a successful golfer needs much more than hard practice, skills and natural talent – joseph saigh

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A Successful Golfer Needs Much More Than Hard Practice, Skills And Natural Talent – Joseph Saigh Besides traditional coaching, a lot of value addition is needed today to make a champion out of a natural talent. These things, like temperament and diet, are no more extras but are bare necessities in order to make the cut to the top for a golfer. Any professional sport today needs a few things to succeed at the top level. These are besides the basic needs for success, like physical fitness, skill and practice. They can be classified as:- (i) Mental toughness, something referred to as temperament. (ii) Proper diet to keep the body clean, reducing chances of unforeseen ailments. (iii) Best of advice, something that works practically and is not just idealistic!

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Page 1: A Successful Golfer Needs Much More Than Hard Practice, Skills And Natural Talent – Joseph Saigh

A Successful Golfer Needs Much More Than Hard Practice, Skills And Natural Talent – Joseph Saigh

Besides traditional coaching, a lot of value addition is needed today to make a champion out of a natural talent. These things, like temperament and diet, are no more extras but are bare necessities in order to make the cut to the top for a golfer.

Any professional sport today needs a few things to succeed at the top level. These are besides the basic needs for success, like physical fitness, skill and practice. They can be classified as:-

(i) Mental toughness, something referred to as temperament.(ii) Proper diet to keep the body clean, reducing chances of unforeseen ailments.(iii) Best of advice, something that works practically and is not just idealistic!

Most of the

training centres focus on skill, fitness and long practice hours only, thereby overlooking the above three most important factors. They do so sometimes unknowingly due to lack of experience and at other times owing to inability to do them. But in either case, trainees fall way short of making a mark at the international level, and that too quite justifiably.

Golf no more a recreational sport

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Like many others, golf is no more just a recreational event over weekends. There is tough competition and lots of prize money to be won. Thus, golf needs proper training from as early on as possible. And besides the typical training, it also needs the booster dosages of the three above factors.

Many would be surprise why mental toughness and things like that are so much important! It is due to many reasons, like the fact that players now have to travel for more than half the year so that keeping the mental balance becomes necessary.

Very few coaches can impart all of these important things under one roof, if he is not Joe Saigh.

Regular interactions with the game’s greats

Golf has had many pioneers of the game, and most of them belong to the US. But yet, to get them to train and advice the trainees regularly is a challenge

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because of their busy schedules. Among the very few schools where they regularly visit is the golf training centre of Joseph Saigh.The chief coach has close connects with the topmost players, present and past, and they come most willingly to help the trainees out here. Can they get any better anywhere else?

The valuable tips of proper diet and how to handle emotionally tough days and situations alone come as the USP of the golf trainer in Joseph Saigh. The important amalgamation of all of these factors goes a long way in making a champion of the future and that undoubtedly explains why parents flock towards the infamous training centre as their first choice!