Confidence in Golf

How to Optimize Pressure for Peak Golf Performance

How to Optimize Pressure for Peak Golf Performance

How does pressure affect your golf game? Within every competitive round comes some degree of pressure: While pressure is ever present, golfers have varying responses to pressure, which affects how they think, feel, and perform. Pressure is personal. Each golfer interprets their circumstances differently depending on the circumstances. For example, if two golfers face a 3-foot putt for par, one … Golf Psychology Article>>

Go-For-Broke Mentality in Golfers 

Go-For-Broke Mentality in Golfers

What goes through your mind when you start off a round poorly? For example, you double-bogey the first two holes, then bogey the third. You quickly find yourself 4-strokes from the leader before the fifth hole. You will most likely feel frustrated, especially if you missed an easy putt or misjudged a shot. Let’s further the scenario. The golfers atop … Golf Psychology Article>>

How Golfers Can Improve Learning

Golf Psychology Video

Are you struggling to learn golf as an adult? Do you have old motor habits from other sports that hurt your ability to learn golf? In this video, you learn about the process of learning and how many repetitions it takes to develop a habit.  Learn how manage your expectations with learning a new sport: Great Resources for Golfers: *Please … Golf Psychology Article>>

Key to Preparing for Your Next Round of Golf

Key to Preparing for Your Next Round of Golf

The day before a big golf tournament, do you usually feel prepared and confident or unprepared and anxious? There is a direct relationship between preparation and confidence. As preparation increases, so does confidence…And every athlete and coach understands how a confidence boost affects performance. From our Golf Mental Game Survey, we received the following question from a coach: “How can … Golf Psychology Article>>

What to do If You Can’t Visualize Your Golf Shot

Golf Mind Podcast

In this episode, Dr. Cohn answers a question from a reader about How can I be better, if You Can’t Visualize Your Golf Shot GRANT: I have a very hard time ‘visualizing’; it’s hard for me to see a mental picture or movie of the ball flight or the target like Jack Nicklaus talks about. How can I be better … Golf Psychology Article>>

How to Mentally Rehearse Your Golf Shots

Golf Psychology Video

Not every golfer can visualize their golf shots. That means you might not be able to “see” the shot in your mind like the shot tracer you watch on televised golf tournaments. Jack Nicklaus introduced the idea of having a mental movie of the golf shot in your mind. But seeing your golf shot is only one type of mental … Golf Psychology Article>>