SKILL TRANSFER
The key to performance is to transfer the skills
that have been attained and retained. IJGA
uses an intelligent course management system
along with a robust mental approach.
IJGA coaches create tournament flow by
getting the player to focus on the process not
the outcome. Golf is a series of processes that
require attention and skill. The outcome takes
care of itself if this is the focus. If a player’s
self-esteem or golf worth is based solely on
their score, then they will be frozen by fear and
will not develop. Failure is a big part of learn-
ing and can be a way to becoming great - by
failing and reacting to it in a positive way. So
failure must be part of the development. If the
focus is outcome based, then failure becomes
a negative and the players stops developing.
It is important to understand that golf is a
learned skill, it is not just for the perceived
‘talented’. The students who are stand-outs at
12-15 are often not the ones who make it as
the expectation and outcome mindset stunts
their development. Rather it is those on the
sidelines developing skills who make it in
the end.
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