The Three Principles of Outstanding Golf: How A Golfer’s Mind Really Works: 1 (Golf Performance) - Tapa blanda

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Is Golf Driving You Crazy?

This Book Will Tell You Why

To be a good golfer, you need to understand two things.

You need to understand the game.

And you need to understand yourself.

The game is simple. Get the ball in the hole as quickly as possible.

It’s the second area where many golfers are confused.

A simple game becomes complicated because most people don’t understand how their mind really works.

This misunderstanding shows up in all the questions golfers are asking themselves when they play or practice.

Many golf psychologists offer mental strategies and techniques to cope with the apparent pressures of the game and to address how golfers feel on the golf course.

This book is different.

Great golfers play with a clear mind, rather than one which is clouded with doubt, confusion and a list of swing thoughts and ‘must dos.’

Discover how you can see past the illusion which leads to all the questions and overthinking, allowing your natural ability and best golf to emerge more often.

Author Interview:

I played full time golf for the best part of ten years, as a scratch amateur and as a pro on the mini tours.

I quickly discovered that the advice I was being given by sports psychologists and coaches didn’t really work.

When I started coaching other people I began to understand why golfers find it so hard to play their best golf when they really want to. This book describes what I learned.

Any golfer who is struggling to play as well as they know they can on a regular basis.

Any golfer whose handicap has stopped coming down or is on the way up.

Any golfer who is frustrated with taking lessons and practicing but not improving.

Any golfer who isn't enjoying their golf as much as they used to.

We all play our best golf when we have less thinking going on rather than more.

This book explains how your mind works. When you understand how something works , you don't question, doubt or fear it.

Buying this book will allow you to play with more freedom, more clarity of mind and more enjoyment.

The foreword to the book is written by Dr Karl Morris, mental coach to two previous Open Champions.

"It is rare these days that I come across a golf coaching book which holds my attention from start to finish. It is also rare to find a book about the mind written by someone who is genuinely at the 'coal face' of both playing and coaching as opposed to classroom theory.

Sam Jarman has written such a book. It will do what a great book should by challenging your existing beliefs and making you think about the way you either play or coach the game.

It is not more of the same 'positive thinking' and 'affirmation' nonsense but a genuine inquiry about how our mind actually interacts with our body to either make or break our performance.

Do your game and your life a favour by reading this book."

Buy it today!

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My journey began chipping balls around a rural back garden. It took me all over the world playing golf and chasing my dream before bringing me back to England to help other people get better at chipping balls round their back gardens. Growing up playing golf with the likes of Luke Donald, Ian Poulter and Justin Rose gave me first hand experience of the difference between what good players do, and what the best players in the world do. The problem is you can’t see it. You only see the results. The difference is invisible, barely tangible. But if you get curious, and get quiet enough, sometimes you can sense it.

For most golfers, the gap between what they do, and what they think they do is huge. The better the player, the smaller the gap. If I were to sum up what the great players have that the average player doesn’t, it would be one word. Awareness.  Awareness is one part of the understanding I share in this book The other elements are the nature of Thought, the tool all human beings use to create their own reality, and lastly, a Spritual Intelligence which we all share. An inner wisdom, the root of our of mental strength and resilience. Understanding these three principles provided the explanation for the problems I had playing my best golf when I really wanted to, the state of mind that led to me constantly fixing my golf swing, and then the breakthrough when I finally saw where the anxiety and insecurity I felt on the golf course were really coming from.

So who is this book for? I’m guessing if you’ve picked it up or downloaded it, you aren’t completely happy with your game. Maybe you aren’t enjoying it as much as you used to, or you have had some lessons and haven’t improved in the way you had hoped? Maybe you’re feeling anxious and under pressure when you play, and are looking for ways to overcome or cope with those feelings? Maybe you feel the progress in your game has levelled off, and you’re looking for a way to improve without yet another round of ‘worse before it gets better’ swing changes?

I hope this book will help you see the game differently. Instead of looking outside, at another swing model, another coach, more new golf clubs, the latest training aid, more balls at the driving range, or a new fitness programme, let this book point you inwards, to how you feel when you’re playing golf, and to think about where those feelings that hold you back are coming from.  Are you relaxed, calm, decisive, resilient and free when you play, or are you tight and anxious, a bundle of nerves, just waiting for the wheels to come off as seems to happen more often than not when you least want it?

What problem does the book solve? Most people struggle to play their best golf for the simple reason that they think too much. We all play our best when we have less thinking going on, rather than more. Unfortunately most golf psychology books seem oblivious to this fact. They are packed with well meaning advice on how to think positively, offer routines and strategies to help you cope with the pressure, and tips and tricks to perform in stressful moments. Unfortunately, all of this advice leads to more thinking, not less, and makes golfers feel worse and play worse, not better. This book explains how a golfer’s mind really works. It explains where feelings of pressure and anxiety come from. It reassures that you have everything you need within you, to play well regardless of the situation or circumstances or how you feel, and enjoy your golf again. You just need to know where to look for it.