[arriplify]

I definatly need this after my round today, I blew up all because of a few good shots that turned out really poorly and then I just literaly gave up.

[sasaderesada]

Can you interpret at the abbreviations at the bottom of the bar graph represent? Looks very detailed.

[leadmoffer]

Can you interpret at the abbreviations at the bottom of the bar graph represent? Looks very detailed.

Here you go.

Here's my initial mental game profile, keep in mind my scores are in blue, and the tan are those in my age range (25-29): ImageUploadedByTapatalk1347588299.013614.jpg
Based on this, it looks clear that I am a little above average for brain speed (57/50), a little less than average for focus (48/50), a significant lack of inhibition (29/51), a little less average in flexibility (49/50), same for mental endurance (51/52), significantly over average for stress management (94/66), and over average for motivation (76/55) as well.

[zoppiklonikaa]

Great start Gioguy. I don't believe I received mine yet but I did write a little pretesting eval of myself. Thought it would be fun to see what I think as compared to what the Pro Mental Coach thinks

Let’s start this testing with a little self-evaluation. I was going to call Frank and have him do a quick half hour session on me but he wanted $200 for it. Quack! I think it is important to have a sense of your strengths and weaknesses prior to entering a testing. This way everyone can evaluate how your game has come as you describe how the testing is proceeding.

I have done many things to help my golf game but I have never done any sort of mental exercises. I have been taking lessons for the past year to get my swing into steady shape. The last lesson I took I actually spoke to my instructor about the mental game and how we can work on it. We both felt that my swing was at a point that I didn’t really need any more lessons for it. The final hurdle was my mental game or lack thereof.

We discussed something that Freddie and Vijay have worked on and that is a phrase that you key on. The phrase is something that you make up but it is something that you constantly say at the same time. When you go through your pre-shot routine you say the phrase. When you start to take your stance you say the phrase. When you are ready to hit you say the phrase as you hit. The point would be that you are concentrating on saying the phrase instead of hitting the ball. It’s an interesting concept and supposedly it is something that both Freddie and Vijay do. The story goes that someone in golf who is a superstar always said “I don’t know why but I like Chocolate ice cream.” I have just started using it on the range and so far I’m unsure if I like it.

Anyway let’s go over my strengths as I perceive them.
I am a better than average ball striker. I am confident that I will hit the ball well whenever I take a shot.
I am confident in my ability to score well. I feel like if I have put myself in a spot of bother, I can get out of that trouble without killing myself.
I am good looking

Lets list what I can see as weaknesses
I lose focus. I will go from starting out with 5 straight pars and feeling good to somehow losing about 45 minutes of my life and I will have gotten a string of bogeys or worse. I sometimes just absolutely lose my focus and would actually be unable to tell you how I just got 4 straight bogeys or doubles.
I will sometimes bite off more than I can chew. Dogleg right? No problem. I will play a fade off the tee box. Well the problem could be that I can’t hit a controlled fade to save my own life at the range. No worries as I somehow feel like I can hit the shot on the course. Well history tells me that is just not the case. I will be lucky to find the ball to punch out.
I will let a bad hole kill my round. I have played 11 holes at 2 under par only to shank a shot on the 12th fairway and blow up to a 47 on the back 9. That is not abnormal for me. I can’t just let a bad shot or hole drop. I let it gnaw at me.
In the big moments, I don’t hit the big shots. I won’t hit a horrible shot, but I won’t hit the shot I want to. Clutch would not be used to describe me

I think that is a fair assessment. If the people who have played with me have something to add, I welcome it. I want to be completely honest about my game so that I can track how the Pro Mental Coach has or has not helped me. I’m pretty excited about this and think it is such a coincidence that this came up right after I had discussed this with my coach.

[t78VPkdO]

Good stuff so far Gio and Chunky. I'm really looking forward to following this. It's well documented around here I'm pretty mental and I think this could do a lot for my game

[jelena-nanana]

Really good post. One of the more intriguing testings we have done to date and I look forward in following along.

[rammossyAcron]

So does this software assess you after every round or just once in a while?

[timgreyuvcz]

So does this software assess you after every round or just once in a while?

I'm not sure as of yet, however i will give this ago saturday after my round. it allows you to input a round and (i think) give feedback on your mental approach to that round. I will do a little excerpt as Chunky has and give a little background of myself.

I've been an avid golfer since i was about 8, but baseball took first priority in hs and college. I was scratch in hs and took 4 years off b/c of college. the last 2 years i've become a lot more serious at getting better and trying to go low again. The biggest battle i've had in going low is not my physical game. definitely mental. Here's how i would rate my focus, course management skills, etc:

Focus: off the tee - 6/10; on the green - 9/10
Course management: off the tee - 8/10; on approach - 6/10
Mental endurance: 9 holes - 8/10; 18 holes - 4/10
Vision (the ability to see a given shot that i want to hit in my minds eye, 1 is rarely and 10 is all the time): 4/10
Stress management: 4/10

I find that my biggest issues are maintaining focus for 18 holes, as i tend to be intense or immersed in my shots on the front nine, however on the back 9 i can tend to get distracted or shift my train of thought more than i should. My mental endurance is relatively low for 18 holes only because I have a tendency to think (probably too much) about every shot, and towards the end of the round i end up becoming tired/strained/mentally shot. In regards to stress, i've been known to have a short fuse, especially with myself, mostly because i put undue pressure to hit a given shot when something easier or much less 'forced' is necessary.

I'm going to be taking ample notes while doing this review, documenting each session not only on the program on my computer but also in a 'journal'. I want to, every 2-3 months read back over my entries to see how things have changed, based on the metrics in the program as well as those i just listed above.

[ASSESTYTEAH]

So does this software assess you after every round or just once in a while?

In going through the website, I think that you do tests and exercises in the software. I don't think you input specific rounds or anything. I could be wrong though. This is not a lets fix what happened type of software. More of a lets get you ready to play software if that makes sense

[SallythePearl]

In going through the website, I think that you do tests and exercises in the software. I don't think you input specific rounds or anything. I could be wrong though. This is not a lets fix what happened type of software. More of a lets get you ready to play software if that makes sense

it's definitely a bit of both. the majority of it is getting you ready to play while building mental skills/focus, however i do believe i read/saw that you can recall a previous round played. the self-assessment is based on a 'recent round you've played'...