Composure After a Bad Golf Shot Golf can be frustrating to say the least... One minute, you are having a great round. You just had a string of 10 holes where you played outstanding. The next hole, you double bogey and it’s downwards from there. It’s amazing how a double-bogey on one hole …
Mental Preparation and Playing Golf in Poor Conditions
How to Mentally Prepare For Bad Weather Conditions Golf is a thousand-plus yard obstacle course that you have to navigate through putting a small ball in a small hole. The layout of a golf course can be both challenging and, for many golfers, frustrating. Now let’s add an even greater …
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How to Assess and Set Goals in Golf
Using Goals to Improve Your Golf Game Do you want to shoot lower scores? Of course you do! One reason golfers like to play is to see how much they can improve their score and proficiency in the sport. Improvement is sought by almost every golfer, from recreational golf to Tour players, no …
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Do You Struggle With Your Putting Confidence?
Do You Have Confidence While Putting? Dr. Patrick Cohn, golf psychology expert and author of the "Golfer's Mental Edge" CD program, teaches amateur to tour professional golfers how to improve their mental game of golf using golf psychology strategies developed over the last 20 years of his …
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Pressure For Golfers: You Have to Embrace it
How to Turn Pressure Into a Positive The funny thing about pressure is that it can either help or hurt your play on the golf course. Most golfers have trouble believing that pressure can fuel performance and even fewer golfers buy into the fact that pressure is necessary to perform at your …
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How to Trust Your Stroke on The Course
Taking Practice Putting to The Course In “Sports Psychology Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Don who wants to know why golfers struggle on the greens when putting. Visit Sports Psychology for Athletes at Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your mental …
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Rule Over Your Emotions on The Golf Course
How to Cope With Negative Emotions In golf, managing emotions is the game within the game. You cannot play your best golf without managing your emotions. Countless golfers have been thrown off their game due to runaway negative emotions. For example, a stupid bogey stirs negative emotions in …
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Trusting Swing Changes on The Course
Why Swing Changes Are Hard to Trust on The Course In “Golf Psychology Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Karl about taking your practice swing to the course. Visit Sports Psychology for Athletes at Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your mental game …
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