Review of Play Golf Better Faster: From Weekend Golfer to Pro Golfer in Two Years
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Review of Play Golf Better Faster: From Weekend Golfer to Pro Golfer in Two Years
[Following is a volunteer review of "Play Golf Better Faster: From Weekend Golfer to Pro Golfer in Two Years" by Kalliope Barlis.]
Play Golf Better Faster by Kalliope Barlis is a practical, nonfiction guide to improving your skills at golf, even if you're a novice at the game. In this book, Barlis shares all kinds of secrets and tricks she implemented to help her play to the best of her abilities.
Barlis emphasizes a player's instincts and feelings above all. Specifically what one would call a "gut feeling." In the premise, she lists an exercise that would push players into trusting their feelings over technical logic. One of the things Barlis stresses is meditation whenever possible to heighten that trust. She believes players will improve their skills by continuously imagining themselves performing better and trusting their feelings. And the more they repeat this exercise, the more belief will come easy to them.
In addition to this, Barlis accentuates the need for confidence. She states numerous times throughout the book that feelings influence the ability to play, influenced by self-confidence. The belief in oneself spurs confidence: essentially, it's the belief that you are the best. It doesn't matter if you don't reach your goal instantly; what matters is that you do better than your last attempt and keep practicing.
However, a few things mentioned throughout the book made me drop a rating. One included Barlis continuously repeating mental exercises, which involved closing your eyes and imagining yourself doing something step-by-step. As someone who struggles with imagination, including making myself actively create a scene in my head, it can be challenging to do what she suggests. I also thought the exercises were over-the-top, as some of the things she mentioned included "floating your attention above yourself sitting" and bumping from one timeline of prowess to another. While I thought meditating was a good idea, present in the first exercise, the ones similar to this were too much.
The other was Barlis's focus on confidence as opposed to practice. I believe that while you need to exercise your mind to improve at a sport, what's necessary is continuous practice and repetition. You can't get better at a game if you only imagine yourself being so; imagination can only take you so far, and Barlis places more emphasis on that than practicing physically. Nevertheless, she held some truth to her words because confidence pushes you to do your best.
I found no notable errors in the book, and other than the dislikes I mentioned, I found nothing else distasteful about the book. Hopefully, if I ever pick up golfing, I can look back to this book and utilize the tips mentioned!
I give this book four out of five stars and would recommend it to anyone interested in golfing and utilizing their mind's eye.
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Play Golf Better Faster: From Weekend Golfer to Pro Golfer in Two Years
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Play Golf Better Faster by Kalliope Barlis is a practical, nonfiction guide to improving your skills at golf, even if you're a novice at the game. In this book, Barlis shares all kinds of secrets and tricks she implemented to help her play to the best of her abilities.
Barlis emphasizes a player's instincts and feelings above all. Specifically what one would call a "gut feeling." In the premise, she lists an exercise that would push players into trusting their feelings over technical logic. One of the things Barlis stresses is meditation whenever possible to heighten that trust. She believes players will improve their skills by continuously imagining themselves performing better and trusting their feelings. And the more they repeat this exercise, the more belief will come easy to them.
In addition to this, Barlis accentuates the need for confidence. She states numerous times throughout the book that feelings influence the ability to play, influenced by self-confidence. The belief in oneself spurs confidence: essentially, it's the belief that you are the best. It doesn't matter if you don't reach your goal instantly; what matters is that you do better than your last attempt and keep practicing.
However, a few things mentioned throughout the book made me drop a rating. One included Barlis continuously repeating mental exercises, which involved closing your eyes and imagining yourself doing something step-by-step. As someone who struggles with imagination, including making myself actively create a scene in my head, it can be challenging to do what she suggests. I also thought the exercises were over-the-top, as some of the things she mentioned included "floating your attention above yourself sitting" and bumping from one timeline of prowess to another. While I thought meditating was a good idea, present in the first exercise, the ones similar to this were too much.
The other was Barlis's focus on confidence as opposed to practice. I believe that while you need to exercise your mind to improve at a sport, what's necessary is continuous practice and repetition. You can't get better at a game if you only imagine yourself being so; imagination can only take you so far, and Barlis places more emphasis on that than practicing physically. Nevertheless, she held some truth to her words because confidence pushes you to do your best.
I found no notable errors in the book, and other than the dislikes I mentioned, I found nothing else distasteful about the book. Hopefully, if I ever pick up golfing, I can look back to this book and utilize the tips mentioned!
I give this book four out of five stars and would recommend it to anyone interested in golfing and utilizing their mind's eye.
******
Play Golf Better Faster: From Weekend Golfer to Pro Golfer in Two Years
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
