Shrink Your Handicap : A Revolutionary Program from an Acclaimed Psychiatrist and a Top 100 Golf Instructor,9780786866328

Shrink Your Handicap : A Revolutionary Program from an Acclaimed Psychiatrist and a Top 100 Golf Instructor

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780786866328
ISBN10: 0786866322
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-04-12
Publisher(s): Hyperion
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Summary

A behavioral psychiatrist and a top 100 golf instructor offer a unique perspective on how to understand and overcome a golfer's greatest obstacle: the brain. 25 line drawings.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Only Man Gets Anxious xiii
SECTION I: Why Is the Course Harder Than the Range?
Golf Is Not a Mental Game
3(10)
SECTION II: Insight-Oriented Defenses Against Anxiety Chemicals: Defusing the Time Bomb
Insight-Oriented Defenses
13(20)
You Go Out of Your Way to Lose
33(3)
You Are Desperate to Win, but Can't
36(7)
SECTION III: Other Mental Defenses Against Anxiety Chemicals
Cognitive Defenses
43(11)
Behavioral Defenses---Getting Over Ourselves
54(10)
Imagery, Relaxation Defenses, and Self-Hypnosis---Tuning Out
64(7)
SECTION IV: Physical Defenses Against Anxiety Chemicals
Physical Countermeasures
71(3)
Physical Defenses on the Tee
74(6)
Tiger on the Right: How Anxiety Chemicals Cause a Slice
80(15)
Tiger on the Left: How Anxiety Chemicals Cause a Hook
95(7)
Sand
102(13)
Chipping and Pitching
115(12)
Putting
127(16)
SECTION V: Putting It All Together
Confidence
143(3)
What's with Visualization?
146(5)
Commitment
151(4)
Swing Thoughts
155(16)
Fast Fix---The Driver
171(5)
First Tee Anxiety
176(4)
Alignment and Target Awareness
180(4)
How to Hit More Greens Without Changing Your Swing
184(4)
A Rose by Any Other Name: Self-Hypnosis and the Pre-shot Routine
188(14)
Custom Fitting
202(7)
What Is Your Mental Handicap?
209(2)
Golf and Road Rage
211(6)
Golf and Life
217

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