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- How to Improve Focus on Your Full Shots
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf, Going Low, and The Mental Art of Putting, teaches golfers - of all levels - the mental keys on how to stay focused during the round.
In this week's golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps golfers maintain their focus during full shots. Many golfers don't know what to focus on during their shot. Learn how to improve your focus during your round.
- How Golfers Can Overcome the Fear of Three-Putting
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf, Going Low, and The Mental Art of Putting, teaches golfers - of all levels - the mental keys on how to putt with confidence.
In this week's golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps golfers improve their putting mindset. Many golfers focus on results or try to avoid missing putts. Learn how to focus on the process to improve your putting.
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- How to Mentally and Physically Prepare for a Round
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf, Going Low, and The Mental Art of Putting, teaches golfers - of all levels - the mental keys on how to prepare for a golf round.
In this week's golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps golfers improve their mental preparation before a round. Many golfers get too technical with their swing before a round and start to "practice" in the warm up. Learn how to use your warm up to prepare your body and mind for your round.
Are you making these costly mental game mistakes during your preshot routine?
- How to Improve Consistency in Your Short Game
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf, Going Low, and The Mental Art of Putting, teaches golfers - of all levels - the mental keys on how to improve consistency in their short game.
In this week's golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps golfers improve their short game. Many golfers try to over control, or steer the club on their chips or putts. Learn how to "let it happen" without trying too hard on your swing.
- Comfort Zones in Golf: Mental Game Strategies for Going Low
Golf psychology expert and author of "The Mental Game of Golf," Dr. Patrick Cohn helps junior to professional golfers improve their focus, confidence, and composure on the golf course.
Learn the how to stay focused and confident when you are playing outside of your comfort zone. Dr. Cohn discusses the top mental game strategies to going low on the course.
- Don't Protect Your Score When Going Low
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf, Going Low, and The Mental Art of Putting, teaches golfers - of all levels - the mental keys on how to break their individual scoring barrier.
In this week's golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps golfers break their scoring barrier. Many golfers try to protect their lead or play defensively when they are playing well. Learn how to play aggressively throughout your round.
- Four Pre-Round Mental Preparation Strategies for Golfers
Golf psychology expert and author of "The Mental Game of Golf," Dr. Patrick Cohn helps junior to professional golfers improve their focus, confidence, and composure on the golf course.
Learn the top four pre-round strategies to stay focused and confident for your round. Dr. Cohn discusses how you can improve your pregame confidence and focus using proven mental game stratetgies.
- The Confidence Expectation Connection and Golf Psychology
Golf psychology expert and author of "The Mental Game of Golf," Dr. Patrick Cohn helps junior to Tour professional golfers improve their focus, confidence, and composure on the golf course.
Learn how strict expectations can hinder your performance on the course. Dr. Cohn discusses the expectations you maintain that can be unhealthy for your performance. Learn how to let go of your expectations and play with confidence.
- The Mental Keys to Playing Well at the Start of the Round
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf, Going Low, and The Mental Art of Putting, teaches golfers - of all levels - the mental keys on how to have a stronger start to the round.
In this week's golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps golfers have a stronger start early in the round. Many golfers have a poor start early on in the round and it affects their confidence and focus.
Learn the top mental keys to improve your focus and have a stronger start to the round.
Use Golf Psychology and Mental Toughness to Boost Performance
- Using Your Mind to Improve the Consistency in Your Golf Scores
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf, Going Low, and The Mental Art of Putting, teaches golfers - of all levels - the mental keys on how to improve your consistency on the golf course.
In this week's golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps golfers improve their consistency by improving the preround warm up and preshot routines. Many golfers have trouble scoring within the same range each round. Your mental game inconsistency may hold you back.
Learn the top mental keys to improve your consistency.
Golf Psychologist Tips and Strategies to Improve Your Mental Game
- Mental Game Setbacks That Undermine Self-Confidence?
Golf psychology expert and author of "The Mental Game of Golf," Dr. Patrick Cohn helps junior to professional golfers improve their focus, confidence, and composure on the golf course.
