Summary of Pia Nilsson & Lynn Marriott's Be a Player

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#1 Awareness is at the core of our teaching. We’re all different, and some people are more outwardly focused, while others are more inwardly focused. outward awareness is necessary, but inward awareness is also important.

#2 There are three areas of awareness that are critical to performing well on the golf course: physical, mental, and emotional. Because they’re interconnected, we’ll look at all three.

#3 Physical awareness relates to the state or condition of your body at a given moment. In general, do you know if your body is flexible or inflexible. Is your center of balance high in your body, or is it low.

#4 The second area of awareness is mental awareness, which is the ability to make decisions and analyze conditions. This occurs in the language center of your brain, which some people call the left or conscious part of the brain. The right side, or creative side of the brain, controls creativity, imagination, sensory abilities, and motor skills.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Aug 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350016307

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Insights on Pia Nilsson & Lynn Marriott's Be a Player

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Awareness is at the core of our teaching. We’re all different, and some people are more outwardly focused, while others are more inwardly focused. outward awareness is necessary, but inward awareness is also important.

#2

There are three areas of awareness that are critical to performing well on the golf course: physical, mental, and emotional. Because they’re interconnected, we’ll look at all three.

#3

Physical awareness relates to the state or condition of your body at a given moment. In general, do you know if your body is flexible or inflexible. Is your center of balance high in your body, or is it low.

#4

The second area of awareness is mental awareness, which is the ability to make decisions and analyze conditions. This occurs in the language center of your brain, which some people call the left or conscious part of the brain. The right side, or creative side of the brain, controls creativity, imagination, sensory abilities, and motor skills.

#5

The students often recall emotions they associated with beginning to learn the game, such as joy. These are often the root of why we play.

#6

The role of emotions in golf is underappreciated. When someone hits a wayward shot, we almost always see an emotional reaction: head shaking, groaning, club dropping, bag-kicking, sighing, cursing, etc. Emotions can manifest as anxiety or defeat.

#7

The amygdala, which is the brain’s fear center, fires hot when we get angry. It sends out