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Golf Beneath the Surface - by Raymond Prior Phd (Paperback)

Name: Golf Beneath the Surface - by Raymond Prior Phd (Paperback)
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An essential resource for golfers who want to play a smarter, more fulfilling game on the green For as long as golf has existed, the game's greatest players and instructors have lauded the importance of mental resilience.
About the Author: Raymond Prior, PhD, is a performance consultant known for building personable, knowledgeable, and confidential relationships with his clients.
368 Pages
Sports + Recreation, Sports Psychology

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About the Book

"In Golf Beneath the Surface, performance consultant Dr. Raymond Prior expertly debunks these "surface-level" psychology myths and explains psychological predictors that encourage long-term growth and skillful performance under pressure"--

Book Synopsis

An essential resource for golfers who want to play a smarter, more fulfilling game on the green

For as long as golf has existed, the game's greatest players and instructors have lauded the importance of mental resilience. However, while golfing equipment and course strategy have evolved over time, the field of golf psychology has not kept pace. Many outdated, unscientific notions remain widespread, despite the fact that they actually lead to repetitive, harmful patterns that impair golfer gameplay and create mental barriers to success.

In Golf Beneath the Surface, performance consultant Dr. Raymond Prior expertly debunks these "surface-level" psychology myths and explains psychological predictors that encourage long-term growth and skillful performance under pressure. Backed by rigorously researched neuroscience and psychology, and drawing on years of experience working with some of the world's best players, Dr. Prior shares fresh, practical insights into how golfers think, train, and play, both on and off the course. With a customizable experience that places the reader's own psychology front and center, this book breaks down:

how the brain's design impacts their performance

how to interact with their own thoughts and emotions and train awareness for the present moment

how to understand and effectively change unproductive habits

the critical importance of their psychological framework and how to shape beliefs that cultivate and support steady confidence

Accessible and entertaining, Golf Beneath the Surface challenges the status quo and brings a long-overdue update to modern performance psychology.

Review Quotes

"""After years of traveling the PGA TOUR and coaching at the highest level, I've met all the popular golf psychologists. Raymond's rational, practical, and holistic approach to performance psychology is light-years ahead of anyone else and now available to everyone in Golf Beneath the Surface.""
--Nick Clearwater, vice president of instruction at GOLFTEC and one of Golf Digest's 50 Best Teachers in America

""Raymond can explain the what, why, and how golfers can play more freely, and confidently game better than anyone I've ever known. I only wish I would have known Raymond when I was still playing on tour.""
--Hal Sutton, PGA TOUR champion, two-time PLAYERS champion, and five-time Ryder Cup team member

""Raymond Prior is one of the world's leading experts in peak performance and brings that expertise to every golfer in Golf Beneath the Surface . . . Rather than giving readers a bunch of tired, outdated golf clichés, he teaches players to understand what the brain is designed to do and why that impacts how we play.""
--Chase Cooper, director of instruction at Hal Sutton Golf Academy

""Golf Beneath the Surface truly provides helpful, research-backed processes to better a player's thoughts, habits, and actions on the course. It replaces overused and outdated golf psychology myths with actionable steps that are proven to work. I can't wait to use the new knowledge myself and will be recommending the book to my students and peers.""
--Abby Mann, PGA player development and teaching professional

""We've all heard that golf is 90 percent mental but rarely know how to practice this area. Golf Beneath the Surface offers thought-provoking ideas into what matters most for understanding how your psychology can unlock a path to better golf.""
--Melissa Luellen, head women's golf coach at Auburn University"

About the Author

Raymond Prior, PhD, is a performance consultant known for building personable, knowledgeable, and confidential relationships with his clients. His clients include major champions, world champions, Olympic gold medalists, individual and team national champions, National Coach of the Year Award winners, individual and team Conference Champions, and countless NCAA All-Americans in a variety of sports. Raymond also works with non-sport performers, including Grammy winners, Oscar winners, and Emmy winners performing on stage and screen. As an author and researcher, Raymond has contributed chapters to a variety of performance psychology texts and his research has been published in the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 8.9 Inches (H) x 5.91 Inches (W) x .87 Inches (D)

Weight: .6 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 368

Genre: Sports + Recreation

Sub-Genre: Sports Psychology

Publisher: Benbella Books

Format: Paperback

Author: Raymond Prior Phd

Language: English

Street Date: May 9, 2023

TCIN: 87476552

UPC: 9781637743096

Item Number (DPCI): 247-42-6172

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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