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Nathaniel Gleed
Handicap: 36
Essex
Joined: Dec 2008
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I was wondering how you all cope when you have a bad shot when Nat has a bad shot he tends to lose confidence and his game goes really bad? How do you cope with this? I keep telling him that if he just forgets about it and gets on with playing he will get a much better score, as soon as he has a really good shot he starts to play really well again.. Is there any advice any of you can give me to try and help him. If he could just stay calm then his game would be much better
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Hi Heather, you must get him to realise golf is not about one shot its about 18 holes. As soon as a bad shot is played then the actions after that can ruin a round. Get him to accept the bad shot and set a goal to finish that hole, i.e if its a par 4 and the second shot is a bad pull accept the bad shot and in the mind make it a par 5. accept the bad shot chip back out and carry on. Dont make it worse by trying to do career shots. Get the 5 and move on to the next tee. Dropping 1 shot wont ruin the round. regards steve
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Russell Middlet...
Handicap: 36
Essex
Joined: Oct 2008
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The main thing is not to linger over a bad shot. Get Nat to forget about the bad shot and concentrate on his next shot. It is amazing how many times I can hit a drive OOB's and then hit the reload straight down the middle of the fairway, if only I could get rid of the bad first shot!
Russ
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I think it happens to everybody. I used to let it get to me, but now I just laugh, and look forward to a challenging next shot.
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Try golfing with poor eyesight or Blind gives you a whole new respect for the Game besides if we were all Tiger Woods the game would be boring.
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Carol Bellis
Handicap: 36
Kent
Joined: Jan 2008
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Posted by Russell Middleton on 16 Feb 2009, 23:3 The main thing is not to linger over a bad shot. Get Nat to forget about the bad shot and concentrate on his next shot. It is amazing how many times I can hit a drive OOB's and then hit the reload straight down the middle of the fairway, if only I could get rid of the bad first shot!
My partner went through a patch of slicing or hooking all his drives out of bounds - the more he tried not to, the worse it got, and like Russ, his second shot was superb. I persuaded him to develop a little routine whereby he took a practice swing, then addressed an imaginary ball on the tee and took a 'proper swing'. After 'watching' the imaginary ball carve into the trees, he swore to himself, stomped about a bit, then reloaded. Lo and behold - a good shot. His driving has steadied again, the only thing he has to worry about now is the men in their white coats following him around.
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Nathaniel Gleed
Handicap: 36
Essex
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 74
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Thanks for your replys, he was in a comp yesterday at Crowlands non of the boys where playing to there handy cap on the back 9 he bit a really go shot of the green second shot was not too good so on his 3rd shot he said that I am not even goiong to bother, I then told him that if he was goling to be like that I was not going to bother and was going to cancelle his coaching so he then started to play well and got a part on the nex hole and he hadc a better round.
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John Thorpe
Handicap: 36
Essex
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What he has to remember is that once he has hit a bad shot it's done nothing he can do about it. Professionals hit bad shots as well but how often do you see a bad shot from them follwed by an absolute snorter? That's because they realise once it's done it's done. They will just concentrate on the next shot to repair or at worse limit the damaged to as little as possible. When I fisrst started playing a few years ago I had the same problem and slowley I have been able to get my mind set right, every now and again I have a blip but, I just keep telling myself, it's done get on with it and play the most sensible shot next I can. As recreational golfers our handicaps are what they are for a reason, the higher the handicap the more 'bad' shots we will play. I f you want to get better you have to grit your teeth and keep doing your best.
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Good shots and bad shots balance themselves out in the end, the big thing is not to dwell on it. I played a new course this week, first hole par 4 on the green in two within 25 feet of the hole and proceeded to 4 putt for a six! I just forgot about it, as i new i could putt better than that and it was just one of those things. Did not take more than 2 putts on any of the other greens, longest put sunk was around the 45 feet length. I will admit, i only scored 35 points of a 9 handicap and that would have been 37 points with a two putt on the first hole, but i still enjoyed the round of golf on a course i had never played before. He has to realise, what's done is done, forget about it and carry on enjoying the game. If you are not enjoying it, is it worth still playing? Yesterday, Greg Norman had a duff hole on the golf, taking a 7 on a par 5 he expected to birdie. It was a classic case of letting the game get to you, as you could see him getting madder and madder! I was expecting him to walk in!
One thing i would say, is to get your son to play many different courses. If he plays the same course all the time, he will end up choosing the club for the second shot before he gets there, as he has played the hole numerous times. Many people play new courses a lot better than thier home course, as they take the time at each shot to make sure they have the right selection etc
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