Have you ever made two birds in a row and followed them with two double rods? What about starting a round with a car in the middle of the road and leave with 7 on the card? Golf is just as a mental game as the physical one (some can argue even more). If you think your mental game may have to do with your inability to achieve your goals in the course, here are some mental traps you can be against.
1. Self-talkeder trap “all or nothing”
With the trap of self-talkeder “all or nothing”, after a bad blow, you immediately think you are terrible in golf or that there is no cure for this hole or maybe even the whole round.
The absolute, negatively used language, has no place in the Golf Course. Saying “I always sliced” or “I will never hit the green” leaves you with little hope.
Back jump, recovery and savings are all part of the game and you need to be ready and willing to do them if you will succeed.
Fix:
Instead of saying, “I’m terrible”, try, “I’m still working on that kick.” You remove the permanent label and give yourself an increase in the belief that bad shootings are part of the process. In addition, manage how long you are allowed to complain or react after a bad blow. You don’t want to go much longer than 30 seconds Before you clean your mind and moving to the next blow.
I have often said that by the time I remove the handle after a blow, it should leave it (good or bad).
2. The trap “Perfect Shot” syndrome
Visualization is a large part of the golf but only when based on reality. Many players players visualize the perfect intention instead of the shooting they actually hit most of the time.
If you have not hit a straight blow throughout the day, the dead goal is not optimistic, it is reckless. If you always dim the ball, the intention of a stuffed right pins is a great way to tilt yourself in a bunker.
Instead of pretending every stroke will blush, play the percentages:
- Start designing your losses and paying attention to where your shots go (left, right, short, long), in the range and in the course.
- Call your shots before you swing. If the pin is on the right and you usually dim, try something like that: “I’m aiming for the greenery center and my usual pallor will work it toward the pin.” If you fade, you have a good view of the birds. If you stand straight, you are still in green.
Play YOUR Shot, not the one you want to be able to hit. You will avoid large numbers, you will lose at best and make the game easier.
3. The trap “Repair of the middle ratio”
Are you known for tinkering in the middle of your round? Maybe you hit one or two bad shots and start resetting the swinging plane, making your check a little stronger or trying a whole new pickup.
By the time you spend nine ahead, you don’t even know which thought is the one that is working. Your oscillation is lost. Do not try mechanical (especially the main) adjustments in the middle of a round. Continuous tinkering leads to doubts, tension and discrepancies.
Fix:
Select your shaky thoughts BEFORE a round. Give yourself only two. Do it through the round with those two and then adjust if necessary. Keep your thoughts easy to work with as “end up” or “low and slow”.
Adjust your purpose and strategy if necessary, but do not make major mechanical changes in the middle of the round.
4. The trap of the “fear of judgment”
Your concerns about what people think about your game is much stronger than the actual concerns people have about your game. If you are tense at the first tip Or when you have to hit a kick with the people who watch, you have to let it go.
When you are aware, it increases tension and makes you focus more on the negative than positive.
People care about their golf NO Yours. Take a deep breath, use your swinging opinion, commit to shot and continue. Even if it’s ugly, you are playing against the course, not the boy in the group behind you.
5. Trap “without plan b” (aka “driver or nothing”)
If you are hitting your driver in any tee, you are either excellent with the driver or you have not considered the importance of managing the golf course. (The latter is likely.)
If you are constantly (and often without success) try the hero shots, try to cut the corner to the doglegs and shoot for green to two out of 250 yards outside, it may be time to start thinking about risk management.
Excellent players have a plan B. They know that sometimes laying or hitting a 5-tree from tee has the greatest meaning.
Try one 3-Druri or a 3-Hidbrid as an alternative to a driver. Use the safest club if you have a narrow road or a difficult approach.
Consider what can happen if you hit a perfect blow and if you hit a terrible kick. If the terrible hit leaves you harsh, maybe take danger. If you leave you out of bounds, go with the safe club.
Final thoughts
We all fall into these mental traps from time to time. However, if you constantly do it, it’s probably the time to work on your mental game. A bad shot does not end a round, so plan for reality, limit your adjustments on the course, stop worry about what others think and learn to lie down when the wise choice is.
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