Mental Golf Tips
Do not under-estimate the impact that mental golf tips can have on your game. Like many other golfers, you probably neglect the most important facet of your game—your mental attitude. After missing a three-footer, you slap your putter, throw it against your bag, and beat yourself up for missing yet another short putt! You wonder if you will ever make another putt. Then it dawns on you. You realize that you are missing short putts because you were thinking about missing before you even hit your putt! This is one example of common errors golfers make with their mental approach to golf and where the right mental golf tips can help lower scores.
Golf is a mental game, especially at the higher levels. The problem is that golfers are not educated about the mental game, with the correct mental golf tips, mostly because their instructors or coaches didn’t stress the importance of focus, confidence, or trust when their student’s were learning to play. You see players all the time who have “great talent”, but who haven’t played up to their potential. Most golfers separate the mental and physical parts of the game and think that you first must develop a “perfect” swing before you can work on the mental game, but I think you cannot separate the two. Your mind and body are linked to produce peak performance. Your decisions, thoughts, images, and feelings set up each swing. Sport psychology helps players develop mental skills, through useful mental golf tips, as they learn the mechanics of the game.
To improve attitude and performance, there are several mental skills that you can learn. From my work and research in golf, I have discovered that golfers who are playing in a zone are composed, in control, confident, and focused. Most golfers have experienced the zone, if only for a short time. And every golfer can learn to develop a mindset that helps them enter the zone more frequently by learning how to be confident, composed, and in control of themselves. Here are 10 of the most important mental skills for golfers:
(1) An awareness of the zone and the feelings associated with playing in the zone.
(2) High self-confidence or a strong belief in your skills or ability to play well.
(3) Immersed in the task or the ability to totally concentrate in the present.
(4) A narrow focus of attention or the ability to focus on one specific thought without distraction.
(5) The ability to swing effortlessly or let it happen when it counts.
(6) Emotional control or the ability to remain calm under pressure.
(7) Clear and decisive mind or not overthinking and doubting your decisions.
(8) The ability to refocus or collect yourself after a mistake or bad shot.
(9) Putting your mind in position to score or knowing how to mentally prepare for a shot or putt.
(10) Enjoyment or the ability to have fun whether you are 10 over par or two under par.
If you are not playing as well as can be, maybe it’s time to look at your attitude and mental approach. Are you mentally tripping yourself on the golf course? Are you lacking the confidence you need to play your best? Do you lose your focus often and give away shots easily? Do you struggle with your emotions on the course? Take a time out and ask yourself: “When I play, am I as confident, focused, and trusting as I can possibly be?”
Patrick J. Cohn, Ph.D is an expert in mental golf tips. He is a leading mental game coach who consults with Tour Pros and amateurs.
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