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Zen Golf

Mastering the Mental Game

Mastering the Mental Game

By Joseph Parent

By Joseph Parent

By Joseph Parent

By Joseph Parent

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Hardcover $24.00

May 14, 2002 | ISBN 9780385504461

Ebook $13.99

Jun 18, 2002 | ISBN 9780385507158

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    About Zen Golf

    A highly original and groundbreaking book from a noted PGA coach and Buddhist instructor • “The lessons in Zen Golf make the mental game seem so simple. Dr. Parent has given me very effective methods for working with thoughts and emotions, and for taking the negatives out of the picture.” —Vijay Singh, Masters and PGA Champion

    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.

    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. 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.

    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.

    About Zen Golf

    A highly original and groundbreaking book from a noted PGA coach and Buddhist instructor • “The lessons in Zen Golf make the mental game seem so simple. Dr. Parent has given me very effective methods for working with thoughts and emotions, and for taking the negatives out of the picture.” —Vijay Singh, Masters and PGA Champion

    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.

    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. 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.

    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.

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    About Joseph Parent

    Joseph Parent is a distinguished PGA TOUR and LPGA instructor who helped major champions Vijay Singh and Cristie Kerr to reach #1 in the World Ranking. He has coached hundreds of pros and competitive amateur golfers, as well as celebrities,… More about Joseph Parent

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    Product Details

    Category: Sports | Religion | Self-Improvement & Inspiration | Meditation & Mindfulness

    Hardcover | $24.00
    Published by Doubleday
    May 14, 2002 | 224 Pages | 5 x 7-1/2 | ISBN 9780385504461

    Category: Sports | Religion | Self-Improvement & Inspiration | Meditation & Mindfulness

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Doubleday
    Jun 18, 2002 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9780385507158

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    Praise

    “The lessons in Zen Golf make the mental game seem so simple. Dr. Parent has given me very effective methods for working with thoughts and emotions, and for taking the negatives out of the picture.”
    —Vijay Singh, Masters and PGA Champion

    “Soothing and enlightening, Zen Golf exposes us to the storm-tossed waters of the golfer’s psyche, but in short order, Dr. Parent has us bobbing easily amidst the waves.”
    —Guy Yocum, Senior Writer for Golf Digest

    “There’s no other book like this one. If you want to know what has gotten in the way of playing better and what you can do about it, look no further.”
    —Mike “Radar” Reid, PGA Tour Winner

    “Doc’s unique teaching methods helped me to concentrate and to go from the range to the first tee in a way that gets my round off to a much better start.”
    —Willie Wood, PGA Tour Winner

    “Dr. Parent’s use of golf as a metaphor for business is full of great insights that have helped our staff grow as people and professionals.”
    —David Hausdorff, Vice President, Merrill Lynch, Private Client Group

    “Here is a roadmap to inner confidence, self-awareness and the feel of a purely struck golf shot. This approach to learning and life is a wonderful and powerful expression of the future for golf instruction.”
    —Fred Shoemaker, author of Extraordinary Golf and co-teacher of Golf in the Kingdom seminars with Michael Murphy

    Table Of Contents

    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

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