1. Golf — The Mental Game
A Mental Skills Test for Golfers
Evaluating Your Score
2. Mental Imagery:
Thinking in Pictures
Use Imagery to Control Your
Emotions
Use Imagery to Feel the Swing
3. Thinking in Words
Self-Talk for Planning Shots
Self-Talk To Control Emotions
and/or Mood
Self-Talk For Focusing and
Concentrating
Self-Talk For A Consistent
Swing
Self-Talk for Enhancing
Confidence
4. The Self-Talk of
Champions: Learn it and Practice
it
Positive Self-Talk That’s
Right for You
Positive Self-Talk Must be
Practiced
5. Self-Reinforcement: The
Key to Fun and Success
Causes of Relapse in
Self-Management Situations
Causes of Relapse in the
Specification of the Response
Causes of Relapse in
Consequences
6. Nervousness and
Tension: Know How to Control
Them
Minimize the Causes of
Tension
Deep Center Breathing
Tense Your Muscles to Help
Them Relax
Don’t Let the Bird Escape,
But Don’t Crush It
Maintain a Sense of Humor
Take Your Mind Off the Game
7. Your Attitudes and
Emotions: Make Them Work for You
Expecting Too Much
Fear of Looking Bad
Trying Too Hard
Being Overcritical of
Yourself
Judging Your Value as a
Person By Your Golf Score
Suffering From Indecision
Susceptibility to Psych-Outs |
8. A Pre-Shot Routine: A
Guaranteed Stroke Saver
Important Parts of a Pre-Shot
Routine
Important Parts of a Pre-Putt
Routine
Are Your Pre-Shot and
Pre-Putt Routines Consistent?
9. Mental Practice At the
Driving Range and the Putting
Green
Practice While You Are
Energized and Fresh
Devote a Part of Your Driving
Range Practice to Courselike
Situations
Devote a Part of your Putting
Practice to Prepare you for
Putting on the Course
On the Course, Play Like You
Practice
10. Confidence and
Concentration: The Keys to Great
Golf
Playing With Confidence
Steps to Improve Confidence
Factors That Interfere With
Concentration and How to Control
Them 91
11. Finding Your “Zone”
Characteristics of Peak
Performance
When You’re Out of the “Zone”
Finding Your “Zone”
12. How Good Do You Really
Want to Be?
Mastery of the Golf Swing is
a Developmental Process
Listen to Your Teaching
Professional
The Role of Deliberate
Practice in the Acquisition of
Expert Performance
Practice the Strokes that
Count the Most
13. Competition Planning
for Serious Competitors
Preparing a Game Day Plan
Preparing a Pre-Competition
Plan
Preparing a Competition
Focusing Plan
Preparing a Competition
Refocusing Plan
Post-Competition Evaluations
14. Summary for Success
Your Mental Score Card
Bibliography
About the Authors
Index
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