poor feeling and thus you desire a better feeling, or better results.

The problem here is that too many golfers keep looking at the poor results without looking at what they really desire. First you must have a picture in your mind of what you wish to manifest.

With the picture in hand next you need to stay in an emotional alignment with what you desire. Even if you dont know how to get there, the simple process of looking towards the better outcome and reaching for the better feeling of that outcome then attracts into your golf reality.

The results you see in your golf game are always the reflection of the emotions and feelings you have. If worry, doubt, anger and frustration are with you in your game, more of this will come to you.

On the other hand as you focus more on the positive aspects of your game, and hold in your mind the swing, and results you wish to create then those more positive results will come to you.

As you can see, you have to take complete responsibility for your actions and feelings, you are not the victim in your golf game and never will be. You are the creator!

Find a picture of what you desire and locate the emotional joy that would accompany that and you are on your way and remember your thoughts project to you the outcomes you see. A positive thought process can only attract more positive, and vis-versa.

Take responsibility of your thoughts and allow your game to unfold effortlessly.

Aug 29, 2009, Your Golf Game Needs A Pyramid of Progress For Improvement

If you think about the best learning experiences you’ve ever had, they most likely had three characteristics:

They took place over a period of time.

There was mutual respect between you and the instructor.

You spent most of your time doing something in a hands on type situation.

Alcero Golf uses a pyramid of progress with our golf instruction as a simple step by step evolution to improve your understanding of the golf swing and improve your level of play.

This is obviously very important because my students are all here to achieve one thing…Improvement!

There are three key phases to help you learn and understand your swing in golf instruction.

The first is “Currently”, the second is “Ideally”, and the third phase is “The Program”.

To look at your current game you need to take a look at three major components of your golf game:

* The grip

* The body

* The golf club

Make sure your grip is in the proper place and one hand is not in more command than the other in your swing.

Your body needs to have balance and be in alignment to your target (parallel to your target line).

Your clubs need to be the correct shaft, length and lie for your body type and swing (any local professional or fitting center can assist you here).

After clearly understanding where you currently are with your swing you will need to go into phase two of our golf instruction. This is where you would ideally like to be. This may take the assistance from a friend or local professional to help you with the four areas all good swings have in commmon.

Those four things that all great golf swings include are a proper grip, proper posture, proper alignment and proper balance points. These four components can all take place with one key thing happening - a proper pivot.

The third step with your pyramid of progress is the program or plan. I inplement what I call my “Essentials of the Swing” program to assist players.

You can implement your own program by coming up with a plan for improvement this year.

To find out more about creating that plan, download my FREE ebook - Personally Plan Your Golf. It is totally free and I encourage you to read it to find a plan that will work to improve your game.

You invest alot of time and money into your golf game each year, the only limits you have in the development in your game are the ones you put there yourself.

Create a pyramid of progress and get going on making your golf game improve all the time. Click on this link below to get my FREE E-Book Today!

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Aug 18, 2009, Learn From The Winner of the 91st PGA Championship

The 91st PGA Championship gave all golfers some exciting things to watch, especially since the expected outcome of Tiger Woods’ wire to wire finish did not occur. It was great drama to watch but there were also some things that occurred behind the scenes that you can learn from.

So lets take a look at the winner Y. E. Yang! Yang is a self taught professional who took up the game at age 19 because he had injured himself weight lifting ( he was a body builder at that time).

Yang stated that each time he watched Woods in the final round of a major on television, he would visualize what it would be like if he were playing alongside him. As I have stated before to you, visualization is one of the keys to taping into the golf game you desire to create.

Any visualization you can use, whether it be with a particular shot in the fairway to the green you wish to hit, or visualizing a putt falling into the cup before you stroke it both assist you in “attracting” that outcome into your reality.

Y. E. Yang went a further step, just as I mentioned before about Tom Watson, by implementing his visual techniques to assist him in being able to handle that situation when it arrived to him. Watson visualized making the winning birdie putt in 1977 at Turnberry, Yang visualized what he would do, how he would react and how he would feel when playing against the worlds number 1 player…..Tiger Woods.

