In this video Dr. Cowen talks about a pre round mental preparation and how it is beneficial to ones round. He says that you should have a game plan, focus on your game, remember it's just a warm up and to discard any expectations. Cowen says that a game plan should consist of processed goals, it should be planned for the golf course your playing, and that you should play to your strengths. Cowen also says that during your warm up you can't compare yourself to the other golfers and you have to focus on your pre-game preparations. Also when you're warming up his says you can't make any assumptions based on how you're hitting the ball at the range. Finally he says to disregard any expectations you have about playing, like have no target score. but set process goals instead. Cowen says this about self-confidence: "Self-confidence is a much better option than demands or strict expectations on your performance."

Each of Cowen's points are right, in a sense. Like the game plan idea is spot on, all golfers should know what they want to do on the course before they ever tee off. Also on the points for ones warm up, its true you can't focus on others or you'll psych yourself out before you even have a chance to play. Also, just because you're hitting the ball not exactly how you would like it to doesn't mean it'll transfer to the course, one might just have pre-round jitters. But his points on expectations are a little off. I like to have a 'reasonable' score that I want to reach and if I don't obtain my goal I look back to see where those strokes went. Also, never have I used process goals, which I don't even know what those are, during a round of golf. Basically I agree with the video Cowen made and think most of his points are credible except for the ones about expectations.