First Tee Jitters – John Hughes Golf

Have you ever been so nervous on the first tee that you just can’t start your swing? Or stay focused on the target you picked? Or better yet, just turned around and decided not to play?

Within this video, PGA Master Professional of Instruction and 2-time North Florida PGA Section Teacher/Coach of the Year, John Hughes, provides you a couple of suggestions to remedy your 1st tee jitters. This is a companion video of another similar video on the channel. And talks addresses a specific technique to overcome your nerves when teeing off in an important event.

John is a Golf Digest Magazine Top Instructor in the State and one of Golf Tips Magazine’s Top 25 Instructors. His advice within this video is meant for any golfer attempting to overcome their inability to keep calm and get off the first tee with confidence.

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Unknown Speaker 0:00 Do you have a process to get   off the first tee that calms your nerves, and  lets you understand it’s just one shot. Come   on back, I’m going to show you what a simple  process could be to accomplish just that.  

Unknown Speaker 0:18 So a lot of times I’ll   get someone to come here to Falcons fire for golf  school, we’re on the 10th Tee. And sometimes this   will be our first tee for the day with the nine  holes of oncourse instruction we do with those  

Golf schools. And the person will say, Man, I’m  nervous. This is my first hole. What do I do? I’m   always so jittery. I’m always so nervous. Well,  why? Because you’re putting a lot more value than   you really need to ingest this one shot. This is  the beginning shot isn’t important. Absolutely,  

It’s important. But if you make it more important  than it actually is, yes, you’re going to have   difficulty with it. Here’s a simple process.  Number one, just start breathing. Breathe in,   so your chest so your belly actually comes out and  then breathe out through your mouth. And as you’re  

Doing that, find something in the distance to aim  to, you can barely see it on this down the line   camera through the trees and over the back trees.  There’s a very, very small telephone pole.   Unknown Speaker 1:18 That’s my target. Why do I  

Want to make it that small, because the smaller I  make my target, the more focused I become on it,   versus trying to hit the ball. Maybe just maybe  it’ll take my mind off of trying to hit the ball.  

Very much like having a dart in your hand, you’re  just trying to throw and hit the bullseye.   Unknown Speaker 1:40 That’s all we’re trying to do here. So again,   just some breathing, Unknown Speaker 1:45   to relax. Unknown Speaker 1:48  

Some practice swings, just going through  a routine as if it’s just any other shot,   keeping my mind focused on that  little top of the telephone pole.   Unknown Speaker 2:01 And that’s all I’m looking at  

Here. That’s all I can see in my mind’s  eye. And then when I go to the ball   Unknown Speaker 2:10 I didn’t necessarily hit that. But   now I’ve got it in play. And I’m not so nervous.  It’s all a matter of focusing on something small,  

Relaxing and trusting the fact that you are  capable of hitting that small target questions,   comments leaving below, get to as many as I  can as quick as I can. Ring the bell. Hit the   logo so you can subscribe. Come on back often  want to help you improve your golf skills.