THE RESILIENT GOLFER PROGRAM™ AT GOLF LAB

Sam Goldstein, Ph.D. © 2006

Like the apex of a pyramid, playing golf well and achieving your potential is accomplished with a strong base of skill and technique and supporting sides comprised of practice, course management and a resilient mindset. All four are equally important. All too often, however, amateur and even many professional golfers fail to appreciate the equal and powerful role a resilient mindset plays in enjoying the game and playing up to your potential. Resilient golfers are successful golfers. Resilient golfers possess a mindset of certain assumptions and attitudes about themselves and the game. These ideas influence their behavior on and off the course as well as their mental and physical skills. In turn, these behaviors and skills influence this mindset creating a dynamic process. A resilient golfer feels in control, deals well with stress, communicates effectively and possesses solid problem solving and decision making skills on the course. He or she establishes realistic goals, learns from success and failure and plays the game responsibly. A resilient mindset helps golfers cope with problems as they arise, strengthening learning and enjoyment of the game. Most importantly, the word mindset implies certain mutability - these thoughts, ideas and strategies are not cast in stone. Once golfers understand their beliefs and motivations they can begin replacing counterproductive, self-defeating assumptions with a positive outlook.

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