The Mental Art of Putting Using Your Mind to Putt Your Best,9780912083872

The Mental Art of Putting Using Your Mind to Putt Your Best

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ISBN13: 9780912083872
ISBN10: 0912083875
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1995-08-01
Publisher(s): Taylor Trade Publishing
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Summary

With this book every golfer can putt with greater confidence, composure,and consistency in between those elusive holes-in one!

Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction xvi
Lagman or Charger?: Determining Your Putting Style
1(6)
Two Different Styles of Putting
1(2)
Do you Lag or Charge?
3(1)
The Importance of Speed
4(1)
What is Your Attitude About Putting?
4(2)
Finding Your Style
6(1)
Try This!
6(1)
The Best of the Best: Qualities of Great Putters
7(9)
Do You Think of Yourself as a Good Putter?
7(1)
Are You Confident in Your Ability?
8(2)
Are You a Doubter?
10(1)
Do You Believe in Your Method?
11(1)
Do You Practice for Touch?
11(2)
Can You See the Line?
13(1)
Do You Love to Putt?
13(1)
Do You Give Your Best Effort?
14(1)
Do You Know That You're Not Perfect?
14(1)
Do You Practice to Make Putts?
15(1)
Mind Matters
15(1)
Try This!
15(1)
A Healthy Start: Choosing the I-Can-Make-Everything Attitude
16(10)
Choosing a Good Attitude
16(1)
A Study in Attitude
17(1)
Making the Right Choice
18(1)
The Golden Attitude
19(1)
The Power of Words
20(2)
The Little Engine: A Relevant Children's Story
22(1)
Developing the I-Can-Make-Everything Attitude
23(3)
Try This!
25(1)
The One-Putt Mindset: The Only Way to Think
26(8)
Confidence: The Name of the Game
26(2)
Competence and the Putting Cycle: It Works Both Ways!
28(1)
The Positive Putting Cycle
29(2)
The Negative Putting Cycle
31(1)
Finding ``IT'' on the Green
31(3)
Try This!
33(1)
Confidence: The Key to Giving It Your Best Stroke
34(10)
Competence: The Foundation for Confidence
35(1)
Confidence from Your Practice
35(1)
Confidence from Your Preputt Routine
36(1)
Confidence from Experience and Competition
36(1)
Confidence from Your Commitment
36(2)
Confidence from Your Preround Warm-Up
38(1)
Confidence from Your Putter
38(1)
How to Regain Confidence When You're Leaking Oil
39(5)
Mind Matters
42(1)
Try This!
43(1)
Line, Speed, and Target: Focus for Making Putts
44(12)
Understanding Concentration
45(1)
What Are the Important Cues?
45(1)
What Is Relevant and Irrelevant to Putting?
45(1)
Don't Reflect, React
46(1)
Focus on Execution, Not Result
46(2)
Focus In and Focus Out
48(1)
Getting Back on Track
48(1)
Stop the Wandering
48(2)
Attention Killers
50(1)
Outside Distractions
50(1)
The Blank Out
50(1)
Negative Thoughts
50(1)
Anxiety
51(1)
Boredom
51(1)
Low Self-Confidence
51(1)
Running Out of Steam
51(1)
Off-Course Exercises to Improve Your Focus
52(1)
Holding Your Focus
52(1)
Focusing on Breathing
52(1)
Mental Rehearsal
52(1)
Practice Refocusing Attention
53(1)
On-Course Tips for Better Concentration
53(1)
No Past, No Future, Only the Present
53(1)
Think One Shot at a Time
53(1)
Focus on Your Preparation
54(1)
Relax While You Wait Your Turn
54(1)
Use a Warm-Up
54(1)
Practice Like You Play
54(1)
Cue Yourself to Concentrate
55(1)
Rehearse Your Putt While You Wait
55(1)
Try This!
55(1)
Now You See It: Vision and Imagination in Putting
56(12)
Differences in Vision Between Great and Poor Putters
56(1)