Learn what mindset's can sink your self-confidence on the course. Dr. Cohn discusses the top mental game mistakes that sabotage golfers' self-confidence.
- How Golf Psychology Can Improve Your Mental Game and Lower Scores
Golf psychology expert and author of "The Mental Game of Golf," Dr. Patrick Cohn helps junior to professional golfers improve their focus, confidence, and composure on the golf course.
Learn how golf psychology can help improve your golf performance and how mental mistakes might be costing you shots on the course. Dr. Cohn discusses the top mental game errors you might be committing on the course!
- Keeping Your Putting Confidence When Others Are Holing Putts
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf, Going Low, and The Mental Art of Putting, teaches golfers - of all levels - the mental keys on how to maintain confidence after a playing partner holes a putt.
In this week's golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps golfers maintain confidence on the putting green. Many golfers lose confidence when their playing partner makes a long putt right before they putt. They make assumptions about their performance and question their ability to make a putt.
Learn the top mental keys to maintain self-confidence on the putting green.
Putting Psychology, Yips, and The Mental Keys to Great Putting
- How to Overcome A Poor Warm Up Before A Round
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf, Going Low, and The Mental Art of Putting, teaches golfers - of all levels - the mental keys on how to overcome a poor warm-up before a round.
In this week's golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps golfers cope with a poor warm up. Many golfers worry that their poor warm up will carry onto the golf course. Learn how to stay focused and feel prepared on the first tee.
Learn the top mental keys to play with confidence on the golf course no matter how you performed in the pregame warm up.
- How to Cope Better with Negative Teammates
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf, Going Low, and The Mental Art of Putting, teaches golfers - of all levels - the mental keys on how to deal with negative teammates.
In this week's golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps golfers cope with negative teammates. Many golfers are affected by what others say about their golf performance. Learn how to detach your confidence and self-esteem from what others may say about your game.
Learn the top mental keys to perform with self-confidence.
- How to Take Your Practice Game to the Golf Course
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you perform your best in competition.
In this week's golf psychology session, golf psychology expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps golfers improve their self-confidence in tournaments.
Many golfers are confident during practice rounds, but do not have the same confidence level in tournaments. Golf Psychology Expert to Tour Pro golfers, Dr. Cohn, helps you maintain a stable level of confidence and improve trust in yourself.
Learn the top mental keys to a successful mindset in competition.
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- Do You Fear Making Mistakes and Fear Embarrassment?
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf, Going Low, and The Mental Art of Putting, teaches golfers - of all levels - the mental keys to overcome the fear of making mistakes.
In this week's golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps golfers improve their competitive mindset during a round. Many golfers try to avoid making mistakes and worry about what others think about their performance. Learn how to stop mind reading and focus on your performance.
Learn the top mental keys to stop worrying about what others think and focus better on the golf course.
- How to Grind Out the Round When Not Playing Your Best
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you grind out like a champion and improve your mental game of golf.
In this week's golf psychology session, golf psychology expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps golfers perform well when they aren't playing their best. Many golfers lose confidence and focus when they aren't playing well.
Golf Psychology Expert to Tour Pro golfers, Dr. Cohn, helps you grind out when you aren't playing your best. Learn how to stay patient and composed after bad holes.
Learn the top mental keys to helping you stay confident during your golf round.
- Do You Feel Pressure from Your Parents?
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf, Going Low, and The Mental Art of Putting, teaches golfers - of all levels - the mental keys to overcome others' expectations about their golf performance.
In this week's golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps golfers who feel pressure from their parents to play well.
Many golfers want to please or impress their parents, which is a natural instinct, but can cause fear of failure. Learn how to throw out expectations and play for yourself.
- Mental Game Strategies to Overcome the Full Swing Yips
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf, Going Low, and The Mental Art of Putting, teaches golfers - of all levels - the mental keys to overcome the full swing yips.
In this week's golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps golfers overcome the full swing yips. Many golfers worry about the end result and over control their swing.
Learn the top mental keys to swing freely and stay confident during your golf round when fear has you paralyzed.
