EFT Golf Lesson: Handling Frustration

Have you ever experienced frustration on the golf course, only to end up out of sync with your swing? From missing an easy shot, to having a bad round, to losing a tournament, frustration can leave you cursing yourself, your opponents, your equipment and even the golf course.

Frustration is one of those ‘mental hazards’ that can easily make you ‘lose your cool’ if you allow it to, destroying and undoing many long hours of practice and your otherwise refined skills.

While it is understandable and only human to get frustrated when things aren’t going your way, the frustration factor can be detrimental to your game, mentally and physically. Frustration weakens your mental focus, which can directly impact on the physical execution of the shot.

Luckily frustration can be handled very effectively using EFT. By tapping on your frustrations you can, within minutes, switch off the destructive mental noise and ‘static’ that de-stabilize and interfere with your performance.

Here a two different methods for you to try.

EFT Quick Release Method for Frustration

Use this ‘Quick Release Method’ to take the edge off your frustration, right there on the spot, when your emotions are triggered. You can easily apply this method in between shots. For instance, if your last shot caused your frustration levels to escalate then your ‘mental static’ may unwittingly interfere with your next shot.

Do this quick release before your next shot so that you don’t ‘carry’ the ‘frustration static’ to your next hole.

Tap the following points, repeating out aloud or in your mind the following release statements.

Click here for the tapping points

EB: I’m so frustrated
SE: This frustration
UE: I have all this frustration
UN: I’m so frustrated with myself
CH: I’m so frustrated with my shot/equipment
CB: This frustration
UA: This frustration
UB: I’m so frustrated

EB: I let go of my frustration
SE: I release my frustration
UE: I can feel my frustration releasing
CH: I let go of my frustration
CB: I let go of my frustration
UA: I allow myself to let go of this frustration
UB: I am completely calm, relaxed and focused

Tapping 2 simple rounds like this while you feel frustrated will quickly ‘take the edge’ off your frustration. If you have time, repeat with further rounds and you will be much better prepared mentally an physically for your next shot.

EFT Exercise To Release Frustration

Here is a simple EFT strategy that will help you eliminate your frustrations, so that you can focus and get on with what you want to achieve rather than what is not going right.

Step 1: Cause of Frustation

Think about an aspect of the game that causes you frustration or a specific incident/event that causes/d frustration. Rate your level of frustration on a scale of 0-10, with 0=no frustration whatsoever, 10=extremely frustrated.

Step 2: EFT Set Up

While rubbing the sore spot repeat the following set up phrase:

"Even though I’m frustrated with/about (aspect of the game that is causing your frustration), I choose to accept and release it"

"Even though I’m frustrated with (aspect of the game that is causing your frustration), I choose to focus on what I want to achieve"

"Even though I’m frustrated with (aspect of the game that is causing your frustration), I choose to be calm, relaxed and focused"

Step 3: Tapping

Next tap the EFT points continuously while you focus your mind on the particular aspect of the game or incident that is causing your frustration. For instance if are frustrated about losing a tournament, picture the frustration, feel the frustration and run the event through your mind from start to finish as though you are watching a movie of the ‘loss’ and all it's pitfalls.

Continue ‘running the movie’ and tapping through all aspects of your frustration until you feel as though the incident no longer bothers or frustrates you.

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EFT Golf Lesson: How To Improve Hitting Distance

Here is a step-by-step EFT exercise you can try out next time you’re out on the driving range. This exercise gives you a sample of how to apply EFT to your golf practice.

If you have never tried EFT before, all you need to do is familiarize yourself with the EFT Tapping Points, before you begin the exercise. Click Here for an EFT Tapping Points Diagram.

Step 1: Pick out 4 clubs of your choice (number and kind of club) that are meant to send the ball different distances.

Step2: Hit four balls with each club and rate the success of each stroke. You may give each stroke a rating out of 10 or use subjective descriptions such as ‘good’ ‘really good’ ‘average’ ‘poor’ ‘completely off’ etc. Record your outcomes. This is to establish your baseline, so that you can compare your success ‘before EFT’ and ‘after EFT’

Step 3: Decide what you would like to improve, perhaps by looking at your weakest point. I will use the following example, (use your own or follow along with this one). Let’s say you have decided you would like to improve your stroke by ‘hitting it straight and far’.

