{"id":3292,"date":"2014-02-07T17:43:52","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T17:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=3292"},"modified":"2025-06-12T04:40:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:40:49","slug":"breaking-performance-slumps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/breaking-performance-slumps\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Through Performance Slumps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6069\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Depositphotos_32007217_original-copy-overcome-slumps.jpg\" alt=\"Overcome the Slumps\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Depositphotos_32007217_original-copy-overcome-slumps.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Depositphotos_32007217_original-copy-overcome-slumps-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lewis_Comeback_In_Golf\"><\/span>Lewis&#8217; Comeback In Golf<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Article Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/breaking-performance-slumps\/#Lewis_Comeback_In_Golf\" >Lewis&#8217; Comeback In Golf<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/breaking-performance-slumps\/#Breaking_Through_Performance_Slumps\" >Breaking Through Performance Slumps<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/breaking-performance-slumps\/#Related_Sports_Psychology_Articles\" >Related Sports Psychology Articles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/breaking-performance-slumps\/#Golfers_Mental_Edge\" >Golfer&#8217;s Mental Edge<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Are you currently in the middle of a <strong>performance slump<\/strong>? Do you ruminate about the causes of your slump and try to think your way out of it?&nbsp; Over-thinking your slump feeds the beast, compounds the problem, stirs frustration, increases <strong>anxiety<\/strong> and creates <strong>self-doubt<\/strong>. First, to get out of your slump, you want to stop telling yourself that you are in a slump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stacy Lewis, 28, is an American professional golfer on the U.S. LPGA Tour. Lewis has won two major championships, the 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship and the 2013 Women&#8217;s British Open. Lewis has been on the Tour for six years and has nine professional wins. In 2013, Lewis was ranked No. 1 in the Women&#8217;s World Golf Rankings for four weeks and, currently, is ranked No. 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewis extended her streak of top-10 finishes to 12 at the LPGA\u2019s season-opening Pure Silk Bahamas Classic without a tournament victory. Leading the event with two holes to go, Lewis ended up finishing second to Jessica Korda. Lewis lost the tournament on the 18<sup>th<\/sup> hole. It\u2019s the fourth time in the last four months that Lewis has been beaten by a birdie or eagle at the last hole and has four second-place finishes in her last seven tournaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some may say that Lewis is in a slump, but Lewis has a different perspective: \u201cIt&#8217;s very frustrating. I&#8217;ve had so many chances to win. It&#8217;s very frustrating, but to finish second a lot of weeks in a row, you&#8217;re not doing anything really wrong. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m taking out of this, I&#8217;m doing a lot of stuff right. There are more events and there are bigger tournaments this summer, so I&#8217;m just going to take this momentum from here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewis started the day four shots off the lead but charged boldly. She made birdie at six of her first eight holes and closed with a 7-under-par 66. She hit 17 of 18 greens in regulation but took 30 putts, her highest total all week. Hitting 17 greens does not qualify as a slump in golf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewis was able to extract the positives from her play instead of dwelling on the negatives and buying into the slump-talk: \u201cOverall, it&#8217;s probably one of the best ball-striking days I&#8217;ve ever had. Whatever number I needed to hit, I hit it. I almost holed out on the first hole, hit it in there eight feet on the second hole. I hit good putts, they just didn&#8217;t cooperate. They seemed to lip out or kind of bobble at the end, but I kept hitting good shots and kept giving myself chances. That&#8217;s really all you can do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of times what causes a <b>performance slump<\/b> is thinking you are in a slump. The key is balance: focusing on the positives while not overlooking areas for improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Breaking_Through_Performance_Slumps\"><\/span>Breaking Through Performance Slumps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You should relax. You will perform better if you stay calm.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You need to trust your abilities and your training.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You must stop telling yourself that you are in a slump. Don\u2019t over-think your performance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You need to focus on the present. Stop fearing the potential missed shot or reliving the past bad shot.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You should give yourself credit for the things you are doing well.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Understand that all golfers, even the greatest who ever played the game, experience ups and downs in performance. It\u2019s a natural part of golf. Be patient and push forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Sign Up For a <a title=\"Free Mental Toughness Report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/mental-toughness-report-athletes\/\">Free Mental Toughness Report!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-979ef383-5bc7-43ee-b8f9-249663ca1a6c\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_Sports_Psychology_Articles\"><\/span>Related Sports Psychology Articles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-05642731-8752-4dbf-9c18-5cc4d276e821\" class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/your-mental-game-and-performance-slumps\/\"><strong>Your Mental Game and Performance Slumps<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/break-slumps-how-to-get-past-a-performance-slump\/\"><strong>Break Slumps: How to Get Past a Performance Slump<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/mental-game-tips-to-get-past-performance-slumps\/\"><strong>Mental Game Tips To Get Past Performance Slumps<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" id=\"block-5726d13f-f715-4ca4-8813-2f8a9ebd8bc3\">*Subscribe to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/sports-psychology-podcast-by-peaksports-com\/id152566009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Sports Psychology Podcast<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on iTunes<br>*Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0ynyaalKxbnNmsoeL8gF5X?si=8224669de9b3435b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Sports Psychology Podcast<\/strong><\/a> on Spotify<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" id=\"block-281f5afb-980b-4c71-9aa0-11d606b5f7c9\"><strong>Download a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/mental-toughness-report-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free sports psychology report<\/a>&nbsp;to improve your mental game!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" id=\"block-94138e75-d591-4645-bb1d-212cf57a8841\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sport-psychology-training-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about our one-on-one mental game coaching.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Golfers_Mental_Edge\"><\/span>Golfer&#8217;s Mental Edge<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/golfers-mental-edge20.jpg\" alt=\"Golf Psychology CD\" class=\"wp-image-4169\" style=\"width:228px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s the <em>big sign<\/em> that <strong>your mental game is the weak link<\/strong> in your golf game? When you can\u2019t play consistently as well as when you play a practice or casual round\u2013or your <strong>range game<\/strong> is way better than your game on the course. If you suffer from <strong>lack of focus, low self-confidence, poor composure or other mental game obstacles on the course<\/strong>, you can\u2019t reach your true potential in golf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<em> Golfer\u2019s Mental Edge 2.0<\/em> Audio and Workbook program is ideal for any <strong>amateur, collegiate, junior, and tour professional golfer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Golf coaches and instructors<\/strong> would also be wise to teach \u201c<em>The Golfer\u2019s Mental Edge 2.0<\/em>\u201d principles to their players. 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