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Junior's mom said, "My son is really happy and doing great...this happens all the time, get over it." Maybe she's right. I'm gonna go watch "Anger Management" instead of "I'll Follow The Sun"
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Any jewels are appreciated. Gonna start a dialogue this weekend re:State of the Game,
I've got a few of them, although from baseball much of the competition mentality is applicable to golf.
The best is to "keep it real". Explaining the difference between practice and competition mindset. Helping to get a more competition mindset on the practice field(range). Most important is that during competition, it is time to perform. Saturday Night live is a good analogy--the actors aren't really like they see during the show, the cameras go live and they do their performance. Outside pressures should not influence their performance because they put the work in on the practice range so they should feel as though they have been there before and succeeded.
"leave it all on the field(course)"....
If they struggled on something or some shot during competition, then remember it during practice and set up that same situation in their mind while practicing--and get it done.
The best is to "keep it real". Explaining the difference between practice and competition mindset. Helping to get a more competition mindset on the practice field(range). Most important is that during competition, it is time to perform. Saturday Night live is a good analogy--the actors aren't really like they see during the show, the cameras go live and they do their performance. Outside pressures should not influence their performance because they put the work in on the practice range so they should feel as though they have been there before and succeeded.
"leave it all on the field(course)"....
If they struggled on something or some shot during competition, then remember it during practice and set up that same situation in their mind while practicing--and get it done.
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littleacorns - I don't really know what to say. It's a really difficult, delicate situation. I'm not even clear what your relationship to Junior is. But you're ability to intervene effectively depends very much on that relationship.
I'm in my 30s. I've got 2 kids of my own. But even now, there's advice that I'll take from some quarters because I know, and trust, and respect that person. The same advice from another person would be much harder for me to take on board. I don't see why any teenager should be expected to be any more rational than that.
So, are you the right person to tackle this? And do you think you can do so in terms that mean something of importance to Junior, rather than in terms that you value yourself?
I'm in my 30s. I've got 2 kids of my own. But even now, there's advice that I'll take from some quarters because I know, and trust, and respect that person. The same advice from another person would be much harder for me to take on board. I don't see why any teenager should be expected to be any more rational than that.
So, are you the right person to tackle this? And do you think you can do so in terms that mean something of importance to Junior, rather than in terms that you value yourself?
Rick Dandy
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It doesn't make him play any better.
aaron_lohan
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Next time he tells you to leave I would stay, its not like you can tell the crowd in a tour event to go home or tell your opponent to go home, in life you don't always get your own way and you must learn to accept that and deal with it.
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Johnny Millers book "I call the Shots" has the best chapter on choking ive ever read. Should be mandatory reading for a junior golfer.
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"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is not effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
"You will never get a sun tan if you do not step out of the trees and into the open"
Everyone has a tree of life growing in the yard of their existence. Some are content to look at it. Others will climb it. Others will cut it down hoping for something better to grow. Still others will wait for someone to tell them what to do with the tree. Then there is that segment that will grab hold of the tree and shake it to see what falls out. Which one are you?
Spend less time looking out the window and more time looking in the mirror.
I think I will laminate that first one and give it to my players next year.
"You will never get a sun tan if you do not step out of the trees and into the open"
Everyone has a tree of life growing in the yard of their existence. Some are content to look at it. Others will climb it. Others will cut it down hoping for something better to grow. Still others will wait for someone to tell them what to do with the tree. Then there is that segment that will grab hold of the tree and shake it to see what falls out. Which one are you?
Spend less time looking out the window and more time looking in the mirror.
I think I will laminate that first one and give it to my players next year.
Rick Dandy
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TOO MUCH AWESOME on this thread! Thanks Eyeman...
Rick Dandy
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Yes, Kevin.
Thanks man, I agree it is one of the best. Also the letter from Miller's Dad "The Do's and Do Not's" to his son is priceless.
Thanks man, I agree it is one of the best. Also the letter from Miller's Dad "The Do's and Do Not's" to his son is priceless.
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