Develop Mental Toughness In Golf By Using Meditation

Author : Joseph Correa (Certified Meditation Instructor)
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1511500549

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Develop Mental Toughness in Golf by Using Meditation by Joseph Correa (Certified Meditation Instructor) Pdf

Develop Mental Toughness In Golf by Using Meditation is one of the best ways to reach your true potential. Eating right and training are two of the pieces of the puzzle but you need the third piece to reach your true potential. The third piece is mental toughness and that can be obtained through meditation. Golfers who practice meditation regularly will find they are or have: -More confident during competition. -Reduced stress levels. -Better capacity to concentrate for long periods of time. -Lower muscle fatigue. -Faster recovery times after competing or training. -Overcome nervousness better. -Control their emotions under pressure. What more can you ask for as a golfer? When considering unlocking their true potential most athletes focus on physical and nutritional goals but often overlook their inner potential through practices like meditation and visualization. It's common to want to see physical benefits from physical exercises but what many athletes don't know is that meditation has been proven to improve physical health and performance. Reaching your peak performance requires that you train and stimulate the body and mind. Not taking this into account may be the main reason why some athletes have trouble getting to the next level. In order to do your best you must accept that the body and the mind are what will make you complete. Meditation as exercise for the mind helps to strengthen your mind as you would strengthen your body, consistently evolving as you practice it. Physical conditioning, good nutrition, and meditation are the three keys to achieve a state of optimal performance. Most athletes don't pay as much attention to meditation as they should because their mostly worried about appearance and how others perceive them. Results, in meditation, are not something you will see physically but rather in how you feel and in your new ability to control your thoughts and emotions. By starting your meditation sessions and being disciplined and consistent you will notice significant improvements in how you respond to anxiety, pressure, and stress which are three of the major issues most athletes have trouble overcoming in life and when trying to reach their true potential. Change your life and start using meditation to surpass your limits and break free! (c)2015 Correa Media Group

Author : Joseph Correa (Certified Meditation Instructor)
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1532865694

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The Beginners Guidebook to Mental Toughness Training for Golfers by Joseph Correa (Certified Meditation Instructor) Pdf

The Beginners Guidebook to Mental Toughness Training for Golfers will teach you how meditation can make you mentally tougher even in the most challenging conditions. Stimulating the mind will stimulate the body to overcome what was once thought of as impossible and will help you surpass limits you never imagined. Mental road blocks and past mental failures affect what you think you can accomplish but that can be corrected through meditation so that the past stays in the past and you can finally move forward in achieving your goals. Meditation can become the fastest path to mental toughness due to the non-physical skills you will develop and improve. It will teach you to strengthen the mind and sharpen your concentration for longer periods of time. Give yourself the opportunity to become better in every way imaginable and reach for the top! What is meditation? Meditation is a state of mind where you are thinking about something in a calm and relaxed manner. Normally, you are achieving a much higher state of focus. How will you benefit from meditating? Meditation will take you to the next level mentally, physically, and emotionally. You can expect to feel more prepared, relaxed, and focused than ever before after meditating. Remember, the body can only do what the mind thinks it can do. What Improvements can I expect from practicing meditation? Some of the improvements you can expect are: fewer or no headaches at all, improved digestion, more energy during the day, less muscle cramps or signs of muscle tightness, increased capacity to concentrate over long periods of time. Does my nutrition affect my meditative potential and is a nutrition plan included? Yes, nutrition is a major component in becoming mentally tougher. When you have the energy and mental balance needed, you can perform at your optimal mental capacity and this means eating and staying hydrated. Feeling tired, anxious, drowsy, or sleepy will not allow you to focus and perform properly. A meal calendar is included as well as recipes you can use to maximize your meditation sessions and have an organized nutrition.

Author : Joseph Correa (Certified Meditation Instructor)
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1512269530

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Innovative Mental Toughness Training for Golf by Joseph Correa (Certified Meditation Instructor) Pdf

