Golf is a game of confidence.

While that’s not entirely true having confidence on the golf course goes a long way to playing great golf.

And if you’re lacking confidence on the golf course or could do with some more then listen up.

First of all there are no quick fixes to self confidence but one of the keys to confidence is to repeatedly see yourself as a successful golfer. The hard thing is to start the process of confidence. If you feel like you’re in a slump, have a break. If you always play with the same players, play with some new ones.

In short do something different. Remember if you do the same things, expect the same results. To gain in confidence you’ve got to do new and different things. When you’re practicing you
should simulate action playing conditions where you lack confidence. For example, if you tend to miss short putts under pressure then practice 3 footers and have a goal of holing 20 in a row.

When you get to the 15th putt and on you’ll start to feel the pressure you feel on the course but once you’ve achieved your goal your confidence will increase and that’s at least a start.
Next you can model yourself on a pro that you admire and would love to play like. Imagine you’re them as you’re playing your shots.

Watch this pro hit shots that you’re having trouble with and become very aware of their technique and how they’re using their body. Once you’ve formed this image simply try to copy it and keep
doing this until you become more confident and it won’t take long.

Another great way to build your confidence is to “Act” confident. Now how would a confident person act? Would they walk slowly and move hesitantly. Of course they wouldn’t! A confident
person would walk strongly with their head up, and move their body with the assurance that they know what they’re doing. So you must do the same. Play a little game called “Act as if.”
Act as if you’re confident, even if you’re not.

Talk to yourself confidently. Instead of saying that was a horrible shot, say “that shot was not up to my potential but the next one I’ll do better,” and then walk up to the next shot expecting to get better and you will.

Some times when you feel unconfident you may label this as lacking confidence and this is not helping. Anytime you feel you’re lacking in confidence, change the name of this feeling to “keen to do well,” or “excited about being here,” or “expecting the best.” Simply make up your own terms and change your labels. If you say you’re sick, you’re going to feel sick and the same principal applies in golf.

To boost your confidence you should work on your physical body. Do some exercise, get strong because it’s common knowledge that the fitter you are the better mentally you’ll be, so do regular exercise and you will feel better, no matter what.

Lastly, give each shot your best. If you do that, then at least you can come off the course proud that you’ve done your best and you can look people straight in the eye and say that. This will help your confidence no end and this combined with the other techniques I’ve given you will certainly improve your confidence. They can’t do anything else, but they’ll only work if you do them, so like the Nike ad slogan says, “Just do it!”

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