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Be the Ball: A Golf Instruction Book for the Mind: The Mental Side of the Game
 
 

Be the Ball: A Golf Instruction Book for the Mind: The Mental Side of the Game [Kindle Edition]

Kim Doren , Charlie Jones

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Chevy Chase's infamous speech from the movie Caddyshack ("There's a force in the Universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen and be the ball".) provides the perfect title for this book, which deals with the mental side of golf. Be the Ball includes interviews with more than 100 professional and amateur golfers and instructors -- each telling readers how they, too, can reach this higher state of control.

Many of the biggest names in golfing, from Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus to Nancy Lopez and Tiger Woods, appear within these pages. Each offers his or her unique tips, philosophy, and thoughts on becoming the very best golfer in the world. And even Bill Murray, Mr. Caddyshack himself, tees up with some "serious" advice. Be the Ball is sure to become a contemporary golfing classic.

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Uses information from interviews of over one hundred golfers, including pros, amateurs, teachers, and psychologists, to explore the mental side of the game.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 1458 KB
  • Print Length: 230 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0740710907
  • Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (1 Nov 2000)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B003Z0CBVI
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #338,911 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
part reference/part fun 9 Feb 2001
By nancy s - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
Almost everyone I love plays golf. My parents, my brothers and my husband. My children are learning. We have many golf books around our house, and this is the first one I have ever read cover to cover. It is filled with great tips and stories. I may even dust off the set of clubs I got 10 years ago and take another swing at it. My husband says this book has changed his life!
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super inspiring even for non-golfers 15 April 2012
By Jeannette Maw - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
I'm not a golfer, but am keenly interested in the power of the mind to create what we want. This book gave me TONS of inspiration and insight into leveraging our mental powers to experience success. Lots of this material can be translated into other arenas of life, although it was enormously interesting to hear it in terms of golf.

I have the habit of dog-earing pages that I especially enjoy, so it's easy to find my way back to them. In most books, that works fine. But with Be the Ball, it was a practically useless habit since virtually the entire book is dog eared. Sometimes I had to turn down the bottom pages because I'd already folded the upper corner on the prior page.

I really liked this book. :)
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
alanb 4 Sep 2001
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Format:Hardcover
Golf requires you to think and Be the Ball makes you think about thinking. I loved reading the comments from playing pros such as such as Lee Trevino, Arnold Palmer, Greg Norman, Gary McCord and Nancy Lopez and teaching pros such as Butch Harmon, Wally Goodwin, Pat Gross and Stan Thirsk. It is a book that I keep going back to time and time again.

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