Romo--its the golf

[dirt]

As an avid golfer, I have to think the fact that Romo is such an accomplished golfer has to be of incredible benefit.
You watch professional golfers and there is no other sport that requires total and complete concentration and focus. When you see these guys tee off with both sides of the fairway lined with fans all staring at you, you have to admire that they never just snap hook one 10 yards off the tee and take about 20 fans out.
It is absolutely necessary to block out any extraneous factors that affect your focus; make a decision (as to what club and kind of shot to hit); commit to the decision and visualize the result. Then control all emotions and nerves and execute the shot. Then do it again and again.
Add the pressure of say making or missing a put determining how much money you will take home(and we could be talking millions of dollars) - mere mortals like you and I would be reduced to piles of jello.

Translating to the football field: focus and concentrate on the situation; the play called and executing under threat of extreme physical pressure in the form a blitzing 250 lb linebacker is much the same. Add pressure in the form of a needed drive to win the game in the fourth quarter and I think you can see why Romo is even better in the second half of the games--case in point, the tying and winning drives against the Colts as well as how he put the 'boys in position to win against the skins

As a comparison--imagine Bledsoe standing over an 8 foot put to qualify for the US OPEN. I think he would blank out

 

[Bleu Star]

As an avid golfer, I have to think the fact that Romo is such an accomplished golfer has to be of incredible benefit.
You watch professional golfers and there is no other sport that requires total and complete concentration and focus. When you see these guys tee off with both sides of the fairway lined with fans all staring at you, you have to admire that they never just snap hook one 10 yards off the tee and take about 20 fans out.
It is absolutely necessary to block out any extraneous factors that affect your focus; make a decision (as to what club and kind of shot to hit); commit to the decision and visualize the result. Then control all emotions and nerves and execute the shot. Then do it again and again.
Add the pressure of say making or missing a put determining how much money you will take home(and we could be talking millions of dollars) - mere mortals like you and I would be reduced to piles of jello.

Translating to the football field: focus and concentrate on the situation; the play called and executing under threat of extreme physical pressure in the form a blitzing 250 lb linebacker is much the same. Add pressure in the form of a needed drive to win the game in the fourth quarter and I think you can see why Romo is even better in the second half of the games--case in point, the tying and winning drives against the Colts as well as how he put the 'boys in position to win against the skins

As a comparison--imagine Bledsoe standing over an 8 foot put to qualify for the US OPEN. I think he would blank out

oh god..lol

You're going to bring out the drewpies from the crevices for one last hoorah.

 

[theogt]

One thing is certain, Antonio Ramiro Romo is no mere mortal.

 

[cowboys19]

One thing is certain, Antonio Ramiro Romo is no mere mortal.

he is "The Romo"

 

[LaTunaNostra]

As an avid golfer, I have to think the fact that Romo is such an accomplished golfer has to be of incredible benefit.

Great post...been waiting for a golfer to elaborate on the skills transferable between playing golf and quarterback.

We've seen plenty of discussions on why good point guards make good football players, but perhaps because of that lingering nonsense that 1) golf isn't a sport, and 2) golfers aren't "athletes" (yes, I've seen both argued vigorously, ad nauseum), the debate on the attributes of GOOD golfers correlating to GOOD qbs hasn't yet emerged.

 

[SkinsandTerps]

You think he was a golfer first or a QB first ?

Just curious, I dont know his whole story.

 

[cowboyed]

One thing is certain, Antonio Ramiro Romo is no mere mortal.

He has fortitude and the ability to back it up with his play.

 

[Kobal]

Great thread.

 

[dirt]

Another thing that might help is that you know you cant be perfect playing golf. So, you don't dwell on a bad shot or conversely a bad pass or play. A bad shot is just an opportunity to make a great shot the next swing. I dont think that a bad play or a bad game will get Tony down. He doesnt seem the sort to beat himself up over a bad pass. Hopefully this helps him in the future, because inevitably he will have a bad game--or a game not up to these past 5 and I think he will just blow it off-learn from it and move on.

