Breathe GOLF: The Missing Link to a Winning Performance

by Jayne Storey

Overview

This definitive work, written by a long-term teacher of eastern philosophy and practice, explores the relationship between breathing, the quiet mind and playing effortless golf, especially when under pressure.

Drawing on a lifetime of meditation and Tai Chi, plus 18 years’ research into the perfect golf shot, Breathe GOLF teaches you how to unite your mental game with your swing.

With real-life student case studies and more than 50 unique drills and exercises, you’ll learn how awareness of your breathing can help you:

• reduce mental interference
• access the zone
• strengthen your mind-body connection
• unite your mental game and technique
• master anxiety
• prepare for competition
• perform under pressure
• win tournaments

This innovative guide to mastering your game will become the go-to performance manual that you’ll refer to again and again.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784521578
Publisher:	Panoma Press
Publication date:	04/04/2019
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Jayne Storey is a pioneer of the emerging genre that seeks to unite eastern spiritual practice with high performance in pressure situations. Her unique approach helps golfers strengthen their mind-body connection so they can bring together their mental game and technique to deliver fluid yet precise shots, especially during competition. Jayne’s expertise is based on a lifetime’s ‘deep practice’ and teaching of Buddhist meditation and Tai Chi. Based on almost two decades of independent research and development, her unique Chi-Performance GOLF methodology is now proven across all levels of the game. She writes for a number of industry publications and has been featured on BBC television and radio.

Table of Contents

Commentary
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction


PART ONE - THE QUIET MIND

The Quiet Mind
Relaxed Concentration
Reducing Self-Interference
Being in the Present
Immersion
Beginner’s Mind

PART TWO - MIND-BODY CONNECTION

Mind-Body Connection
Brain Chemistry and Performance
Sensory Feedback Loop
The Alpha State
Fluid Motion

PART THREE - THE TRAINING

Conscious Breathing
Getting Started
Just Sitting
Daily Practice
Building a Routine
Introducing Distractions


PART FOUR - DEEP PRACTICE

Dividing Your Attention
Self-Observation
Shot Preparation
Breathing Your Swing
Short Game Samurai
Scoring

PART FIVE - PREPARING TO COMPETE

Pre-Tournament Nerves
The Night Before
In the Locker Room
Walking to the First Tee
Setting Up

PART SIX - IN CONTENTION

Staying Neutral
Handling Pressure
Positive Acceptance
Between Shots
Refocusing
Instinct and Intuition

PART SEVEN - GOLF ENIGMAS

Performance Paradoxes
Effort and Results
Breathing to Win


Bibliography
Resources
About the Author

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Editorial Reviews

Jayne Storey’s approach will soon be as fundamental to the game as the grip and set-up.

MICHAEL WHARTON-PALMER

The key to better golf.

PHIL SCOTT (PGA)

The key to better golf.

PHIL SCOTT (PGA), FATHER OF ADAM SCOTT, 2013 MASTERS CHAMPION

Jayne Storey’s approach will soon be as fundamental to the game as the grip and set-up.

MICHAEL WHARTON-PALMER, 9-TIME ARKANSAS STATE TITLE WINNER Publisher territorial rights

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