So you would like to have better concentration when you play, am I right? Do you start out certain rounds with laser like focus and by the 8th hole you can' t wait to get your hot dog and drink at the turn and golf is just getting in the way? Or, do you start out kind of "out of it", maybe still thinking about the meeting you had in the morning and then later in the round, you find your swing and everything is working in harmony?

We've all heard it too. In order to get better, you have to focus like the pros. You have to concentrate on every shot. You have to do this in order to get better. And you try don't you? Do you find yourself grinding over every shot? Do you worry about where the ball lands as soon as you see it leave your club and start to be concerned about how tough your next shot will be? If you don't hit it the way you want or where you want, do you find yourself dreading the next shot? Let's face it we all have. And how has that strategy been working for you? It hasn't has it? Do you know why?

The reason you lose focus during your round is pretty simple. Your approach to concentrating is all wrong. If you are grinding over every swing you take or dreading your next shot because you didn't hit it perfect, then there is no way you can focus for 4 plus hours on the golf course. Humans are just not capable of that much concentration for that long of time.

So what do you do about it? As always, what I am going to tell you is so simple, you might not think it will work right away. But, I promise you, if you do this, you should see a definite improvement in your game fairly quickly.

The next time you go play a round of golf and you really want to concentrate better than you ever have, only do it for a few seconds at a time. What do I mean by this? Again, it's pretty simple. I want you to only concentrate when you are taking your next shot. In between shots, joke around with your buddies, relax a little, look around at the trees or the water or the beautiful scenery around you. Part of the reason we play golf is because we enjoy the views. But do you really enjoy them? Or do you glance at them when you are on the tee box? What I am trying to say is, you have to cut down the amount of true concentration and focus only to the time you need to hit the ball. In between them, don't worry whether you have a good lie, a good angle, if the wind is in your face or whatever. All those things just end up taxing your brain before you get to the shot. Then, somewhere about the 7th hole, you are already tired of focusing and you start losing interest. And think about it, does all that fretting over the lie, the angle or wind really change anything? No, these things are out of your control. All you can do is focus on the shot before you and execute it to the best of your abilities. Watch the pros on TV and this is what they are doing. They may not be talking to their competitors, but they may be talking to their caddy or to themselves and most of the time it's not about the next shot. They are "living in the moment" and that I what this approach is all about. If you can lower your concentration time to only when you need to hit the ball to where you want it, it works.

I promise you if you take this approach to the course the next time, you will find yourself enjoying your round more, probably making better shots and more than likely shooting lower scores. I know it sounds so simple it won't work. But haven't you found in life it's the simple things that really make the difference? So go ahead, the next time you play, try it and see if it works. It may take some time for you to actually accept this idea and put it into practice, but it works and it works well when you do it.

I hope you have found this information to be helpful and I hope you will go out and try it the next time you play.