Your Playing Promise

When you highlight a few essential actions that are under your control, you increase the likelihood of good scoring.

Your Playing Promise

The tournament season is in full swing. Maybe you are playing in major championships, on club teams, or matches with your friends. When you play to score well, you want to make sure that your attention is on the process of playing (which leads to the outcome).

The process of playing is something under your control before, during, after, or between shots. What would be most important for you to pay attention to? Is it your tempo, a feel in the swing, making clear decisions, staying calm, or relaxing and chatting between shots?

Before you tee off, decide on your main focus or commitment. We call it having a Playing Focus or Playing Promise. It’s your game within the game.

In our latest training book – Before & After Playing – we have a whole chapter about the Playing Focus.

Playing Focus Examples

Memory Box – Today, after every shot, you will react with a happy or neutral state.
Think Box – Commitment – On every shot, you will make a clear decision and have the courage to go through with the decision.
Between Shots – Confidence – You will walk with a proud body language between shots.
Balance – You will stay in your finish position an extra five seconds and be aware of your balance.
Self-Talk – You will have your best friend’s voice in your head as you talk to yourself during the round.
Play Box – Memory Box – You will feel your weight shift during the swing, close the door on every shot, and move on to the next shot, no matter what.
Play Box – Once you have taken your grip in the Think Box, you will keep your grip pressure constant.
Between Shots – You will chat and relax between shots all day long to manage your energy.
Tempo and Play Box Commitment – You will commit to swinging 70% of your tempo on all full shots today and how you finish on all swings and putts.

Playing Focus Scorecard

>> Download the Playing Focus Scorecard here.

Place a checkmark for every shot you 100% commit to the finish – commit to the shot and the Play Box. Don’t count tap-in’s. What percent of shots are you fully committed to? Do this for at least nine holes.

NEW! 4th Training Book – Before & After Playing

The fourth training book – Before & After Playing – in our Performance Skills Series, is now published and available!

>> All our training books are available on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble

Before & After Playing is about the skills and concepts you can use to improve on before or after playing the game. In our first three you can learn in-depth about Balance, Tempo, Tension, Think Box, Play Box, Memory Box, and the skills to recharge yourself in Between Shots.

LPGA Summit

Last month we attended the 2025 LPGA We Are The Women in Golf Summit in Daytona Beach celebrating ALL women in golf. We presented How to Be Your Own Best Coach (both indoors and outdoors) to both LPGA amateurs and professionals.

>> Fun Fact: Golf’s fastest growing segment is young women!
38% of the junior golf ranks are girls. :)

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In-Person Coaching

Our Spring season is wrapping up but we have just added some additional summer dates for June and July for both our 54PLAY and 54Training programs.
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RESERVATIONS

See you in New Albany, Ohio!

Join VISION54 coaches, Kristine Reese and Zach Theut, to learn the Human Skills of the Game to play better on the course and enjoy it more.
Fees: $2500

>> If you’re interested in attending, please email thereseh@naacc.com for details & reservations.

Fall Dates

We’re beginning to put together our Fall In-Person Program Schedule and have already added a few tentative dates for our popular multi-day programs. (location to be determined)

**Please Note: Due to the tentative nature of these Fall dates, we’re instituting a reservations option for those of you interested in attending. Please complete the program reservations forms to reserve your spot! We won’t be requiring a deposit until your reservation is confirmed, and we ask that you hold off on making travel plans until confirmation is received. Priority for available spots will be assigned in the order reservation requests are received.

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