Sports Psychology for Golfers
How to Have an Effective Practice What do you do to try to turn your game around after a string of poor rounds? Practice More? When you spray tee shots or your putting feels out of control, how do you respond to regain your game? If you have been around the game long enough, you know how …
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Optimal Intensity Level for Golfers What intensity level would you associate with peak performance in golf? Would you agree that being totally relaxed is the absolute goal in order to play great golf? After all, if you are not relaxed, you will tighten up and swing faster, right? That's …
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Does Slow Play Get Under Your Skin? “For God’s sake, hit the ball already!” There might be nothing more annoying and frustrating than playing golf against someone who takes an unreasonably long time to hit the shot. It can be infuriating watching a golfer taking an excessive amount of time …
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Managing Frustration When Your Blowing Up Frustration on the golf course? Most golfers are very familiar with it. There is nothing more frustrating than when you are playing well but you are just not getting the bounces or your putts are just falling inches short of the cup. Try recalling a …
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Why you Shouldn't Play it Safe How difficult is it for you to play with the lead as a round is coming to a close? You would think it is easy having the lead but, for many golfers, there is an increased sense of pressure that comes with holding onto a lead. Many golfers fear losing the lead …
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How to Turn Difficult into a Challenge What increases your anxiety level during a round of golf? Does it happen when you perceive a course to be difficult? Golfers attribute many factors to increased anxiety: bad weather, slow greens, deep bunkers, tree-lined fairways and daunting water …
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How to be a Disciplined Thinker 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 tournament,” “I …
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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 …