Innovative Mental Toughness Training for Golf will significantly change how hard you can push yourself mentally and emotionally through visualization techniques taught in this book. Want to be the best? To be the best you have to train physically and mentally to your maximum capacity. Visualizing is commonly thought of as an activity that cannot be quantified which makes it harder to see if you are improving or making a difference, but in reality visualizing will increase your chances of success much more than any other activity. You will learn three visualization techniques that are proven to improve your performance under any situation. These are: 1.Motivational Visualization Techniques. 2.Problem Solving Visualization Techniques 3.Goal Oriented Visualization Techniques. These golf visualization techniques will help you: -Win more often. -Become mentally tougher. -Outlast the competition. -Get to the next level. -Recover faster and train longer. How is this possible? Visualizing will help you to better control your emotions, stress, anxiety, and performance under pressure situations that are often the difference between success and failure. Bringing out the best in yourself in any sport and reaching your true potential can only happen through a balanced training regimen which should include: mental training, physical training, and proper nutrition. Why aren't more people using visualizations to enhance their performance in golf? There are a number of reasons but the truth is most people have never tried it before and are afraid to try something new. Others don't think that improving their mental capacity will make a difference but they are wrong. Practicing visualization techniques for golf on a regular basis will allow you to: -Increase your lung capacity by helping you relax muscle tension and decrease workload. -Recover faster after training or competing through breathing techniques that will reduce muscle stress. -Overcome pressure situations. -Train harder and longer without getting as tired. -Reduce your chances of getting cramps and muscle tears. -Improve control over your emotions under stressful conditions. -See results you never thought possible. Visualizing is hard work and requires constant practice which is why only the best do it and take all the glory. Be the best you can be by pushing yourself to your mental limit using visualizations.

Author : William Chandon
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1499119070

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Mind Games by William Chandon Pdf

This book of daily meditations for golfers has 366 meditations, one for each day of the calendar year. Each month has a different theme. Each meditation has some thoughts for your reflection and has a unique affirmation at the end, which you use for your meditation. You mindfully read the reflection and then meditate on the affirmation. The Second Edition includes a mental game assessment so that readers can know how to use the book most effectively. The introduction is simpler. The meditations and affirmations have been updated and simplified for ease of use. The sanctuary meditation technique is more integrated throughout the book. The Meditation Scripts chapter has been updated and simplified. The language in the book is more conversational. For many of us golfers, playing at a high level or “in the zone” is an unpredictable event. We don't know when or why it happens. After we have learned to meditate effectively, we recognize that the experiences that we have while meditating are similar to the experiences we have while playing in the zone. That's because playing in the zone is a meditative state. We can learn to play in the zone more often by learning to meditate in the right ways.When we learn to meditate well, we learn to manage ourself in ways that are conducive to optimal performance. That's what this book teaches you to do. Meditation may not be what you think it is. This form of meditation does not require you to sit for long periods of time in silence. This form of meditation actively uses your imagination. It's simple to learn and practice. The book assumes that you do not have any experience with meditation. With this book, you have a program for developing your mental game in as little as 15 minutes per day. Consider the following questions about some of the key mental components of high-performance golf. If you don't feel comfortable with your answers, you have an opportunity to improve your mental game and your performance. Are you as good as you can be? Do you know how to improve your mental game? Do you know how to perform in the zone more often? Do you have any barriers to your improvement? What's your plan to reach your highest performance levels? What are your most crucial barriers to improvement? What are you not doing that could help you improve? What do you need to stop doing that could help you improve? What do you need to continue doing that could help you improve? What do you not know that could help you improve? What are you doing mentally that's working well? What are you doing mentally that's not working well? What do you not believe about yourself that could help you improve? How do you undercut your ability? What do you need to stop believing about yourself in order to improve? What do you need to start believing about yourself in order to improve? What do you need to continue believing about yourself in order to improve? Can you be mentally tougher? Can you be more confident? Can you be a better learner? Can you be more creative about the ways you practice and compete? Can you plan your development better? Can you be more motivated? Do you know how to manage your nerves? Can you be smarter about how you change? Can you be smarter about what you need to change? Do you know what's holding you back? Do you know how to improve your performance? Are you doing everything you can do to perform better? What are your expectations about how much you're going to improve? What resources do you need to improve? Can you think better? Can you manage your emotions better? Can you manage your physical states better? Can you be a better leader? Can you have more fun with golf?

Author : William Chandon, Ph.d.
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1492802565

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Mind Games by William Chandon, Ph.d. Pdf

This book has over 250 meditations organized into different topics including, Confidence, Mental Toughness, Putting in the Zone, Putting Like a Champion, Removing Barriers, Putting Practice, and Putting from the Depths. The book also includes Meditation Scripts, Putting Drills, and Recommended Statistics to Track Progress. This book is a way for you to improve your mental game, rather than simply reading about your mental game. By meditating in the right ways, you learn to manage your thinking, emotions, and physical states on the golf course. With practice, you learn to putt with a quiet, confident mind. You learn to rely more on feel than the physical mechanics of putting. You learn to free yourself mentally to putt your best. When golfers putt "in the zone," they are in a meditative state. If you want to putt in the zone more often, you can learn to meditate on the right things in the right ways. This book shows you how to meditate in a way that is simple and easy to learn. Now you can work on your mental game with a practical and effective method. The book assumes that you do not have any experience with meditation. Meditation may not be what you think it is. This form of meditation does not require you to sit for long periods of time in silence. This form of meditation actively uses your imagination. With this book, you have a program for developing your mental game in as little as 15 minutes per day.

