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Get rid of your golf frustation and increase your enjoyment
By Gaëlle | May 26, 2008
Have you ever played golf with people that got so frustated during a round that it took the enjoyment out of the game? Do you sometimes feel this frustration yourself?
If this is the case, let’s see how you can fix that and increase your enjoyment playing golf.
The first thing to do, is find out where this frustration comes from.
Frustation is an emotion that occurs when your experience doesn’t match your expectation. Have you ever said : “I can’t believe I hit such bad tee shots!”. Well, what you are saying, is that you expect to play better ones, right? Is the gap between your expectations and your current skill level too big? There are two ways to overcome your frustration, one, reduce your expectations so they are closer to your current skills, two, improve your skills to closer match your expectations.
You can do the first option on your own but we can help you with the second one.
A good way to start is to clear your expectations before your round. Write them down. In our example above, I would ask you to describe what great tee shots would be for you. Which kind of tee shots would you be happy with?
It could be a certain amount of fairways you want to hit, the shape you want to give to your ball flight or a minimum distance you want your ball to reach…. Anyway, find out what causes you frustration and define your expectations about this area of your game.
“Keep doing what you do and you will keep getting what you have”
Considering this, and the fact you are not happy with what you are actually getting, you will have to bring change. Frustation is a great signal telling you it’s time for change.
You might have to improve your technique, your understanding of your swing, your thought process on the course, the way you practice or just reset your expectations at a realistic level. I think the most efficient and quickest way for you to find out what to change and how to do it would be to get advice from your coach.
Your coach will help you build a plan, that suits you, to make it happen.
You will enjoy your practice time and soon be able to enjoy playing the game you have been dreaming of until now.
Enjoyment garantee!
A former student I had in France came on his first lesson telling me he was too busy to spend time practicing his golf and considered himself as “just a hacker”.
However, this gentleman was quite frustrated by the experience he used to get on the course, at a point he booked a lesson wishing to get a quick good fix to be able to enjoy his next golf rounds.
I started the lesson by listening to his expectations which didn’t sound at all to me as “golf hacker ”ones and i ended telling him: “ I have two solutions to offer you, a really quick one and a little bit less quick one, which one would you like to know?”
The fellow choose the quickest one.
“ Well, if you really want to enjoy your golf without spending time practicing, drop your expectations to the actual level of your game! Enjoy the mistery of your current game and the surprise of each shot!”
He then asked me about the second one.
“ We customise an improvement program by firstly analysing your current game and identifying the most important areas for your improvement. We give you strategies to improve your game that will fit into you busy schedule and ultimatly overcome the frustration.”
He realized that the first one could be a great solution but he decided to give the second one a go…
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