- How to Maintain Concentration After a Tough Hole
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf, Going Low, and The Mental Art of Putting, teaches golfers - of all levels - the mental keys to maintaining focus and letting go of bad holes during a round.
In this week's golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps golfers improve their concentration by letting go of a bad hole or two. Many golfers get rattled by their poor performance. They either lose confidence or get frustrated, which affects their concentration on upcoming holes.
Golfers need to understand that concentration is often affected by other challenges during a round of golf, such as making a double bogey and getting upset.
Learn the top mental keys to helping you be focused and confident during your golf round.
- Mental Keys to Maintaining Your Focus for 18 Holes
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, teaches golfers the mental keys to maintaining your focus during 18 holes of golf.
In this week's golf psychology session, golf psychology expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps golfers improve their concentration to shoot lower golf scores. Many golfers try to maintain their focus for 18 holes straight, which is mentally very hard to do.
A better option is to learn how to turn on and off your focus when needed so you can save your concentration it for the end of the round. Golf Psychology Expert to Tour Pro golfers, Dr. Cohn, helps you play more consistent golf.
Learn the top mental keys to helping you be focused and confident during your golf round.
- How To Follow a Low Round with Another Good Round
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and improve your mental preparation for golf.
In this week's golf psychology session, golf psychology expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps golfers perform well after a low round. Many golfers have trouble shooting a good score the day after they post a low round in a tournament. Golf Psychology Expert to Tour Pro golfers, Dr. Cohn, helps you play more consistent golf.
Learn the top mental keys to helping you be focused and confident during your golf round.
- Do You Have Trouble Reading Putts?
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and improve your mental preparation for golf.
In this session, Dr. Cohn helps a golfer improve his green reading and confidence on the golf course. Some golfers struggle with reading putts on the course and this affects their putting confidence. Golf Psychology Expert to Tour Pro golfers, Dr. Cohn, helps you improve your confidence in your putting.
Learn the top mental keys to helping you be focused and confident when reading putts.
- How To Improve Touch on Greens
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and improve your mental preparation for golf.
In this session, Dr. Cohn helps a golfer who has trouble 3-putting during tournaments. Some golfers have trouble with touch on the greens. Golf Psychology Expert to Tour Pro golfers, Dr. Cohn, helps you have better touch on the greens.
Learn the top mental keys to helping you be focused and confident when its time to make a long putt. Learn the top strategies to stop three-putting!
- How to Overcome the Chipping Yips
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and improve your mental preparation for golf.
In this session, Dr. Cohn helps a golfer who has the chipping yips. Some golfers chip well in practice, but have trouble chipping in tournaments. Golf Psychology Expert to Tour Pro golfers, Dr. Cohn, helps you overcome the yips.
Learn the top mental keys to helping you be focused and confident when its time to hit a chip shot in golf.
- How to Stay Smooth on Your Practice Swing and Shot
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and improve your mental preparation for golf.
In this session, Dr. Cohn helps a golfer who has trouble staying smooth on his actual swing when compared to his practice swing. Some golfers work on different positions of the swing and have trouble staying smooth on their actual shot. Golf Psychology Expert to Tour Pro golfers, Dr. Cohn, helps you swing smoothly on your actual shot.
Learn the top mental keys to helping you be focused and confident when its time to hit your first tee shot.
- Do You Get Frustrated with Missing Short Putts?
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and improve your mental preparation for golf.
In this session, Dr. Cohn helps a golfer who gets disappointed after missing short putts. Some golfers feel frustrated after missing putts. Golf Psychology Expert to Tour Pro golfers, Dr. Cohn, helps you maintain your composure on the course.
Learn the top mental keys to helping you be focused and confident when its time to hit your first tee shot to holing the last putt.
- Improve Your Golf Confidence No Matter the Competition
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and improve your mental preparation for golf.
In this session, Dr. Cohn helps a golfer with his confidence level. Some golfers feel inferior when playing with golfers above their level. Golf Psychology Expert to Tour Pro golfers, Dr. Cohn, helps you feel more confident regardless of who you are playing.
Learn the top mental keys to helping you be focused and confident when its time to hit your first tee shot.
- How to Have More Fun On the Golf Course
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and improve your mental preparation for golf.
