It takes less than two seconds to swing a golf club, but it's the 28 seconds leading up to that swing that can make or break a shot. Now, in The 30-Second Golf Swing, one of golf's leading instructors shows you how to harness the power of your mind and "run your brain to run your game". For the first time ever, here is a techniques book that successfully integrates the physical, mental and emotional aspects of playing golf. This essential guide proves that great golf is far more than the quality of your golf swing, and provides a systematic approach to playing your best golf in the "GO Lane".
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From one of Golf magazine's Top 100 teachers, The 30-Second Golf Swing: How to Train Your Brain to Improve Your Game combines physical, cerebral and emotional approaches to the game. T.J. Tomasi, director of the Players School at PGA (Professional Golfers Association) International, argues that even though it takes less than two seconds to swing a golf club, it's the 28 seconds before that swing that matter most. Tomasi offers psychological insights - especially on how to recognize and replicate your best shots, and how to avoid the "bonehead effect," or messing up under pressure. Such discussions will intrigue the game's many introspective enthusiasts, and most should welcome his practical step-by-step approach to the often-elusive graceful, accurate swing.
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About the Author
Dr. T.J. Tomasi, one of GOLF Magazine's Top 100 Teachers, is a peak-performance coach whose program for course management and mental strategy is the focus of this book. Dr. Tomasi is a Class-A PGA Teaching Professional. He holds a Ph.D. in education and has published eleven books. His articles appear regularly in publications such as GOLF Magazine, Golf Tips, and Senior Golfer Magazine. Tomasi's syndicated golf page, Insider Golf, is featured in more than a hundred newspapers and on a myriad of Web sites every week. Tomasi also cohosts CNN's golf instruction segments, which appear on airport television monitors and in-flight videos for a number of worldwide airlines, as well as CNN TV on Sunday mornings.
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Great Mental Preparation,
By Chip Burkle (Des Moines, IA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The 30-Second Golf Swing: How to Train Your Brain to Improve Your Game (A Mountain Lion Book) (Hardcover)
Don't buy this book if you're looking for golf swing mechanics. Do buy this book if you'd like help on your mental approach to the game. This is what separates good golfers from great golfers, inconsistency from consistency, and frustration from enjoyment.
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This is not a conventional golf instruction guide. If you're looking for his titles on the mechanics of the golf swing, then the list is long.
Break 100 Now: From Hacker to Golfer in Just 90 Days How to Break 90: An Easy Approach for Breaking Golf's Toughest Scoring Barrier Total Golf The LAWs of the Golf Swing: Body-Type Your Golf Swing and Master Your Game This book sensibly outlines a method to play to your full potential. This is a true book covering the mental game through using your mind to prepare through evaluating yourself. So you can hit a straight 250 yard drive, but can you chip, putt or hit approach shots with equal accuracy? There are several methods that the author improves your game through self assessment and self critique. Through a detailed analysis, you determine your strengths and weaknesses. Additionally, the author focuses upon positive thinking and target oriented play. What this book focuses upon are mental keys. A valuable section is what 'not' to do. I admit the concept of reading golf strategy is quite dry. There are boxes that feature vignettes that tend to keep your attention. Through my personal experience in playing and reading, I do what is outlined to a great degree to improve my game but this book really ties everything together that I learned along the way. It is more practical than Harvey Pennick's book, through more concrete plans, or even Raymond Floyd's, Master's Guide of Scoring. The Elements of Scoring: A Master's Guide to the Art of Scoring Your Best When You're Not Playing Your Best Harvey Penick: Little Red Book A complementary subject to this book, written by a different author is another book that I recommend: Golf: The Mental Game I recommend this book to a beginner who has had some lessons and plays with some regularity. This is also good for a player in a plateau in their golf potential. Lastly, this is a good book for those people who have a natural talent/temperament for the game but want to make it to the next level.
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Talk about an eye opener, I can honestly say its one of the best books I have ever read, simple to understand and easy to read, whatever your sport this book should help youg
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CHAMPIONS CONTROL THEIR GAME funneling their golf experience through a process that I call the 30-Second Swing, which brings sequence and order to their golf game. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
golf balance, weakness profile, rehearsal swing, training your brain, swing mechanics, street balance, actual swing, swing key, shot plan, mental screen, bad swing, club face, golf swing, trained brain, best golf, swing speed, dominant dimension Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Second Swing, Tiger Woods, Tracks of Excellence, Jack Nicklaus, Tracks of Failure, Commitment Line, Greg Norman, Scoring Golf, Ben Hogan, Spectacular Golf, Track of Excellence, Track of Failure, Van de Velde, Arnold Palmer, Chuck Hogan, Gary Player, Sam Snead, British Open, Davis Love, Talent Index, Charlie Wilson, Lee Trevino, World War New!
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CHAMPIONS CONTROL THEIR GAME funneling their golf experience through a process that I call the 30-Second Swing, which brings sequence and order to their golf game. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
golf balance, weakness profile, rehearsal swing, training your brain, swing mechanics, street balance, actual swing, swing key, shot plan, mental screen, bad swing, club face, golf swing, trained brain, best golf, swing speed, dominant dimension Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Second Swing, Tiger Woods, Tracks of Excellence, Jack Nicklaus, Tracks of Failure, Commitment Line, Greg Norman, Scoring Golf, Ben Hogan, Spectacular Golf, Track of Excellence, Track of Failure, Van de Velde, Arnold Palmer, Chuck Hogan, Gary Player, Sam Snead, British Open, Davis Love, Talent Index, Charlie Wilson, Lee Trevino, World War New!
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- Golf in the Kingdom by Michael Murphy on page 88, page 210, and Back Matter
- Golf My Way by Jack Nicklaus on page 127, and page 172
- The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff on page 59, and Back Matter
- The Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson on page 136, and page 209
- Special Forces by David Miller on page 134
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