Sports Psychology for Golfers
How to be Disciplined in Your Thinking Golf is a mental game, a mental battle. Your thoughts can be bigger obstacles than the course itself, which is why it's so important to implement positive thinking. So many thoughts can mentally interfere with your play, “I have never won a …
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How to Overcome Negative Thoughts Many athletes wouldn’t associate mental toughness with playing golf. There is a misconception by some that mental toughness is an attribute solely for athletes in contact sports or physically grueling competition. No doubt that there is a large degree of …
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 …
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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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 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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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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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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