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Focus on: Finding your Mental Sweet Spot. Accept the fact that you are going to lose control and let go. Pre-routine: Imagine yourself surrounded by a cloud of nice, vibrant, peaceful energy. Take some deep breaths, and when exhaling imagines that, you are expanding a comfort zone of energy around your body. Visualize yourself in your comfort-zone. Feel the inner peace and quietness. In this state, make your choices regarding iron, length, landing area etc. If in doubt – ask your inner self. Just learn to stay in this mental stage. No speculations at all, just accept the results. Golf and life are learning processes. Follow this routine at every stroke. Give yourself 2 points if you succeed in doing this for every stroke on the hole. Minus 2 if you do not succeed for every stroke. Focus on: Mental Sweet Spot. Same routine as on hole 1. Focus on: Mental Sweet Spot. Same routine as on hole 1. Focus on: Mental Sweet Spot. Same routine as on hole 1. Play and relax Play and relax Play and relax Focus on: Quick decisions. Pre-routine: Practice swings are forbidden. From the time it is your turn to strike and till you have completed, you have 10 seconds. It works this way. Don't take any club out of your bag before you have decided what to do. When you have decided, take the club. From that time and till you have completed the swing you have 10 seconds. If you feel you have chosen the wrong club it’s just the same. You only have 10 seconds and no time to change your mind. Make a habit in counting from 10 to 0 for yourself. Give yourself 2 point if successful. Minus 2 if not. Follow this routine on the next three holes.
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Focus on: Quick decisions. Focus on: Quick decisions. Play and relax Play and relax Play and relax Focus on: Experiments. Pre-routine: Smile, that’s right, smile to yourself, the sun, the nature, your partner – activate your smiling-muscles. Visualize your inner child playing with a golf ball, a child striking odd strokes. Then choose a stroke that could be fun and maybe even prove efficient, if it is successful. Remember, stay in process. The score and results are insignificant. If you are successful in approaching every shot on the hole with a smiling and playing attitude, give yourself 2 point, if not minus 2 points. Focus on: Visualize your inner child, having fun. Focus on: Visualize your inner child, having fun. Focus on: Visualize your inner child, having fun. Result: Your mental handicap is your minus score
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