In this session, Dr. Cohn helps a golfer who is not having fun on the golf course anymore. Some golfers are worried about playing well that they do not have fun. Golf Psychology Expert to Tour Pro golfers, Dr. Cohn, helps you have more fun on the golf course.
Learn the top mental keys to helping you be focused and confident when its time to hit your first tee shot.
- How to Get Off The Bogey Train in Golf
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and improve your mental preparation for golf.
In this session, Dr. Cohn helps a golfer who has trouble with turning bogeys into more bogeys. Some golfers let bogey get to them and thus get on the "bogey train." Golf Psychology Expert to Tour Pro golfers, Dr. Cohn, helps you avoid the bogey train.
Learn the top mental keys to helping you be focused and confident when its time to hit your first tee shot.
- Mental Preparation and Your Preround Warm Up
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and improve your preround mental preparation for golf.
In this session, Dr. Cohn helps golfers mentally prepare for a round of golf. Mental preparation is just as important as physical preparation for golfers young and senior. Learn the top mental keys to helping you be focused and confident when its time to hit your first tee shot.
- Do You Over Think Your Preshot Routine?
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and improve your preshot routine.
In this session, Dr. Cohn helps a golfer get beyond the checklist in her head. You want to have a good preshot routine in golf, but it should not be too complex. You also don't want to try to be too perfect with your preshot routine.
On the golf course, you want to feel comfortable with your set up instead of second-guess yourself.
- Coping With a Negative Playing Partner
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and cope with a playing partner who is being negative with your golf game.
Do you play with negative partners who criticize your golf game? Some golfers think they are being helpful by giving you tips on your golf game, but this can feel like criticism.
Don't work on your game on the course. Save it for practice. Tell your partner that you are not working on your game on the course.
- Keeping Focused and Staying in The Zone
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your mental toughness on the golf course.
In this golf psychology session, Dr. Cohn discusses how to stay focused and in the zone when playing golf. If you are aware that you are in the zone, you make judgments about your game and thus can't truly play in the zone.
To perform in the zone, you must be immersed into hitting good golf shots.
- Do You Worry About What Others Think of Your Game?
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your mental game of golf.
In this session, golf psychology expert Dr. Cohn discusses the dangers or worrying too much about what others think about your golf game. Many golfers get distracted by wanting to be respected or not embarrass themselves on the golf course.
Learn how to let go of what others think about you when playing golf.
- Releasing Pressure On The Golf Course
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and improve your mental game of golf!
Does the pressure get to you when you play in golf tournaments? Do you have any stress-reduction techniques to help you relax and control your nerves? Most physical tension is caused by mental fear or apprehension, which must be addressed to help you cope with competitive pressure effectively.
- Do You See Yourself as a Great or Poor Putter?
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner on the greens and improve your putting mindset.
Do you have a positive self-image of yourself as a putter? Do you think you are a great ball-striker, but only an average putter? If so, you must listen to this golf psychology podcast with Dr. Cohn so you can grow your putting confidence.
- Performing Your Best at Crunch Time
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence during crunch time.
Learn how to perform your best in crunch-time using Dr. Cohn's golf psychology strategies that have helped PGA Tour and amateur players of all levels.
- Mental Preparation For a Tournament
Today's golf psychology session helps golfers understand how to get mentally prepared for a tournament. Dr. Cohn explains that there are two types of mental preparation before a round. The first is preparing a game plan and thinking about your strategy and tactics. The second type of mental preparation is to have a mental game plan and feel mentally prepared by warming up your confidence, focus, composure and trust in your game. Dr. Cohn suggests visualization as a strong tool for pre-round preparation.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your putting routine.
- When You Can't See the Line During Putting
Today's golf psychology session answers a question about not being able to visualize the line on the green when putting. Dr. Cohn explains how this can happen to golfers when they are trying so hard to visualize the line. It is important for golfers to visualize the line, but not try too hard, resulting in a mental block and the inability of seeing the line.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your putting routine.
- Don't Worry About Your Swing During Warm Ups
Today's golf psychology session addresses your perception of the state of your golf swing during the pre-round warm-up. Dr. Cohn. discusses what to do if the state of your swing doesn't feel good on a particular day and how then to gain confidence from your warm-up.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your warm up.