"I always dreamed about this," he said, "Try to visualize and try to bring up a mock strategy on how to win, if I ever played against Tiger. When the chance came, I sort of thought, 'Hey, I could always play a good round of golf and Tiger could always — Tiger's good, but he could always have a bad day. And I guess today was one of those days."

Yang stated that he was not nervous Sunday. "My fearlessness comes from the fact I know I'm doing my dream job," he said, "And I also have this mentality where I try my best and leave no regrets. If it doesn't work out, then that's that. I leave no regrets. So if I do have courage, that's where it comes from."

As a reminder for you, Yang was 5 over after 23 holes…he was 9 shots behind Tiger Woods at that point. Thus he was actually struggling to just make the cut at one point! Instead, he turned adversity into a great reality, one he had mentally prepared for and of course you can too! It may not be on such a grand a scale as these professional golfers, but your weekend matches or evening league play can be just as rewarding if you can visualize, feel and believe the intended outcomes you desire will come to you.

Aug 5, 2009, What Are You Telling Yourself?

Many who play the game know at times it feels like you have two personalities on the course when they play.

One personality or voice is telling you it will be a great, fun day.

The other voice is telling you don't hit this next shot in the bunker or the lake.

The voice within each of us is constantly chattering at us pointing out many things. In golf, sometimes it reminds us of previous shots that perhaps failed. Occasionally you will remind yourself of shots that did succeed for you.

Learning what types of thoughts you are implementing when you play is a ground breaking way to improve your golf game.

Part of the challenge for golfers is to accept that they do not always have the best approach to a shot or round. This approach I am speaking about is with your mind.

The Law of Attraction is clear as it shows us that what we draw our attention to, or think about, so we attract to ourselves.

As you practice and play more and more and try to find improvement, I would challenge you to monitor not only your practice routine but also your thoughts that accompany your practice or play.

To take a good look at this, take this one step at a time.

The next time you want to practice, forget that and go play. Play only three holes though.

When you go to play these holes, listen to yourself from the moment you get out of your car all the way to the conclusion of the three holes.

This is a simple late evening excersise that takes you shot by shot and literally step by step down the fairway and forces you to monitor what you are telling yourself when you play.

When you commit to this excersise you will be shocked to really hear yourself and what you are telling yourself.

These thoughts are based on previous experiences and beliefs you have had.

To improve your game you almost have to re-learn how to think and approach each shot as you play.

Once you notice where your thoughts are leading you, you will then be ready to implement new and improved thoughts to allow you to improve your game and lower your scores.

Jul 11, 2009, How To Access Your Desired Field Of Golf Possibilities

The quest for mastering the game of golf has been attempted for over 100 years and while some have come to win at the level they desire to, most other golfers fall terribly short of the possible vision they once had when they took up the game. Golfers continue to look for golf instruction that can change their game.

You may know of individuals who play to a higher level than yourself, certainly you know of tour players who have taken their games to higher levels and become very successful. However, have you reached the pinnacle of your game yet?

Do you even know where that pinnacle would be?

The way to improve your game is to really look at it from the end result you wish to accomplish. You must see the milestone at the end, and then create the path to lead you there. That path has many ways of achievement, so it is important to understand that it can occur in multiple possible ways and being attached to a particular or certain path only will delay your eventual outcome. Remember the universe we live in offers infinite ways to create any desire you have. However, without the vision of where you wish to go, the path is non-existent. There is nothing available to connect you from the path to your destination.

This is where so many in golf fall short.

Most golfers do not have a specific vision of where they really wish to go. Without a vision, how would the universe or life’s source ever be able to support you in your desire? Surely you have had visions of other areas in your life and you have met them. If you reflect on those visions, you will see that you had a certain amount of belief that you would attain them. That belief varied from time to time based on circumstances around you. However, eventually you reached your dreams in one fashion or another.

For you to have success in your golf game you must first obtain, create and implement a vision of where you wish to go. What are your desires? What type of swing are you trying to create? What scores do you wish to post. What tournaments do you wish to win? These questions put you on the path to your vision. The possibilities of that path or numerous, or infinite really. The key for your attaining those visions is to understand the field in which they are created.

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Jun 30, 2009, Learn To Experience Posting Your Desired Score Before You Begin

I have taken the time to explain to many of you that the your visions, goals and aspirations have everything to do with the success of your golf game you then see.