 

[viman96]

I have been thinking same thing. I play a lot of golf and another attribute that I believe he carries over is the ability to forget his last shot. Whether it was good or bad, his mental approach and focus does not change for the next shot. The same with goes with him passing the ball.

 

[groo]

Great post...been waiting for a golfer to elaborate on the skills transferable between playing golf and quarterback.

dirt is right on...I posted about this in a thread a few days ago (http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71878&page=5)...

being a good golfer can help being a good QB. I am an average golfer but I've played enough to know that golf is more of mental game than physical. A good golfer can block everything out of his mind at the moment of his swing. The best state of mind when hitting a golf ball is an absolute blank (almost how you would feel when you slowly blink your eyes...try it) for that brief 2-3 seconds during the swing. This is the zone good golfers try to duplicate for each swing, whether it's a 3-foot putt or 200-yard approach to a green over water. Nothing else matters at that moment except for a nice, smooth swing. We all know that Romo is a scratch golfer. I have to believe that he has the ability to block out mental distractions when he plays golf. I remember reading about Tiger's dad playing mental games with Tiger and tried to distract him during his swings. To be able to block out such distractions is what gives you that Cool Hand Luke focus.

Physically, having good golf mechanics also help with throwing a football. The power of a golf swing comes from the hips not the arms. Watch Tiger's hips when he swings. As any of you baseball players know that when you swing a bat the power comes from the hips...or when you throw a puch in karate. If you watch Romo's throw his hip action is tremendous and that helps his power and also his quick release.

 

[LaTunaNostra]

A pretty good golfer told me once that golf is a great game for a lot of reasons but chiefly that your main competitor is always yourself.

Doing better than your last time out is a goal on the links regardless of who you're playing, or if you are just out there alone.

Tony's week-to-week progress is of course about the game planning of the coaches and the demands of the team, but it's also about self-improvement on the individual level, and Romo appears to take particular pride in that.

Hey groo!

Missed your original post - great stuff!

 

[groo]

Hey groo!

Missed your original post - great stuff!

Hi B...my post was buried pretty deep and late at night when yall East Coasters were already in bed

 

[LaTunaNostra]

Hi B...my post was buried pretty deep and late at night when yall East Coasters were already in bed

Well it's food for thought, all right...and glad to see you posting!

 

[groo]

Well it's food for thought, all right...and glad to see you posting!

wish I have more time to post, but then it's also a good problem to be busy

 

[ultra5]

As an avid golfer, I have to think the fact that Romo is such an accomplished golfer has to be of incredible benefit.
You watch professional golfers and there is no other sport that requires total and complete concentration and focus. When you see these guys tee off with both sides of the fairway lined with fans all staring at you, you have to admire that they never just snap hook one 10 yards off the tee and take about 20 fans out.
It is absolutely necessary to block out any extraneous factors that affect your focus; make a decision (as to what club and kind of shot to hit); commit to the decision and visualize the result. Then control all emotions and nerves and execute the shot. Then do it again and again.
Add the pressure of say making or missing a put determining how much money you will take home(and we could be talking millions of dollars) - mere mortals like you and I would be reduced to piles of jello.

Translating to the football field: focus and concentrate on the situation; the play called and executing under threat of extreme physical pressure in the form a blitzing 250 lb linebacker is much the same. Add pressure in the form of a needed drive to win the game in the fourth quarter and I think you can see why Romo is even better in the second half of the games--case in point, the tying and winning drives against the Colts as well as how he put the 'boys in position to win against the skins

As a comparison--imagine Bledsoe standing over an 8 foot put to qualify for the US OPEN. I think he would blank out

great post.

i've been thinking about this a lot recently. (Romo's success AND his golf game)

i also like to golf.

to me there are so many components to a good golf game, but one thing i keep thinking about with regard to Romo's success is the "rhythm, tempo, and timing" of a good golf swing and how that translates to taking a snap from the center and translating it into a good play...

to my eyes, when i watch Romo - he seems to get into a "zone" or a groove during the course of a game... very rhythmic, very smooth, very good tempo, and very good timing.

this kid's a heck of an athlete.

lucky for us, he's on our team.

