Kat Mertsch On Balancing Her Mentality During The Round, Practicing By Herself & Her Home State
Kat Mertsch sits down to discuss her approach to balancing her mentality during competition rounds and practicing on her own. The Arkansas native shares her experience playing in front of a home crowd at Disc Side of Heaven, a venue that brings out her fun-loving side. Kat opens up about focusing on her mental state, using techniques like detachment while staying present, and the fine line between being mindful and getting caught up in the moment. She also talks about having goals for the upcoming event and how she likes to practice solo due to her desire for self-awareness and comfort in her own skin. With a dash of humor, Kat shares her reasoning for sprinting through the round to pick up her friend Nico, and explains how solo practice helps her avoid worrying about affecting others' energy or vibes.
Watch Kat Mertsch discuss her mental prep for disc golf competition & self-practice techniques from her home state.
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and we are back here with cat merch native to arkansas kat how does it feel to be playing in your home state pretty good it's nice to be back home it's nice to feel the humidity clogging my lungs love it here and do you love the disc side of heaven yeah i do i really do it's very fun it's fun to like let loose so some would say that you're having like a breakout season this year some high rated rounds some excellent finishes could you shed a little bit of light on what you've been focused on this season in your game i've been focused on my mental state during the rounds i just try to like detach but stay attached be in the moment but be away from the moment it's a very fine line i've been trying to focus on um just trying to distract myself from like the reality of it all thank you for sharing that um so would you say that you have goals or expectations for this weekend's event or are you just again trying to live in the moment we'll see how it goes i mean of course i'd like to win i'd love to win in arkansas but you know we'll just see how it goes all right thank you kat i'm going to have nate perkins join here good to see you kat hi friends i saw you out there i would say sprinting um you played the round solo would you say is there some strategy to to why you were running through your round or well to be honest uh nico was rolling into town and i didn't want to be late for picking him up you know so i was just like i gotta get through it gotta go get him well that that's a good reason you like to practice by yourself i do yeah what what aspect of practicing solo what would you say helps you what aspect of practicing solo helps me i think just i'm really comfortable in my own skin when i'm around other people i i feel like i need to be like a little bit more aware of the energy and emotion that i put out so i can kind of not worry about that you know i don't have to worry about messing up someone else's...
