Maintaining Your Level of Positivity Throughout the Game
Do you ever wonder how athletes maintain their level of positivity even if things are not what they are expecting them to be?
In this week’s golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, responds to a question from John who had this to say about his game:
“I start off being very positive looking forward to the round. I warm up and start to play the tournament, and, on each shot, I anticipated to have a great result–but don’t. Then doubt creeps in on the next shot and the next hole sometimes. I think: Why am I out here being so negative when I was looking so forward to the round.”
Listen to the podcast now to learn what Dr. Cohn has to say about maintaining a positive outlook even if early parts of the game doesn’t go your way.
COHN: The key to golf is what I call stable confidence, and not allowing one or two shots to derail you. Unfortunately, a lot of the golfers that I work with, they tend to doubt and have fragile confidence. key to golf is what I call stable confidence, and not allowing one or two shots to derail you. Unfortunately, a lot of the golfers that I work with, they tend to doubt and have fragile confidence. Just one shot can rock their confidence, or maybe a bogey or two bogeys in a row can rock their confidence.
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