Saturday, April 2, 2011

Controlling Your Emotions When Playing Golf For The First Time

By Judy K. Herron


If you are contemplating to sign up for a course on learning to play golf, hold on. First understand all about the game, how it is played and what are the tools as well as sports wear that is used etc. You do not have to pay for this information. All you need to do is to open your favorite search engine on the internet and type 'gold for beginners' and you will get a host of listing which offer beginner's guide and complete information on gold as you would need to know.

Going through all these websites will give you a fair idea of what the game is all about. You will not only understand the rules and the methods but get to know how you should prepare physically to play the game. But then they do not deal with any psychological aspect of playing golf, which is why we have given below a few tips that should help you improve your game.

You should expect that on the day when you begin to play the game on the golf course you will have a mixed felling of excitement as well as anxiety.

The excitement is there because finally you have arrived and will learn to enjoy playing the game very soon which is a exhilarating feeling.

As you start playing your skills will improve over time with practice. Then you will begin to relax and enjoy the game. Most professionals make it a point to play gold during the weekends while they travel on business. Playing golf in new course as well as meeting other interesting players makes it worthwhile and special when on tour.

It is quite natural for you to feel a sense of trepidation on the first day. Look around you and you will notice that there are many more first timers who are facing the same situation as you are. Don't block your mind with a sense of anxiety which can keep you from learning the game.

It is quite possible that you feel very self conscious for the first few days. You will feel that others are watching you and get worried about how you look, how you walk as well as how you are playing. Do not imagine that the others are looking and laughing at you, which they are not. This might be just your imagination. Just chill and concentrate on learning the game.

If you observe the professional game on TV you will see the way the professionals practice their shots during the pre shot routine. They too go through a lot of swing practice before aiming for the shot. In fact you will see that they just stand and observe for a long time the ground all the time imagining that the shot and preparing for it.

They take time out to plan their move perfectly, look at the pros and cons and see where and how the ball is going to land and how it will roll out. Once mentally they have executed, and then they follow it practically to hit a perfect ten.




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