your golf shot begins long before you strike the ball it starts mentally as soon as you have hit the previous one give yourself the maximum of 10 steps to ponder your shot then bring your head up and change your thoughts to something other than your golf if you are having a bad golf day breeding over every disappointing shot is going to make your day and game worst most new golfers fear the short game and this is because they have not spent enough time practicing everyone loves the challenge of hitting a ball to see how far it travels and they probably spend 75 percent practice time on this type of training but for a great short game they need to change their focus from distance to accuracy most golfers do not realize that knowing the mental side of their game is equally important as learning the correct physical techniques