{"id":9251,"date":"2018-04-04T10:30:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T14:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ggga.com\/?p=9251"},"modified":"2019-03-14T08:17:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T14:17:41","slug":"athlete-perseveres-setbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gilchristgolf.com\/2018\/04\/athlete-perseveres-setbacks\/","title":{"rendered":"How an Athlete Perseveres Through Setbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n The journey to reaching goals is full of challenges, failures and obstacles that stand in the way of success. A player must break through mental barriers, bad breaks, unexpected conditions and learn from their past mistakes all while remaining cool and collected on the golf course<\/a>. It is a part of learning and completely natural to react to a frustration or what feels like a failure, especially when you\u2019ve been training so hard. However, how you respond can positively or negatively affect how you play the rest of your game and the experience you walk away with. Take for instance how you may react to a plugged lie in a bunker. Elite level golfers<\/a> are able to manage themselves and respond by shifting their attention to the area that will give them the most success. Instead of blaming the course about the bunker and their result, they acknowledge it as their challenge and accept the outcome. Taking this approach results in more consistent success, higher commitment, and boosted confidence.<\/p>\n To harness a productive response when facing challenges or frustrations, consider these 3 things:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The journey to reaching goals is full of challenges, failures and obstacles that stand in the way of success. A player must break through mental barriers, bad breaks, unexpected conditions and learn from their past mistakes all while remaining cool and collected on the golf course. It is a part of learning and completely natural […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n