Breaking through those plateaus

Well here we are a whole week since my last post and one round left of The Open. Has it not been a fantastic display of golf on what seems an incredibly difficult golf course.
It is amazing to watch these players have to hit such long irons for their seconds as so many of the tee shots are not taken with drivers. It's all about position (something I advocate in my six week challenge) and making sure they get on the green in regulation.
At this point Sergio is 3 shots ahead of a fast closing Steve Stricker and I look forward to tomorrow's final round. Although I am not looking forward to another night of broken sleep.
Watching The Open these last few days has made me realize just how consistent these great players are. And consistency is what most amateurs lack in their week to week or month to month game.
The pros do this for a living and when not playing they are practising. They spend their life working on their swings, their short game, putting, the psychology of golf and of course their fitness.
All of these things done on a daily basis means that they sleep, eat, drink and breathe golf. Something you and I cannot do and all this leads to consistency or, in our case, lack of consistency.
Have you ever shot a really good score only to find that the next week and for months afterwards you cannot find that form again? I am sure it has happened to al of us. You go out and shoot your best score ever and on reflection feel that it was easy and you didn't do anything special. You know the feeling - you are walking off the 18th and add up your score and discover it is very low compared to normal. What went right? What did you do differently? These are the questions you ask yourself and cannot find the answers to.
The next time you go out you are thinking of this last game where you scored so well and you try and repeat it. But no matter what you do you just cannot recapture that form. You're playing your normal game but you're not scoring! You're back to the plateau you have been on for years.
How to break through that and regularly shoot below 100 or 90 or 80 whatever the case may be? What is the secret? Its not only pros that are consistent. There are a lot of players at your club that regularly shoot low rounds in the 80's or 70's. What do they know that you don't? How can you do the same?
It is probably not the ball you play with or the clubs you use (see my article on "Do I Need To Buy New Clubs?")and of course you've been for lessons and whilst they help initially you generally slip back to your old scores.
What you need is a system and a thought pattern that works and is repeatable. You need to step up to the shot knowing what is going to happen and how to execute the shot.
Jack Moorehouse is just an ordinary golfer who has unlocked this secret over the past 20 years of playing golf. Jack plays off a very respectable 5 handicap and in his program "How To Break 80" Jack takes you through the steps you need to instantly drop shots off your round. Jack acknowledges that we are not all professionals that have all day to practice and perfect our game, and with this in mind he sets about showing you the simple things that will help any golfer over come the problem of inconsistency.
Appropriately named "How To Break 80" this program is designed for the average gofer and by applying the principles and techniques he reveals every golfer will easily break through to the next level and have much more fun at this wonderful game.
There is of course the added bonus of seeing the look on your friends' faces when you start having those rare rounds all the time.
As much of my "Six Week Challenge" focuses on the mind and a lot of short game drills I find this an invaluable aide to the course.