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Paul McBeth on the Playoff at Worlds - Nick and Matt Show
Paul McBeth opens up about his experience playing in the playoff at Worlds, sharing insights into the mental game and pressure he faced during that pivotal moment. Nick and Matt discuss their own interactions with Paul, including a memorable tee time in 2014 where Paul let James Edens take the lead. Paul reflects on how this decision affected him, feeling like he put too much pressure on himself to match James' performance throughout the round. He discusses how he shifted into match play mode, instead of continuing to execute his game plan, and admits to "juicing" the pressure. The conversation provides a unique look at the mental side of competitive disc golf, with Paul McBeth offering candid advice on how to stay focused under pressure and maintain composure in high-stakes situations.
Watch Paul McBeth crush it in the Worlds playoff with Nick & Matt's expert breakdown. High-stakes golf from a disc golf legend.
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welcome to the nick and matt show bringing the player interviews you want to hear and the hot topics you want to discuss streaming live on the foundation podcast youtube channel here's nick and matt you walk up to hole 16 there's you know a couple minutes break you guys have to check scores and everything like that and then one of the guys announcing everyone's names tells everyone in the crowd we have a play off and in that moment like everyone is just kind of like rush to 16 get to 16 get the best view of everything and now you got over a thousand people easily just rushing over to 16. you and james are walking up in this situation and i think you teed first in the 2014 playoff right you were the first one to t every single time well i had the hot round yeah so that's what i mean so now you're stepping up to hole 16 in this playoff would you have preferred to throw first like where is the mindset of you right now well in that moment and what i think i took away from from it the most is that you know i feel like all right i kind of put james in the driver's seat basically i let james depict what was going to happen to where i knew like i should have just stepped up to that and been like i've been throwing all my shots great i didn't make a mistake on 18 i laid it up perfectly i threw my second my third shot perfectly made the putt right on the pole and every hole prior to that was pretty much ideal and then um you know i kind of just let some doubt into my head to where all right james just put on the island i need to match him to where i didn't have to match him at all like i had been putting that pressure on james and everyone else the whole time to where i just needed to continue to to play how i was that round um and i just kind of turned it into a match play which i shouldn't have done that i felt like i had to do better than what he just did and i just i just juiced it too much to where i...