Author : William Chandon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1658026500

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Mind Games by William Chandon Pdf

Putting is one of the simplest part of golf mechanically, yet many golfers struggle with putting. Ironically, many of us struggle with short putts, which should be the easiest putts because there aren't typically large amounts of break or speed variability. The reason so many of us struggle with putting is because successful putting is substantially a mental activity. We struggle because we don't know how to manage our mental game effectively. Most of us golfers believe that we are capable of putting more effectively. We know we can be better. Many of us are on an endless search for changes in technique and technology, searching for the missing key ingredients to putting well. Technique and technology are essential, but we usually find out that they aren't the secret ingredient to success. If we're paying close attention to how we practice and compete, we notice that we sabotage and limit ourselves. We may also discover that we unconsciously sabotage ourselves because we find ourselves doing things that we know are counterproductive, but can't seem to get out of our own way. We don't know why we do things that undercut our ability. The most significant challenges we usually face are the mental ones and not the physical ones. The key problem that many of us have is that we don't know how to stop sabotaging ourselves. Even if we recognize how we are sabotaging ourselves, we may not be able to stop. Intellectual knowledge is helpful, but it isn't sufficient to make deep and powerful changes. We've tried everything we know and it isn't enough. We need something deeper and more powerful. There's a deeper way of knowing and a deeper self-knowledge that we find when we develop a meditation practice. We find our center where we are in touch with our deep wisdom and passion. When we practice and compete from our center, we find more clarity about the ways we sabotage our ability. We learn that the barriers that appear to be holding us back are actually invitations to develop, change, improve, and tap into the deep strength that we find inside in order to follow through on what will help us more forward as athletes and people.When golfers putt "in the zone," they are in a meditative state. If you want to putt in the zone more often, you can learn to meditate on the right things in the right ways. This book of meditations for putting has a different theme for each chapter and individual meditations on different aspects of the putting mental game. Each meditation has some thoughts for your reflection and has a unique affirmation at the end, which you use for your daily meditation. You mindfully read the reflection and then meditate on the affirmation. The topics in the book include confidence, motivation, mental toughness, being a free spirit, health and putting, putting in the zone, being a champion, overcoming barriers, effective practice, planning for success, and putting subconsciously. The book also includes a discussion of the foundations of great putting, meditation scripts, putting drills, and recommended statistics to track progress. The primary goals of the second edition are to make the book simpler to use and more powerful to practice. A number of the meditations have been reorganized, changed, and updated. The affirmations are simpler, which makes the meditations easier to use. The meditation techniques in the Meditation Scripts chapter are simpler. The language in the book is more conversational. This book shows you how to meditate in a way that is simple and easy to learn. The book assumes that you don't have any experience with meditation. Meditation may not be what you think it is. This form of meditation doesn't require you to sit for long periods of time in silence. You actively use your imagination. With this book, you have a program for working on your mental game in as little as 15

Author : Joseph Parent
Publisher : Doubleday
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002-06-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780385507158

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Zen Golf by Joseph Parent Pdf

A highly original and groundbreaking book from a noted PGA coach and Buddhist instructor • “The lessons in Zen Golf make the mental game seem so simple. Dr. Parent has given me very effective methods for working with thoughts and emotions, and for taking the negatives out of the picture.” —Vijay Singh, Masters and PGA Champion By combining classic insights and stories from Zen tradition, Zen Golf helps eliminate the mental distractions that routinely cause poor shots and loss of concentration, allowing golfers to feel in “the zone” that professionals have learned to master. The best players know that golf is a game of confidence, and most important, concentration–the ability to focus and block out distraction. The goal of achieving clear thought is also at the heart of Buddhist teachings. PGA coach and Buddhist instructor Dr. Joseph Parent draws on this natural connection and teaches golfers how to clear their minds, achieve ultimate focus, and play in the moment for each shot. Zen Golf presents a simple system for building “mental game mastery.” Dr Parent’s unique PAR Approach (focusing on Preparation, Action, and Response to Results) guides golfers with specific techniques for each aspect of their games. In chapters such as “How to Get From the Practice Tee to the First Tee”, “You Produce What You Fear”, and “How to Enjoy a Bad Round of Golf”, the author shares a personal teaching regimen that has helped improve the games of professionals and amateurs alike. Clear, concise, and enlightening, Zen Golf shows golfers how to prepare for, execute, and equally important, respond the results of any golf shot. A different approach to golf instruction, this book shapes ancient philosophies into new teachings.

