Does golfer Jordan Spieth need a go-to shot or go-to attitude?

Cameron Morfit, Senior Writer at GOLF Magazine, wrote that "Jordan Spieth is contending almost every time he plays, and once he finds a go-to shot he'll be hard to beat."

But I disagree, my take is that professional golfer Jordan Spieth already HAS a go-to shot, he just needs a go-to attitude to help him bring it out when he needs it, when it counts.

You see this a lot with professional golfers. They've got the shots, but when the pressure is on, the shots seem to evaporate, almost as it they have a belief, below the surface, that they won't make it.

What they need is to build the attitude and belief that they have the ability to do, in competition, what they have done in practice, time and time again.

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David Kenward - The Mental Coach
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Will Mickelson and Woods Ever Find Consistency with their Golf Mental Game?

What common thread do Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods have in common? Consistency - Mickelson's never had it, Woods used to, but now it's gone. But because lack of consistency is a mental game issue, then changing or developing it is a learned skill. The question is, can Mickelson learn it and Woods get it back? If they do, that will be quite a rivalry and will be a lot of fun to watch.

Does Cincinnati Reds' baseball player Brandon Phillips need a reality check?

I believe he does. So Brandon Phillips is upset he only got a six-year, $72.5 million contract from the Cincinnati Reds vs the 10-year, $225 million the Reds gave fellow player Joey Votto.

See the Cincinnati Reds blog article for details about that: http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2013/07/19/brandon-phillips-speaks-on-contract-cardinals-more/ [photo from that article]

I think what's missing here is a sense of perspective that professional sports are a BUSINESS. If the Reds management believe that paying Phillips $72.5 over six years, will help the Reds profit much more that that, then that's a good business decision, regardless if the rest of us think it's ludicrous that someone would complain about "only" getting paid that much.

Regards the "slap in the face," and being "lied to," with the result he didn't get $200 million, well, that's business, and Phillips needs to understand it's not personal. And that's another part of the mental game - moving on.

Fixing Rory McIlroy's Slump in the British Open

These tips can help McIlroy (and you) tap into past successes and triumphs and make them into a powerful mental game success mindset.
David Kenward - The Mental Coach

Is Lincecum's No Hitter a Career Fork in the Road?

Will Tim Lincecum's No-Hitter prove to be a high point or a low point in his career?
From a mental game perspective, the danger here is that Lincecum looks at his no-hitter as the pinnacle of his career, and expects a downturn from this point. What he needs is the perspective that this is a prediction of future success, that he can be effective - as long as he has consistency (which he showed in the no-hitter.
David Kenward - The Mental Coach

The Clock is Ticking for Tiger Woods

I recently read an article that had interviews with sports psychologists (and other therapists) talking about Tiger Woods and his denial, shame, addictions, etc.