The next question is what is your "right mind" when it comes to golf?  In an informal way, for years I have been collecting data from good golfers as well as not-so-good golfers, asking the question: "What do you think about when you strike a ball?"

The poor golfers answer, in order of most frequent responses is:

	"I think about the ball, and hitting it".
	"I think about keeping my head down and my left arm stiff".
	"I try to get under the ball".

The good golfers most frequent answers are: (Tied for first)

	"The target".
	"The rhythm of the swing".
	"The feel of the club in my hands; where the clubface is especially at impact".

Do you see how different the two approaches are? The ball hypnotizes poor players!

Their minds shrink into a tiny white sphere; tight, restricted.  Good golfers are not even thinking per se (thinking being defined as internal chatter). Rather than thinking, they are feeling, or seeing pictures with their internal eyes.  Their attention is much bigger, unencumbered, freer.  It stands to reason that a free mind relates to a free, unencumbered swing.

Where you place your attention, or awareness during the golf swing, is of major importance.  I have never seen this in any golf book or Golf Channel Academy, but in my experience, golfers play better when they look at the ball, but don't think about the ball.

I would advise the less experienced golfers to think about the rhythm of the swing, or the feeling of the weight of the clubhead, not the ball.  As you improve further, you could begin to visualize the target.  But whatever you do, BOYCOTT THE BALL! Certainly you have to look at it, but don't stare.  It would be more like a soft gaze, not like melting it with X ray vision.

I would like to conclude with another Yogi Berra-ism; this time he was referring to baseball, but it also applies to golf: "You can't hit and think at the same time".

Good luck!