Author : Joseph Correa (Certified Meditation Instructor)
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1533147892

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The Simple 15 Minute Meditation Guide for Golf Parents by Joseph Correa (Certified Meditation Instructor) Pdf

The Simple 15 Minute Meditation Guide for Golf Parents will teach you how meditation can make you mentally tougher even in the most difficult situations. Stimulating the mind will stimulate the body to overcome what was once thought of as impossible and will help you to surpass your limits. Use this guide for you as a parent or introduce your kids to a new approach to mental toughness. Meditation can become the fastest path to mental toughness due to the non-physical skills you will develop and improve. It will teach you to strengthen the mind and sharpen your concentration for longer periods of time. Meditation can make you mentally tougher no matter what your age. These are just a few things you will see or notice once you begin to practice meditation: - Improved levels of concentration. - More calm and relaxed under pressure. - Better capacity to handle stress. - Less muscle fatigue and tightness. - Superior capacity to process thoughts.

Author : Joseph Correa (Certified Meditation Instructor)
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1511509252

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Develop Mental Toughness in Yoga by Using Meditation by Joseph Correa (Certified Meditation Instructor) Pdf

Develop Mental Toughness in Yoga by Using Meditation is one of the best ways to reach your true potential. Eating right and training are two of the pieces of the puzzle but you need the third piece to reach your true potential. The third piece is mental toughness and that can be obtained through meditation. Yoga Practitioners who meditate regularly will find they are or have: -More confident during competition. -Reduced stress levels. -Better capacity to concentrate for long periods of time. -Lower muscle fatigue. -Faster recovery times after competing or training. -Overcome nervousness better. -Control their emotions under pressure. What more can you ask for as a yoga practitioner? When considering unlocking their true potential most athletes focus on physical and nutritional goals but often overlook their inner potential through practices like meditation and visualization. It's common to want to see physical benefits from physical exercises but what many athletes don't know is that meditation has been proven to improve physical health and performance. Reaching your peak performance requires that you train and stimulate the body and mind. Not taking this into account may be the main reason why some athletes have trouble getting to the next level. In order to do your best you must accept that the body and the mind are what will make you complete. Meditation as exercise for the mind helps to strengthen your mind as you would strengthen your body, consistently evolving as you practice it. Physical conditioning, good nutrition, and meditation are the three keys to achieve a state of optimal performance. Most people don't pay as much attention to meditation as they should because their mostly worried about appearance and how others perceive them. Results, in meditation, are not something you will see physically but rather in how you feel and in your new ability to control your thoughts and emotions. By starting your meditation sessions and being disciplined and consistent you will notice significant improvements in how you respond to anxiety, pressure, and stress which are three of the major issues most athletes have trouble overcoming in life and when trying to reach their true potential. Change your life and start using meditation to surpass your limits and break free! (c)2015 Correa Media Group

Author : William Chandon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1658779649

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Mind Games by William Chandon Pdf