- Do You Like the Sound of Your Driver?
Today's golf psychology session helps you understand what is the best thing to do if you find the noise of your golf clubs disruptive to your game. It is important to like your equipment in golf, as the more confidence you have in your equipment, the more you'll enjoy and have a good mindset for the game of golf. Dr. Cohn. suggests that if you don't like the sound of your equipment, you should trade in for new equipment. It is important that you should feel happy with the look, feel and sound of your equipment!
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your golf game.
- Golf Psychology & Performing Your Best in Playoffs
Today's golf psychology session helps you understand what to do if you have a poor record in playoffs. Fear of failure causes many golfers to play to avoid mistakes. Learn how to focus on playing the game and not worry about mistakes. Dr. Cohn. also suggests that you may be feeling worried about what others think (parents), and seek social approval, which can act as a big distraction to your game.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence when playing in playoffs.
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- Do Nerves and Fear Hold You Back?
Today's golf psychology session helps you understand what is the best thing to do if you feel nervous playing with others. Hypnosis, relaxation and mental imagery may help calm you down and feel less nervous about your game. Dr. Cohn. also suggests that you may be feeling worried about what others think, i.e., you may be seeking social approval, which can act as a big distraction to your game.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your putting routine.
- Thinking About Mechanics on The Course?
Today's golf psychology session helps you understand how to find your 'A' game on the course! On the range, one should practice one's swing and focus on mechanics, but on the course, one should not be thinking about mechanics, but rather just on hitting the ball to the target. On the course, your shot should be automatic and you should trust your game and not over-analyze, as this will simply distract you from focusing on the here and now of your game.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your putting routine.
- Difficulty Taking Practice Game to Competition
Today's golf psychology session helps you understand how to take your practice game to competition. Many golfers find that when it comes to competition, their nerves get the better of them and they lose control and can no longer perform at their level. This would bring on feelings of hopelessness and then perhaps fear of failure.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your putting routine.
- Fear Of Competing Against Other Good Golfers
Today's golf psychology session helps you cope with the fear of competing against other good golfers. Dr. Cohn. discusses the importance of finding the correct balance between practice and competition.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your putting routine.
- How to Forget Bad Play and Continue with Confidence
Today's golf psychology session helps you understand how to forget about bad play and continue with confidence. Move forward and try to forget about mistakes you have made. If you continue to focus on past mistakes, you will feel frustrated and in addition, you will feel distracted by your thoughts and will not be able to focus in the here and now!
If you have had a poor front 9, it is important to stick to your game plan on the back 9 and not force birdies to try make up for poor play.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your putting routine.
- How to Regain Putting Confidence
Today's golf psychology session helps you understand how to regain putting confidence, when it's tapped. It is important to realize that there are no quick fixes or magic dust on the road to developing confidence; confidence is a long-term project and takes years of play to develop.
Some golfers are on the performance rollercoaster, where their confidence fluctuates according to their play. It is important to keep levels of confidence consistent and if you feel your confidence is low, it is vital to recognize what is missing/lacking in your performance and then you know what steps to take in order to improve this and in turn raise your levels of confidence!
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your putting routine.
- Staying Focused When Competitors Want to Chat
Today's golf psychology session helps you understand how to stay focused when your competitors want to hold conversations. This can be distracting, but one should relax one's focus between shots anyway. So, having conversations between play is fine, as one shouldn't be thinking too much between shots - on the Course.
It's also okay to tell your opponent that you would prefer to concentrate on your game and have silence. The important thing is to discover what allows you to concentrate best on your game and then follow this through.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your putting routine.
- How to Maintain Concentration in Golf
Today's golf psychology session helps you understand how to best maintain concentration during performance. (This session uses an 11-year-old with Attention Deficit Disorder). In order to maintain concentration during performance, it is vital to focus on the process and not the results! It is therefore important to attend to task-relevant cues and block out any task-irrelevant cues. When one feels distracted, one should try to refocus.
In order to improve one's concentration: Set specific goals to focus on daily and involve competition in practice. This will help you focus in the here and now!