Specifically if you can visualize certain shots and believe them possible, then you can manifest them. However still some have told me that is not enough. They try this, however they do not see their desired results.

A simple way to look at this is to envision yourself shooting a certain score or winning a tournament. Holding the trophy up after your round is a great way to look at it also. The key here is to vision this before your start.

If you talk to any champion they will tell you they practiced for their shot at winning the US Open or The Masters. They would put themselves in imaginary positions with chances to win, and then would proceed through their imaginative round to win the championship they desired.

Many have imagined themselves holding the Claret Jug or wearing the Green Jacket. This imagined victory sends a signal to the universe of what a particular desire is so it will come forth.

What brings it forth?

Your emotion and belief that it will!

However you must understand that just as you have been told to visualize the ball going into the hole before you putt it in, you should also imagine the outcomes you desire for an overall round. This simple approach must also be used when changing your swing mechanics. You must have the proper picture in you mind to create the positions of the club in your swing before you attempt them.

To further explain a little, attached is the introduction to my book Manifest Your Golf Desires. It gives you a little insight as to the possibilities of your belief when you play.

Remember, your imagination is images of the mind expressed. Proper images will create your desired game! No images or poor ones, leave you empty handed and on the same reoccuring path of frustration and failure.

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Jun 8, 2009, Discover Your Emotional Barometer To Better Your Golf Game

Building off of just one good shot is all it takes to improve your golf game. That one good shot inspires us to produce another good one every time.

The seed of belief is planted within ourselves when we see the result of a good shot. We then feel the emotion of pleasure within us as the good shot falls near or on the intended target.

This inspiration continues as our emotions build desires for greater and greater results. However it is at this point in the inspirational stage that many golfers fall to the side and the production of good shots ceases.

That is because golfers do not resonate, or believe in the possibility of better results in their shot making. They choose a shot that they SHOULD be able to make, rather than one the BELIEVE they can make.

Many players see others create shots that they think they should be able to also, based on their age, ability or experience in golf. This is where your ego or mind jumps in and tries to point you in a direction it thinks you should be.

But you must not let these areas take over in your game.

You must be firm in your stand and learn to sense how you feel about particular shots, build off that feeling and resonate with the possibility of creating the shot you desire.

In order to create the desired outcome of particular shots you must believe in the possibility of that shot. This belief cannot just be a small emotion within you stating “I feel pretty good about that shot, I can make it”.

If you dig deep within yourself you must feel the emotion behind the desired outcome. On a scale of 1 to 10 some shots probably come off as a five or six, not too convincing to say the least. The emotional belief you have with shots needs to be at least above a seven or eight to really assist you in believing you can create the shot you desire.

This emotional scale helps you determine whether or not you resonate, or believe, with the possible shot at hand.

As you can see it is as if you have an “emotional barometer” measuring your every shot. Acknowledging that barometer is very important to the inspiration of your game. If you understand how you are feeling towards a particular shot then you can evaluate the situation to determine if this particular shot you are desiring is a good one or not.

Determine what may feel or resonate better to you when faced with different shot options. Obtain your barometer reading of each shot option and commit to the club selection and the shot at hand that feels best.

May 28, 2009, Let Go Of How You Think Your Round Should Go

So many times in golf players think the swing has to be accomplished a certain way. Golfers also believe their round of golf should follow a particular path.

Think of one of your favorite par 5’s you play for example. You have hit that green in regulation many times and even got home a few times in two. Your mind has this pre-conceived thought, on in three, two putt at worst for par.

Then you play the hole and slice the tee shot into the bunker and your vision of the easy hole escapes your sight. You see trouble and difficulty in the sand and this was not the way it is supposed to go.

You were wanting to control the hole, and have the outcome of the hole (a par- 5) occur in a certain way. You lose that control and thus you lose the belief in your self and your game.

By letting go of these pre-conceived or controlled thoughts of how the hole should have played, as you see your ball in the bunker, your round of golf can still have tremendous wonderful results.

Your ball in the bunker is merely a path to the final desired destination of par. Accept the shot and go on from there.

