How to control emotions after bad shots
November 10th 2006 18:23
Learning not to get frustrated after bad shots
By Mark Grove
Discipling yourself not to be filled with rage when shot after shot slices or goes into sand traps, or a thicket of brush is difficult to say the least. Keeping an even keel when you don't address a shot correctly should not be your immediate concern, believe it or not. First of all you want to think about where you want the ball to end up and adjust your shot. How to mentally win after a bad stroke: If it doesn't go where you want it to go, take on the task at hand, that being your next shot. You can't worry about the drive you just took, it's gone. And thinking about your technique will drive you insane. Concentrate on your next shot, or at the least think about how you can make up for the flub in your last shot.
Failure is part and parcel of the game, and if you can't get by that chances are your game will not improve. The mental aspect of your Golf game is a lot more grinding than the actual playing of it. Although, practice and drilling is vitally important as well. When practicing, think about where you want your drives, putts and medium range shots to end up. Concentrate on the visualization of your long shots mainly, because they prepare you for the next shot which may be a pitch or a putt. I'd drone on and on about this but you would only get something mentally from it. You have to combine the mental and physical aspect of your game in order for it to progress. Any Pro on the tour would agree.
Mark Grove
By Mark Grove
Discipling yourself not to be filled with rage when shot after shot slices or goes into sand traps, or a thicket of brush is difficult to say the least. Keeping an even keel when you don't address a shot correctly should not be your immediate concern, believe it or not. First of all you want to think about where you want the ball to end up and adjust your shot. How to mentally win after a bad stroke: If it doesn't go where you want it to go, take on the task at hand, that being your next shot. You can't worry about the drive you just took, it's gone. And thinking about your technique will drive you insane. Concentrate on your next shot, or at the least think about how you can make up for the flub in your last shot.
Failure is part and parcel of the game, and if you can't get by that chances are your game will not improve. The mental aspect of your Golf game is a lot more grinding than the actual playing of it. Although, practice and drilling is vitally important as well. When practicing, think about where you want your drives, putts and medium range shots to end up. Concentrate on the visualization of your long shots mainly, because they prepare you for the next shot which may be a pitch or a putt. I'd drone on and on about this but you would only get something mentally from it. You have to combine the mental and physical aspect of your game in order for it to progress. Any Pro on the tour would agree.
Mark Grove
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