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Message: [QUOTE="Dugway, post: 5217170, member: 13446"] She had better not be counting! That is the kiss of death. I play a sport that is a game of perfection. I average 97.3% right now. In coaching others I explain the mental aspects of the game. Part of that, is total concentration on the ‘process’ of making the shot. You can never let the ‘outcome’ creep into your consciousness or you're in for a long day! The ‘process’ consciously may be something like, “deep breath, relax, eyeballs on the back of the iron, fingertips” Example of ‘outcome’ mentally is when you consciously say to yourself, “Okay, no problem, don’t let that miss take you out of this event. We are going to hit the rest of these, and we are still in it at a 97….” “Ugh, okay, we’re okay … just finish strong and we’ll have a respectable 96.” “@%… stupid, stupid, … another, urrr … obviously we need to change something.” “I can’t believe this!” “I had it going until the end there, and then dumped four in the last 20!” So how did that happen to you Dugway? “Well, I have this little guy who hangs out in my mind. For whatever reason, he kept pestering me in that last round. He really, really wanted to take a couple shots. So for whatever reason, I went ahead and let him try a few. As it turns out, that little guy is just not a very good shot!” [/QUOTE]