Jump into the bunker and make your next swing and follow the ball to the green with the desire to make par. Be anxiously anticipating a good outcome of the hole as you play it.

Your shot out of the bunker may not have gone as far as you wished, so your fourth shot may be the one that launches your ball on to the green. That still leaves one stroke left for your par 5.

If you concentrate your energy on negative situations while on the course, chances are, more negatives situations will come your way and your round of golf will deteriorate right in front of your eyes.

Placing your energy on positive outcomes is much more beneficial to your round of golf.

A good way to keep your mind open to positive outcomes on the course is to revert back to past experiences either on a particular hole you have played before or particular situations with the game while on the course, such as remembering the success you have had in a similar situation you now face.

When visualizing shots, PGA Tour players assist their games by associating a shot in front of them with a positive outcome from a shot like that in the past. When you see a group of 2 or 3 in a playoff, usually the players with more experience perform better because they have more situations to draw from and associate at that moment. That association with success is very positive for any ones round they are playing.

The pre-conceived outcomes you take in to the round can destroy you. Be open to all possibilities. Welcome different shots.

May 13, 2009, Advancing Your Golf Game With The Alcero Method

There are many areas of your golf game that need attention in order for you to accelerate to the level of play you desire.

Determining what those areas are that need improvement would be the first step to going down the path to a better golf game this season. My book Personally Plan Your Golf can assist you in that area if you really have no idea where to start.

On the course your game has numerous areas that all need attention, your tee shots, fairway approaches with irons and hybrids, short game of pitch shots and then around the green with your chipping techniques and methods you use.

Of course one of the most important areas left is then on the green with your putting, and you probably spend the least amount of time there with your practice routine so you may want to adjust that this year.

With so many areas and so little time to work on these areas from a fundamental and mechanical aspect many ask how can I improve with all this practice needed?

Many players venture to the practice range to improve their golf game and work on the basics of their swing, fundamentals and mechanics. You may find many good players that practice at a range from time to time. Perhaps you are one of them?

But when this practice is all done and over, the course is still the area that is going to measure your game, good and bad. With that you must realize that beyond these good practice methods you hopefully implement, you will have to use the other aspects of your creative self to generate the game you desire to see.

Years ago when working for a major golf school and working with 10-15 students each week in 3-5 day formats of teaching, I saw the same things with those individuals. They would have to have something more to assist them with their golf game. Thus I began my quest to create that something more, and that is why I created The Alcero Method.

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May 6, 2009, Listen To What The Experts Say At The Players Championship

Once again The Players Championship is upon us and of course the talk immediately heads towards the famed 17th hole and island green. It may be the most famous hole in all of golf.

If you have played it, you know that your friends will not ask you what you shot at The Stadium Course. They will ask - what did you take on 17?

The average player loses three golf balls there when they play. The course recovers 120,000 golf balls from the lake at this 137yd hole each year. 22% of players in the final round found the lake in last years tournament!

So you can see it is a tough hole and a mental giant when golfers approach the tee. Their mind set and actions set the stage for what will happen each time they play.

An acquantance of mine, Dr. Rick Jensen is a renown sport psychologist who has worked with over 50 tour professionals recently wrote an article about the famous 17th hole at the TPC.

In it he mentioned the average player experiences a range of performance-inhibiting symptoms - elevated heart rate, shortness of breath, fear of embarrassment, etc.

He suggested to reverse these by taking longer deeper breaths when facing difficult shots. Slow down your pre-shot routine to slow your heart rate down. When you doubt a club selection, pick the club that feels best to you and commit 100 percent to how you need to hit it.

My Alcero Method agrees totally with Rick's words here, I always state to find the club that feels BEST to you when you are about to make your shot. Your feelings, beliefs and emotions are your guiding light to the path best taken when you play golf.

Dr. Jensen also suggests to focus on the opportunity of a situation in golf, not the threat of a bad shot.

I state in my book Manifest Your Golf Desires the difficult shots you face are your opportunity to show off to the world what you can accomplish with a particular shot in front of you. It is important to keep your mind on the intent of where you want each shot to go, your intentions set the stage for the manifestations you then see when you play.

As you can see the experts agree with my thoughts, methods and teaching and tour players know the most positive outcome in their golf game will come from their more positive approach.

