The Inner Game of Golf - Softcover

Gallwey, W. Timothy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812979702 ISBN 13: 9780812979701

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2009

Synopsis

The classic guide to sharpening your mind and raising your performance—on the green, and in the game of life.
 
“The best sports psychology book ever written about golf.”—Inside Golf

W. Timothy Gallwey’s bestselling Inner Game books–with more than one million copies sold–have revolutionized the way we think about sports. As he did in his phenomenally successful The Inner Game of Tennis, Gallwey provides methods that can be applied to situations beyond the green. The Inner Game of Golf delivers strategies to achieve potential–both in the crucible of competition and in everyday life. With Gallwey as a guide, you’ll learn how to

· defeat your mental demons and find clarity under pressure
· dispel tensions that can sabotage your performance
· build confidence and overcome insecurities that can hijack your best instincts
· employ the art of “relaxed concentration” to improve your swing, your game, and your life

No matter what your skill set, Gallwey’s pioneering strategies, real-life examples, and illuminating advice are perfect for anyone who strives to be a champion on and off the course.

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Review:

Long before Dr. Bob Rotella made tweaking a golfer's head as important as tweaking his swing, Tim Gallwey, who knew virtually nothing about the mechanics of the game when he penned the first edition of this visionary work, understood that even the best technique collapses when the mind cracks under the game's pressure. Gallwey's ultimate insight into the game was that a golfer's mind is a golfer's worst enemy; too much thinking only gets in the way.

The new edition of this groundbreaking instructional continues to preach such "Inner Game" fundamentals as trust, concentration, visualization, feel, and relaxation, and is full of what Gallwey calls "awareness exercises." Much of what he has to say seems obvious in a world in which most good athletes have some kind of psychological guru always at the ready to help improve performance, but Gallwey, with his bagful of anecdotes and encouragement, was one of the first to explore this uncharted territory, and still remains one of the most readable. --Jeff Silverman

From the Publisher:

6 1.5-hour cassettes

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0812979702
• ISBN 13: 9780812979701
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272