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The Season of Barela Rolls On || Tournament Central on Disc Golf Network
Anthony Barella's historic victory at the Jonesboro Open is still sinking in, and we're excited to share his post-tournament insights. In a special interview with Tournament Central's Nate Perkins, Anthony opens up about his pre-tournament jitters and how he managed to shake off those nerves. He reveals that being part of such a prestigious tournament made him feel more pressure than ever before, but also fueled his determination to perform. As the score seesawed back and forth with Chase Card, Anthony admits to checking scores frequently, but ultimately refocused when things weren't going in his favor. So, what sparked his remarkable turnaround? We'll explore that and more as Anthony shares his mental approach to overcoming adversity on the course.
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all right everyone welcome back into Tournament Central Nate Perkins here with a special interview with your Jonesboro open Champion Anthony Barella Anthony I know it's been a few minutes man but you have to be in a little bit of disbelief right now yeah I mean I don't even know how to feel it's just things happen so fast and stuff flip flops and everything just fell into place today man you said in your interview with Brian that you were feeling a little bit nervous today like probably more nervous than you've ever felt you know this year and what does that feel like to you how does it present present itself in your body what does it keep you from doing on the course when you are feeling those nerves um it's just a a lot of underc commitment and like in my mind like this course is so prestigious it's been around for so long it like it felt real more real today than it had in the past and it was just all about getting through my head that I can do it and then down the stretch I was feeling nervous and I was just telling myself this is what I live for this is why I play the game and just telling myself I could do it and committing man how often were you kind of checking scores when things didn't seem to be going your way were you taking a peak to see what the Chase card what the third card might be doing out there yeah I knew the scores were close so after a whole after whole 12 or after I made that long Eagle put I was checking the scores after every hole just to see what was going on and what I I needed to do so after 12 the three you kind of steep back into the tree line you looked a little deflated and then of course you went on that tear what are you able to kind of switch on to to be able to to go from it's not going your way to pretty much birding out the rest of the holes yeah I just hadn't I felt like I hadn't thrown a great shot or made a big putt the whole day and I just needed something to spark in and get that...
