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#013 – Eliminate the Pressure to Play Great by Pointing Your Focus in One Direction

Experiencing pressure to play well is a sign of poor focus. Playing with pressure takes the fun out of the game, causes tension, and negatively impacts your shotmaking ability. What kind of situations cause you to feel pressure to perform? A team event, a golf trip with friends, playing with better golfers, or playing with […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: She Talks Birdie · Tagged: focus, golf, golf focus, golf mental game, golf mindset, golf pressure, golf tips, golfer, mental game, play great golf

Your Finish is Just as Important as Your Start

The title of this article is true whether we are talking about the space between the start and finish of a round of golf, or how you start and finish each shot. The key to a strong finish is maintaining a consistent approach to your game shot by shot and hole by hole. You must […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: Focus, Golf, Golf Mindset, Mindset, Self-Talk · Tagged: focus, golf, golf mindset, golf tips, peak performance, play great golf

Give In or Step Up – Lesson from The 2016 Masters

During the final day of The 80th Masters, we once again witnessed that the outcome of a round for any golfer can change in the blink of an eye, or handful of holes. News outlets and golf experts have been labeling Jordan Spieth’s performance on holes 10-12 as a “collapse.” Sport psychologist, Dr. Gio Valiante […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: Focus, Golf, Golf Mindset, Mindset · Tagged: focus, golf, golf tips, Jordan Spieth, mental game of golf, The Masters

How to Approach Match Play with a Ryder Cup Mindset

There are valuable lessons that can be gleaned from watching Tour events like the recent Ryder Cup, which you can use to enhance your golf game. Match play is a great format for developing your mental game because it’s essentially a series of mini-matches, one hole at a time. Unfortunately, many golfers experience unnecessary pressure […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: Golf, Golf Mindset, Mindset · Tagged: focus, golf, golf mindset, golf tips, Match Play, peak performance, Ryder Cup

Thoughts While Riding the Train

Whenever I am in Chicago, I often find myself riding the Metra train to get to the city and back. Rather than traveling with the highway herd at the amazing average speed of 35 MPH, I would rather ride with the smart people on a great mode of public transportation and make the most of my […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: Life Mindset, Live to Thrive · Tagged: focus, lifestyle, live great, purpose

Masters Lesson – Keeping a Cool Head in the Heat of Competition

There’s no Major quite like the Masters, and those who made the cut to play this weekend will, win or lose, be forever ranked among the exceptional in the game. Going into the final round today, with several players vying for the top spot, there’s going to be pressure. Pressure in the game is relative. […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: Focus, Golf, Golf Mindset · Tagged: Bubba Watson, focus, golf, golf tips, Jordan Spieth, Matt Kuchar, mental game

Not Every Four Years…Every Day

All eyes are on Sochi as the finest from athletic venues worldwide meet on the Olympic stage to compete for heart and country. These individuals and teams are fueling the dreams of future generations of athletes, who someday will be in pursuit of Olympic gold. What we all may not fully comprehend during the four […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: Attitude, Golf Mindset, Mindset · Tagged: commitment, focus, mental game, mindset, olympic games

Fine Tuning Your Golf Focus (Pt 5) – Managing Performance Stress

If you’ve been following this 5-part series then you now have a better understanding of mental game strategies you can implement to fine tune your focus on the course. To recap, I have covered the following topics in prior posts – Part 1 – Gaining Control of Your Thoughts Part 2 – Selective Awareness Part […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: Focus, Golf, Golf Mindset · Tagged: focus, golf, mental golf tips, self-talk, stress management

Fine Tuning Your Golf Focus (Pt 4) – Recovering from a Bad Shot

How many times have you found yourself in one of these scenarios – You just made an amazing birdie only to follow it with a double bogey. You have no idea what happened and your emotions are boiling beneath the surface as you approach the next hole. Or, you started off really strong on the […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: Focus, Golf, Golf Mindset · Tagged: focus, golf, mental golf tips, overcoming obstacles, recovering from a bad hole

Fine Tuning Your Golf Focus (Pt 3) – Eliminating Distractions

We have all learned to focus our attention by blocking internal and external stimuli in different areas of life. You may be better at this than you think — Have you ever read a book while someone else is watching TV in the same room? Blocked out an airplane flying overhead to make a putt? Or pulled […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: Focus, Golf, Golf Mindset · Tagged: controllables, distractions, focus, golf, mental golf tips

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