Sports Psychologist

ekaj

Anyone ever been to one or know how to work out pre tourney jitters ...I’m surprisingly striping it right now and i just wanna bottle up all these feels i can’t stop air swinging to make sure it’s all there ...im
basket case if you can’t tell ...

thinking of going to see one tomorrow or Saturday

i need input boys ...I’ve been working hard for this USGA qual

Eddie

ekaj i just wanna bottle up all these feels i can’t stop air swinging to make sure it’s all there ...im
basket case if you can’t tell ...

If if makes you feel any better, I, like many on here, know this feeling to a T.

In terms of jitters, maintaining an even heart rate is really important to me. So before I hit or have an important putt, it's 6 second inhale, 6 seconds of exhaling, my mind goes blank at the end of the inhale, and it calms me down.

bjackson2718

Years ago when I was playing competitively I worked with Glen Albaugh several times. I'm also a big fan of Bob Rotella as well, think I own 3 of his books all of which I'd highly recommend. I'd usually read a chapter or two of one of his books the night before a tournament. As a professional poker player there are many similarities with the mental game of golf. I've done work with Elliot Roe and read Jared Tendler. I'd also recommend meditation. I do 10-15 minutes a day, usually when I get out of the shower. Really helps me slow down & focus.

dphatt

The only way to get rid of the pre tourney jitters is to play in as many events as you can. No matter what you will still have them unless you don’t have a pulse lol.

Eddie

To double back on this thread, I try to simulate having those jitters on the course.

The two ways I try it are one blast loud music and have a cup of coffee before a practice session, with the caffeine kick and adrenaline going from music, you feel the nerves.

The other thing I do is go on iG live. The reason I do some of my hitting sessions live is to simulate pressure, and I’ll tell you having your golf friends all watch and critique your swing is more than enough to get you to focus 🤣

ekaj

Thanks for all the insight guys ...i went and saw a shrink yesterday ...massage and saline float room this morning and practice round this afternoon with @bigjohntripod

we are going to put blinders on Monday and it’s just going to be me and the course ...breathing exercises breathing in blue blowing out red ...I’m also reading zen golf and i have a few others I’m going to order

rrkman

Need one of these for my kid. Just started ‘real’ golf and plays pretty well until something goes wrong, then kaboom! The guy that he goes to for lessons recommended Rotella’s Golf is not a game of Perfect, so ordered it off amazon. If that doesn’t help, shrink time.

Jaybananapantsarthur

rrkman it's a great book but like all else, putting into practice is a different story. But maybe opens eyes a little bit to a process.

rrkman

Jaybananapantsarthur we’ll see. I better read it too. I think the easiest fix would be for me to distance myself from it. I can’t imagine him acting this way with his coach.

tinkerer

thought this was interesting. Coming from professional baseball as a pitcher we had countless sports psychologists
and the only thing I ever took away from it was the concept of being present and not letting past or future affect you. Other than that I think a lot of that stuff is snake oil, just my 2 cents

rrkman

tinkerer I’ll have to give that a try with my son. He has some ‘passion’ issues there (In baseball) as well. I don’t mind a little fire but it has to be used to get better or to get more out of you, can’t let it bring you down.

tinkerer

rrkman my dad always said you put the fire out you can’t start it. Let that fire burn, at a later date you can take it!