The Mental Art of Putting Using Your Mind to

With this book every golfer can putt with greater confidence, composure, and consistency in between those elusive holes-in one!

Dr. Patrick J. Cohn, a leading sport and golf psychologist, heads Peak Performance Sports in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Robert K. Winters works with the David Leadbetter Golf Academy at Champions Gate and is the president of Mind Power Sports, also in Orlando. Both live in Orlando, Florida.

Foreword

xiii

Preface

xv

Acknowledgments

xix

Introduction

xxi

Lagman or Charger? Determining Your Putting Style

1

(6)

Two Different Styles of Putting

1

(1)

Do you Lag or Charge?

2

(1)

The Importance of Speed

3

(1)

What Is Your Attitude about Putting?

4

(1)

Finding Your Style

5

(2)

Try This!

5

(2)

The Best of the Best: Qualities of Great Putters

7

(10)

Do You Think of Yourself as a Good Putter?

8

(1)

Are You Confident in Your Ability?

9

(1)

Are You a Doubter?

10

(1)

Do You Believe in Your Method?

10

(1)

Do You Practice for Touch?

11

(1)

Can You See the Line?

12

(1)

Do You Love to Putt?

12

(1)

Do You Give Your Best Effort?

13

(1)

Do You Know That You're Not Perfect?

13

(1)

Do You Practice to Make Putts?

14

(3)

Mind Matters

14

(1)

Try This!

15

(2)

A Healthy Start: Choosing the I-Can-Make-Everything Attitude

17

(10)

Choosing a Good Attitude

17

(2)

A Study in Attitude

19

(1)

Making the Right Choice

19

(1)

The Golden Attitude

20

(2)

The Power of Words

22

(1)

The Little Engine: A Relevant Children's Story

23

(1)

Developing the I-Can-Make-Everything Attitude

24

(3)

Try This!

25

(2)

The One-Putt Mindset: The Only Way to Think

27

(8)

Confidence: The Name of the Game

28

(1)

Competence and the Putting Cycle: It Works Both Ways!

29

(1)

The Positive Putting Cycle

30

(2)

The Negative Putting Cycle

32

(1)

Finding ``IT'' on the Green

33

(2)

Try This!

34

(1)

Confidence: The Key to Giving It Your Best Stroke

35

(10)

Competence: The Foundation for Confidence

36

(1)

Confidence from Your Practice

36

(1)

Confidence from Your Preputt Routine

37

(1)

Confidence from Experience and Competition

37

(1)

Confidence from Your Commitment

38

(1)

Confidence from Your Preround Warm-up

39

(1)

Confidence from Your Putter

39

(1)

How to Regain Confidence When You're Leaking Oil

40

(5)

Mind Matters

42

(1)

Try This!

43

(2)

Line, Speed, and Target: Focus for Making Putts

45

(12)

Understanding Concentration

46

(4)

What Are the Important Cues?

46

(1)

What Is Relevant and Irrelevant to Putting?

47

(1)

Don't Reflect, React

47

(1)

Focus on Execution, Not Result

48

(1)

Focus In and Focus Out

48

(1)

Getting Back on Track

49

(1)

Stop the Wandering

49

(1)

Attention Killers

50

(2)

Outside Distractions

50

(1)

The Blank Out

50

(1)

Negative Thoughts

50

(1)

Anxiety

51

(1)

Boredom

51

(1)

Low Self-Confidence

51

(1)

Running Out of Steam

51

(1)

Off-Course Exercises to Improve Your Focus

52

(1)

Exercise 1: Holding Your Focus

52

(1)

Exercise 2: Focusing on Breathing

52

(1)

Exercise 3: Mental Rehearsal

52

(1)

Exercise 4: Practice Refocusing Attention

53

(1)

On-Course Tips for Better Concentration

53

(2)

No Past, No Future, Only the Present

53

(1)

Think One Shot at a Time

54

(1)

Focus on Your Preparation

54

(1)

Relax While You Wait Your Turn

54

(1)

Use a Warm-Up Routine

54

(1)

Practice Like You Play

55

(1)

Cue Yourself to Concentrate

55

(1)

Rehearse Your Putt while You Wait

55

(2)

Try This!

