I apologize for a lack of posting the last couple of weeks. I have finally settled into my new place in West Palm Beach, FL and have begun teaching at Breakers West. My new teaching facility is amazing! I have opened up my lesson book and I have already began teaching. Please contact me via email if you are interested in improving your golf game.
sarahrstone@pga.com
Welcome to Sarah Stone Golf! I am a Class A PGA member and a passionate teacher. I hope to help golfers and teachers alike with their golf. Please enjoy reading my instructional tips!
Monday, November 21, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Expectations and Goals - What's the difference? And how does it apply to my golf?
So do you expect to break 100 or is it your goal to break 100? Do you expect to hit a straight drive on the first tee or is it your goal to hit a straight drive? If you set goals to achieve an outcome, then you should expect to achieve it, right? Or should you? Many of my clients expect to play great, however they do not set any goals to achieve an outcome of playing great. So then expectations fall short and golfers become frustrated. We can start to change this by asking ourselves - What's the difference between expectations and goals?
Let's first look at the definitions of each-
Goal: is a desired result a person envisions, plans, and commits to achieve
Expectation: a strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the near future
Now let's look at a golf example-
Mr. Stone only goal this season is to break 100. He already expected to break 100 because he's been playing golf for 10 years and he feels like he should have done that several times over. However his expectations haven't been met, yet. Mr. Stone comes to me for a lesson and explains his frustration to me. I ask some questions to get to understand his limitations, etc. I ask him his goals, to which there is only one — break 100. Only one goal, easy enough right? Nope! This is his expectation, not his goal. He hasn't planned to break 100, he expects to break 100. Big difference. During our time together evaluating his game, I begin to see how Mr. Stones' expectations vs. goals can differ. When we are on the putting green he lags a putt to 6 feet and expects to make it. Expects, but doesn't practice 6 footers. Hmmm. How can Mr. Stone expect to make a putt he doesn't practice? Because he can, it's his expectation. It's my job as an instructor to help coach my players into changing expectations into goals that they can achieve. I believe if we can make Mr. Stone a better putter, he has a greater chance of breaking 100.
Expectation: to make 6 footers, by doing so he can break 100
Goal: break 100 by becoming a better putter, so that he can now start to eliminate 3 putts from his round
If Mr. Stone commits to practicing the drills I give him for putting, he can now start to expect that he will achieve his goal of no more 3 putts in a round and therefore, giving him a better chance at breaking 100.
Now the expectation of breaking 100 changes to the goal of breaking 100.
So now how does this apply to your game? Take some time to ask yourself about your expectations and your goals with your golf game. Are they one in the same or different? Hopefully by reading the post above you will begin to understand the difference between the two and challenge you to set some goals to achieve.
Come see me at Breakers West soon! My lesson book will be open November 8 for the 2011-2012 winter season. Looking forward to working with you on your golf game and your goals!
Let's first look at the definitions of each-
Goal: is a desired result a person envisions, plans, and commits to achieve
Expectation: a strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the near future
Now let's look at a golf example-
Mr. Stone only goal this season is to break 100. He already expected to break 100 because he's been playing golf for 10 years and he feels like he should have done that several times over. However his expectations haven't been met, yet. Mr. Stone comes to me for a lesson and explains his frustration to me. I ask some questions to get to understand his limitations, etc. I ask him his goals, to which there is only one — break 100. Only one goal, easy enough right? Nope! This is his expectation, not his goal. He hasn't planned to break 100, he expects to break 100. Big difference. During our time together evaluating his game, I begin to see how Mr. Stones' expectations vs. goals can differ. When we are on the putting green he lags a putt to 6 feet and expects to make it. Expects, but doesn't practice 6 footers. Hmmm. How can Mr. Stone expect to make a putt he doesn't practice? Because he can, it's his expectation. It's my job as an instructor to help coach my players into changing expectations into goals that they can achieve. I believe if we can make Mr. Stone a better putter, he has a greater chance of breaking 100.
Expectation: to make 6 footers, by doing so he can break 100
Goal: break 100 by becoming a better putter, so that he can now start to eliminate 3 putts from his round
If Mr. Stone commits to practicing the drills I give him for putting, he can now start to expect that he will achieve his goal of no more 3 putts in a round and therefore, giving him a better chance at breaking 100.
Now the expectation of breaking 100 changes to the goal of breaking 100.
So now how does this apply to your game? Take some time to ask yourself about your expectations and your goals with your golf game. Are they one in the same or different? Hopefully by reading the post above you will begin to understand the difference between the two and challenge you to set some goals to achieve.
Come see me at Breakers West soon! My lesson book will be open November 8 for the 2011-2012 winter season. Looking forward to working with you on your golf game and your goals!
TPI - Amazing!!
I just returned from a TPI Level One conference in Providence, RI. This is the first time I have attended a seminar and left charged up; ready to practice, research, and promote what I learned!
Many of you may not be familiar with TPI, which stands for Titleist Performance Institute, so here's a little background: two professionals (a golf professional and a medical professional) got together and started this wonderful program that helps medical pros, fitness pros and golf pros understand how to diagnosis the limitations of a golf swing. Level One is medical, golf and fitness professionals all in the same room. They train us all to 'speak' the same language and work together to help our students get better at golf.
How many of you have taken a golf lesson where the teacher has asked to you do something and while you try very hard, you just can't seem to do it? What if I told you that achieving that goal (being able to perform that 'drill') is as simple as adding an exercise to your fitness program? This training program teaches golf pros, medical pros, and fitness pros how to 'screen' students for injuries, weakness and limitations they may have in their body that are actually preventing them from being able to do what we 'pros' are asking! How great would it be for your certified TPI golf professional to screen you and say, "Well, Mrs. Habercamp, I want to send you to my certified TPI fitness pro so they can show you some exercises that you can do to improve your range of motion, which will in turn allow you to swing the club better, and start improve your playing ability."? I think it would be outstanding!
If you have interest and/or time, check out the TPI website (www.mytpi.com) to see how you can contact a certified TPI instructor and start working on your game today! If you are in the south east florida area, please come and see me as I am now TPI Level One certified.
Many of you may not be familiar with TPI, which stands for Titleist Performance Institute, so here's a little background: two professionals (a golf professional and a medical professional) got together and started this wonderful program that helps medical pros, fitness pros and golf pros understand how to diagnosis the limitations of a golf swing. Level One is medical, golf and fitness professionals all in the same room. They train us all to 'speak' the same language and work together to help our students get better at golf.
How many of you have taken a golf lesson where the teacher has asked to you do something and while you try very hard, you just can't seem to do it? What if I told you that achieving that goal (being able to perform that 'drill') is as simple as adding an exercise to your fitness program? This training program teaches golf pros, medical pros, and fitness pros how to 'screen' students for injuries, weakness and limitations they may have in their body that are actually preventing them from being able to do what we 'pros' are asking! How great would it be for your certified TPI golf professional to screen you and say, "Well, Mrs. Habercamp, I want to send you to my certified TPI fitness pro so they can show you some exercises that you can do to improve your range of motion, which will in turn allow you to swing the club better, and start improve your playing ability."? I think it would be outstanding!
If you have interest and/or time, check out the TPI website (www.mytpi.com) to see how you can contact a certified TPI instructor and start working on your game today! If you are in the south east florida area, please come and see me as I am now TPI Level One certified.
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