The inner game of golf is made up of the mental beliefs you have of your self and your abilities that surface in\u00a0your performances on the golf course.<\/p>\n
A good mental attitude is achieved when you learn\u00a0the skills to decrease the mental interferences that keep you from playing at your peak performance levels. You reach your peak performance levels when you become aware only about what you are experiencing in the present moment. Then you are playing<\/em> the game.<\/p>\n Accessing this awareness comes from relaxing your mind for the total focus needed to hit the next shot. In order to relax and focus on playing the game, you must overcome the interference of fears such as failure, embarrassment, worry, anxiety, self-doubt, negative attitudes and beliefs. Fear keeps you from moving forward toward success. Fear keeps you in the \u201cvictim energy\u201d feeling powerless. If you use the time in-between shots to think of failing, it is time to release the inner critical voice in your head and replace it with the goodness of your inner Self.<\/p>\n Confidence comes from within<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Golfers who lack confidence talk about how poorly they played certain holes in their past rounds, or talk about the difficulty of the golf course\/greens, or about how poorly they are hitting\/putting. Golfers who lack confidence think about the things they don\u2019t want to happen. When you lose your confidence your negative self-talk increases and your performance deteriorates. Confidence builds when you remember your best shots more than you remember your misses.<\/p>\n Confidence comes from making positive choices<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n “The trouble with all of us, who grumble over the game and thus spoil an otherwise pleasant afternoon with congenial friends, is that we do not understand the game, nor ourselves. In this we can take a number of lessons from the poorer player who without fail has fun. For no matter how good we may be, if we should fancy that we have mastered golf to the extent that we can go out day after day and play as we please, then we are greater fools than ought to be left at large”.\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>~ Bobby Jones<\/p>\n When you focus on not being good enough, it produces anxiety and fear. When you focus on the positive, the positive comes to you like a magnet pointed toward a pile of iron filings. If you focus on your mistakes, on what other people say, or what you think they are saying about you, or on what they are doing, you won\u2019t have enough energy left to concentrate on your own performance. Focus on the only thing you have control over; you and your positive abilities. Then the game will become fun.<\/p>\n Play \u201cIn the Zone\u201d With Joan<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Entrain Your Heart & Mind for Peak Performances<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n If you aren\u2019t able to maintain a positive attitude on the golf course, email Joan at pmi4@bellsouth.net<\/a> for a complimentary 15-minute consultation about developing a new successful strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The inner game of golf is made up of the mental beliefs you have of your self and your abilities that surface in\u00a0your performances on the golf course. A good mental attitude is achieved when you learn\u00a0the skills to decrease … Continue reading \n