Human Skills
The Non-Technical Skills of Golf
Golf is more than just a swing – it’s the integration of your technique with your body, mind, and emotions. The players who perform best have good technique and can stay present and athletic, make decisions they trust, manage pressure, and bounce back from setbacks. These are the human skills – and they are just as essential as technical skills.
At VISION54, we call this the real performance equation:
Your human skills (non-technical) determine how well your technique shows up when it matters most. Learning to manage your state – before, during, after, and between shots – unlocks more consistency, confidence, and joy in the game. It’s not about being perfect. It’s about becoming your own best coach, being athletic, aware, and adaptable as you play.
The Human Skills are about creating a good performance state. What state is best for your mind, body, and emotions?
This training and exploration is all about what works for you when you play well, and also to recognize what you do when you get in your own way – your MY54 and NOT54.
Performance Routine
Before
THINK BOX – BE Decisive!
It’s the time and space when you prepare for a shot or putt.
Every shot requires a decision that you trust in that moment of time, and how do you best do that?
During
PLAY BOX – BE Focused!
It’s the time and space when you make a swing or a stroke.
For your technique to function, you want to be in a good performance state. Your unique performance state is a specific physical, mental, and / or emotional state. Every shot requires you to be focused and pay attention to the end of the motion.
After
MEMORY BOX – BE Confident!
It’s your chosen reaction to a shot.
To play your best you want to create more confidence. Any emotional reaction the brain stores as a memory. What memories do you want to be stored the strongest?
Between Shots
Between
BETWEEN SHOTS – BE Recharged!
It’s the time between shots and holes. At least three and a half hours of the time you play golf is “in between” time.
The state of your body, mind, and emotions fluctuates during a round of golf. This state influences your ability to execute your best performance routine, swings, and strokes.
Manage your BODY
Manage your MIND
Manage your EMOTIONS
Master VARIABILITY
Balance – Tempo – Tension
Balance – Tempo – Tension
BTT – BE Athletic!
BTT – Balance, Tempo, and Tension Awareness is about being aware of and managing the state of your body.
The state of your body is dynamic and variable, and directly influences your technique.
