How to Have an Excellent Preshot Routine for Golfers
The Golf Psychology Podcast
Welcome to the Golf Psychology Podcast by Dr. Patrick Coach of . Dr. Cohn and his team of mental performance coaches work with junior to professional golfers to help them reach their goals and play more consistent golf. In the podcast, Dr. Cohn will do a deep dive into preshot routines. In this podcast, you learn: How to Have an Excellent Preshot Routine for Golfers. Learn how to improve your preshot routine using mental preparation skills. Dr. Cohn does a deep dive into how to develop a preshot routine. Great Resources for Golfers: Download a to improve your preshot routine. Visit for more...
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How New Golfers Can Improve Learning
The Golf Psychology Podcast
In this episode, Dr. Cohn answers a question from a reader about How New Golfers Can Improve Learning. KATHY: Learning golf as a middle-aged adult is totally different than learning when younger. It's like learning a foreign language as an adult versus as a child. It’s harder to just let things happen and play with abandon. It’s hard to not over think constantly. How can you help newer golfers with this? Peak Performance Sports, LLC helps athletes and performers improve mental skills for success in sports. We work with athletes in all sports - junior to professional - via video mental...
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How to Play More Relaxed Golf in Match Play
The Golf Psychology Podcast
In this episode, Dr. Cohn answers a question from a reader about How to Play Relaxed Golf in Match Play PETER: I have anxiety when I am put in match play situations. I only took up golf 3 years ago and have got down to 6.6. I come from a professional sports background and have some emotional scar tissue from missed goals at crucial times etc. How can I play more relaxed golf? Peak Performance Sports, LLC helps athletes and performers improve mental skills for success in sports. We work with athletes in all sports - junior to professional - via video mental coaching from anywhere in the world....
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How to Improve Focus When Distracted on the Course
The Golf Psychology Podcast
In this episode, Dr. Cohn answers a question from a reader about How to focus better on the course? HOLLY: I am easily distracted by other golfers, the cars driving by, music playing somewhere, people whispering, conversations, pace of play. I often get upset with these distractions. How can I focus better on the course? Peak Performance Sports, LLC helps athletes and performers improve mental skills for success in sports. We work with athletes in all sports - junior to professional - via video mental coaching from anywhere in the world. Please contact us for more details. Great Resources for...
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What to do If You Can’t Visualize Your Golf Shot
The Golf Psychology Podcast
In this episode, Dr. Cohn answers a question from a reader about How can I be better, if You Can’t Visualize Your Golf Shot GRANT: I have a very hard time ‘visualizing’; it’s hard for me to see a mental picture or movie of the ball flight or the target like Jack Nicklaus talks about. How can I be better with this? Peak Performance Sports, LLC helps athletes and performers improve mental skills for success in sports. We work with athletes in all sports - junior to professional - via video mental coaching from anywhere in the world. Please contact us for more details. Great Resources for...
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Do You Walk Off the Course in Disgust and Frustration?
The Golf Psychology Podcast
In this episode, Dr. Cohn answers a question from a reader about Do You Walk Off the Course in Disgust and Frustration? JACKIE: I walked off the course today after 13 holes, not because I was injured or even playing that badly. I walked off in disgust and frustration… I’m frustrated that when I’m putting well, I’m driving the ball poorly. When I’m chipping well, my irons go limp. I can’t put together a solid round. What am I doing wrong? How do I put a good round together? Peak Performance Sports, LLC helps athletes and performers improve mental...
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Golfers Who Play Down to the Level of Competitors
The Golf Psychology Podcast
In this episode, Dr. Cohn answers a question from a reader about Golfers Who Play Down to the Level of Competitors. SCOTT: I play better when I compete with better players, but I also play worse with higher handicapped golfers. I find myself losing focus and not using the same pre-shot routine. I’m disappointed when I don’t use a consistent pre-shot routine when playing with golfers below my ability. Thank you so much for your response and keep up the awesome work in the golf psychology podcast! Peak Performance Sports, LLC helps athletes and performers improve mental skills for success in...
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How to Manage the Driver Yips
The Golf Psychology Podcast
In this episode, Dr. Cohn answers a question from a reader about How to Manage the Driver Yips. CHAD: I have driver yips and once it creeps in around mid-round… It messes with my confidence. Technically, I’ve always struggled with the upswing and I know my tendency is to hit down and lean too far towards the target causing high pop ups. But I can’t seem to pull out of it. Any ideas for me? Peak Performance Sports, LLC helps athletes and performers improve mental skills for success in sports. We work with athletes in all sports - junior to professional - via video mental coaching from...
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Golfers Who Stress Out Over Difficult Shots
The Golf Psychology Podcast
In this episode, Dr. Cohn answers a question from a reader about How would we cope with that and give the task a realistic difficulty rating of the shot... RALPH: Hey Doc, great insights! I know my level of my abilities in Golf, but I overestimate the task at hand. And that makes me feel nervous and tentative. A routine shot becomes a difficult shot. How would I cope with that and give the task a realistic difficulty rating? Thanks for your videos! Peak Performance Sports, LLC helps athletes and performers improve mental skills for success in sports. We work with athletes in all sports -...
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Why the Putting Yips Show Up When It’s Important
The Golf Psychology Podcast
In this episode, Dr. Cohn answers a question from a reader about why golfers get the putting yips when they think it's important to make putts. Here's the question of the week: PAUL: I’m a 10-12 handicap, 54 years old, play about twice a week, and I have the putting yips but, I don’t think it is about fear of embarrassment. Instead, it is about being seen as good by winning the match. The longer I wait my turn to putt, the worse it gets. When I don’t care about the putt—I’m out of the hole, then I have no issues. Only when it matters does the yips kick in. Peak Performance Sports,...
info_outlineWhen playing well, do you tend to take yourself out of the zone?
In this week's golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, responds to a question from Tom.
Tom tends to jerk himself out of the zone when he is playing well.
Here's what he had to say about his game:
"I'll play incredible for a few holes and then i'll think about how great im playing and what would it feel like to win... BAM! A double or a triple bogey. Then the process repeats... Most recently in my club championship, I went up 3 after 6 against my arch rival and started thinking, 'I've got him! I'm good enough,' and BAM! Again I lost my focus; I rolled off 3 bogeys in a row. May the turn even and he finally won 2 up with 1 to play. What's going on with this?"
Listen to the podcast to learn what Dr. Cohn says you should focus on to stay in the zone.
Great Resources for Golfers:
- Download a free golf psychology report to improve your preshot routine.
- Visit Golf Psychology Coach for more mental game articles.
- Check out ore golf psychology coaching programs at peaksports.com.
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Dr. Patrick Cohn is a golf psychology expert and author of the "Golfer's Mental Edge" audio program and Breaking The Yips Cycle DVD program. He teaches amateur to tour professional golfers how to improve their mental game of golf using golf psychology strategies developed over the last 30+ years of his career.