Prepare for Competition

May 12, 2017

Here are some helpful tips on how to prepare for competition:

 

  • Start and end your practice with things that come easy (like a warm-up and cool-down in a workout)
  • Challenge yourself in the middle of your practice (Stretch your limits- you should be shaking on the last putt- prepare for how you are going to handle it in competition)
  • Proximity to the hole in your short game practice (Want more up and ins? Chip and Pitch it closer to the hole)
  • Practice Driving, Pitching and Putting = 83% of the game (Why are you spending all of your time preparing for the perfect 7-iron that you never get in competition?)
  • Practice awkward shots (You get them at every event- build a library to resource)
  • Stretch your imagination in practice (practice processing information and seeing results)
  • Be honest with yourself.  (It is okay to be a little bit scared.  What matters is how you respond.)
  • Teach yourself to score and be effective (not necessarily pretty) in spite of adversity 
  • Learn to push yourself (Self-discipline)

You are like a tube of tooth paste.  Figure out what is going to happen when squeezed under pressure (at practice) and teach yourself to be prepared to handle it in competition.

YOU CAN DO THIS!