Make your next round a positive opportunity for your golf game to reach its highest potential!

Apr 27, 2009, Learn To Visually Create Your Golf Game

I was watching Personal Lessons from the Pro's the other night on The Golf Channel and the guest tour professional was Raymond Floyd. Raymond of course has won numerous events on the PGA Tour including several majors.

He was teaching two mid-handicap players during the show and in one segment instructed them to visualize where they want the ball to go and see it travel all the way to the pin. He added you must visually imagine and see where you want the ball to go before you hit it. He added you need to see it in your mind as if you were to walk the ball along the path you intend it to go.

Raymond's point is an exceptional one because your mind must have the vision of where you want the ball to go before you attempt your shot(this also is part of the plan I speak about in much of my articles and writings and my newest book I will release soon!).

If you have no idea (or vision) of how you see the ball traveling then how can you expect to get the ball to your desired location? The process of this is known as Creative Visualization.

Creative visualization achieves this by allowing you to experience the object of your visualization by means of the powers of your imagination, and the more you can experience utilizing all of the senses, the more you integrate the object of your visualization into your conscious awareness, and the more it becomes your experiential reality. When your counscious mind sees and understands what you are intending to create, it then makes it easier for your mind to accept before you attempt the shot.

The visualized reality you see is then assisted in the manifestation process by the amount of belief you have in the shot you are trying to create. This belief is increased by the conscious mind through the creative visualization you implement before each shot.

By visualizing the shot (using your senses) and then finding the resonating belief with each shot, you greatly increase the chances for you to hit the ball where you wish to.

Another important point here is to consider what process you use before you hit each shot. Do you have a pre-shot routine?

The pre-shot routine is very important here because it allows you the space to use your creative visualization techniques before each shot. How you develope the routine is up to you, however as you can see here it is important to use the routine to give you the space to visualize the shot you want.

To reach new levels in your game, visualization techniques are simple methods that empower you to connect with your conscious mind and build the vision of each shot. This vision will begin to lower your scores almost immediately when done right.

Mar 13, 2009, The Direction Of Your Golf Game This Season

The beginning direction for your ascension into this year of golf could be a parallel of the reality you will see each day of this year. To determine both, you must step back and determine which direction you wish to take.

To elaborate on your golf game, perhaps you could look at this coming season as you would when you are arriving for a large outing at your local golf course. Usually there are many golfers involved in these outings and it is not realistic to send them all of the first tee together, since you all would wish to end at the same time and celebrate your round of golf with dinner and awards after your day in the sun as they say.

When large groups of golfers take part in these outings golfers are paired into foursomes and sent out in a shotgun format where one group will start on each hole at the same time. However to get to your desired destinational first hole, all golfers are gathered for instructions, introductions, etc first and then they proceed to the course with great anticipation of success. I suggest you approach this year with the same attitude.

Perhaps you or your group wish to start on an easy hole, a short par five for example. So be it! Lets assume your first will be that short par five where birdie is the norm and eagle not out of the realm, in fact you really believe you will leave your first hole 2 under par!

Of course you could draw the cart that sends you to the longest par three, over 200 yards and you thus would hope at best for par. I guess it is chance as to where you would be assigned for the outing. Or is it?

Who is to say you could not birdie the par three and already be one shot up on the field? What joy would that bring to you and your group?

So as you approach the clubhouse when you drive in for your outing (or this new season) you must align your beliefs that the right situations, path and circumstances will follow you this year to improve your golf game. Your expectation of joy that you would feel with the birdie or eagle of the two holes mentioned should also be the expectation of joy you will see in your golf game this year. Where does that joyful result come from?

Simple. Finding joy in all of the things that surround you with your game when you play. Make the effort to have fun this year each time you play or practice, and expect to have joy and fun when do play. One attracts the other, so if you find joy in the parts of your game you practice or participate in, then a more joyful experience awaits you as you proceed with the direction of your game this year.

Mar 7, 2009, Some Suggestions To Start This Golf Season

In the last few months I have seen many golfers chomping at the bit to get out to play golf, and with a few breaks of warm weather here and there it is ever closer. As you set your sights on the coming rounds and practice days you may wonder where to you start this new season to find a better result than you had last year.

