First of all, I would like to improve my game so, I decided to play with someone who are much better than me. Somehow, it was a lot of presure when I tried to get a better game. My game was worse. My question is how do I control my feeling in game? thanks , and have a good day...
Its hard to say. The most important thing when you first start out it to HAVE FUN. No matter how good or bad you play, as long as you have fun, it will drive your craving for learning and practicing.
I practised a lot last week and was hitting well,but on friday i had a round with 3 guys who i don,t usually play with and i was not as good,on sunday i played with my regular buddies and i hit the ball great,i would say that the ultimate goal is to be confident in your own shots and not even be aware of people watching or indeed to impress,you might find that you have a smooth swing that hits the ball well and then all of a sudden the male ego tries to knock the living daylights out of the ball and bang goes the smooth rythm,if you can join a club then that would be great,this will help get used to focusing on your own game with others around.
First of all, I would like to improve my game so, I decided to play with someone who are much better than me. Somehow, it was a lot of presure when I tried to get a better game. My game was worse. My question is how do I control my feeling in game? thanks , and have a good day...
If by feeling you mean feel or touch in the short game, then only 2 things will get that for you...
1. You need to learn the proper fundamentals, either from a good book if you are able to translate that to your game, or by taking a short game lesson. You really need to know the right way to do these things, then you can make minor modifications to suit your own style.
2. Practice those fundamentals once you know what's right. Practicing bad technique just gets most players in deeper trouble, so do these in the proper order.
Knowing the proper short game techniques and practicing them until you feel good about using them on the course will inevitably lead to confidence in those situations where you need them. And confidence is the best feeling you can ever have on the golf course.
I never approached consistency or was comfortable under pressure until I got a good handle on the fundamentals...confidence comes in knowing what I am about to do will produce an expected result...oh yes...a ton of practice...
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The most important thing is to play your game, dont worry about what your partner is shooting or what how far they are hitting it. One more thing eliminate the high numbers, and if your in trouble like in the trees punch out instead of trying to be like Tiger.
Your question was,- how do i control my feeling in my game. The answer is you dont try and control anything, one of the most important things in golf is always and i mean every shot always play your own game and dont get embarassed about it, over the next year in golf you'll make more good decisions than bad one's if you stick with a positive attitude.
Its a good question and a strange phenomenon that golfers FEAR a bad result more than just about anything else.
Do not be scared of something that hasn't happened yet, don't even think about it. Do you ever get in a car and think of the fatal accident you might have? Now that's something to fear! Just go out and hit the ball, stop thinking about it and you will enjoy yourself much more. The people you are playing with have their own worries and are not concerned about you at all.
Enjoy!!
His focus is on the next 20 seconds of his life reguardless of what anyone else is doing. That is the reason a pre-shot routine exists. If you are not setting yourself up to mentally focus on the next shot, you will always be at the mercy of your feelings.
February 26th, 2007, 12:24 AM
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