| Is one bad shot ruining your entire game? | | | | Anger is an emotion that hinders dexterity |
| | | | and flow. How many times have you seen a |
| A good game can quickly be transformed into a | | | | person losing their temper while trying to do |
| bad game simply by hitting one bad shot. You | | | | something with their hands? They end up |
| may have a pleasant attitude and high | | | | fumbling objects and throwing them, or even |
| expectations before arriving at the first | | | | breaking them in frustration. This is why it |
| tee, but messing up your first shot can | | | | is very important to exercise damage control |
| change your entire mind-set. If you don't | | | | before overreacting into a fit of rage when |
| immediately step back and accept what | | | | placed in frustrating situations on the golf |
| happened and move on, you may as well turn | | | | course. The sooner you recover emotionally, |
| around and head back to the clubhouse. | | | | the sooner you can rebuild your self-esteem |
| Instead, if you can make the decision to | | | | and convert a bad situation into a good one. |
| isolate that shot and move on to focus on the | | | | Not only will you improve your likelihood to |
| next one, you may find that you will have a | | | | shoot a lower score, you'll improve your |
| terrific game from that point forward. The | | | | likeability among other players. Misery may |
| same goes with three or four putting a hole, | | | | love company, but company does not love |
| or taking a few strokes to get out of a | | | | misery! |
| bunker. It is important to isolate these | | | | |
| incidents and focus your attention on your | | | | Tips |
| next shot. See each shot as a new game in | | | | |
| itself and avoid dwelling on negative | | | | 1. When anger surfaces after hitting a poor |
| incidents, as your overall attitude has a | | | | shot, let go of the emotion quickly so it |
| direct correlation with your physical | | | | will not affect the remainder of your game. |
| performance. | | | | |
| | | | 2. Minimize the importance of your mistakes. |
| Are you letting anger control your | | | | Dwelling on past shots will only drag your |
| performance? | | | | misfortune through to the next hole. |
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