Each and every thing we do regarding performance does not always happen as we want it to be like.
Going trough a checklist is then a good thing.
Since we can at least to some degree check some basically overall structures,
we can check the state, is it the one we wanted to have?
Did we change the state to much during performance?
Did we let things creep into affecting our thinking and state?
We check the state to find out if that is affected.
We then turn to beliefs,
did a old belief affect what did go on in our performance?
We also check, context.
When we set up an outcome in how we want to do things, we must measure as good as we can what is going on.
No excuses are allowed.
We define first context, what is going on there is based on what we want it to be, we then support that context with beliefs that adds a generalized connection to context and binds that to the state we add.
The trinity of performance, context, beliefs and state are the corner stones in our performance.
If one of them are off, they will make things unbalanced.
If we start to think to much without keeping the context and performance in view, then we will slide into a different state, we then will start to alter our beliefs.
If we get affected by things that happens in the performance due to factors out of our control, we can make sure the beliefs are in jeopardy.
The context, if we keep track of that we keep track of our attention.
This will make the beliefs and state coming along for the ride.
The context is in our mind a particular bit of space.
It exists as a time space continium.
As we dont perform, as we want to, its due to not having the proper context in our attention,
and this often happens due to our state is changed, our beliefs shifted along the way.
This is why its so important to keep track of what you do know and are knowing about your outcome, the context, the beliefs and the state.
If you cant have the performance, then all that is needed to do, is to know what the context is, the beliefs with that and the state that follows that. (I play at a golf course, (context) and I am a professional elite golfer playing at a particular level of performance)
Then we created a loop of feedback, the more we get our attention to the context, the more we get into the performance level we seek.
This we can measure along the way if we are on the right track or not, if we dont do that its easy to get sidetracked.
In essence, we dont need to do problemsolving since nothing can change the context, the beliefs or our state we set up.
Many might have a problem with that thinking, but we are creating a space, a zone an area of performance that nothing else can be part of, NOTHING!
We sort that out.
What typically happens when people dont have their performance off is to find something that did go wrong, they try to analyze what went wrong.
Nothing can go wrong with this.
This is a way we can make sure that our performance always are at our utmost best level at all times. Obviously different things affect our day to day as age, physical fitness etc...
but we can always be at our best if we choose to be.
If you open a door, then its open. Until its closed.
Many dont have a problem with that.
If you set a standard for your performance, then that can always be open.
Never to be closed until we change something and dont sort that out.
I played with some friends, and my performance was decent.
My state was fine, I played many good shots and never had any really bad ones.
But I wasnt as acurate.
This was due to a technical aspect of my performance, an old habit I am sorting out, to much body movement.
When I find that out, my performance still was the same but the result now became much better.
I didnt change my state, my context was still the same and my beliefs in place, but my body couldnt do the technical move properly due to my awareness to my body in how its moved was of.
As soon I found that out, massive improvement did happen.
Now, of course, I then take this as a learning and updating check, I need to practice differently, I need to update my check for how my body moves in the swing, and how to make sure I be still and how I do know that and then when that is done integrating it into my outcome ie: performance.
If you understand this, I can check if my set up was flawed in my outcome of performance, and since I done that and nothing was off, I knew I didnt need to change any of that, its working.
Obviously, my performance was off, but since I didnt know by what, I waited.
And since I then understood why, I could take some measure to improve that a lot.
I started to hit great shots, dead straight, had some good short shots, good putting on bad greens but I felt great knowing I started to do technically right.
I then now after this have to find a good session of practice when I add this as routine to ingrain this until it become habitual.
I will be able to measure this and how I improve by more stable play.
I today shoot around 80-85 or so.
My performance is much better, I can hit all greens in regaulation due to my distance is enough, and if I have found the biggest flaw I will notice directly if this is on track by making better scores.
If it is the technical aspect, the body moves to much then I can work on other things, tweak things if this improves my scores.
So, doing problemsolving makes this easy,
Is my set up properly done in my outcome with context, beliefs and state? (a yes)
Do I need to change that? (most likely NOT)
Is it a factor outside my awareness? (if it is, wait until the cause present itself)
This you can measure when things works again. (it isnt always easy)
When the cause is found, sort it out, work on it and integreate this into the performance context.