:starspin

 

[Kevinicus]

A pretty good golfer told me once that golf is a great game for a lot of reasons but chiefly that your main competitor is always yourself.

And that is the main reason it is not a sport IMO. A game sure, a very boring one if you're not playing it yourself, but I don't consider anything without DIRECT competition (and by this I mean the competitors performance having a direct impact on the performance of the other competitors) a sport.

It all depends on what you use as the defining charactaristics of a sport.

 

[dogunwo]

As an avid golfer, I have to think the fact that Romo is such an accomplished golfer has to be of incredible benefit.
You watch professional golfers and there is no other sport that requires total and complete concentration and focus. When you see these guys tee off with both sides of the fairway lined with fans all staring at you, you have to admire that they never just snap hook one 10 yards off the tee and take about 20 fans out.
It is absolutely necessary to block out any extraneous factors that affect your focus; make a decision (as to what club and kind of shot to hit); commit to the decision and visualize the result. Then control all emotions and nerves and execute the shot. Then do it again and again.
Add the pressure of say making or missing a put determining how much money you will take home(and we could be talking millions of dollars) - mere mortals like you and I would be reduced to piles of jello.

Translating to the football field: focus and concentrate on the situation; the play called and executing under threat of extreme physical pressure in the form a blitzing 250 lb linebacker is much the same. Add pressure in the form of a needed drive to win the game in the fourth quarter and I think you can see why Romo is even better in the second half of the games--case in point, the tying and winning drives against the Colts as well as how he put the 'boys in position to win against the skins

As a comparison--imagine Bledsoe standing over an 8 foot put to qualify for the US OPEN. I think he would blank out

Along with being a great golfer, Romo could win a slam dunk contest. Did you also know that he would be ranked #2 in the world if he wanted to take up his tennis interests? Romo is so awesome at soccer, Zenadine Zidane wanted his autograph and begged for him to play for France.

 

[Ben_n_austin]

Great post...been waiting for a golfer to elaborate on the skills transferable between playing golf and quarterback.

We've seen plenty of discussions on why good point guards make good football players, but perhaps because of that lingering nonsense that 1) golf isn't a sport, and 2) golfers aren't "athletes" (yes, I've seen both argued vigorously, ad nauseum), the debate on the attributes of GOOD golfers correlating to GOOD qbs hasn't yet emerged.

I don't think that being a good golfer necessarily makes you a good quarterback just because you're a golfer. You have to have the tools and skill set to be a quarterback before you can even play at the level that Romo did in college. But the skill set (something you mentioned the other day) involved with being a pro golfer probably translates on the the pro football field - the focus, precision, short memort, competitive nature to win, all of that. I definitely think that the skill sets correlate, particularly here in evaluating Romo.

It's almost definitely the case for Tony Romo. That "it" component that he possesses, that made him successful in golf, translates to him having "it" behind center, in my opinion (in this particular case).

That's not to say that all good golfers make good quarterbacks, and I'm sure some quarterbacks make bad golfers....

I don't view golf is a sport, but it is a tremendous mind game that takes some athletisism, similar to being a quarterback.

...I think the golf jokes are over now, though. The only thing really funny about the whole thing, at this point, is the fact that Drew Bledsoe was his caddy. The situational irony, foreshadowing and symbolism there is hysterical.

 

[jackrussell]

This sure beats a thread on how being a baseball player makes you a good QB.

Yes, the mental toughness, the calculating of thought process, the ability to overcome....attributes in golf, can only help in a pressurized situation of NFL QB.

And according to Webster's Dictionary...golf is a sport...regardless of one's own definition.