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(More customer reviews)Golfers at all levels of expertise and sports psychology practitioners will surely want this book which offers "scientifically tested ways to perform better at golf while actually enjoying it more." Without hype or sensational promises, Saunders imparts the mental skills and strategies that make for an improved game.
Golf is an self-help instructional program with an audio CD of brief recorded exercises for relaxation, self-hypnosis, meditation, affirmations and visualization. You will see evidence of NLP and hypnosis throughout. The theoretical background of the program is based on right-brain-left-brain research showing that peak performance occurs when the right brain dominates and practiced skills become unconsciously driven. Imagery and self-hypnosis exercises in Golf teach golfers how to reprogram limiting beliefs and unwanted behaviors that get in the way of performance.
Saunders begins with the premise that good golf performance, and indeed, all sports performance depends, in part, on mental skills: the right level of "active relaxation," positive concentration, intuition, imagination, and total focus on the here and now. Drawing from his experiences in teaching self-hypnosis, his own golfing, and consultations with sports psychologists and both professional and amateur golfers, Saunders has produced an easy-to-follow program.
The program starts with progressive muscle relaxation for energy balance. Then Saunders adds guided imagery, to keep the golfer focused on a positive result, instead of replaying past mistakes. Next, readers learn NLP methods for anchoring resourceful states such as confidence, active relaxation, self-belief, and tempo. Saunders recommends affirmations and meditation to instill a positive mental attitude and ward off memories of bad shots and the self-criticism that creates negative expectations.
In Golf, readers will find remedies for bad golfing habits and problematic reactions to errors. His chapter on peak performance is particularly instructive. Saunders writes that playing "in the zone" involves mental skills such as self-confidence, optimism, motivation, and a positive attitude about errors. The CD allows the reader to actually experience the recommendations and exercises in the text. The relaxing background music and Saunders' gentle voice giving well-paced instructions provide enjoyable listening.
Saunders is a coach par excellence who teaches his readers how to apply NLP, visualization, positive thinking, and self-hypnosis to the game of golf. He makes a rather complex subject easy to understand and the psychological principles easy to apply. Every recommendation rests on findings from scientific research in sports psychology. In this book, readers will find a highly practical and readable text and a professionally-produced CD. No serious golfer should be without this book!
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This book offers the reader sound, scientifically tested ways and means to perform better at golf while actually enjoying it more! It presents a powerful strategy for players to not only improve on their golf game, but also their personal lives as well.Golf is essentially about the present moment—now, this shot! You play the shot that faces you and play it to the best of your ability, and when you are in the middle of one of these flows of good golf, your concentration is positiveand you are not haunted by the memory of bad shots. This book explains a quick and effective method for producing more of those great flows of golf, and how to avoid the pitfalls and the negative thinking.You will discover howeasy it is to develop—and keep—a confident frame of mind for better shot making.The program presented is developmental, as opposed to clinical or problem solving in nature.You learn about and develop your inner mental skills, skills which require you to 'go inside yourself' to that part of your mind where youfoster behaviors that promote good performance. Creative use of imagery makes it possible to re-program the software of your brain and rid yourself of unwanted behaviors and beliefs, which get in the way of good performance.By reading this book you will discover how easy it is to:--Achieve active relaxation--Use mental imagery to learn and improve your game--Develop positive thoughts and behavior patterns--Focus completely on the shot you are about to make--Increase your chances of having and then sustaining peak performanceThis book, as well as the accompanying CD of relaxation exercises, will give you the tools to achieve peak performance in golf and in other sports you play.It has a parallel and perhaps more important goal: to help you develop a lifestyle that is healthy, and behaviors which lead to peak wellness.
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