I hit some great shots even when my performance was not on properly, this was strange, since I suddenly could hit a bad shot not knowing why it happen.
I didnt question this, I kept on following my context, my beliefs and state.
I trust that since I know I play at my best doing that.
So, when I find this flaw, the technical aspect, that I simply cannot feel, when I move to much, I then know what to do.
I must practise how to feel this, and make this obvious for me, in my awareness, so I know what is going on.
Then when its properly done, I simply will forget about it and play again, knowing it will work for me in my set up performance.
The idea is simple, play, have the performance, and just enjoy the ride.
When I am walking out there, I keep track of what I need to do, then I check my state and context since those directs my attention and my beliefs will be there when I perform.
When my performance went up, I made 5 birdie chances in 7 holes that was around 4meters.
Due to greens, they didnt go in even when properly been read and hit.
What I liked was that I hit some shots I was simply question what club I needed to make the distance, and what shot was required, made sure my body was still and just performed.
I made 2 poor shots due to to much movement but then I knew what the performance was affected by and didnt bother about it.
Tomorow, I will play again, I be working on making sure the body is more still, how to work on feeling that, and then go out and see how this new knowledge affects my score.
If you do problemsolving, its important to understand this;
Dont change the trinity of performance, context, beliefs, and state.
Find the cause, anchor from outside, old anchor from inside, bad mood, emotions, bad food, tired, technical depending on your level of performance.
Check comparisions you make, the reason people sometimes talks themselves out of things is that they compare, and then debate what they compare, ruining the state and then alter the beliefs and obviously, the context has changed along the way.
The level of performance, if this is set up properly, can never change, ever.
If it does, it do so by factors either unknown or known which we let influence our state, our beliefs and creep into our space of performance context, if this is sorted out before it enters our context, then the performance will balance itself out and be at the level we expect it to be.
This is why I am when doing this are making sure I practice when I practice, and then when I play I play. (sorting out contexts and beliefs, criteria etc..)
I dont think out there why I dont play as my performance I set up, due to me knowing I got the right state, I have the beliefs, and the context is there.(No need to change that)
I obviously notice when I dont make the shots I need to make and that I set up to do.
And again obviously something affects my performance.
Until I know what, I wait.
Now, knowing this about my body, I will set up a routine the following sessions at home and at practice and when I play.
When I find the proper treatment, identify what to do, I work on that until its habit and then forget about it.
Then I just play.
How I sort this out is to overdo what I need, I make sure my body are more still than needed in my practice sessions, then map how that feels and how it affects my technical performance.
I do that Until I get a sensation that more or less makes it obvious what to do.
Making sure, I get two ways to feel this, one is when my body is still and one when my body moves to much.
I then sort those sensations/feels out and reinforce the one I want and ingrain that with my full swing.
This system is perfect, when set up you never need to change anything.
What can be changed, adjusted, tweaked or balanced are what new information that comes along tha way to your outcome/context of performance.
You might adjust the state, adjust the beliefs, add or delete something, altering the criteria of measurement, tweak what is done in practice and in play etc...
What I have done since early may is this,
I changed my practice state, to more match the one I use when I play.
I sorted out unwanted behaviours on the course, I deleted and replaced emotions in regard to my performance, I added a new belief to the context that I play on a golf course with my level of performance, I measure the improvement and add practice to what level of my game I need to improve based on facts out on the course.
I am looking for a stable and consistent golf where my scores dosnt differ much from day to day.
I am checking and re-checking that my technical aspects are improving into habits.
As far, everything is getting better and better. I also added improvement based on when things go right, I then added how it would be if this would be even better.
A natural improvement feeling.
I am measure that I am becoming the player level of statistics that I have aimed for this fall.
My greens in reg is around 50-60% was around 35% last 2 years.
I putt better and have better short game than ever. (Up and down is much improved)
I hit longer and straighter than ever.
I am not where I want to be yet, this is largely due to flaws in my technical aspects and some in the lack of experience in how the ball behave on the greens when I do my approach shots.
When I meet my requirements, my criteria, I will own my game.
I will be able to play consistent golf everytime due to me knowing that nothing can affect my performance due to how well I set it up.
If anything would affect the game, I will easily know what it is, be able to sort it out and continue playing at my set up performance level.
I am pretty sure that my score tomorow will improve.
I get back to you in how it did go.
/Robert Johansson
