Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect   Dr. Bob Rotella

Simon & Schuster Copyright 1995

“The Future Of Golf” Seve Ballesteros

18 Bullet Points Of Learning GOLD…

1. Your score will ALWAYS be lower if the golfer thinks well.
2. A golfer must spend as much time working on their mental as physical.
3. A golfer has to learn to ENJOY the process of striving to improve.
4. “If you are going to be a victim of the first few shots/holes you do not have a prayer”.
5. People by and large become what they think about themselves.
6. A golfer must train his swing and then trust it.
7. You cannot hit a golf ball consistently well if you think about the mechanics of your swing as you play.
8. Something very basic about the way good athletes think. They create their realities.
9. The ideal way to develop a good mental approach to golf would be learn how to think their way around the green.
10. Most golfers would have hunched over that ball forever until whatever touch they had was gone.
11. Attitude is what makes a great putter.
12. “FEAR”, infects the players mind, and “FEAR” destroys putting.
13. No matter what happens with any shot you hit, “Accept it”.
14. A good game plan makes the mental side of the game easier.
15. Getting angry is one of your options. But if you choose to get angry you are likely to get tight.
16. Golf is a game played by human beings.  Therefore golf is a game of mistakes
17. On the first tee, you should have 2 immediate goals.  One is to have fun.  The other involves the process of playing, not the results.
18. Confidence at the level of any single shot is nothing more than thinking about your ball going toward the hole.

*** The inability to forget is infinitely more devastating than the inability to remember.

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