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Article #353: Golf Mind Play: Damage Control

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Is one bad shot ruining your entire game? dexterity and flow. How many times have
A good game can quickly be transformed you seen a person losing their temper
into a bad game simply by hitting one bad while trying to do something with their
shot. You may have a pleasant attitude hands? They end up fumbling objects and
and high expectations before arriving at throwing them, or even breaking them in
the first tee, but messing up your first frustration. This is why it is very
shot can change your entire mind-set. If important to exercise damage control
you don't immediately step back and before overreacting into a fit of rage
accept what happened and move on, you may when placed in frustrating situations on
as well turn around and head back to the the golf course. The sooner you recover
clubhouse. Instead, if you can make the emotionally, the sooner you can rebuild
decision to isolate that shot and move on your self-esteem and convert a bad
to focus on the next one, you may find situation into a good one. Not only will
that you will have a terrific game from you improve your likelihood to shoot a
that point forward. The same goes with lower score, you'll improve your
three or four putting a hole, or taking a likeability among other players. Misery
few strokes to get out of a bunker. It is may love company, but company does not
important to isolate these incidents and love misery!
focus your attention on your next shot. Tips
See each shot as a new game in itself and 1. When anger surfaces after hitting a
avoid dwelling on negative incidents, as poor shot, let go of the emotion quickly
your overall attitude has a direct so it will not affect the remainder of
correlation with your physical your game.
performance. 2. Minimize the importance of your
Are you letting anger control your mistakes. Dwelling on past shots will
performance? only drag your misfortune through to the
Anger is an emotion that hinders next hole.






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