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While the Carson and surrounding Southern California area may not be world renown for it's outdoor adventure activities, there are quite a few ways to get your fill of the outdoors. There are many great parks in Carson as well as the nearby beaches and nature preserves.

Carson is home to over fifteen beautiful parks as well as several public aquatic centers including the Dominguez Aquatic Center on Santa Fe Avenue. This large swimming pool complex features water sprays and fountains, shade structures, a kiddie pool, adult pool and activity pool and it even has water slides for both kids and adults. The nearby Hemingway Aquatic Center, located on South San Pedro Street has both kiddie and adult pools, water spray structures and twin 16.5 foot water slides.

Anderson Park, located on Wilmington Avenue features a wading pool, a Frisbee golf course, picnic areas and an outdoor amphitheater that hosts free concerts and other fun events throughout the year. Just minutes away at Mills Park on Diamondale Drive you will find more Frisbee golf courses and another wading pool and there are also plenty of picnic areas and two playgrounds.

For even more outdoor adventures, make the 15 minute drive directly south to San Pedro where you can visit three beautiful parks located right on the Pacific Coast. These parks include Cabrillo Beach Park, Angels Gate Park, Point Fermin Park and White Point State Park. For even more adventure, travel 25 minutes south west to Rolling Hills to explore the Portuguese Bend Reserve. This large park offers tons of picturesque trails that meander through canyons and vistas that feature great views of Catalina Island. These trails are suitable for hiking, equestrian and off-road bicycling. On the way back to Carson, check out the George F. Canyon trail just north of the Portuguese Bend Reserve. This park is an easy hike that offers a great way to learn and observe the natural world.

If you or someone in your traveling group prefers skateboarding to swimming or relaxing in the park, be sure to make a visit to Veteran's Park located on Moneta Avenue in Carson. Veteran's 12-acre site offers a 10,000 square foot skate park named Carson Skate Park. This fun park features lots of great small-scale tranny and street skating and it even has a 4-foot capsule and a 4-foot horseshoe bowl. All skaters at this park are required to wear a helmet as well as knee and elbow pads.

Another fun outdoor type of attraction located in Carson is Go Kart World located on Recreation Road, conveniently just off of Interstate 405. This highly popular adventure spot offers six different go kart tracks, a track just for small children, a bumper car track, an extensive arcade room, a restaurant and much more. Go Kart World was also voted the best go kart destination in the greater Los Angeles area several years in a row and celebrities like Kanye West and Andrew Garcia have been seen having fun Go Kart World, so keep your eyes open, you never know who might be on the track with you!

For outdoor water adventure, check out the Redondo Beach Pier, just a short six mile drive directly west of Carson on the other side of Torrance. Aside from great shops, bars and restaurants, the pier offers tons of opportunities for water sports like paddle boarding, scuba diving, surfing and kayaking just to name a few. There are also several places that rent out bicycles to ride up and down the shoreline. While you're in the area, you can also check out Redondo Beach International Boardwalk and Marina which offers similar activities as well as boat charters for tours or deep sea fishing.

For the golfing enthusiast, check out one of Southern California's best public golf courses, the Links at Victoria is located in the heart of Carson on 192nd Avenue. Other public courses in the area include the Dominguez Hills 18-hole golf course on Main Street in Carson or the New Horizon's municipal 9-hole golf course on Maple Avenue in neighboring Torrance. Also in Torrance on Lupine Drive is the Sea Aire 18-hole municipal golf course.

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Losing focus and concentration is probably the largest error in golf and costs golfers more shots than any other factor.

To hit the best shot we can we have to be totally focussed on executing the shot at hand. By that I mean that we are collectively focussed on (1) our target and (2) the swing we want to make to propel the ball to that target.

"My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset."
Jack Nicklaus

Control the Wandering Mind

It is when our mind wanders to other outside thoughts that we succumb to mental interference and do not hit our best shots. Examples of a wandering mind are when we are addressing the ball and think about: –

avoiding the trees on the right;
not hitting another slice like we did on the last hole;
what our score might be if we continue in the form we are in;
what the result of a certain shot might mean to our score;
what people will think of our shot when we are playing in front of a crowd;

Do you ever find yourself thinking of something other than playing the shot before you? If you do it is likely to be costing you a lot more shots than you think.

Any time our mind is not totally absorbed in the process of executing the shot at hand we are drastically decreasing our chances of hitting that shot to the best of our ability.

Any thoughts of what the possible exit of the shot might be will likely cause an increase in anxiety. This inevitably leads to tension in the muscles and that is probably the largest reason why we do not make a smooth, natural rhythmical swing.

Tension-The Biggest Swing Wrecker!

Is there a golfer at your club who has the most beautiful, graceful practice swing and then follows it up with an ugly, jerky stab at the ball! The two swings bear no resemblance to each other! I bet there is more than just one of these characters?

The difference between the two swings is caused by tension. The tension has been created by anxiety and doubt about the potential outcome of the shot he is about to hit.

The Brain's Assumption About Muscles

The scientific research into sports physiology indicates that our brain assumes that any physical action we perform will be done with relaxed, long muscles. The brain calculates the co-regulation required based on this assumption that the muscles are relaxed.

When we create tension in our body (as a result of anxiety, doubt or fear of failure) our muscles tighten and contract which naturally makes them shorter. This means that our brain is now calculating all the information required to hit the golf ball based on incorrect information . It is little wonder that the resulting shot is not a good one.

Tense muscles might only make a fraction of a difference but we all know that golf is a game of fractions and a small change in the path of the swing or the angle of the clubface at impact can produce a misdirected shot.

Relaxed muscles are vital to playing our best golf and sitting solid shots. To hit every shot in a relaxed state you need to focus on the process of hitting the shot rather than the potential exit. A deep relaxing breath before every shot will also help.

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Source by Ed Bradley