Step 4: Tap along to this script. Start by rubbing the ‘tender spot’ on your chest, repeat the following statements.

‘Even though I have this tension about hitting the distance, I deeply and completely accept myself’

‘Even though I have this tension about hitting the distance, I choose to hit the ball straight and far’

‘Even though I have this tension about hitting the distance, I choose to stay calm, relaxed and focused'

Now follow the script below and tap from the eyebrow EB to the under arm UA point, completing 2 rounds. At each point repeat the phrase ‘this tension about hitting the distance’. Continue with a further 2 rounds of positive affirmations. Begin now with round 1 as follows.

Round 1

EB: this tension about hitting the distance
SE: this tension about hitting the distance
UE: this tension about hitting the distance
UN: this tension about hitting the distance
CH: this tension about hitting the distance
CB: this tension about hitting the distance
UA: this tension about hitting the distance

Round 2

EB: this tension about hitting the distance
SE: this tension about hitting the distance
UE: this tension about hitting the distance
UN: this tension about hitting the distance
CH: this tension about hitting the distance
CB: this tension about hitting the distance
UA: this tension about hitting the distance

Round 3

EB: I hit the ball straight and far
SE: I hit the ball straight and far
UE: I hit the ball straight and far
UN: I hit the ball straight and far
CH: I hit the ball straight and far
CB: I hit the ball straight and far
UA: I hit the ball straight and far

Round 4

EB: I am calm, relaxed and focused
SE: I am calm, relaxed and focused
UE: I am calm, relaxed and focused
UN: I am calm, relaxed and focused
CH: I am calm, relaxed and focused
CB: I am calm, relaxed and focused
UA: I am calm, relaxed and focused

Take a deep breath.

Step 5: Now hit the 4 balls again with each club. With each new club you may repeat the EFT sequence. Record your outcome as you did previously, evaluating each shot again. You may also include a quick round of ‘I am calm, relaxed and focused’ before each ball, if you feel your nerves or tension rising before the shot.

Step 6: Compare your scores! Did you notice an improvement? Did you feel more calm and relaxed? Ask yourself again, what was my weakest point this time and use that for your next round of tapping.

Incorporate this exercise regularly into your practice, each time tapping on an area of weakness you have identified, followed by a round of tapping for your desired outcome and improvement level.

Enjoy and good luck!

What is EFT?

EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) is an exciting and simple tool to help you improve your golf game by eliminating anxiety and tension that can interfere with performance.Your mental state can make or break your game. EFT is a do-it-yourself acupressure technique that you can apply during a game, just before a particularly difficult hole or at the driving range to improve scores.

With EFT you can easily, quickly and permanently address the mental aspects of your game that create challenges and weaknesses in your game.EFT involves simply tapping on a series of 8 ‘energy’ acupuncture points points on your face and hands while mentally focusing on the challenge that you are experiencing.

EFT is an invaluable tool for golfers because issues and problems are addressed on a physiological level. There is therefore no "work" for you to do, other than learning the mechanics of tapping. It's a simple, straightforward technique that produces profound results.

Gary Craig, the Stanford-trained engineer who developed EFT explains, “EFT is a coping strategy that is invaluable to golfers. Anyone can use it to eliminate performance related worries; even the most persistent ones. It is also useful for golfers whose confidence is undermined when competing against “better” players.”Craig goes on to say, “Most experienced golfers know how to technically make perfect shots but few golfers can execute those kinds of shots with consistency. When consistency enters the picture, major improvements are possible. Many golfers have used EFT to drop their scores from the mid-80’s to the mid-70’s. Pros are also using it to shave that all important 1 or 2 strokes off of important rounds.”

EFT is a cutting edge performance enhancement method, which you can use in a number of creative ways to elevate your golf game. For more information about EFT visit www.idealsoulutions.com and www.emofree.com