Last week I was interviewed by a local radio show and was asked what we can do during these cold winter months to keep growing our game. This is the perfect time to raise your awareness of trust and concentration. This time of year the air is cold and damp, the ball is not going to go very far, so don't worry about distance. And no one is on the range so you can forget about anyone watching how good you are...it's perfect! How can we work on concentration?

Try starting with the shaft of the club, and make swings until you are able to remain focused on where the shaft is throughout the entire swing. Recognize when you lose your connection to the shaft, what is interfering with your concentration, and then start again. Take this exercise to parts of your body; hands, feet, spine angle, etc. Once you're able to concentrate and know where you are in relationship to the swing then and only then can we get to where we want to be. What about trust?

When we trust something our physiology changes and our muscles become more relaxed. When we don't trust something then our muscles will become tense. To raise your awareness of trust, make a swing and observe what muscles are tensing up. Then make swings with the intention of relaxing that muscle. Trust your self that your body will react to your intention.

Remember outcome is not important during these exercises. Recognising interference and tension is the goal so that our bodies have something to learn from making us more trusting, focused golfers.