Golf is a mental game, especially at the higher levels. This is why it’s important for golfer’s to develop a strong inner game or mental toughness. You see players all the time who have “great talent”, but rarely play up to their potential. The problem is that golfers are not educated about the mental game mostly because their instructors or coaches didn’t stress the importance of mental toughness when their student’s were learning to play.
In Golf your decisions, thoughts, images, and feelings set up each swing. Mental training helps players develop key mental skills to compliment the mechanics or physical aspects of their game. What most people do not know is that mental training isn’t just for players who have challenges with their game, but also for players who want to improve their overall performance. Coaches and players have used mental training for years to gain a competitive edge in golf. Confidence, trust, focus, and composure are the everyday lessons I teach my students. Understanding these components allows players to become mentally tough and improve their performance.
To develop mental toughness in golf 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 the 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, focused, and in control of game.
Mentally tough golfers are at an advantage in competition because they have…
- An awareness of the zone and the feelings associated with playing in the zone.
- High self-confidence or a strong belief in their skills or ability to play well.
- The ability to fully immersed in the task or totally concentrate in the present.
- A narrow focus of attention or the ability to focus on one specific thought without distraction.
- The ability to swing effortlessly or let it happen when it counts.
- Emotional control or the ability to remain calm under pressure.
- Clear and decisive mind or not over thinking and doubting their decisions.
- The ability to refocus or collect themselves after mistakes or a bad shot.
- Fun, whether they are 10 over par or two under par.
A strong mental game is crucial for all golfers. To develop a strong mental game it takes commitment to working on your mental toughness daily over weeks, months, and even years. To be successful with mental toughness training, golfers must learn how to apply it to games and practice. It’s easy to pick up a book on mental training and then forget about the strategies you learned one week later. The key is to find a mental game system to apply to practice and competition on a daily basis.
Article by: Patrick Cohn and Michael Edger
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Golf is a game that is a game that about size or strength. It’s all about being focus and having the mental ability. To get in the zone is like saying that one is total focus and only is looking at one thing.to hit the ball as far and as well take a mental focus.
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Here are several journals that have published Emotional Core Therapy
http://valleyinternational.net/ijmsci/v3-i2/10%20ijmsci.pdf
http://omicsonline.com/open-access/emotional-core-therapy-book-review-1522-4821-16-132.php?aid=32238
Here is an interview I did on the Dr. Foojan Zeine Show explaining Emotional Core Therapy (ECT). ECT is scientifically proven to be the simplest,most effective, and most inclusive psychology approach available worldwide to treat relationship stress ( addictions, eating disorders, depression, anxiety,etc) and gain inner peace and happiness. Scientific proof can only be done with the naked eye. Anyone can test my model for proof which is available in my book below. My training video on my blog also outlines ECT but is not as detailed as the downloadable book below.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qAE5cSOQznc&feature=youtu.be
My blog below has an article on Emotional Core Therapy and Scientific Evidence. This blog also has my free one hour training video, free download of my spiritual and golf and media links.
http://robertmoylanlcpc.blogspot.com
Press release
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-spiritual-book-demonstrates-the-most-effective-psychology-approach-available-worldwide-to-treat-psychological-stress-300153273.html
Here is free download of spiritual and golf book.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_and_Rahe_stress_scale
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Without a strong mental game you’ll never be able to take your game to an elite level. You can play great, but not consistently or in big moments.
Thanks for explaining what skills we can learn to develop mental toughness. My son wants to start taking golf lessons soon. The tips you shared here should help him become a strong golfer!
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