Do you believe?
As we grow up we create beliefs about ourselves and others around us. Our beliefs are created by things we’ve heard from role models, family, friends, teachers and things we tell ourselves, our self-talk. The scoop is these beliefs don’t have to be true. There is an old saying that goes “Whether you believe you can or believe you can’t, you’re probably right.” If a salesman goes out making sales calls believing he’ll never make a sale; then guess what, he’ll never make a sale. The same can be said about a golfer, if a golfer goes out onto the course believing they’ll never break 100 or never break 95 then chances are they’ll never do it. If you think you’ll never hit your driver over 250 yards then you probably won’t. We all limit what we believe we can do. It would be much more useful to believe we can as by doing this we probably will. This was demonstrated clearly when Roger Bannister broke the record for the 4 minute mile because as soon it was believable it became easier and achievable.
So practice putting believing you can hole it. Practice chipping by believing you can get it close or even in the hole. Practice bunker shots by believing you will get the out of the bunker. Believe you can break 90, believe you can win a medal. Notice what happens when you start believing.
