Sample Report — Fictional Athlete
This is an example of the personalized Golf report. Jordan Rivera is a fictional athlete — no real athlete data is shown.
Jordan Rivera's DISC Profile
Golf Profile — Sample
Jordan's Results
A combination of your two strongest traits — they're within 20% of each other.
- Task-Oriented
- Logical Thinking Style
- Objective
- Competitive
- Persevering
- Determined
EMBRACE YOUR STYLE
Your Steady/Dominance blend DISC Style is an important part of who you are as a golfer!
Your DISC Style In Action
Like all DISC Styles, your style has certain traits that can work for you, or might hold you back, depending on how you manage them. Examples from your profile are listed below. Keep in mind that a strength “over-done” can become a weakness.
| Working For You | Could Hold You Back |
|---|---|
| Determined: At her best, Jordan competes with a steady and determined energy throughout the round. | Determined: Jordan’s determination sometimes creates excessive tension that gets in the way of making her best swing. |
| Logical Thinking: Jordan’s logical thinking style helps her think through her strategy and shot selection decisions. | Logical Thinking: Jordan’s logical thinking style can sometimes lead to over-thinking and getting in the way of making her best swing. |
| Competitive: Jordan views golf as an ongoing competitive challenge and often thinks about improving her game. | Competitive: Jordan’s competitive instincts are to “try harder,” when she is playing poorly, which can hurt more than it helps. |
Golf Temperament Tendencies
Blended Golf Temperament Style
Jordan’s golf temperament style is a blend of competitive and determined tendencies from the Dominance side of her DISC style, combined with the more relaxed and patient tendencies from the Steady side. She is motivated by the competitive aspects of golf, and ongoing desire to make steady improvement in her game.
Steady & Determined Nature
At her best, Jordan plays with a steady and determined energy throughout the round. At other times, especially if she is playing poorly, her competitive instincts often lead to “trying harder,” which often hurts more than it helps. By being aware of this tendency, she can use deep breathing to “gear down” a bit and get into a more relaxed mindset for turning her game around.
Turning Frustration Back Into Positive Energy
While Jordan is not as prone to deep and sustained anger as the ultra-competitive and intense style players, she can become quite frustrated with her game and create negative mental energy. She can help stay closer to her emotional best regardless of how she is playing by using short positive self-talk phrases as a strategy for quickly turning frustration back into positive energy.
Pre-Round Tendencies
Values Good Preparation
Jordan is a logical and task-oriented thinker. She instinctively understands that good pre-round preparation is a logical step towards getting the round off to a good start. *She can reinforce this mindset by developing a quality warm-up routine, and using it on a consistent basis from round to round.
Get A Feel For Managing Tension
Determined style players like Jordan need to get a good feel for managing body tension before they step on the first tee. *“Rehearsing” some actual shots she’ll face during the round – like par 3 tee shots – will help simulate on the course pressure and give her a good feel for managing tension while she is warming up. This will also prepare her to play shots with the same pre-shot routine and thought processes she’ll use on the course.
Begin The Round Settled & Focused
Jordan is usually best prepared for a good start when she is in her normal competitive mindset, yet ready to begin the round settled and focused. *Allowing adequate time to warm up at an unhurried pace will help her be at her best right from the start of the round.
Tendencies When Playing Shots
Determined Mindset Over The Ball
Jordan is usually quite determined as she is over the ball playing a shot. While her determination is normally a strength, it can sometimes go overboard and lead to feeling “tight” and trying to force good shots. *Incorporating deep breathing into her pre-shot routine, will help reduce tension and promote good tempo and freedom of motion with her swing.
Logical Thinking Style
With Jordan’s logical thinking style, she strives to have a good understanding of what she is doing with her swing and how it affects ball flight. Sometimes she gets into a flow and her swing just seems to happen with little mental effort. At other times, she over-thinks what she is doing and gets in the way of making her best swing.
See The Shot & Trust My Swing
The good shots come easiest for Jordan when she plays with a “see the shot and trust my swing” mindset as opposed to trying to mentally program her swing over the ball. *Practicing her visualization skills and keeping her swing thoughts simple and feel-oriented are key strategies for helping free Jordan up to make her best swing. This also applies to her putting stroke and short game.
Course Management Tendencies
Balanced Course Management Style
Jordan’s overall course management style is one of balance. The bolder traits from the Dominance side of her DISC style, are balanced to some degree by the more conservative traits from the Steady side. Her shot selection decisions tend to show more balance than players who lean towards either a very bold or very conservative approach.
Situational Decision Maker
At her best, Jordan uses her balanced style to make shot selection choices situationally – aggressive when the odds are in her favor, and more conservative to protect her score when faced with high risk/low percentage shots. Jack Nicklaus used this type of balanced course management style in building the greatest major championship record in golf history.
Be Fully Committed To The Shot
Jordan’s commitment to the shot is usually strong when she feels she has made a smart shot selection choice. *She can reinforce this strength of her DISC style by developing a game plan and making certain strategy decisions before the round. For example, by deciding which holes she’ll play conservatively off the tee as part of her game plan, she’ll likely be fully committed to these shots as she is playing them during the round.
Approach To Game Improvement
Challenge Oriented
Jordan views golf as an ongoing competitive challenge, and often thinks about improving her game and playing at a higher level. *She can create a clear sense of direction for improving her game, by setting a few challenging and meaningful goals for her game, and developing specific action steps towards accomplishing them.
