I know it’s been a while ago since I’ve published a post, and this one won’t be too long neither. Anyway.
So tomorrow there is my first two days golf training workshop in Hannover. For me it’s quite a big thing, because I’ve never done anything like this before. I am really excited for tomorrows, so I got myself some real thoughts about what this thing really means to me. I ended up with thousands of unordered note snippets in my head, but some, in my view are really important for me to have a calm weekend and that I can concentrate on the things for which this workshop is intended for. To improve my golf specific skills.
One thing is what I want to achieve with these workshops. I won’t stay there forever, especially after next year, when I’ll have to go one step further. The GVNB team from 14 years and higher. I need to improve, thats why it is important to stay training, even in winter and to attend these workshops.
But I don’t only do this to stay in the GVNB team. Its also a big thing for my nearer future. Nobody knows what will happen this year, next year or in 5 years. Maybe I’ll go to the US to a golf college, maybe I lost my passion in golf after some time, but what I then learned is helpful for anything what I am going to do then. Maybe not the golf technics when I become a journalist, but just imagen all the things I’ve learned through the workshops then. The overcoming to start something new. Discipline. Self confidence. I could go on forever…
In my opinion everyone who starts something new, unknown, should first think about the things you could learn for yourself, job, lifestyle. And with these things I don’t only mean the obvious stuff like having a temporarily free mind after visiting a writing block help group, but the things you take with you and can get back to anytime in life, thoughts or ideas which make your life easier, but first have to be detected. It can e.g. happen that your writing block comes back after some months, but the ideas you got through visiting that workshop or group can help you cleaning up your mind again so the blockade has disappeared.
When I take these points with me over the weekend, I guess I don’t need to be afraid of anything, “just do your thing”.
So there I am.
I’ve been playing golf for years and, maybe a year ago, found out that, in the future, it shouldn’t be only a hobby anymore. I found out for myself that I don’t want to end up with playing golf at some kind of club, only going out once in a month to take a walk in the green while hitting a small white ball with some kind of stick. I realized that I really wanna become something. Something more than this.
This was actually the start of me getting some thoughts organized. What are my ambitions for later. What is my long-time target for golf. And, not least important, my short-time targets. Golf club adult team, Lower Saxony-Bremen traning, German Masters, etc.
And now, there I am. In the Lower Saxony-Bremen training team.
Actually its only one part of one long chain to the top, but its also one target done which was, a year ago, unimaginably for me.
But this is not the only thing I’m working on. One big thing for me is my preperation for the life if golf will fail. Or maybe explained better: My preperation of my life besides golf. I guess this is even important if I get to golf’s top.
My opinion is that I shall train both; The bodily training, and the mental part. The mental part is also important for my golf play. Surely.