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MAY, 2001
Focus on
Success
To those of
you who have read The Mental Keys and my many
mental tips, you are well aware that associating
negative emotions to facts adversely affects your
chemistry and performance. So what do you focus
on when faced with facts that challenge your
ability to pull off difficult shots?
Let's assume
you make a bad tee shot and your ball landing in
the rough is completely covered by the grass. Or,
your ball buries itself in a sand bunker with the
top barely showing, or any other worse case
scenario that Old Man golf will occasionally
confront you with.
When this
happens to you, what runs through your mind? Do
you get upset or complain that you got a bad
break and face a very difficult shot? If you do,
train your mind to focus on success. Start
playing each shot with your focus on your
probability of success, instead of failure.
By this I
mean, once you estimate your chances of making a
shot, focus totally on making the shot. Don't
concern yourself with the probability of not
making the shot. Even if the odds are only 1%
that you can make a very difficult shot, be happy
and excited that you have a 1% chance of making
that shot.
Expect to be
able to make the shot, if everything goes right.
This will put you in a very good frame of mind
and chemical state. You will find that you will
make more shots if you believe you can. If you
end up missing the shot, so what because the odds
were against you anyway.
This holds
true for a shot that you should make 90% of the
time. Focus solely on making the shot and don't
concern yourself with the 10% chance of missing.
If you end up missing the shot, so what because
you will make it 90% of the other times.
Learn to love
the challenge that each shot brings. Expect
success, but allow yourself the freedom to fail
as just part of the game. If you focus on
success, you will have more fun and lower scores.
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"My game had
improved since reading your book and applying
your Mental Tips. Last year was my first year of
golf. When I applied your techniques, I
immediately took 10 strokes off my game. I am
also able to get my game back on track after a
"bad" hole. Thank you for taking the
time to write this book. Not only has it helped
in my golf game, but in other aspects of my life
as well! Thanks again."
-Nancy Edwards
Phoenix, NY
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