Chapter 6 Visualization

The Targets of the Nervous System.

In 1974, Jack Nicholas described the importance of visualization in his game. I never hit a shot even in practice without having a very sharp in focus picture of it in my head. It’s like a color movie. First, I see the ball where I want it to finish nice and white and sitting up high on the bright green grass. Then the scene quickly changes and I see the ball going there. It’s path trajectory and shape even its behavior on landing. Then there’s sort of a fade out. And the next scene shows me making the kind of swing that will turn the previous images into reality. Only at the end of the short private Hollywood spectacular. Do I select a club and step up to the ball?