“What just happened”, I asked myself. “Did I really just come in last place?” The truth is sometimes hard to swallow but this pill seemed especially bitter. I guess someone has to come in last place and this time around it was my turn.
I was really hoping I was going to start blogging about disc golf again in a positive light. I have been training for the past few weeks. Working out on a regular basis, watching what I am eating and taking vitamins. I have been putting in the backyard a least three times during the week. The few practice rounds I have been able to squeeze in during the evening have been good and productive. All that work was suppose to payoff this weekend when I was to play the toughest course in Georgia.
Well the toughest course in Georgia had other plans for me. When I added my strokes up after the first round I couldn’t believe what I had shot. Sure I had a few mistakes and even more a few unlucky shots that resulted in some penalties but I didn’t think I could have shot what I did. To add insult to injury the rest of the group I played with shot eight strokes or better than I did. It made me sick. Second round was a blur as the weight of the first round still loomed over my head. Or perhaps it was more like a monkey throwing feces. Either way the lessons I learned in the first round didn’t help me much in the second and crap still seemed to fly from my hands.
Am I going to quit the sport of disc golf just because I came in last at a tournament….no way. What I am going to do is take a step back from playing in tournaments for a little while. Maybe a couple weeks or perhaps a couple months. I am not sure yet. What I do know is that I need to get back to working on the fundamentals. Don’t just go out to a course and play a round. I need to work on the individual aspects of my game to help the overall product. The main aspect I need to work on is the mental game. I have lost that since last year and my head just isn’t in it to win it.