One simple suggestion I would give you is to practice and play within yourself with each and every shot you attempt. I'm sure you have heard this before, but at the beginning of the season it is incredibly important.

Each day I see many test new clubs, drivers and irons really wanting to buy the club that will turn their game around. But sadly, many don't find the miracle club at first. They really can't because there swing is rusty and they are not hitting on the center of the clubhead at all with any of the clubs they try consistantly.

No doubt, if this is the situation on a practice range, it will also be the situation when they arrive at the course for their first rounds this year.

So I suggest that you concentrate on identifying what a solid shot feels like when you are first practicing this year. To assist this, place some masking tape (or face tape) on your clubhead to see where you are striking the ball on the clubhead. The toe, heel or sweetspot?

Identify the sweet spot shots, bring those feelings forward with you to the next shot you attempt and try to re-create that shot again and again. This is one of the most powerful ways to imporove your game because you get out of your own way and don't worry about technique so much. Re-creating a solid shot from feel of the swing is an intuitive ability every golfer has but does not really know how to utilize properly.

You will notice to do this you must have a smooth tempo and not rush your swing or try to hit it as hard as you can. When you do swing too hard, your poor shots off the toe or heel will return and the results will be slices, high short shots or the dreaded pull hook.

You can be your best teacher at times and at the start of the season teach yourself to swing within your abilities and feel solid shots, expect solid shots and then you will see solid shots.

You will see a more penetrating ball flight, one you can control and your confidence will be extremely high as you approach this season. Use your senses, such as feel of the clubhead, and sight of a better ball flight to enhance your game this season. You are the creator of your game as I always state, never the victim, and your abilities are greater than you think.

Feb 15, 2009, Assesing Your Golf Game For This Season

Warmer weather is just around the corner for those in the midwest and eastern United States, so golf is gaining on the minds of many. In speakng to many golfers these last 30 days or so they are ready for change in their current game.

These golfers certainly are seeking change and are ready to buy that change as they see the new golf products which are continuing to be released now. Anticipations are rising for greater success this year due to better equipment like that new driver, putter, etc.

However finding this success through equipment alone is not the total answer you probably need. There is more to the puzzle than one club I am sorry to say. It is time then for you to step back and evaluate all of your golf game. A hard analysis may be needed and the results may scare you a little. But with no assesment and awareness how can you improve?

Golfers seek to improve but dont know where to start. I ask many players to tell me their weaknesses, and most take a big pause to think of one. When I hear that pause I know I have their attention, and a light is turning on inside them to see that some assessment is probably needed.

Any change in your game will be a challenge to create for improvement. You have many habits when you play, so time will be needed to fix those. So identifying the parts of your game you do think you can address this season is a good place to start.

Some players can immediately identify with a part of the game they wish to improve. However I can dig a little deeper with golfers to find other areas that may need attention. So there may be several areas over this year that you can work at with patience while not trying to fix them all at once.

You may think you don't have time to fix all things. I agree, but by identifying the areas that could improve sends a signal forward that change should be made. Your intention is set, and the path will begin for change to occur in your game.

Driving better, more distance, getting up and down when missing the green or decreasing your putts per round to under 32 or so. Technique and strategy will be needed to find these changes and a local pro may be the one to help you find the path to an improved game.

Keep it simple in your approach to improve, assess your game and expect improvement to come to you in 2009. Seek assistance when needed and be a little more aware this year of your thoughts when you try to improve. Focus on the goal not the previous poor results. Intentions, belief and emotions are all vital parts of your game along with swing mechanics and of course equipment, but one club can not fix all the problems in your game!

Jan 27, 2009, Your Golf Game - Wondering, Wandering and Wakening

For so long you have probably wondered when you would find the pieces that fit together to build the golf game you truly desire. You are no different than the rest of the golfers I'm sure.

Within your wondering moments were anticipated times of achievement arriving for you that would easily send you to the course again to continue your quest. A quest like so many that have wandered to and fro hoping to find the equipment, techniques and methods that could move your game to higher levels each year.

