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Anthony Barela Claims Fourth Victory of the Season || Tournament Central on Disc Golf Network
Anthony Barela claims his fourth victory of the season at Pickleball Park's Bank De Moine challenge presented by DGA. Grant Zelner wraps up a day that was hot in every sense, but none hotter than Anthony Barella's play. Barella, a multi-time winner in 2024, dominates with ease, even after feeling like he was "in a trance" for the first seven holes. However, as the round heats up, so do his nerves, leading to an intense down stretch. With four-stroke lead in hand, Barella opens up about the pressure of playing at such a high level and how it's changing now that he has multiple wins under his belt. He shares his mental approach to managing nerves and staying focused on the task at hand. Watch as Grant Zelner sits down with Anthony Barela to discuss his strategy and emotions from an incredible day of competition at Pickleball Park.
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picker Park never fails to deliver and you can take that to the bank appropriately enough the true Bank De Moine challenge presented by DGA comes to a close Grant zelner on Tournament Central wrapping up a day that was hot in so many ways but no way hotter than the play by this man Anthony Barella a multi multi-time winner in 2024 and another one today AB first of all I want to hear your emotions now that you've had a few minutes to process things um I don't know it just I felt like I was in a trance for those first seven holes or so I just threw I felt like I could throw it anywhere and make it from anywhere and then whole eight I kind of let that downhill teapad take a toll on me and just completely yanked it to the side and lost Focus there for a little bit and then picked it back up and then down the stretch I was like more nervous than I've ever been before and then it just I ended up crawling to like a fourstroke lead and then I felt pretty calm after that you're such a young player you finally broke through this year and now you've become a multi-time winner so quickly I want to ask you about the nerves and how that's changing now that you have got some trophies in your trophy case you said though you're still feeling them so how are you dealing with them um yeah I feel the exact same nerves I felt before but it's just it's been the same thing every single time I've come down the stretch this season I just tell myself this is what you live for like these feelings are what you need to feel and and I just use that to my advantage you knew you had to get off to a hot start trailing by two at the beginning of the day after those first seven holes you knew that you had erased that lead from that point on were you keeping track of scores were you playing match play at all with uh Adam or anybody else on the card yeah I I had in my head what was going on between me and Adam pretty much the whole round and yeah I was just it's the final day...
