Zen Golf

Ich habe mich auf den Weg gemacht ein Single-HCPer zu werden. Dabei habe ich nach kurzer Überlegung festgestellt, dass es wohl nicht nur an den Fähigkeiten liegt, wie ich meinen Driver schwinge. Vielmehr habe ich den Eindruck, dass der Schwung irgendwann da ist. Verbesserungen sind natürlich immer möglich. Das ist aber m.E. nicht der Hauptgrund, der uns Golfer von einem niedrigeren HCP fernhält. Vielmehr wird - je niedriger das HCP - Golf mehr und mehr zur Kopfsache. Genau hier setzt dieses Buch an und vermittelt Ansätze, wie man sich auf dem Golfplatz nicht selbst im Wege steht. Für mich genau das, was ich gesucht habe. Hier zwei Zitate um ein besseres Verständnis zu bekommen: - "Prepare for your shot as best as you can. Have as vivid an image as you can and settle yourself as much as you can. Then commit to it with body, mind and heart, Like the pig in a bacon and breakfast." - "Take your best shot and be ready to deal with the results. Pre-acceptance means taking the attitude that you can handle whatever results you encounter. This reduces fear of unwanted outcomes, meaning less interference with making a good swing. And that means a higher percentage of good results. If you accept the possibility of having to scramble, you’ll find yourself scrambling a whole lot less." Schönes Spiel!

This book made me realize the importance of the mental aspect of golf. I am reading it for the second time, right after finishing a first read. I am a lot more relaxed on the golf course now, and more positive. As a result, my swing is better, more regular, more relaxed. A MUST read.

I'm off 10.8 and I've always had the mentality that every round I play will involve playing 14 good holes and 4 'it could be anybodys guess' holes. But I got so fed up of not playing how I know I can play, that I wanted to try something different, a book. and.... It's exactly what I needed. When I'm in the zone, I know I have ability to go even par all the way round (because last week I was genuinely -2 thru 11. But until now I've never let myself sit back and wonder if it was actually my head that was causing me issues. When playing badly, I've done the usual thing of getting a lesson a few times a year, or just instead bought a new club and blamed it on the equipment. This book has helped me massively already. My scores are lower simply because I'm thinking about golf and the situationsin golf differently. So if you have hit your virtual wall or desperately want to get better, quicker and frustrated with not putting a good front 9 and back 9 together, then maybe its actually your head that you need to fix first before your physical ability. The gap now between my 'good round' score to 'bad round' is getting smaller, more consitent and handicap is starting to drop

… dann kann man hier Unterstützung finden. Klasse Inhalt, gut dargestellt. Auch wenn deutsche Ausgaben vergriffen oder nur in hochpreisigem Antiquariat verfügbar sind, kann man sich das Thema gut zu gemüte führen. Das Englisch stellt vermutlich für Interessierte mit einem Mindestmaß an Kenntnissen der „Golf-Muttersprache“ kein Hindernis dar.

I'm an avid reader of sports psychology books - especially for golf. I'm convinced they have been instrumental in my rapidly reduced handicap (26 to 18 in the season), and I didn't think there was better than Bob Rotella. However, Zen Golf exceeded all expectations. I'm no 'mystic', and although Buddhism is interesting, I wouldn't be buying books on it. This could change my mind - literally! I actually feel different on the course after applying some of the simple (and not 'new age') exercises. It's the first such book that I've immediately started again once finished - it's that good. My copy is full of post-it note markers for the many things to which I will want to keep refering. Do yourself a favour. Don't tell anyone, but just try it out. You won't be disappointed. It's well written by a golf coach, but with some fascinating insights into the realities of a golfers thoughts (and how to control them). Understanding the emotions and mental activity associated with our great game is the first step; I find that's almost enough - the mind then dumbs down the bad stuff and accentuates the good. Could it be magic? No, it's good sense. Read it!