Shrink Your Handicap A Revolutionary Program from an Acclaimed Psychiatrist and a Top 100 Golf Instructor

by Lee, Phil; Warne, Jeff

• ISBN13: 9780786885541
• ISBN10: 0786885548
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-20
• Publisher: Hachette Books

Summary

Shrink Your Handicap solves your golf problems with the help of Phil Lee, behavioural psychiatrist, and Jeff Warne, a Golf Magazine Top 100 instructor, who together have formed a unique collaboration that shows readers how to overcome the mental obstacles that keep them from playing their best.... every day.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Only Man Gets Anxious	xiii
SECTION I: Why Is the Course Harder 'Than the Range?
Golf Is Not a Mental Game	3	(10)
SECTION II: Insight-Oriented Defenses Against Anxiety Chemicals: Defusing the Time Bomb
Insight-Oriented Defenses	13	(20)
You Go Out of Your Way to Lose	33	(3)
You Are Desperate to Win, but Can't	36	(7)
SECTION III: Other Mental Defenses Against Anxiety Chemicals
Cognitive Defenses	43	(11)
Behavioral Defenses---Getting Over Ourselves	54	(10)
Imagery, Relaxation Defenses, and Self-Hypnosis---Tuning Out	64	(7)
SECTION IV: Physical Defenses Against Anxiety Chemicals
Physical Countermeasures	71	(3)
Physical Defenses on the Tee	74	(6)
Tiger on the Right: How Anxiety Chemicals Cause a Slice	80	(15)
Tiger on the Left: How Anxiety Chemicals Cause a Hook	95	(7)
Sand	102	(13)
Chipping and Pitching	115	(12)
Putting	127	(16)
SECTION V: Putting It All Together
Confidence	143	(3)
What's with Visualization?	146	(5)
Commitment	151	(4)
Swing Thoughts	155	(16)
Fast Fix---The Driver	171	(5)
First Tee Anxiety	176	(4)
Alignment and Target Awareness	180	(4)
How to Hit More Greens Without Changing Your Swing	184	(4)
A Rose by Any Other Name: Self-Hypnosis and the Pre-Shot Routine	188	(14)
Custom Fitting	202	(7)
What Is Your Mental Handicap?	209	(2)
Golf and Road Rage	211	(6)
Golf and Life	217