SportsTrac charts these behaviors and relates them to performance. PGA Tour player Grant Waite and LPGA Tour player Karen Noble have also used the SportsTrac system to identify the source of inconsistencies in their games. Waite determined that his sleep patterns had a direct correlation to his on-course performance. Noble found that her birdie totals were directly related to time-management issues. Both have used these results to modify their off-course behavior and improve their games.
Psychology is a soft science.
SportsTrac delivers objective measurements with which I can evaluate the effectiveness of various mental training strategies that I may prescribe to a player. I also use it before every lesson to determine what lessons will best benefit a student on a given day and to recommend life habit changes from diet to sleep patterns. Teaching great Harvey Penick advised players to recognize and follow the routines they usually had on the days they played well. He would say, for example, that if you play well and you had spaghetti the night before, eat spaghetti each night before a tournament round. 2001 Werner Publishing Corp.