The most significant challenges we usually face are the mental ones and not the physical ones. If we're paying close attention to our golf game, we recognize that we sabotage and limit ourselves. We may also suspect that there are ways in which we unconsciously sabotage ourselves. The key problem that we face is that we don't know how to stop sabotaging ourselves. Intellectual knowledge is helpful, but isn't sufficient to make the deep changes that we need. We need something deeper and more powerful. There's a deeper way of knowing and a deeper self-knowledge that we find when we develop a meditation practice. We find our center where we are in touch with our deep wisdom and passion. When we practice and compete from our center, we find more clarity about our strengths and weaknesses. We learn that the barriers that appear to be holding us back are actually invitations to develop, change, improve, and tap into the deep strength that we find inside in order to follow through on what will help us more forward as golfers and people. The root word for "inspired" is "spirit." Our spirit is the deepest part of us that invites us to live and play golf with passion and skill. When we learn to meditate effectively, we gain access to powerful resources that reside in our subconscious mind. In time, we learn to follow our spirit and its wisdom. We learn to unleash our potential and play with all of our ability. When we play inspired golf, we begin a journey of self-discovery to find out just how good we can be. This book is for golfers at all levels who are looking for a comprehensive volume on the golf mental game. This book is based on Mind Games: Daily Meditations for Great Golf and Mind Games: Meditations for Great Putting. Mind Games: Meditation for Inspired Golfers is organized by topic rather than calendar dates. For many of us golfers, playing at a high level or "in the zone" is an unpredictable event. We don't know when or why it happens. After we have learned to meditate effectively, we recognize that the experiences that we have while meditating are similar to the experiences we have while playing in the zone. That's because playing in the zone is a meditative state. We can learn to play in the zone more often by learning to meditate in the right ways. When we learn to meditate, we learn to manage ourself in ways that are conducive to optimal performance. Meditation may not be what you think it is. This form of meditation does not require you to sit for long periods of time in silence. This form of meditation actively uses your imagination. The book assumes that you don't have experience with meditation. Each of the meditations in the book has some thoughts for your reflection and has a unique affirmation at the end, which you use for your meditation. You mindfully read the reflection and then meditate on the affirmation. With this book, you have a program for developing your mental game in as little as 15 minutes per day.

Author : William Chandon, Ph.d.,William Chandon Ph D
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-31
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1483977935

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Mind Games by William Chandon, Ph.d.,William Chandon Ph D Pdf

All athletes want to perform "in the zone" more than they do currently. Performing in the zone is a meditative state. To learn to perform in the zone more often, athletes must learn to meditate on the right things in the right ways. This is a book to be practiced rather than "read." Think of daily meditations as a way of training your mind, similar to training your body. This book is training for the mind. While there is value to be found in reading the meditations, the big return comes from doing the meditations. All athletes wonder how good they can be. Most know that a significant barrier to improvement is their own mental approach to their sport. Now you can do something that is effective and enjoyable. This book of daily meditations for athletes has a different theme for each month and a different meditation for each day. This book assumes that the reader does not have any experience with meditation. Readers will learn straightforward, but powerful methods for meditating on the right things in the right ways. Athletes often can experience dramatic improvements in their performance by investing a few minutes per day on the development of their mental approach to their sport.

Author : Stephen Simpson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1478102861

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Play Magic Golf by Stephen Simpson Pdf

Prepare for a magical journey at the speed of light to steal from the world of hypnosis, meditation, Zen, NLP, universal laws, and quantum energy. You are guaranteed to be a better golfer, and will enjoy more confidence off the course too. Non-golfers have used these tools to create richness in their lives too. Dr.Simpson's methods have been used successfully by tour players, and helped them win tournaments, as well as by club golfers of all ability levels. Almost all the top players have mind coaches, and recognise the critical role they have played in their success. Mind coaching is not for those who lack mental strength; it is for those who have already proven their resilience in golf, or in any other area of their life. Successful people are not afraid to discover just how much higher they can climb. Before you commit to discovering just how far you can take your game, ask yourself: Am I really ready to experiment with new ideas, knowing they have worked for others? Am I frustrated by how little I have to show for my efforts so far? Am I ready to say 'Enough is enough, what have I got to lose?' This is the second edition of Play Magic Golf, and builds on the successes of the first edition, and the feedback and results obtained by its readers.About the AuthorDr. Simpson is a medical doctor, specialist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, and best-selling audio book author. He combines his medical, MBA, and NLP Trainer skills with his experience as an elite performance coach to deliver unique and highly successful golf coaching programmes.

Author : William Chandon
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1502507358

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Mind Games by William Chandon Pdf

