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Golf Psychology - When Positive Thinking Doesn't Work
- Narrated by: Jonathan Adler
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
- Categories: Sports & Outdoors, Golf
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An alternative to popular positive thinking, this groundbreaking audiobook on golf psychology, reveals the practical mindfulness, techniques, and philosophies that will help you to play your best golf when it matters. Author Jon Adler has worked with touring professionals and amateurs for over 10 years, helping them to overcome mental problems and blocks by developing the art of relaxed concentration.
In this book there are practical exercises, psychological ideas, and interesting stories to help you to:
- Play your best golf when it matters
- Stop getting so frustrated when you play
- Develop a calm and equanimous mind
- Understand how anxiety affects your game
- Improve your concentration
- Stop doubting your ability
- Develop trust and confidence
- Discover how you get in your own way
- Strike the ball like you do in practice
- Overcome anxiety
- Chip it stiff
- Develop confidence and feel on the putting green
- Learn to concentrate under pressure
What do you do when positive thinking stops working? Really, I’m serious. If you have ever tried being really positive while playing golf, you may have experienced some success, but what do you do when you start playing poorly? It is very hard to keep positive when you have no idea where the ball is going. I tried the positive thinking route myself and when things got tough the only explanation for my poor performance was that I was not being positive enough. There had to be more to it than that I thought, so I went about trying to discover the truth about how our mind gets in the way of good performance. What I found, changed the way I played and coached golfers forever.
I am sharing my techniques with you, having practiced them with golfers of all abilities for the last ten years.
The key skill that you will learn to improve is the skill that underpins peak performance in every walk of life: relaxed concentration. Golfers and golf commentators often talk about focusing well and good concentration, but there is little information about how to improve and perfect relaxed concentration, a skill that all agree is a prerequisite for good golf.
This is not popular golf psychology. I will not encourage you to sit in a chair, close your eyes, and imagine yourself playing really well. If you want the positive thinking route then don’t buy this audiobook. I only deal with reality. In fact it has been said that my techniques are so simple that you actually think much less on the golf course and play better. Does that sound good to you?
Are you ready to uncover your potential?
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- m
- 07-08-19
Nowhere near as good as Bob Rotella.
First 4 chapters boring as dull ditch water. Unexciting narration by the author did NOT help. They should have paid for a professional narrator. Gave up and deleted part way through chapter 6. Maybe others will buy in to it...but definitely not for me, sorry.
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- Micky2feet
- 10-10-20
Change your mind
Excellent book with some good exercises , remain in the now, enjoy what you are doing, enjoy Golf and listen to how you talk to understand how your mind is working.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-09-20
Every Golfer Needs To Listen To This!
Simple and effective approach to improving your performance on the links. The author also delivers the message in a beautifully calm manner which just adds to the experience. Excellent listen.
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- Alfie john Lucas
- 18-07-20
Very repetitive
It was a slow book that was very repetitive I haven’t found it helpful at all. A good meditation practice is better help.
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- matthew marston
- 24-09-19
Thank you
This book is brilliant!!!. I’ve had the putting and chipping yips for over thirty years and after listening to this book and doing the exercises explained within I’ve improved dramatically. I am now falling back in love with the game I loved as a kid. Thank you John Adler. Looking forward to meeting you for a chat Matthew
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- dennis katsefes
- 19-05-20
Equanimity!
There are a least 12 very important takeaways that you must incorporate on the mental side that a player uses during a game. Swing the club and watch your ball land where you planned it to land!
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- F.T.
- 17-11-20
Sleeper
This audio book is probably best to be read. The narrator’s voice is borderline monotone. Slow pace of reading makes it difficult to follow without dozing off because it’s very slow and deep tone. I would Not recommend this audiobook, perhaps reading the actual book would be better.
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- Mike metzger
- 12-10-20
enjoyed. getting me out if my head
Also speeding up my play which is never a bad thing. not a magic cure but to think about set/hit is a nice change vs. going through 24 different things to remember.
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- Angela
- 09-09-20
Remarkable Book
Want to bring the joy of golf back to your game. Read this book.
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- Teph Veritas
- 25-02-20
Excellente!
Loved it! Two simple keys to position the mind for top performance! I highly recommend this audiobook!
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- Anonymous User
- 18-11-19
Depressing Book
This book will mess with your mind. Their are some good points but more harm than good from this book.
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- Tom Kachmarck
- 03-09-19
Great read
Very enjoyable, valuable material, logical and presented well. Every golfer should read this book. Brilliant