Here’s a great way to reduce anxiety before any shot. Act as if! Act as if you’re someone else. If you’re on a tee and you feel anxious, act as if you were Tiger Woods and about to tee off.
If you’ve got a bunker shot and you feel nervous, act as if you are Gary Player. If you need to hit a real long shot over some water, then act as if you are John Daly. You can have some fun with these. Act as if you are playing like someone else for each shot of an entire round. Play one shot like Lee Trevino, another like Greg Norman, etc.
Hey, golf is only a game, so make it fun. Play these fun games and don’t worry about what you shoot. Just let go for a game or two and play around with this acting thing. You may not win an “Oscar” but you sure will have some fun, and isn’t that why you play?
So go out there and “act as if” you are someone else for each shot you play, the next time you play. Act as though you’re confident. Act as though you are a great golfer and you’ll play better, have less anxiety. more fun and enjoy playing golf instead of it being a nervous experience. Make it a game again and have fun….just like Tiger Woods does!
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