Golf Psychology - When Positive Thinking Doesn't Work

By: Jonathan Adler

Narrated by: Jonathan Adler

Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

An alternative to popular positive thinking, this groundbreaking audiobook on golf psychology, reveals the practical mindfulness, techniques, and philosophies that will help you to play your best golf when it matters. Author Jon Adler has worked with touring professionals and amateurs for over 10 years, helping them to overcome mental problems and blocks by developing the art of relaxed concentration.

In this book there are practical exercises, psychological ideas, and interesting stories to help you to:

• Play your best golf when it matters
• Stop getting so frustrated when you play
• Develop a calm and equanimous mind
• Understand how anxiety affects your game
• Improve your concentration
• Stop doubting your ability
• Develop trust and confidence
• Discover how you get in your own way
• Strike the ball like you do in practice
• Overcome anxiety
• Chip it stiff
• Develop confidence and feel on the putting green
• Learn to concentrate under pressure

What do you do when positive thinking stops working? Really, I’m serious. If you have ever tried being really positive while playing golf, you may have experienced some success, but what do you do when you start playing poorly? It is very hard to keep positive when you have no idea where the ball is going. I tried the positive thinking route myself and when things got tough the only explanation for my poor performance was that I was not being positive enough. There had to be more to it than that I thought, so I went about trying to discover the truth about how our mind gets in the way of good performance. What I found, changed the way I played and coached golfers forever.

I am sharing my techniques with you, having practiced them with golfers of all abilities for the last ten years.

The key skill that you will learn to improve is the skill that underpins peak performance in every walk of life: relaxed concentration. Golfers and golf commentators often talk about focusing well and good concentration, but there is little information about how to improve and perfect relaxed concentration, a skill that all agree is a prerequisite for good golf.

This is not popular golf psychology. I will not encourage you to sit in a chair, close your eyes, and imagine yourself playing really well. If you want the positive thinking route then don’t buy this audiobook. I only deal with reality. In fact it has been said that my techniques are so simple that you actually think much less on the golf course and play better. Does that sound good to you?

Are you ready to uncover your potential?

©2012 Jonathan Adler (P)2019 Jonathan Adler

Great way to train your mind in golf and life

Author does a great job of explaining what is and how to practice it. Excellent listen!

Depressing Book

This book will mess with your mind.
Their are some good points but more harm than good from this book.

Great read

Very enjoyable, valuable material, logical and presented well. Every golfer should read this book. Brilliant

Excellent

this book has opened my eyes to my golf game and life lessons wow thank you!

Excellente!

Loved it! Two simple keys to position the mind for top performance! I highly recommend this audiobook!

The mentalist of all sports

Golf is by far the most mentally involved game that can be affected greatly from your mentality in the moment. I will be listening to this book a few times but after the first read through and practicing some of the mental tips my game has started to come around. My last few rounds I have enjoyed more than I did before this book.

Great Wisdom

I think this book has great advice such as the “back hit” advice to get focused on the actual NOW moment which is the shot your actually playing. He cleverly tells his own story of successive victories in the 72 hole Bournemouth Open as proof his philosophy works. That kept me listening and I believe I will listen many more times to internalize his wisdom

One of the best books I have got in a long time

Great story telling! I really loved the tone of the narration I felt it went well with the whole overarching point of the book. Very good perspective and tips to use on the golf course that has actually been improving my play!

Brought me back to reality.(THANK YOU)

Really enjoyed these moments of clarity not only for my golf game but also more on the mentality of my life. But what I want and do not want. The range session and then the golf course. Breathing and meditation and expectations. I feel if I put this into motion and concentrate on one thing at a time. I can get back to where I need to be. Instead of always searching. Once again thank you

Worthy of listening over and over again.

How many of us have great swings and can play well when on the course alone. The minute there is pressure or someone is looking, it often falls apart. Golf Psychology has helped me to understand my biggest weakness is not my swing, but my mind. I often listen to specific chapters prior to heading out to the course. It helps tremendously and I would recommend this book to any golfer who knows he or she is having trouble getting past the anxiety that golf often can bring.
I look forward to the post Covid time when I can get a personal lesson from him.