This book of meditations for coaches in all sports has a different theme for each chapter and individual meditations on different aspects of the coaching mental game. Each meditation has some thoughts for your reflection and has a unique affirmation at the end, which you use for your meditation. You mindfully read the reflection and then meditate on the affirmation. The book includes chapters on performing in the zone, confidence, planning success, being a strong leader, having powerful conversations, dealing with barriers to success, have a powerful vision, training well, being health, being a free spirit, being centered and creative, and being mentally tough. This book teaches you how to coach in the zone and how to coach your athletes to perform in the zone. This book teaches you how to improve your effectiveness by acquiring some new tools to manage your thinking, emotions, and physical states in different ways. You will also learn to relate to your athletes in ways that help them maximize their ability. Meditation may not be what you think it is. This form of meditation is active and imaginative. You don't have to sit for hours in silence. You can learn to meditate in as little as 15 minutes per day. This book assumes you have no experience with meditation. Consider the following questions about some of the key mental components of high-performance sports. If you don't feel comfortable with your answers, you have an opportunity to improve your mental game and your coaching performance. Are you as good as you can be? Do you know how to improve your mental game? Do you know how to perform in the zone more often? Do you have any barriers to your improvement? What's your plan to reach your highest performance levels? What are your most crucial barriers to improvement? What are you not doing that could help you improve? What do you need to stop doing that could help you improve? What do you need to continue doing that could help you improve? What do you not know that could help you improve? What are you doing mentally that's working well? What are you doing mentally that's not working well? What do you not believe about yourself that could help you improve? How do you undercut your ability? What do you need to stop believing about yourself in order to improve? What do you need to start believing about yourself in order to improve? What do you need to continue believing about yourself in order to improve? Can you be mentally tougher? Can you be more confident? Can you be a better learner? Can you be more creative about the ways you train and compete? Can you plan your development better? Can you be more motivated? Do you know how to manage your nerves? Can you be smarter about how you change? Can you be smarter about what you need to change? Do you know what's holding you back? Do you know how to improve your performance? Are you doing everything you can do to perform better? What are your expectations about how much you're going to improve? What resources do you need to improve? Can you think better? Can you manage your emotions better? Can you manage your physical states better? Can you be a better leader? Can you have more fun with sports? Can you use your time and energy more effectively?

Author : Guy S. Fasciana
Publisher : Bob Adams Incorporated Publishers
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1558502815

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Golf's Mental Magic by Guy S. Fasciana Pdf

Author : William Chandon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798798100767

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Playing in the Zone by William Chandon Pdf

Golf is one of the most, if not the most, complex sports because of the massive number of variables involved in golf. We have a large number of "tools" that we use to play the game. We have 14 clubs that we use to hit an infinite number of shots. In addition, we play the game outdoors which introduces an exceptionally large number of variables that we have to manage skillfully to perform well. The complexity of golf places significant value on having a strong mental game. A strong mental game helps us manage the complexity of golf without becoming overwhelmed and in a state of analysis paralysis. The biggest mistake that golfers make is that they overuse their analytical ability and underuse their imaginative ability as they try to manage golf's complexity. We need well-developed analytical skills and imaginative skills. Most golfers already have or can develop sufficient analytical skills to play golf. Our educational systems are heavily biased toward analytical skill development and do very little imaginative skill development. This book focuses primarily on developing your imaginative skills because those are the key skills involved in "playing in the zone." The essence of a strong mental game is skillfully managing our thinking, emotions, and physical states in order to perform at our highest levels. We apply our mental game knowledge to develop ourself and make important changes so that we can perform at our highest levels. This kind of learning and skill development is primarily an imaginative process. You'll learn the art of "mental practice" with this book. With mental practice, you'll learn to use your imagination powerfully to accelerate your learning and skill acquisition. You'll learn to manage your thinking, emotions, and physical states using your mental practice. For many of us golfers, playing at our highest levels or "in the zone" is an unpredictable event. We don't know why it only sporadically happens. After we've learned to practice mentally, we recognize that the experiences that we have while mentally practicing are similar to the experiences that we have while playing in the zone. That's because playing in the zone is an imaginative skill. We learn to play in the zone more often with our mental practice. This book is for golfers who are committed to actualizing their potential. Developing a strong mental game takes time, practice, and persistence. Developing a strong mental game is similar in scope to the developing our ball striking and short game skills. There's no magic pill. We get to work. We consistently work on the right things in the right ways. Large breakthroughs are possible, but on a daily basis, we put in the right work and confidently wait for the results to come. Put in the right work on your mental and physical games and you'll get significant results. Making a golf sports psychology workbook both simple and powerful is challenging. Our mind is an exceptionally powerful and complex system. Most golf sports psychology books try to entertain, motivate and educate the reader with stories, inspirational quotes and anecdotes. This book is different. You'll find no entertaining or motivational stories in this book. This book is a roadmap to guide you on your journey to golfing excellence. This workbook is filled with short mental practices that you'll do on a daily basis. Each day you'll read a few paragraphs about a specific golf mental game topic. Then you'll actively engage your imagination for 15 minutes and see, feel and hear yourself making improvements in the ways that you train and compete. You'll find great satisfaction as you learn, make changes and improve the performance of your mind and body in golf.