e coolest thing I could have told people. By my ninth grade year I had lost 25lbs. This made me feel better and be more athletic. I started at football, basketball, and I was one of the two best golfers on a very respected high school golf team. Things were much better at school, but it was taking away from the time I use to spend practicing golf. I had a terrible freshman year as far as golf goes. I was playing terribly and I had no clue as to why. The whole time it seems as if I was always trying to fix my faults quickly, and not really put in the work that golf demands. I was spending the majority of my time doing teen stuff: learning to drive, going to the movies, parties, and keeping up with my girlfriend. Freshman golf ended miserably, but I wasnt even close to giving up. In Arkansas golf, high school isnt a big deal like in Football and Basketball. Its the tournaments held by the Arkansas State golf Association that are most respected. So my golfing year wasnt really over, it had actually just begun. So I began to practice more, and focus solely on golf. It seemed the harder I practiced, the worse I got. I was trying too hard, and playing badly in tournaments. It was extremely heartbreaking. This was the only think that I had complete confidence in and I couldnt even be successful at it anymore. I was caring too much, still believing that golf was the most important thing in my life. I was wrong, and later that year I finally realized that.A few weeks before school started my tenth grade year I came across the book Inner Game of Golf, by W. Timothy Gallwey. This book didnt deal with any physical aspects of the game. I didnt discuss what clubs to use, how to grip the club, or even how much to practice. Galleys method was simply to help players observe what is to quiet the mind, to control anxiety and to think positively., page 09. Using his simple tactics I was able to relieve myself of some pressure that w...
