positive thinking

[evahakool]

Most golf writers/pros tell the benifits of "positive thinking" "Think of the good shots in your round and carry them on to the next game" is often what your told.

Whilst i would agree its always a good idea to play with a positive attitude its not often your told to remember your bad shots.If you dont take notice of your bad shots and try to correct them how would you hope to play better?

 

[RGDave]

I think I know what you're saying.
I remember the bad ones so as not to do that next time....
I also try to remember if I consistently pulled/sliced the whole way round.
Don't listen to me though, I'm not very interested in the mental side of the game. , just where I went wrong or am going wrong with my swing generally.
Many things don't phase me at all....I don't even see them.
I played a nasty par 3 back in September and as we approached the green, one of the guys commented on the quality of my shot seeing as everyone gets nervous on that tee due to the lake.
I never even saw a lake?
I often don't see ditches either, which can be costly!!!

 

[DMC]

I always try to stay in a positive frame of mind,i try and picture each hole in a way that i have played it well before.

 

[pokerjoke]

Most golf writers/pros tell the benifits of "positive thinking" "Think of the good shots in your round and carry them on to the next game" is often what your told.

Whilst i would agree its always a good idea to play with a positive attitude its not often your told to remember your bad shots.If you dont take notice of your bad shots and try to correct them how would you hope to play better?



Its so important to remember how and why youve played a bad shot,turning the negative into a posotive and making sure it doesnt happen again.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

It depends on whether the bad shot was a poor swing or poor course management. The course isn't the place to be trying to fix a swing fault (especially in the middle of a medal) and so I prefer to keep positive thoughts in my head. The time for assessing the bad shots is in the 19th or at home and then deciding if there is a problem to be fixed

 

[NickSwan]

You should certainly reflect on your 18 holes when you get home and pick out the bad shots. If a pattern is happening then that shows an area you need to work on.

Nick

 

[ScottishGolfer]

Reflecting on bad shots should take place after your round, the middle of your round is not the time to tamper with your swing or to be thinking about it.

After a bad shot, stand over the next shot and think posistive think about how many times before youve successfully played this shot.....

Beleiving you can hit a great shot is half the battle

 

[KeefG]

My philosophy on bad shots (not that I always stick to it though) is a bad shot MUST be forgotten about as quickly as possible whilst on the course.

If I hit a bad shot (fairly often tbh) then I quickly try and work out why, and forget about it straight away, when i'm finished i'll have a think through to see if there is a recurring theme and if there is then try to fix it.

My mental game is the side of me that lets me down too much, in that I dwell on bad shots too much and let said shots affect my game for lengthy periods of time whilst on the course instead of realising the shot has been played, deal with the consequences and try to play the next shot better!

 

[Robobum]

By no means start analysing those bad shots during the round but you have to be taking notice of them as you go. For example, why stick to hitting the driver when you haven't managed to keep one on the course during the front 9??

 

[JustOne]

You'll never learn how to hit it out of the trees properly if you don't keep hitting it in there!