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Mental Game · Technique

Anchor a calm keyword like 'cool' to use on course

The instructor describes using a keyword to condition calm. After you have relaxed all the way to the top of your head, on every exhale you say a word like 'cool' or 'smooth' so it becomes associated with the calm state (classical conditioning). Then on the course you focus on your breathing, do your relaxation, and say the word to get into a calmer state, having trained your body off the course.

Channel: Mark Immelman

Watch official source at 18:43

Try it

  1. have a key word like cool or smooth
  2. after those five minutes, when you focused all the way to the top of your head, every time you breathe out you say the word (e.g. cool) so it gets associated with that calm state
  3. on the golf course, focus on your breathing, do your relaxation, and say the word cool to get into a calmer state