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your putting routine.
- How To Stay Calm After 3-Putting
Today's golf psychology session helps you understand how to remain calm after 3-putting. Many become easily frustrated and then feel mad for the rest of the round. It is important not to have high expectations of oneself, but rather feel confident in your game! Not meeting those high expectations only lead to futher frustrations. This session discusses how to put bad shots behind you and continue playing with confidence.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you focus in the now and perform successfully.
- Do You Freeze at the Top of Your Swing?
Today's golf psychology session helps you understand the steps to take if you feel that you are unable to swing freely and smoothly and find that you freeze at the top of your swing. Dr. Cohn. addresses this issue and discusses the reason behind this; it's the fear one has about hitting a bad shot. One then becomes hesistant, which leads to over-control, preventing free flowing performance.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your putting routine.
- Do You Set Target Scores in Golf?
Today's golf psychology session helps you understand the use of target scores. Are target scores useful? Or do they just encourage expectations to form, which then add extra pressure on oneself to perform well and meet those expectations? Learn why Dr. Cohn thinks target score are limiting you.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner, gain self-confidence, focus in the now and perform successfully in your golf game.
- Not All Golfers Can "Visualize" a Line
Today's golf psychology session helps you understand visualization in putting and how to use the dominant style of learning or performance when putting. Not everyone can visualize the line of a putt and golfers need to use their dominant style of learning and performing to help them perform their best.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your putting routine.
- When Golfers Think Too Much and Overanalyze
Today's golf psychology session helps you understand the mind can go on information overload. Paralysis by overanalysis happens in golf when when you think too much about your golf swing. Trying to think about every tip your coach gave you during a lesson on the course is not the most effective way to think on the golf course.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your putting routine.
- Don't Be Wishy-Washy on the Greens When Putting
Today's golf psychology session helps you understand how not to sabotage your putting in golf. The number one mistakes that golfers make with their mental game in putting is to be wishy-washy over the ball. Learn how to stay committed to the plan in putting...
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your putting routine.
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- Forget Stroke and Focus on Your Line When Putting
Today's golf psychology session helps golfers learn to focus on the target instead of the stroke in putting. Too many golfers worry about making the perfect stroke and this causes them to lose the line or the feel for speed. Read how Dr. Cohn helps his golfers improve their putting with putting psychology.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and refocus after a long wait.
- How to Refocus After a Long Wait on a Hole
Today's golf psychology session helps golfers learn to refocus after a long wait on a hole. Some golfers lose their focus when they have to wait a long time and then proceed to rush the shot and hit a bad shot.
Golf is a game of ebb and flow. One moment you have to be focused and the next you need to relax your focus. Most golfers have a hard time getting refocused after a long wait.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and refocus after a long wait.
- When Golfers Worry About Hitting Bad Shots
Today's golf psychology session with Dr. Cohn discussed how to block out the bad shot from your mind so you can focus on hitting a good shot. Many golfers first look at the trouble areas - or where not to hit the ball. They then become obsessed with not hitting a bad shot and can't get the wrong mental picture out of mind.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and focus on hitting a good shot instead of worrying about the bad shot.
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- Avoid the "Blow-Up" Hole in Golf
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your golf game.
Many golfers have one bad hole per round that negates their efforts. They often worry about this difficult golf hole or wait for a disaster hole to come. This makes golfers play defensive and protective golf, which actually brings on more mistakes.
Get Dr. Cohn's tips on how to stay composed on the golf course and avoid the dreaded blow up hole.
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- Breaking Through Your Comfort Zone in Golf
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain self-confidence in your golf game.
Comfort zones hold golfers back from breaking scoring barriers because of expectations golfers maintain about what they are capable of shooting on a given day or course.
Dr. Cohn literally wrote the book on comfort zones in golf. He is the author of Going Low: How to Break Your Individual Scoring Barrier.
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- How to Keep Your Tempo Later in the Round
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you play within yourself and not swing out of your shoes to keep up with the big hitters in your group.
Today's golf psychology session helps a golfer remain in control of his tempo during a round. As excitement increases so can your tempo or swing speed. Learn how to use your mind to play within yourself in this mental game of golf session with Dr. Cohn.
