We’ve discussed many times how to spot a strong mental game, but what constitutes a weak mental game? If you suffer from multiple of the symptoms below, your mental game might be holding you back:
Do You Have Any of These Symptoms?
- Inconsistency – Note that some level of inconsistency is natural, we’re not robots after all.
- Mental Exhaustion at the End of the Round
- Experience a Lot of Emotions on the Course
- Have Big Fluctuations Round to Round, Nine to Nine
- Start Poorly, Finish Poorly
- Have Patterns of Failure i.e. Big Holes, Choking, Multiple Bad Holes in a Row
- Performing Less Than You Should With Your Physical Skills
- Poor Putting Most of the Time
- Yips in Any Part of Your Game, Ball Boundness
- Others Say, “With Your Swing You Should be Playing Better”
- Your Progress Has Slowed or Reversed
Players at all levels can struggle with mental aspects of the game. Just like improving your stroke or short game, constant attention and refinement should be paid to your mental skills.
The reasons these symptoms happen varies from person to person depending on their personality, their experience, and their life situation. They can also be affected by nutrition and hydration.
If these things or some of these are happening then working on your mental game skills will pay big dividends quickly.
If you ignore the mental game and instead only work on your physical skills, then you are guaranteed to be frustrated in your golf and progress more slowly, much more slowly than you could.
Our GolfPsych System will assess your needs and make solutions appropriate to you, quickly and effectively.
Checkout our schools, online assessments and Mental Game Builder package. We have a number of resources to help you learn the mental side of golf, regardless of your preferred learning style or handicap.
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