Mental imagery is not concentration but it can be the subject of concentratIon.
Concentration is the capacity to bring the mind onto something and to bring back the mind back to that focus when It wanders. It is an exclusionary action which filters awareness exclusively on the object of focus.
Interesting. With that "focus" as you say, if it were to be on the hole for instance when putting , would judging the weight be automatic? I believe this is so. Thats what I attempt to do. "Take the picture , putt to the picture" etc. Like throwing darts or whatever. I rarely take a practice stroke anymore , Im just trying to see the hole in my mind ... some days are better than others !
Interesting. With that "focus" as you say, if it were to be on the hole for instance when putting , would judging the weight be automatic? I believe this is so. Thats what I attempt to do. "Take the picture , putt to the picture" etc. Like throwing darts or whatever. I rarely take a practice stroke anymore , Im just trying to see the hole in my mind ... some days are better than others !
It seems that your trying to have a mentally created picture in your head as you perform an action. Anytime your consciousness is focused internally, you are in a dream state which detracts you from using the senses. You want instead to be in a state which many people call being present.
Internal processes are great for making judgements/predictions but have no place when performing actions. Actions call for awareness.
With regard to "take the picture, putt to the picture", this is half correct. The picture is judgement call before the shot which is important for line but there also has to be a mentally created kinesthetic feeling of the lag pressure. You need both elements. Once you have the judgement, the memory is encapsulated and stored just like a real memory. Now, you have to change your focus back to your senses and be a witness to your actions.
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Interesting. With that "focus" as you say, if it were to be on the hole for instance when putting , would judging the weight be automatic? I believe this is so. Thats what I attempt to do. "Take the picture , putt to the picture" etc. Like throwing darts or whatever. I rarely take a practice stroke anymore , Im just trying to see the hole in my mind ... some days are better than others !
It seems that your trying to have a mentally created picture in your head as you perform an action. Anytime your consciousness is focused internally, you are in a dream state which detracts you from using the senses. Many people call this being present.
Internal processes are great for making judgements/predictions but have no place when performing actions. Actions call for awareness.
With regard to "take the picture, putt to the picture", this is half correct. The picture is judgement call before the shot which is important for line but there also has to be a mentally created kinesthetic feeling of the lag pressure. You need both elements. Once you have the judgement, the memory is encapsulated and stored just like a real memory. Now, you have to change your focus back to your senses and be a witness to your actions.
It seems that your trying to have a mentally created picture in your head as you perform an action. Anytime your consciousness is focused internally, you are in a dream state which detracts you from using the senses. Many people call this being present.
Internal processes are great for making judgements/predictions but have no place when performing actions. Actions call for awareness.
With regard to "take the picture, putt to the picture", this is half correct. The picture is judgement call before the shot which is important for line but there also has to be a mentally created kinesthetic feeling of the lag pressure. You need both elements. Once you have the judgement, the memory is encapsulated and stored just like a real memory. Now, you have to change your focus back to your senses and be a witness to your actions.
Im fascinated by this. My picture is not of the line though, for clarification. Just the hole and for lag pressure purposes. (Your comments show a superior knowledge of TGM ) . My line is consciously calculated behind the ball factoring in the speed of the ball necessary and then I align a line which I have drawn on the ball towards the correct start line . Line is calculated , weight once Im over the ball, is left to my brain and hands to work out without my conscious intervention. Like a baseball player throwing the ball to home plate...... a much further distance than putts traverse and done with precision and in an instant ,with the crowd yelling , while running etc. No stopping to preview mechanics , practice arm throws or anything. The brain can meter lag pressure in an instant if we just let it. When its working for my while putting it can really do some amazing things weight wise. Crenshawian.
Some days it feels like Im trying to summon it up , some days its seems totally automatic. The days Im trying to summon it up, make it happen , trying to hold the picture in my mind... I can get lost admittedly, dreaming like you say.
Im interested in your comments. Dreaming vs being present. So how does one stay present? Get out of your own way so to speak? Big question I know. Another of golfs secrets maybe.
I really believe most golfers go about lag pressure metering the wrong way .. While they could easily throw a ball a certain
distance or even to a moving a target , the act of putting or chipping or pitching a golf ball a certain (fixed) distance is given over to a different process. One that seems to be ineffective. It should be more like pitching bean bags to my mind. Im just not sure how to keep it going when it goes away.
To be present of mind is to put the focus onto the senses and use the continuous process of concentration and awareness to maintain it. When the mind does become distracted by thought, you immediately realize this through the awareness of where your mind is placed and you preprogram the concentration to instantly refocus back to the senses. If you do this, single thoughts may appear about the present but these trains of thoughts that pull you into a fantasy world will not.
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