- Getting in Your Own Way on the Golf Course
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your golf game.
Many golfers get in the own way by thinking too much on the golf course and not trusting their athletic ability. What happens is a paralysis by over-analysis when playing.
Listen to this golf psychology podcast with Dr. Cohn as he answers a mental game of golf question about getting in your own way.
- When You Have Short Game Woes in Golf
Today's golf psychology podcast answers a question from a golfer on how to have more confidence in his short game. Some golfers will lose confidence in a part of their game based on a few poor experiences in the past. A golfer will then start to label a part of his game as being poor, which does not help you perform your best or grow confidence.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you think like a winner and gain confidence in your short game.
- Fear of Success and Fear of Failure in Golf
Today's golf psychology podcast answers a question about fear of success in golf and how that differs from fear of failure. Fear of failure is very common in sports psychology and mental training. Fear of success is very rare in sports psychology. It does exist, but only with the most successful athletes who don't want the burden of higher expectations.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you play within yourself and not swing out of your shoes to keep up with the big hitters in your group.
- Players Who Get Intimidated by Longer Hitters
Today's golf psychology podcasts answers a question on intimidation in golf. Some golfers play the long drive game and compare themselves to other players who hit the ball a long way. These golfers' mental games break down when they try to keep up with the long hitters and then actually don't hit the ball as solid.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf and The Mental Art of Putting, helps you play within yourself and not swing out of your shoes to keep up with the big hitters in your group.
- Are You Too Score Conscious on the Golf Course?
Do you sabotage your mental game by worrying too much about your score and what you are shooting on the golf course?
This golf psychology podcast highlights why having a score orientated focus on the golf course keeps you stuck from playing your best. With a score focus a golfer stays in a comfort zone that is based on a golfer's expectations of score.
Golf Psychology expert Dr. Patrick Cohn explains why focusing on what you need to do to attain a good score will help you play your best on the course. By changing your mental game focus to playing golf shots and not trying to keep score you can break through mental game barriers.
- How to Take Your Practice to Competition
This golf psychology podcast highlights why a golfer will under perform in competition but play great in practice. Mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Patrick Cohn highlights the mental game breakdowns that occur from the pratice to the golf course.
The number one mental game breakdown is fear of failure. Golfers that have a fear of failure play tentative and protective on the course. In this golf psychology podcast you will learn how to identify and overcome fear of failure in golf.
In addition, Dr. Cohn teaches you his mental game of golf strategies for perfoming with trust on the course. These strategies will help you play fearless for peak performance on the course.
- Coping with Distractions in Golf
Learn how to use your mental game to cope with distractions in golf. This golf psychology podcast explains what types of distractions sabotage a golfers mental game toughness during a round.
You will also learn how to improve your golf focus using your pre-shot routine. Dr. Cohn's teaches you how to recognize distractions and refocus when negative thoughts enter your mind. Listen now and learn the top mental game of golf strategies that will help you remain focused on the golf course.
- How to Use Mental Imagery in Golf
Golf psychology expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Patrick Cohn, explains how mental imagery in golf benefits golf performance. There are two types of mental imagery that most golfers use. The first is a visual imagery and the second is a kinesthetic imagery.
Learn when you must use mental rehearsal in your golf game to help you execute good shots. Dr. Cohn teaches you his top golf psychology strategies for using mental rehearsal on the golf course. Some golfer use the wrong type of mental imagery and force it on the course, which is not productive to peak performance.
- Mental Preparation and Your Golf Warm Up
This golf psycholgoy podcast teaches you about the importance of a warm up routine before a round. Mental game of golf expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, explains how you can use your warm up to get mentally prepared for a round of golf.
The pre-round warm up is a time to improve your golf focus, boost confidence, visualize the round, and to trust what you have trained in practice. Learn Dr. Cohn's top golf psychology tips and strategies for mental preparation in the warm up befor a round of competitive golf.
Many golfer use the pre round warm up in the wrong way - They worry too much about the quality of their ball striking. When they hit the ball poorly on the range prior to playing, they begin to doubt their game and take this to the golf course.
