Epic line up if there ever was one.

Maybe I'm not understanding this right, but there seems to be an ever increasing focus on the mental aspect of the game. Is it increasing or is it simply more present?

I watched a video about a guy from California, who, at 40 years old, decided it was time to test and challenge himself to become a Tour Player. A huge part of his training involved "Mental Attitude" and changing his thinking or at least trying to change his emotional approach when hitting the ball or his emotional response to having hit a poor shot.

Maybe my thinking is to old fashion, but I have always thought that a large part of having self confidence was having something to be confident about.

I swear, if you live west of Mississippi and north of Texas you'll become a mansy pansy Golfer and I'm not completely convinced about Texas anymore either. Naturally, LBG.com members excluded. :laughing9

The name of the movie was "The Back Nine". I hate doing this but I can't help showing you his library of golf books.

An Enduring Passion: *The Legends and Lore of Golf, by Jaime Diaz
The Art of Putting, by Stan Utley
The Art of the Short Game, by Stan Utley
Beyond Golf, by Larry Miller
California Golf, by George Fuller
The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance, by K. Anders Ericsson, Neil Charness, Paul J. Feltovich, and Robert R. Hoffman *
Chasing the Dream, by Harry Hart III
The Elements of Scoring, by Raymond Floyd
The Flat Stick: History, Romance and Heartbreak of the Putter, by Noah Liberman
The Future of the Body, by Michael Murphy
Golf for Enlightenment, by Deepak Chopra
Golf in America: The First 100 Years; by George Peper and Editors of Golf Magazine
Golf in the Kingdom, by Michael Murphy
Golf is Not a Game of Perfect by Dr. Bob Rotella, with Bob Cullen
Golf My Way, by Jack Nicklaus
Golf’s Mental Hazards, by Alan Shapiro, PH.D.
The Golf of Your Dreams by Dr. Bob Rotella, with Bob Cullen
Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book, by Harvey Penick with Bud Shrake
The Heart of a Champion, by Bob Richards
The Impossible Art of Golf, by Alec Morrison
The Inner Game of Golf, by W. Timothy Gallway
The Legend of Bagger Vance, by Steven Pressfield
The Mental Game of Golf, by Patrick J. Cohn, PH.D.
Mind Over Golf, by Dr. Richard H. Cooper with Bill Fields
The Modern Fundamentals of Golf, by Ben Hogan
My 55 Ways to lower your score, by Jack Nicklaus
One Thousand and One Reason to Love Golf, by Hubert Pedroli and Mary Tiegreen
On The Sweetspot, by Richard Keefe
The Tao of Golf, by Leland T. Lewis
Tour Tempo, by John Novosel with John Garrity
The Way of the Shark, by Greg Norman with Donald T. Phillips
Yoga for Golfers, by Katherine Roberts

The Mental Game
 

The Mental Game in Golf has three purposes:

1. In Learning, to gain over time a crystal clear understanding of the necessary Golf Stroke Mechanics. This is the Blueprint.

2. In Practice, to translate those precision Mechanics into identifiable Feels through the conscious programming of the subconsious mind. This is the process of Building.

3. In Play, to use your imagination (born of experience) to visualize the alternative shots for the situation at hand; weigh risk against reward, particularly in the light of your own capabilities; and to choose among them wisely. Then, to employ (1) a disciplined Pre-Shot Routine (with its own set of Visualizations and Feels) that will program the Computer for its essential responsibility (Execution Control) and (2) a disciplined Post-Shot Routine that will reinforce the intended Stroke; set the stage for a successful outcome on the next Stroke; and avoid the negative psychological and physical consequences of dwelling on past mistakes. This is the End Result.

These activities combine to produce an effective, efficient Golf Stroke.

A Golf Stroke you own.

A Golf Stroke you can "turn loose and trust".

:)

"You want confidence in putting? I'll tell you how you get confidence in putting: You get confidence in putting by getting humpbacked picking the ball up out of the can."

-- Jimmy Demaret

"There is a reason why most golfers don't trust their swing. It's because their swing (including its programming) isn't trustworthy."

-- Yoda

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I guess I'm in the Jimmy Demaret and Yoda School.

yep me too Daryl

Yoda's quote is golden :-) (my bold)

"There is a reason why most golfers don't trust their swing. It's because their swing (including its programming) isn't trustworthy."
-- Yoda

How to be a great putter??
 

Practice - In September I watched Tiger make 100 3-4 footers in a row from the same spot with two hand and one hand. Stevie kept picking them out of the hole and rolling them back to TW.

just wondering, Yoda, if the speakers produce transcripts of their presentations?

If you do, would it be possible to get a copy?

I would also love to read a transcript of Pia & Lynn's presentation.

I'm sure that quite a few of the others will be fantastic too but thise two really caught my eye.

Power Points
 

The PGA has asked the speakers for Power Point slides that will be incorporated into a seminar manual. Or, at a minimum, for 'bullet points' which they will use for the same purpose. To my knowledge, there are no transcripts.

If I write out my talk, I will post it here. But don't hold your breath: I've never been much good at 'coloring between the lines'.

:salut:

superb!

If its possible to get copies of the other speakers slides that would be awesome too!

The PGA gives out a seminar manual,to attendees, of the materials received from presenters. To my knowledge transcripts of individual presentations are not provided, bby the PGA. Some presenters make their transcipts available through their own web sites.

All presentations are video taped. The PGA does offer to it members an opportunity to purchase DVD's of individual presentations or the complete series, for the Teaching and Coaching Summit. These DVD's become available about 2-3 months following the Summit. The cost, if memory serves, is $30 to $35 per DVD and a discounted price for the complete series.

This years Summit has the best overall list of presenters (the line-up is heavy on the TGM side). Some I have seen before and would see again. I regret not attending. The temptation to see YODA present has me waffling on making last minute arrangements to make the trip.

My bet is that Yoda's presentation will be the hit of the T & C Summit.

Yoda, Best wishes to you an the successful reception to your professional, highly informative and vibrant presentation.

GPStyle, PM me if you are interested in DVD copies of any of the presentations. As I am planning another trip to Ireland around the time that the DVD's become available.

Michael Phillips, PGA