2018 PDGA Pro Worlds: Sit-Down Interview With Paul McBeth
Watch Paul McBeth, four-time PDGA World Champion, sit down in an intimate interview at Smuggler's Notch for a candid look ahead to the 2018 Pro Worlds. The conditions have been ideal so far, with clear skies and pleasant temperatures, a welcome change from previous years' weather woes. As McBeth discusses his preparation for the event, he reveals that he feels more comfortable with his game than ever before, thanks in part to a year of focused practice and training. With four world titles under his belt, he's looking to break through to five, but acknowledges that this year's competition will be different - and more challenging. The conversation touches on McBeth's mental approach to the tournament, including how he's learned to manage pressure and expectation. He shares insights into his preparation process, emphasizing the importance of consistency throughout the year rather than trying to cram everything into one week.
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all right we're here at Smuggler's notch with four-time PDG world champion Paul Macbeth Paul thanks for taking some time to talk we're you know practice day here out at snugs how's the prep for the event be known so far really smooth I mean the weather is held off it it looked pretty ugly you know before we got here before most of the players got here but it's cleared up nicely I mean today was supposed to be rain but it looks like it's gonna be about 70 to 80 degrees outside it's been a couple years since your last world title what's what's changed for you this year what makes you feel like this year's may be different than the last two to where you can take this one down and get number five the biggest change is like I'm I'm a lot more comfortable with my game all around and then just being here being out of worlds like I came in and it's just calm like everything just calm not stressing out about it not worried about how am I gonna play I feel really confident in my game the last few five last few months I feel like everything's been coming together at the right time and this is this is the biggest turnaround the year and I'm just treating it like any other week you talked about calm coming in like the last couple years was were you putting more pressure on yourself trying to get that that fifth ring or maybe last year trying to get back to winning a title like do you put that pressure on yourself to wear it it does impact you ultimately yeah I mean I probably did put a little bit too much pressure on myself more just to be prepared to be ready in a short amount of time even though I was kind of like treating the world there's a different tournament like I need to prepare differently for this one I need to have my putting on point my dives on point but really the main focus is doing that throughout the year or the offseason to where I was just trying to cram it all into one week prior to the world championship so here I just used the whole year that's kind of a warm up getting to this point so...