As you wandered more you probably have been affected by your friends and their purchases and beliefs as they strive to conquer the holy grail of golf also. But there may be something wrong with that picture or premise as you moved forward.

You relied on others rather than yourself. You must waken to your own self or awaken to your true potential.

Wakening in golf is not so hard if you understand that the path before you needs a picture first of where you wish to go this year. Can you envision the type of shots you wish to make? The lower scores you desire to record? The joy and happiness you will have each time you play well?

Many golfers only hope that these circumstances will come to them through an external force or gift from where ever. But to Waken to golf you must awaken to yourself first and understand that these great changes will come from you. That is possibly a changing of the guard in your mind about how you create your golf game.

However the fact remains that with proper golf instruction, a sound fundamental approach in strategy when you play and equipment that matches your body, size, game is all that is needed to step off into this new year of golf.

Stepping off can be frustrating and scary if you do not think there is a net there to catch you. So you may just succomb to accept that your golf game is a result of fate determined by something else. So be it I guess.

But you could have looked at 2009 with the changing belief that you create your game, it will get better, your scores will improve and your enjoyment will rise also.

The answers to how this better scenario would arrive to you is not important at this time. What is important that you awaken your 2009 golf game to change and a higher result. So take that step, leap off the pier and expect your better golf game to arrive for you this year.

Jan 11, 2009, Trouble Manifesting Your Golf Game? Try Being Your Game

Many golfers have great desires for their golf games and as this new year begins, so do new intentions for success,

Hopefully your path to a better game has involved a vision of what you wish to create. Without a path or vision, how would you know where you are going?

With your vision planted, next arises the way in which you would manifest your golf desires. If your grand dreams have not really occured yet, perhaps there is another way in which you can approach 2009 and create better results.

To attract the results you desire you must be able to identify how you would feel or be when your desired game appears when you play. To expand on this further, it is not a matter of only seeing the vision, practicing, etc and then awaiting your results to finally occur.

Many have written me concerning their desires and the lack of results that they see. When this occurs, I ask them how would they feel when these better events did occur.

Almost all state that their confidence would be greater, their energy would be higher and their enjoyment of the game would be more consistant from one round to the next.

But as you can see this chain of events is indeed a chain with links and most believe the links cannot be seen until the previous one has been experienced.

However there are ways to jump certain links if you have the perception to do it. Perceiving is everything as I have stated many times. Thus if you can perceive your new reality or golf game more readily, the manifesting of that game will occur much faster.

Being the golfer you wish to be involves the energies of BEING that golfer. You must then experience that being before you play. This can be done quitely at home, in the car or on the practice range. The choice is yours.

Currently you probably perceive your golf game at a certain level with plenty of room to grow. I suggest to many to perceive a different reality or outcome.

When you practice or play from a state of being that better player, you then are working from an energy of already being there which is positive, rather than from one of hoping you are there which has doubt and a negative energy.

So take a new approach this year and operate from an area of being where you wish to be. Identifying with this energy alone can create much faster improvement indeed for your game. Be the game you wish to be.

Jan 6, 2009, The Five Secrets To Manifesting Your Best Golf Game

Part of my Alcero Method includes a very important area of golf that most players only consider to be part of their game.

Many players were introduced to just one or two parts of the game that they believe will create the results they then see. However there is not one area to center on or even two, there are Five Secrets to Manifesting Your Best Golf Game!

These five are the Mental, Physical, Emotional, Technical/Equipment and finally your Approach/ Strategy.

As your new year begins and you set your sights on new successes for your golf game, consider the many avenues that are there which create your game.

Listen in as I speak with my good friend Karen Curry from Joyfulmission.com and hear how these 5 areas can change your golf game for the better for the rest of your life.

Implement these secrets into your game and your 2009 season will be like no other as you reach new heights and new lower scores!

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Dec 13, 2008, Learning The Game

From beginners to professional all golfers' goal is to improve, Alcero Golf's Learning The Game shows you how to start

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May 22, 2008, Golf Coaching

Special Individual Golf Coaching is provided for each player to take their golf game to their next desired level with Al Owens, the creator of Alcero Golf.

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Apr 2, 2008, Conscious Creation of Your Golf Game

Creating the golf game you desire involves conscious descisions in every step of your golf game

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