Summary of Pia Nilsson & Lynn Marriott's Be a Player

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Awareness is at the core of our teaching. We’re all different, and some people are more outwardly focused, while others are more inwardly focused. outward awareness is necessary, but inward awareness is also important.
#2 There are three areas of awareness that are critical to performing well on the golf course: physical, mental, and emotional. Because they’re interconnected, we’ll look at all three.
#3 Physical awareness relates to the state or condition of your body at a given moment. In general, do you know if your body is flexible or inflexible. Is your center of balance high in your body, or is it low.
#4 The second area of awareness is mental awareness, which is the ability to make decisions and analyze conditions. This occurs in the language center of your brain, which some people call the left or conscious part of the brain. The right side, or creative side of the brain, controls creativity, imagination, sensory abilities, and motor skills.

Sujets

• Sports Psychology
• Sports
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Sport psychology
• Recreation

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 20 août 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798350016307
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Insights on Pia Nilsson & Lynn Marriott's Be a Player
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Awareness is at the core of our teaching. We’re all different, and some people are more outwardly focused, while others are more inwardly focused. outward awareness is necessary, but inward awareness is also important.

#2

There are three areas of awareness that are critical to performing well on the golf course: physical, mental, and emotional. Because they’re interconnected, we’ll look at all three.

#3

Physical awareness relates to the state or condition of your body at a given moment. In general, do you know if your body is flexible or inflexible. Is your center of balance high in your body, or is it low.

#4

The second area of awareness is mental awareness, which is the ability to make decisions and analyze conditions. This occurs in the language center of your brain, which some people call the left or conscious part of the brain. The right side, or creative side of the brain, controls creativity, imagination, sensory abilities, and motor skills.

#5

The students often recall emotions they associated with beginning to learn the game, such as joy. These are often the root of why we play.

#6

The role of emotions in golf is underappreciated. When someone hits a wayward shot, we almost always see an emotional reaction: head shaking, groaning, club dropping, bag-kicking, sighing, cursing, etc. Emotions can manifest as anxiety or defeat.

#7

The amygdala, which is the brain’s fear center, fires hot when we get angry. It sends out stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol that prepare the body for its fight or flight responses. If we don’t interrupt this response, it will interfere with our ability to think.

#8

Awareness is the ability to notice the things around you, which means you’re in the present moment. When you’re not thinking about your final score or a mediocre shot, you’ll play better.

#9

Accessing your awareness is something you need to practice regularly. You'll begin to recognize your physical, mental, and emotional states, and your tendencies in each of them on the golf course.

#10

The golf swing is a reflection of your personality. Are you an outwardly aware or inwardly aware person. Do you tend to be positive or negative about yourself. Do you have calm, excited, nervous, worried, or confident emotions.

#11

You should be able to identify your emotional reaction after a shot. You should be able to describe the state of your body at various points during your round, and the state of your mind at various points.

#12

When I left Sweden at age 19 to attend Arizona State University and play on the golf team, I was a shy introvert. I liked to read and study, and I was good at math and physics. I began pre-medicine studies to become a doctor, like my father. But the pre-med classes conflicted with golf practice, so I began taking other courses that interested me.

#13

I was a coach for the Swedish Golf Federation, and I was assigned to coach the country’s top golfers. I was able to observe how they reacted to their shots, and I gave them feedback that was more than just technical.

#14

The first tee is a metaphor for what lies ahead of us on the course and within ourselves. We will encounter good and bad lies, difficult and easy pin positions, fast and slow greens, and pleasant or unpleasant weather and playing partners.

#15

variability is the one constant in golf. It is what allows the game to be random, but it also makes it so that you can’t ever truly achieve consistency.