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Page Count: 224
Printing Date: April 30, 1995
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GOLF IS NOT A GAME OF PERFECT Listen to the teacher that teaches today's top professionals.
Dr. Bob Rotella is one of the hottest performance consultants in America today. Among his many professional clients are Nick Price, Tom Kite, Pat Bradley, John Daly, and many others. In Golf Is Not A Game Of Perfect, Rotella -- or 'Doc,' as most players refer to him, goes beyond just the usual mental aspects of the game and the reliance on specific techniques.
Rotella creates an attitude and a mindset about all aspects of a golfer's game, from mental preparation to competition and with a conversational fashion in a dynamic blend of anecdote and lesson. Rotella helps golfers improve their golf game and have more fun playing. Some of his maxims include:
- On the very first tee, a golfer must expect only two things of himself: to have fun, and to focus his mind properly on every shot.
- Golfers must learn to love the challenge when they hit a ball into the rough, trees, or sand. The alternatives -- anger, fear, whining, and cheating -- do no good.
- Confidence is crucial to good golf. Confidence is simply the aggregate of the thoughts you have about yourself.
Filled with delightful and insightful stories about golf and the golfers Rotella works with, Golf Is Not A Game Of Perfect will improve the game of even the most casual weekend player.
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One of golf guru Jim Flick's mantras is that golf is 90 percent mental, and the other 10 percent is mental, too. Dr. Bob Rotella, a noted sports psychologist and performance consultant, roots around the golfer's mind to expose--and analyze--the doubts, the fears, and the frustrations that haunt anyone who's ever picked up a club and swung it. Through anecdote and aphorism he suggests how these mental and emotional hazards can be played through, and, regardless of skill level, how teeing off with a more positive and confident outlook will translate into better performance.
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I suspect the book I ordered is a good one, but all I have is suspicion since I never received the book. Guess I'll get a copy at Borders.
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Excellent to help you get your head on straight in this fun game of golf. It was recommended to me by my golf instructor and I read it every so often to help me keep playing in a fun way. I highly recommend this book.
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If you are interested in the Mental aspect of The Game all of Doc Rotellas books are a must!
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Dr Bob Rotella is extremely well known in golf education for his advice on how to train your mind to play your best golf. He has helped some distinguished players including Tom Kite.
His basic philosophy is:
1. Believe you can achieve your golfing dream.
2. Have no swing thoughts or any thoughts about swing mechanics when you play.
3. Focus on a target for the ball: the smaller the better.
4. Stay in the present: forget previous shots (good and bad), don't think about the score for the round (good or bad). This will only distract you.
I have awarded this a one star. This is perhaps harsh, perhaps a three star would be appropriate but here is why I did:
My average handicap is 25 (27 in competition). I have been playing for three years and in the past 7 months as much as 5 or 6 times a week. I eat, sleep and dream golf. I devour new books and DVDs from the big names and some of the less well known.
I regularly watched the golf channel UK (RIP) and read Golf Digest online. My best rounds are around 85. My theoretical best (best scores per hole on different days) is 63.
In spite of starting this great game of golf at the age of 40, I've done well in many other sports and activities (squash, snowboarding, fencing, motorsport, aviation) and believe I should be able to play at a good level: regularly in the 80s and why not, with training and perseverance, in the 70s.
In short, my profile matches that of the target reader for this book. I had high expectations of this book and was hoping to discover new information and techniques on how to train my mind to get the best from my golf.
In reality, I found nothing new here. Most of the advice really is common sense and common place in all the golf related material I've encountered. Bob spends too much time covering what not to think. In the audio version, Bob drones on so much he sent me to sleep. Sadly, I have to say, the book is not worth the money and I can not recommend it.
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The saying that goes "golf is 90% mental" cannot be more true and revealing after you finish reading this book. Granted you have to have the physical ability and a few golf lessons under your belt to be able to put a good round of golf together, but what this book does is help one put aside, or dismiss, those negative thoughts that somehow show up in your mind just as you set up to hit the ball. This book teaches you to think positive, it gives you good tips and great advice. I have implemented many of the tips given and I can say it has positively helped my golf game. I would say reading this book probably help me shave 5-6 strokes of my handicap.
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