Skill Goals and Emotional Goals

Just a quick thought! During practice or a game we all wish things like go in the hole, make the basket, score the touchdown. Emotional goals…praying for a result! That process can lead to some real anxiety which throws us down rabbit hole after rabbit hole. Using skill goals can give us the win we want (realizing even the most perfect shot misses the mark). After analyzing your putting environment, (the slope, distance, line of the putt, and visualizing the ball rollin the hole, building your set-up) focus on ONE factor! Say this:

“My intention is to feel the grip of the putter (roll the ball on the start line, see the shadow…get it?.”

Focus on that single intention with no interference. That in itself is a super skill; practice it! Sounds like meditation…it is!