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**draigenia** · 07-22-2009, 07:06 PM

I've been thinking about something Dyna said the other day. He didn't play poorly, but wanted to quit anyway. This surprised me coming from a guy who was back on the course within weeks of open heart surgery. I've heard it from others though. I know people want to quit when they're not playing well or when they've played too much, but what else does it? Is it when you've become stagnate or feel that you've reached a plateau? When you go out and keep shooting that same score - even if it's not a bad score, do you just get tired of the same old thing?

I call it the "Here I go again" syndrome. If I have been playing poorly and my practice seems not to be paying off, I sometimes feel like just chucking it all and going back to fishing. At least I could blame the weather or the fish for my poor performance. I suppose it is the plateau effect. Golf is so odd, I spend so much time feeling like I am just on the cusp of moving to the next level. I go forward three steps and then back up two. It is so frustrating that I do sometimes just want to quit.

07-22-2009, 07:06 PM	#2
draigenia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 534 Senior Member	I've been thinking about something Dyna said the other day. He didn't play poorly, but wanted to quit anyway. This surprised me coming from a guy who was back on the course within weeks of open heart surgery. I've heard it from others though. I know people want to quit when they're not playing well or when they've played too much, but what else does it? Is it when you've become stagnate or feel that you've reached a plateau? When you go out and keep shooting that same score - even if it's not a bad score, do you just get tired of the same old thing? I call it the "Here I go again" syndrome. If I have been playing poorly and my practice seems not to be paying off, I sometimes feel like just chucking it all and going back to fishing. At least I could blame the weather or the fish for my poor performance. I suppose it is the plateau effect. Golf is so odd, I spend so much time feeling like I am just on the cusp of moving to the next level. I go forward three steps and then back up two. It is so frustrating that I do sometimes just want to quit.
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