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How Brodie Smith Stays Focused On Tour | Debate Night Clips
Brodie Smith shares his mental approach to staying focused and calm under pressure during tournament play. The professional disc golfer opens up about his strategies for maintaining composure despite a disappointing run, where he felt like he was throwing decent shots but struggling with precision. Specifically, Brodie talks about the pivotal hole four, where a single mistake cost him momentum in the round. He reveals how he adapted to changing wind conditions and adjusted his disc selection, highlighting the importance of self-awareness and risk management in high-pressure situations. By sharing his insights, Brodie provides valuable lessons for golfers looking to improve their focus and consistency on the course.
Watch Brodie Smith's mental approach to staying focused on tour with Debate Night Clips. Insights on dominating disc golf tournaments under pressure.
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think any of us were actually watching live your last few holes because well for a lack of better terms we either just didn't want to see it yeah or we had given up on hope of something turning around but i mean obviously you somehow didn't being in the midst because i've been in those rounds where you had what four holes in the middle where you went ob on your drive i don't even know it was just four it felt like it felt like every t shot was just going ob yeah so how on earth did you keep yourself in like a focused calm mindset to where you were actually able to get the birdies necessary to finish in the top three so i i felt like i only had thrown one bad shot as crazy as that sounds yeah it the the shot on hole four spoiler i was not going for the birdie so i did get i did get some tweets and stuff from people being like hey like do you feel like trying to go for the birdie on hole four was the bad mistake and i was like what what does that mean go for the and i was like trying to think what hole that was i was like the one that i threw it like on the highway i was like i was i was trying to throw a straight shot there i i really felt like i was actually throwing the disc really well i was just really struggling at the time of dis selection and angle control of like figuring out exactly what angle we had just gone from playing like extremely windy conditions to not extremely windy conditions and i was just struggling to like just find a fairway it felt like i was either picking the wrong disc or picking the right disc and not throwing it on the right angle and so i was i was making mistake after making mistake but i wasn't feeling like i was throwing bad hole four that was kind of a shank i i turned it over way more than i wanted to and just didn't really commit to the shot and so that was like the one shot that i really felt in the front nine like oh that wasn't very good but other than that i...