- Mental Cues to Improve Shot Consistency in Golf
This golf psychology podcast will help you improve your mental game of golf for greater consistency with your shot making. Golf psychology expert Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf, outlines the mental game breakdowns that lead to inconsistency over the ball.
Plus, Dr. Cohn will teach you the mental training strategies you need to embrace a trusting mindset with your shot-making. Learn how to have superior consistency by listening to this podcast now.
- Letting Go of Errors on the Course
This golf psychology podcast addresses the top mental game challenge many golfers suffer from - letting go of errors. Golf psychology expert Dr. Patrick Cohn underlines why dwelling on errors and frustration on the links sabotages golf confidence.
Additionally, learn how you can change your golf mental game to have a mentally tough mindset towards making errors on the course. This golf psychology podacst will help you overcome and react better to errors for peak performance golf.
- How to Stop Worrying About What Others Think
This golf psychology podcast explains the sports psychology concept of social approval in golf. Thinking too much about what others think about your game leads to distraction on the course.
This phenomenon causes golfers to sabotage their golf game. Golfers engage in a concept called "mind reading" in which they think too much about what others may be thinking. Golfers with fear of embarrassment often worry too much about what others golfers think.
Find out Dr. Cohn's mental toughness strategies for banishing your social approval issues and having ultimate golf confidence on the links.
- How to Keep Your Confidence When Missing Early
Missing short putts ruins putting confidence on the course for less confident golfers. Some golfers have a tough time after missing putts early in the round. They worry that they are having a poor putting day and this affects putting confidence.
This mental game of golf Podcast will help you remain mentally tough on the greens after missing short putts early in a round by using your mind to put your best.
Author of "The Mental Art of Putting" and Golf psychology expert Dr. Patrick Cohn teaches you how to remain confident with your putting by teaching you mental strategies for peak performance and the psychology of great putting.
- How to Make Short Putts in Golf When You Can't
This golf psychology podcast is for golfers who have trouble making shorter putts. Golf psychology expert Dr. Patrick Cohn explains the mental game challenges golfers have with short putts.
Some golfers play with expectations about the need to make short putts. This becomes a source of anxiety and pressure that sabotages peak performance for many golfers. The golfer then focuses too much on the results of the putt instead of thinking about the process and execution.
In this episode, Dr. Cohn, author of The Mental Game of Golf, explains his top golf mental game strategies to help you execute short putts successfully. These strategies will increase your putting confidence and help you sink any length putt, not just short putts.
- Overcoming the First Tee Jitters in Golf
Learn how to overcome the first tee jitters in golf. Golf Psychology expert Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your qustions on how to cope with first tee anxiety or tension for golfers.
Two types of first tee jitters occur for golfers on the first tee box or before a round of golf. The first are positive pregame jitters, the second negative pregame jitters.
Dr. Cohn explains that golfers should learn to use pregame jitters as a sign they are ready to compete rather than a sign that their mental game is not good. Learn the top mental game strategies for dealing with pregame anxiety on the first tee.
- Welcome to The Golf Psychology Podcast!
Welcome to our first Golf Psychology Podcast. I'm Dr. Patrick Cohn, owner of Peak Performance Sports. I teach professional and amateur golfers about the mental game of golf and how to use your mind to improve performance and have more fun on the links.
I am using a unique format for The Golf Psychology Podcast called "Sessions with Doc." Each week I answer real mental game questions from golfers who have questions on golf psychology and the mental game of golf.
I'll answer questions on how to cope with first tee jitters, improve concentration, play your best under pressure, tune out distractions, improve golf confidence, managing your emotions, and how to focus before golf shots on the golf course.
A little about me... I have worked with athletes including golfers for more than 18 years. I help golfers develop mental toughness and mental game skills to peak perform in golf. I have helped junior golfers and tour professionals golfers win by maximizing their mental skills and teaching golf psychology principles.
I encourage you to send me an email with your mental game of golf questions by visiting my website at peaksports.com. And I will select golf psychology or mental game questions to answer in my golf podcast.
You can also visit our Sports Psychology Podcast Page to learn more about sports psychology.
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