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Golf's Mental Hazards: Overcome Them and Put an End to the Self-Destructive Round [Paperback]

Alan Shapiro (Author)
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June 4, 1996
What's Your Golf Personality?

According to Dr. Alan Shapiro, the personality traits that cause problems in your everyday life can also wreak havoc on your golf game. If you're a worrier, chances are you're also anxious at the tee. If you're a control freak, you probably overanalyze your swing and tend to freeze up over the ball. If you have a short fuse, there is a good chance you're a club thrower.

Using his experience as a psychologist and a devoted golfer, Dr. Shapiro has identified six major golf personality types or "Mental Hazards." Just take the simple, forty-eight-question quiz provided to determine your Mental Hazard Profile, then read and apply Dr. Shapiro's customized advice for overcoming the Mental Hazards that plague you on and off the course.

No matter what your handicap, the unique approach of Golf's Mental Hazards will lead to increased self-awareness and lower golf scores, finally putting an end to the self-destructive round.


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Jay Morelli Director of The Golf School, Mount Snow, Vermont This book is a must for all golfers who feel like they get in their own way. "The Doc" tells it like it is and provides great insight on how to maximize your potential as a golfer.

About the Author

Alan Shapiro, Ph.D., is a psychologist in private practice and founder of Mental Skills Development, an organization that offers workshops for amateur and professional golfers. He was elected to serve on the subscribers' board of Golf Illustrated and lives with his wife and three children in Albany, New York.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Touchstone; Original edition (June 4, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0684804573
  • ISBN-13: 978-0684804576
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #798,756 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brooklyn-born, Alan Shapiro,Ph.D. is the author of Golf's Mental Hazards (Simon & Schuster, 1996), which has been selected for use by the PGA in the mental skill's training of Golf Professionals. He later published a novel, Nine-Iron John (Writer's Club Press, 2002), which cleverly incorporated insights about the psychology of father-son relationships and the fascinating mental side of golf. Over the course of his 30 years as a psychologist, Dr. Shapiro has maintained a private-practice and has been a featured lecturer, radio and TV guest on topics related to sport's psychology, the psychology of aging and existential psychology. Highly acclaimed for his insightful and humorous perspective on the psychology of golf, Dr. Shapiro serves as consultant to The Golf School, based in Mt. Snow, Vermont and Crystal River, Florida. He maintains his residence and private-practice in Albany, New York.

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars Taming your personality, May 17, 1999
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Eiji Takano (Meridian, Mississippi U.S.A) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Golf's Mental Hazards: Overcome Them and Put an End to the Self-Destructive Round (Paperback)
There are six hazards according the author. He provides a test for us at the beginning of the book. Then you can specify your own mental hazard--it's according to your own nature/character.

The author introduces a fictional person for each hazard. This is an awkward part of this book. Psychologists are not always a great story writers. It's a hazard in this book:-)

But the explanation of the mental hazards and how to overcome them are clear. I like autor's honest confession about his anger, disappointment etc.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Provides easy to understand golf related mental tips, September 24, 2002
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G. Horton (Sandwich, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This is the 3rd book on Mental Golf that I have read, and by far the best. The author provides a great test (similar to Myers-Briggs) that helps to focus on 6 areas that can be improved mentally. Each of these areas then has a chapter that has golf-related ideas (instead of some other books that provide overall life changing fixes...yuck) to get over the mental hurdles. For me, Hazard 5 (control freak) and 4 (trying to live up to other's expectations) were right on the money as far as the test scores then the anecdotes. I now have alot of new, useful golf-related ideas to try. Thanks!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great advice, December 18, 2009
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The book made me realize that many, if not, all of my fears when playing golf are really very common. It's really helped me focus on my game without worrying that everybody else is watching me and much better than me. Finally, I can enjoy the game and not worry about anybody else.
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I RECALL A CONVERSATION WITH A MIDDLE-AGED ACQUAINTANCE who loved to participate in sports but found that his basketball and softball days were pretty much finished. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
golf performance, disappointing round, mental hazards, preshot routine, elevated range, golf round, lower handicap, fluid swing, swing thoughts, golf swing, poor play, better golfer, playing partners, first tee, motor memory
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Hazard Five, Hazard Four, Hazard One, Hazard Three, Hazard Six, Golf's Mental Hazards, Mental Hazard Profile, Hazard Two, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, Mental Hazard Assessment Scale, Sam Snead, Tiger Woods, Twelve Step, Mental Hazards of Golf, Harvey Penick, Palms Course, Relaxation Positive
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