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By ChetlovesMer ·
That's an interesting take. .... I'll have to think about it for a while. .... (See what I did there?) -
By ChetlovesMer ·
6 of the 10 voices in my head agree with you. -
By GolfLug ·
Relatively speaking I think golf is the most stupid monkey sport there is. A proper scratch player can garden-walk away with a ho-hum 75 while making the grocery list. It doesn't require supreme mental acuity to know/decide course management... i.e., you can't go wrong with FIRs/GIRs. Mentally, just need to cut out the noise and hit your stock shot shape all day to play to your physical potential. OTOH, a quarterback, a point guard or a midfielder prolly spends an order of magnitude more mental energy in decision making every play with way more options and way more negative outcomes they have to navigate and then execute. I find these sports much more cerebral. Physically, they are all hard depending on the level most avid sportsperson strive to achieve. -
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By saevel25 ·
Some things I classify under mental 1) Ability to maintain or regain focus. 2) Ability to maintain strict adherence to the craft at an elite level. The floor to even be an NFL player or NBA player is so high. In the sport itself, there is still a wide range of athletic ability. Sometimes, a person who is uber athletic has a very short career versus someone else. That could be inability to maintain a strict regime to learn the craft and execute at a high level. That is where I think the mental game matters the most. Hand eye coordination, and touch, that is almost all physical. Your ability to swing the club with the precision needed to achieve high level results is so difficult its really absurd. Again, I think the mental game falls under this bin. 1) Sticking to the gameplan. 2) Practicing at a level that matches the level of golfer you want to be. 3) Ability to focus on the course. 4) Probably, knowing what type of person you are emotionally. Can you turn pressure into focus. Does pressure distract you. How to mitigate that. Stuff like that. I think professional athletes say it is mental because they are at the top 0.00001% of their sport. So, to them the only edge left is that focus, not making that one mistake. There could just be a gap in physical talent as well. Good luck covering Randy Moss in his prime. Weighting how much all that stuff matters when you can't hit the ball 250 yards off the tee. Physical ability is king.
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