I’ve got an exciting new project to announce called 3 Good Shots. Here’s a little background to the idea…
I’ve read many golf books on improving your mental approach to golf. A lot of them recommend keeping a shot diary where the idea is you get back from 18 holes and write down in good detail your best shots of the round. Recording information such as:
- who you were playing with
- what the weather was like
- what hole the shot was on
- what was the playing situation
- your thought process behind the shot
- how you felt while executing the shot
etc
Writing these good shots down builds up a diary of good shots you have hit around many different golf courses. Writing them down is just half the work, you then have to re-read them so that your brain can remind itself of the shot and how you felt when playing it. I have found writing the shots down to be the relatively easy part, remembering to re-read them however is not something that I am too good at.
This is where the web site 3 Good Shots comes in:
www.3goodshots.com
At the moment you need a FaceBook user account to register and log in (we’ll soon be adding more ID providers). Once registered you can go to ‘Add a Round’ and enter details and a description about the round, and then the 3 best shots you played. There is also the option of adding more detailed stats such as fairways hit, greens in regulation and number of putts.
Then every day you’ll receive an email from 3 Good Shots with one of your good shots for you to read. Read the email, close your eyes briefly and remember all the details of the shot and how you felt. Then next time when you come to play that shot again, or something similar – you’ll have nothing but strong positive emotions to help you execute another great shot!
This is something I have built for myself, but I hope you might find it useful as well. If you have any feedback or ideas please email it over to nick@golftribe.com