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Dec 28, 2021 β€’ 9 tweets β€’ 2 min read
Another absolute gem from Dr. Bob Rotella in "Golf is Not a Game of Perfect" that I wish I had come across at certain times in my career. πŸ™ŒπŸ™

A thread 🧡 β€œPractice ranges came along, and teachers found they could make a living just standing on the lesson tee and talking about hand positions and body coils and swing planes. They stopped walking the course with their pupils. They stopped teaching rhythm and feel and scoring skills.
Dec 27, 2021 β€’ 11 tweets β€’ 4 min read
For the professional athlete, there IS a key difference between process and results, though.

The best summary I have read about this nuance comes from Dr. Bob Rotella in "Golf is Not a Game of Perfect."

And I want to share it with you.

A thread 🧡 "The trusting mentality is essential for getting ready to play competitively. If you want to be able to trust your swing on the golf course, you have to spend time doing it on the practice tee. Human beings are creatures of habit. They cannot, as a general rule, spend all ...
Dec 26, 2021 β€’ 14 tweets β€’ 2 min read
Gems from "The Way of the Champion" by Jerry Lynch, for athletes and competitors in all walks of life.

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"Great champions know that both winning and losing are, as products, ephemeral.

The process, how you compete and work the plan, is lifelong."

A thread 🧡 Consider simply detaching your ego from results, in victory or defeat. Do all the right little things to put yourself in a position to win, yet do not measure your self-worth based on negative outcomes and results. On the flip-side, do not inflate your self-worth when victorious.