56

(1)

Now You See It: Vision and Imagination in Putting

57

(12)

Differences in Vision between Great and Poor Putters

58

(1)

Vision and Your Putting Routine

58

(1)

Surveying the Green: Getting a Read

59

(1)

Watch Other Putts: Your Best Clue

60

(1)

The Dominant Eye in Putting

60

(1)

The Million-Dollar Look

61

(1)

Developing an Eye for the Line

62

(1)

The Big Picture: Soft Focus or Hard Focus?

63

(1)

Focus on a Small Target

64

(1)

Are You Really Square?

65

(1)

Visual Shift and Image Decay during Putting

65

(1)

Keep Putting Simple

66

(3)

Try These Exercises for Improving Vision!

66

(3)

The 30-Second Mindset: Establishing a Putting Routine

69

(10)

What's All the Fuss about a Preshot Routine?

69

(1)

Take It from the Pros

70

(1)

The Six Essentials: Qualities of a Good Routine

71

(2)

Example Preshot Routine for Putting

73

(1)

Maintain Your Line

74

(1)

Regroup When Distracted

74

(1)

Develop Your Own Preshot Routine

75

(1)

Should Your Routine Be Routine?

76

(1)

Make Your Routine Simple to Follow

76

(3)

Try This!

77

(2)

The Child Within: Generating a Fearless Mindset

79

(14)

What's So Scary?

80

(1)

Stress on the Green

81

(1)

A Golfer's Biggest Enemy: The Fear of Missing

82

(1)

The Fear of Looking Stupid and Incompetent

83

(1)

Do You Protect Your Ego?

83

(1)

The Fear of Choking

84

(1)

The Yips and Freezing

85

(1)

Dealing with Fear on the Green

86

(3)

Eliminate the Past

87

(1)

Putt Like a Little Kid Again

87

(2)

Think of Your Putt as a ``Second'' Attempt

89

(1)

Reality Check on the Green

89

(1)

Be Your Own Coach

90

(1)

Focus on the Task

90

(3)

Try This!

91

(2)

Preparing Your Mind to Putt Your Best

93

(8)

Instilling Confidence: A Never-Ending Project

94

(1)

The Positive Coach Inside You

94

(1)

Pictures Are Worth a Thousand Putts

95

(1)

Don't Expect to Putt Perfectly

96

(1)

Preparing to Putt Well in Tournaments

96

(1)

Coping with Poor Putting

97

(2)

What Are Your Goals?

99

(2)

Try This!

99

(2)

Productive Putting Practice: Taking It to the Course

101

(10)

The Difference between Practicing and Playing

102

(1)

Transferring Your Putting to the Course

103

(2)

Make It Automatic

105

(1)

Practice for Touch and Feel

105

(3)

Improving Confidence with Short Putts

108

(1)

Taking It to the Course

108

(2)

The Use of Visual Aids during Practice

110

(1)

Try This!

110

(1)

The Golden Touch: Warming Up Your Putter

111

(6)

Generate Your Feel on the Green

112

(1)

Validate Your Confidence

112

(1)

More Is Not Always Better

113

(1)

Go with What You Have

113

(1)

One- Two- or Three-Ball Warm-Up?

114

(1)

Remember, It's Only a Warm-Up

115

(2)

Try This!

115

(2)

Putting Rx: Remedies for Common Problems

117

(10)

A Summary of Great Putting: Six Important Keys

127

(6)

Positive Attitude

128

(1)

Putting Confidence

128

(1)

Touch and Feel

129

(1)

Total Focus

130

(1)

Imagination and Vision

130

(1)

Trusting Your Stroke

131

(1)

Monitoring Your Progress

132

(1)

Player Progress Questionnaire

133

(2)

References

135

(2)

About Patrick J. Cohn, Ph.D.

137

(2)

About Robert K. Winters, Ph.D., Sports Psychologist and Performance Consultant

139

(2)

Peak Performance Sports Mental Game of Golf Library

141

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The Mental Art of Putting Using Your Mind to Putt Your Best

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