Finding Calm and Control
Colin Howe
Teaching a sense of calm and trust to the golfer can help control their rhythm, which controls balance and sequencing
Finding Calm and Control
There are those who think golf has got to technical and maybe they are right but good coaches understand the more knowledge you have the better the understanding of the solution.
There is maybe much to be gained by learning how to approach technical changes, by controlling the mental state. Experienced teachers will always observe technique but teaching a sense of calm and trust to the golfer can help control their rhythm, which controls balance and sequencing, and can thereby affect club head path, speed, face angle at impact and centeredness of contact. Calm and self-assuredness comes from practice and experience, but also from effective self-talk and visualization, and dealing with negative thoughts when they arise.
Prepare for the lesson by trying to reduce your stress a few hours before. Ben Hogan suggested he would drive under the speed limit to the golf course regardless of whether it was a practice session or tournament. A reliable pre-shot routine helps reduce stress also and increase focus over the ball, also great to rehearse during your lesson. It’s the best way to simulate your natural golf swing and offers familiarity. Any good routine starts with the player standing behind the ball, aligning from here does not need to be robotic more a constant process of visualising. Visualising the shot, followed by rehearsed motion of the swing helps the golfer loosen off and feel their unique swing all the while keeping the image of the target in one’s head and looking a number of times to build on that image.
Colin Howe
Colin Howe – Golf Coach and Consultant.
Born in England and began playing golf aged 13, already a very capable athlete he went on to compete nationally and internationally in a number of sports. Colin also proved himself as a capable person while serving with distinction in the Army. Following a seven year career, Colin has been managing golfers of all levels from around the world.
Swing Method:
From the great range of experiences had, Colin has now developed his own understanding of the swing, combing natural movement with the correct limb seperations required to maintain a structured movement.
International Author:
Colin was asked by one of the biggest publishing companies in the United States to produce a book based on his holistic approach to golf. In 2008 the golf book tittle ''Play Better Golf'' by Colin Howe was published around the world and has since been translated in another 6 languages.
UK's leading tutor and authority on British Colleges Golf educational programme and has been the only tutor to have successfully taken a team of golfers to the British Colleges National Championship and won four times in a row, many golfers have gone onto compete for their country played on a number of tours and won national amateur events.
Putting:
In 2003 Colin met with established Putting Coach, David Hicks, who later went on to become Colin’s mentor in Putting, since then Colin has established himself, helping a number of players on the Tour which has already seen much success and wins.
Colin understands a combination of setup, custom fitting and good coaching practice to be fundamental to success all very much following the Ideas laid out by David Hicks.
Course Management:
Having been a Nationally Ranked Orienteer and having a greater understanding of maps and land contouring, Colin brings new ideas to the practicing on the golf course, adding a new dimensions to the game unique to him. All skills used by some of the best players around the world are now explained in Colin’s book and for the first time this explanation helps the golfer understand better on how to manage their game on the course.