Identifying When You Have The Yips Dr. Patrick Cohn discusses the putting yips, the chipping yips, and the full-swing yips for golfers. The putting yips are a perplexing issue for many golfers and if not solved can cause many golfers to give up a game they love to play. In this video, Dr. Cohn talks about: How golfers can know … Golf Psychology Article>>
Improve Mental Preparation for Golfers How do you prepare mentally for a round of golf? Most golfers don’t consider how they mentally prepare for a round. What if your preparation is disrupted due to injury? What if you cannot train or practice for a lengthy period of time? Is it possible to maintain some degree of confidence when preparation is … Golf Psychology Article>>
Overcoming Anxiety on The Golf Course Sinking a putt on the 18th hole, just when you need it most, can be challenging. As all golfers know, anxiety is your enemy on the golf course… Anxiety causes your body to be tense or shaky. Anxiety forces your shot off line, throws off your approach shot and, in the worst case, could … Golf Psychology Article>>
How Does Self-Intimidation Affect Your Golf Game? How well do you golf when you are playing in a tournament with golfers who have won significantly more tournaments and shoot consistently lower scores than you? Playing with golfers who have significantly more wins may be intimidating for you. This form of intimidation is self-generated. That is to say that another golfer … Golf Psychology Article>>
Practice Rounds vs. Tournament Rounds In “Sports Psychology Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Cary about how he can help his young golfer take his practice game to tournament rounds. Do you have a young golfer that looks like a star in practice, plays great in practice rounds, but then gets to the golf course and … Golf Psychology Article>>
Staying Focused With a Lead in Golf Have you ever been leading by a comfortable margin heading towards the last few holes, you started to think ahead about the consequences of winning, and your lead disappeared by the 18th hole? Maybe you have played a tournament where you had a 4-stroke lead going in to the final round and blew … Golf Psychology Article>>