The best players know that golf is a game of confidence, and most important, concentration-the ability to focus and block out distraction. The goal of achieving clear thought is also at the heart of Buddhist teachings. In his highly original and groundbreaking book, noted PGA coach and Buddhist instructor, Dr. Joseph Parent, draws on this natural connection and teaches golfers how to clear their minds, achieve ultimate focus, and play in the moment for each shot.
Zen Golf presents a simple system for building "mental game mastery." Dr Parent's unique PAR Approach (focusing on Preparation, Action, and Response to Results) guides golfers with specific techniques for each aspect of their games. In chapters such as "How to Get From the Practice Tee to the First Tee", "You Produce What You Fear", and "How to Enjoy a Bad Round of Golf", the author shares a personal teaching regimen that has helped improve the games of professionals and amateurs alike. By combining classic insights and stories from Zen tradition, Zen Golf helps eliminate the mental distractions that routinely cause poor shots and loss of concentration, allowing golfers to feel in "the zone" that professionals have learned to master.
Clear, concise, and enlightening, Zen Golf shows golfers how to prepare for, execute, and equally important, respond the results of any golf shot. A different approach to golf instruction, this book shapes ancient philosophies into new teachings.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: A Different Perspective
Empty Your Cup
Four Kinds of Students
Thinking Outside the Box
Par for the Course
Cover the Roads with Leather
How Big is Your Mind?
You Are Not Your Thoughts
Basic Goodness
Unconditional Confidence
Clearing the Interference
A Perfect Swing
Part 2: The PAR Approach Preparation
What is Your Target?
Your Mind’s Eye
The Vividness of the Moment
Where is Your Target?
Don’t Hit It in the Lake
Be Decisive
Bacon and Eggs Breakfast
More Curious than Afraid
Natural Commitment
Avoid the Anyway’s
Dive Under the Waves
Cool, Calm and Collected
Listen to Your Intuition
Center of Gravity
Remember to Breathe
Intensify and Release
Cultivating and Strengthening Awareness
Action
How to Get from the Practice Tee to the First Tee
Transitions
Synchronizing Body and Mind
Give It Time to Sink In
Never Keep More than a Hundred Thoughts
in Your Mind During Your Swing
During Your Swing Is Not the Time to Give Yourself a Lesson
Give up Control to Get Control
You Produce What You Fear
Hitting the Target 10,000 Times in a Row
In Golf We Trust
Can You Put a Cat in a Box?
To Care or Not to Care
How to Make Every Putt
Putt with Imagination
Don’t Count Your Money
The Slow Motion Walk-Up
Not Too Tight, Not Too Loose
Beware of Trying for a Few Extra Yards
Nothing Special, Nothing Extra
Response to Results
The Post-Shot Routine
Thanks for the Memories
The Angry Guy
How to Make a Flower Blossom
Pebbles in a Bowl
Untie the Sandbags
Fire Your Evil Caddie
Isn’t Where You Have to Play it from Punishment Enough?
Accentuate the Positive
Uplifted Body, Uplifted Mind
You Can’t Stop the Waves, But You Can Learn to Surf
Why Are You Still Carrying Her?
These Things Come and Go
Overcoming Self-Sabotage
Patience Pays
Take Your Medicine
How to Enjoy a Bad Round of Golf
Who Knows What’s Good and What’s Bad?
Part 3: A Game of Honor
Chi Chi’s Prayer
Shambhala Golf
A Warrior’s Dignity
Gentle, Inquisitive, Fearless
Index of Exercises
References and Recommended Readings
Zen Golf Lessons
