Golf Is a Game of Confidence

From Publishers Weekly
Director of sports psychology at the University of Virginia, Rotella (Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect) writing with freelancer Cullen, offers advice not unlike that preached by Harvey Penick, which is to visualize each shot before it is made. But he has other words of wisdom as well: have an overall game plan; practice enough so that in tourney play it is almost automatic; learn when to be patient and when to be aggressive; and, above all, have fun. Rotella illustrates his lessons with chapters based on 18 golfers he has worked or talked with, some famous like Byron Nelson, Pat Bradley, Davis Love III and Tom Kite, but others less well known, like a New Jersey accountant who finally broke 80, a Virginian who won that state's Senior Amateur tournament and his own father, whom he introduced to the game at age 63. He also has observations on controlling anger, bouncing back from defeat, coping with near-disabling illness and learning confidence. Links addicts at any level can learn from Rotella's recommendations. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
If golf is 90 percent walking, 9 percent talking, and 1 percent swinging, the other half--as Yogi Berra would say--is mental. Hence the abundance of head-game advice, to which golf psychologist Rotella, author of the popular Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect (1995), adds this collection of 18 case histories. Though his "patients" range from pros like Brad Faxon and Davis Love to unknown hackers, Rotella supplies the same prescription for them all: "Confidence is playing with your eyes." He explains what he means by this aphorism through the experiences of his patients, all of whom learn that the mental side of the game drives the physical. An inspirational illustration of the problems and possibilities that every golfer faces. Gilbert Taylor

Book Description
Dr. Bob Rotella, whose clients include Nick Price, Davis Love III, Tom Kite and Pat Bradley, is firmly established as the premier performance enhancement specialist in the golf world. In Golf is a Game Of Confidence, "Doc" Rotella focuses on the most important skill a golfer can have: the ability to think confidently. Confidence, or "playing with your eyes," can be the difference between making par and a bogey, one-putting and three-putting, winning and losing. To help listeners revolutionize their own course management and mental game, Rotella relates stories of the game's legendary figures, and allows the listener not only to get inside the ropes but also to get inside the heads of the game's greatest players in their most important moments. Filled with lore about the great players, great courses, and great tournaments, Golf Of Confidence inspires golfers to reach new heights in their games and their lives.

About the Author
Dr. Bob Rotella, was the Director of Sports Psychology for twenty years at the University of Virginia and is now a consultant to many of the world's leading golfers, as well as some of the top golf organizations in the world, including the PGA of America, the PGA Tour the LPGA Tour, and the Senior PGA Tour. A writer for and consultant to Golf Digest, he lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.


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Director of sports psychology at the University of Virginia, Rotella (Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect) writing with freelancer Cullen, offers advice not unlike that preached by Harvey Penick, which is to visualize each shot before it is made. But he has other words of wisdom as well: have an overall game plan; practice enough so that in tourney play it is almost automatic; learn when to be patient and when to be aggressive; and, above all, have fun. Rotella illustrates his lessons with chapters based on 18 golfers he has worked or talked with, some famous like Byron Nelson, Pat Bradley, Davis Love III and Tom Kite, but others less well known, like a New Jersey accountant who finally broke 80, a Virginian who won that state's Senior Amateur tournament and his own father, whom he introduced to the game at age 63. He also has observations on controlling anger, bouncing back from defeat, coping with near-disabling illness and learning confidence. Links addicts at any level can learn from Rotella's recommendations. (May)


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