2 thoughts on “Mental Mondays: Follow The Rule of Five”
I’ve read about the mental tricks athletes are working with. Golf is a sport where you need to concentrate. Sometimes I think I’m concentrating to hard, try to much. Maybe I should try your little tip.
The “Rule of Five” is a good target when a player wants to shoot sub-100 consistently. I no longer routinely use that goal except when I am having a particularly bad day on the course. At those times, I revert to the “Rule of Five” to give myself an achievable target. The most recent case was Pinehurst No. 2. The green complexes were giving me a beating. Once I rolled back my target from “par” to “five” I was able to relax and had a reasonable second nine.
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I’ve read about the mental tricks athletes are working with. Golf is a sport where you need to concentrate. Sometimes I think I’m concentrating to hard, try to much. Maybe I should try your little tip.
The “Rule of Five” is a good target when a player wants to shoot sub-100 consistently. I no longer routinely use that goal except when I am having a particularly bad day on the course. At those times, I revert to the “Rule of Five” to give myself an achievable target. The most recent case was Pinehurst No. 2. The green complexes were giving me a beating. Once I rolled back my target from “par” to “five” I was able to relax and had a reasonable second nine.