by Michael Riggs<\/p>\n
Sloooow play isn\u2019t only frustrating, it is also unnecessary. The best news is that quickening your play will lower your scores.<\/p>\n
I work with talented amateur and professional golfers on a daily basis, helping each to think and play more effectively. They come to me for a variety of reasons: to improve their confidence<\/strong>, to better their tournament mindset, to learn to \u201cget in the present\u201d, to move from a great practice player to a skilled competitor, to reduce <\/strong>their competitive anxiety<\/strong>, or to learn to recover and stay mentally focused after a poor hole. Their reasons are many and varied. Each player is different. Yet, in one way they are all the same \u2013 each desires to find their playing potential. Each wishes to wrap his mind around this game of golf and play<\/strong> like they know they can.<\/p>\n One key to becoming a better player lies in the word \u201cplay<\/strong>.\u201d The difference between \u201cplaying<\/strong>\u201d to ones\u2019 potential and \u201cthinking<\/strong>\u201d to ones\u2019 potential is significant. Too many players turn the game into a chess match<\/strong> that, they believe, requires analysis<\/strong> that would impress Einstein. These players should learn that analysis<\/strong> is completed at the practice range and during the practice round. When it is time to play<\/strong> \u2013 and play well<\/strong> \u2013 it is just that, time to play<\/strong>.<\/p>\n To improve their scores, and to enhance<\/strong> their enjoyment of the game, (6 hour rounds aren\u2019t much fun) S\u00b2 Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n On the course, learn to make quicker decisions and trust yourself. Then, just aim and fire.<\/p>\n In Another\u2019s Words\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cBe quick, but never rush.\u201d \u2013 John Wooden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Michael Riggs Sloooow play isn\u2019t only frustrating, it is also unnecessary. The best news is that quickening your play will lower your scores. I work with talented amateur and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":12718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[139,140,141,142,95,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151],"class_list":["post-200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","tag-analysis","tag-chess-match","tag-competitive","tag-competitive-anxiety","tag-confidence","tag-lower","tag-play","tag-playful-mindset","tag-playing","tag-quickening","tag-recover","tag-reduce","tag-thinking","tag-trust-yourself"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.wedevelopyou.com\/riggs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/10\/edwin-compton-Z8XlmAj65iM-unsplash-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wedevelopyou.com\/riggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wedevelopyou.com\/riggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wedevelopyou.com\/riggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wedevelopyou.com\/riggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wedevelopyou.com\/riggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wedevelopyou.com\/riggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12386,"href":"https:\/\/www.wedevelopyou.com\/riggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions\/12386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wedevelopyou.com\/riggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wedevelopyou.com\/riggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wedevelopyou.com\/riggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wedevelopyou.com\/riggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI coach all my players to get in a more playful mindset<\/strong> and improve their ability to get ready, take aim, and fire. You, too, may benefit from learning to take less time analyzing<\/strong> each shot and swing, running through the myriad consequences and just trust yourself<\/strong>, pick a target and hit the ball.<\/p>\n