Vision and Your Putting Routine
57(1)
Surveying the Green: Getting a Read
57(1)
Watch Other Putts: Your Best Clue
58(2)
The Dominant Eye in Putting
60(1)
The Million-Dollar Look
61(2)
Developing an Eye for the Line
63(1)
The Big Picture: Soft Focus or Hard Focus?
63(1)
Focus on a Small Target
64(1)
Are You Really Square?
65(1)
Visual Shift and Image Decay During Putting
65(1)
Keep Putting Simple
66(2)
Try These Exercises for Improving Vision!
66(2)
The 30-Second Mindset: Establishing a Putting Routine
68(10)
What's All the Fuss about a Preshot Routine?
68(1)
Take It from the Pros
69(1)
The Six Essentials: Qualities of a Good Routine
69(3)
Example Preshot Routine for Putting
72(1)
Maintain Your Line
73(1)
Regroup When Distracted
74(1)
Develop Your Own Preshot Routine
74(2)
Should Your Routine Be Routine?
76(1)
Make Your Routine Simple to Follow
76(2)
Try This!
77(1)
The Child Within: Generating a Fearless Mindset
78(16)
What's So Scary?
79(1)
Stress on the Green
79(3)
A Golfer's Biggest Enemy: The Fear of Missing
82(1)
The Fear of Looking Stupid and Incompetent
82(1)
Do You Protect Your Ego?
83(1)
The Fear of Choking
84(1)
The Yips and Freezing
84(3)
Dealing with Fear on the Green
86(1)
Eliminate the Past
87(1)
Putt Like a Little Kid Again
87(2)
Think of Your Putt as a ``Second'' Attempt
89(1)
Reality Check on the Green
90(1)
Be Your Own Coach
90(1)
Focus on the Task
91(3)
Try This!
91(3)
Preparing Your Mind to Putt Your Best
94(8)
Instilling Confidence: A Never-Ending Project
94(1)
The Positive Coach Inside You
95(1)
Pictures Are Worth a Thousand Putts
96(1)
Don't Expect to Putt Perfectly
96(2)
Preparing to Putt Well in Tournaments
98(1)
Coping With Poor Putting
98(3)
What Are Your Goals?
101(1)
Try This!
101(1)
Productive Putting Practice: Taking It to the Course
102(11)
The Difference Between Practicing and Playing
102(1)
Transferring Your Putting to the Course
103(3)
Make It Automatic
106(1)
Practice for Touch and Feel
107(3)
Improving Confidence With Short Putts
110(1)
Taking It to the Course
110(2)
The Use of Visual Aids During Practice
112(1)
Try This!
112(1)
The Golden Touch: Warming Up Your Putter
113(6)
Generate Your Feel on the Greens
114(1)
Validate Your Confidence
114(1)
More Is Not Always Better
114(2)
Go with What You Have
116(1)
One-, Two- or Three-ball Warm-Up?
116(1)
Remember, It's Only a Warm-Up
117(2)
Try This!
117(2)
Putting Rx: Remedies for Common Problems
119(10)
I Can't Putt Well on the Course
119(1)
I Get Distracted by Spike Marks on the Green
120(1)
Everyone is Making Putts But Me
120(1)
I Make More Par Putts Than Birdie Putts
121(1)
I'm the One That Will Miss
121(1)
I Just Can't See My Line Somedays
122(1)
I've Got the Yips
122(1)
I Don't Have Enough Time to Warm Up
123(1)
I Let Poor Putters Bother Me
124(1)
I Can't Putt on Lousy Greens
124(1)
I Have Trouble Putting through My Shadow
125(1)
I Can't Make Three-Footers
126(1)
I'm Not Sure I'm Ready
126(1)
I Lose My Sense of Touch Somedays
127(2)
A Summary of Great Putting: Six Important Keys
129(6)
Positive Attitude
129(1)
Putting Confidence
129(1)
Touch and Feel
130(2)
Total Focus
132(1)
Imagination and Vision
133(1)
Trusting Your Stroke
133(1)
Monitoring Your Progress
134(1)
Appendix: Player Progress Questionnaire 135(2)
References 137(1)
About Patrick J. Cohn, Ph.D. 138(1)
About Robert K. Winters, M.A. 139

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