Practice Like You’re Playing
*Also, from a game improvement standpoint, Jordan can reinforce her competitive tendencies by spending part of her practice time using drills and games that simulate “on the course” competitive situations. The more her practice time feels like actually playing golf, the more likely it will produce improvement on the course.
At Your Best
My *Strategies For Improved Performance On The Course
Golf Temperament – At my best, I…
…*use positive self-talk phrases to quickly turn frustration back into positive energy.
…enjoy competing with my natural steady and determined energy throughout the round.
Pre-Round Preparation – At my best, I…
…allow adequate time to *warm up with a quality routine at a relaxed and unhurried pace.
…“rehearse” some actual shots I’ll play during the round to get a feel for managing tension and playing with the same pre-shot routine and thought processes I’ll use on the course.
Playing Shots – At my best, I…
…keep thoughts about my swing and putting stroke simple and feel-oriented.
…incorporate deep breathing into my *pre-shot routine to reduce tension and promote good tempo and freedom of motion with my swing.
…play with a “see the shot and feel my swing” mindset that frees me up to make my best swing.
Course Management – At my best, I…
…*develop a game plan and commit to certain key strategy decisions before the round.
…make course management decisions situationally – aggressive when the odds are in my favor, and more conservative when faced with potentially risky shots.
Customizing Your “Positive Self-Talk Phrases”
“Jordan At her Best” says…
…I use *positive self-talk phrases to quickly turn frustration back into positive energy.
…I enjoy competing with my natural steady and determined energy throughout the round.
Customizing “Your Warm-Up Routine”
“Jordan At her Best” says…
…I *allow adequate time to warm up with a quality routine at a relaxed and unhurried pace.
…I *“rehearse” some actual shots I’ll play during the round to get a feel for managing tension and playing with the same pre-shot routine and thought processes I’ll use on the course.
Customizing “Your Pre-Shot Routine”
“Jordan At her Best” says…
…I keep thoughts about my swing and putting stroke simple and feel-oriented.
…I incorporate deep breathing into my *pre-shot routine to reduce tension and promote good tempo and freedom of motion with my swing.
…I play with a *“see the shot and feel my swing” mindset that frees me up to make my best swing.
Customizing “Your Game Plan Strategies”
“Jordan At her Best” says…
…I *develop a game plan and commit to certain key strategy decisions before the round.
…I *make course management decisions situationally – aggressive when the odds are in my favor, and more conservative when faced with potentially risky shots.
Goals & Practice Strategies
Players with your Steady/Dominance DISC Style tend to view golf as an ongoing competitive challenge, and often think about improving their game and playing at a higher level.
- Create a clear sense of direction for improving your game by setting a meaningful goal in the space below.
- Use the process below to customize your practice strategies.
The more your practice feels like actually playing golf, the more apt it will lead to improved performance on the course!!
Information For Your Coaches
Insights For Golf Instructors
- Jordan will be most comfortable with an orderly learning environment. She’ll prefer for you to make your coaching points in a concise and organized manner.
- She’ll want to understand the logic behind the changes you suggest, but perhaps not to the same level of detail that your very analytical and methodical students might expect. Be careful not to overload her with thoughts about her mechanics, or with data from video and other technology.
- Jordan’s determination can lead to excessive tension that gets in the way of making her best swing. Strategies like incorporating deep breathing into her pre-shot routine, and maintaining moderate grip pressure at address, will help reduce tension and promote good tempo and range of motion with her swing.
- Jordan prefers to work on her game with clear objectives in mind. Collaborating with her on the goal-setting/action plan process in Section 3 of her report will help her create a clear sense of direction for improving her game.
Engaging Jordan’s Visual and Feel-Oriented Learning Senses
Why: Engaging Jordan’s visual and feel-oriented senses as part of the learning process will encourage her to play with a “see the shot and feel my swing” approach that frees her up to make her best swing.
How: Along with utilizing drills and training aids that help create the “feel” for a desired motion, you can further engage these senses with “look and feel,” type suggestions and questions like these –
“Describe what your tempo feels like when you swing at 50% effort.”
“Tell me how various areas of your body feel with this set-up position.”
“Which is easier for you to visualize when you’re playing under pressure – a right to left, or left to right ball flight?”
“Think of your swing as being one continuous motion, as opposed to a series of ‘positions’ throughout the swing.”
Insights For Fitness Coaches
- Jordan will view improving her golf fitness as part of paying the price for moving her game to a higher level. She is motivated more by logic than hype, so maintain credibility by explaining the program without over-selling the potential benefits.
- Jordan prefers to work with specific objectives in mind. Perform an initial assessment and explain how any limitations in flexibility and strength are affecting her swing. This assessment will also provide a benchmark for measuring progress as she progresses through her program.
- Jordan’s competitive nature can create excessive tension that gets in the way of receiving full benefit from stretching and flexibility exercises. Encourage deep breathing to reduce tension and allow her body to respond properly to these exercises.
- Once Jordan begins her program, she’ll likely follow through with a consistent work ethic. Let her know when she is making progress, even if it’s coming in incremental steps.
Engaging Jordan’s Visual and Feel-Oriented Learning Senses
Why: Engaging Jordan’s visual and feel-oriented learning senses as part of the learning process, will help her relax and more easily develop proper exercise technique.
How: Along with demonstrating an exercise and asking her to imitate what she sees, you can further engage her natural learning tendencies with “look and feel” type suggestions and questions like these –
“Describe how various areas of your body feel when you perform this exercise.”
“Can you demonstrate how this specific limitation in your flexibility is affecting your swing and range of motion?”
“Show me how your swing will look once you’re stronger and more flexible.”
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