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I did not find the book to be heavily laid with the negative. The next level for him is mental. Maybe his first book was so good that this pales only by comparison.I don't play golf much but my son, 13, is a serious golfer. Instead found the so called negative as examples of the though process that prevents golfers from doing there best. He has all the shots and then some. But the mental part of the game is holding him back from that sub par level.I read the book before we gave it to him. He does go a little heavy on Padraig but it does go to show how his helpful hints and suggestions can work.There is not much in the book that has not been covered elswhere, but here is is in a condensed fashion with real life examples.Working the suggesed steps will improve condidence and give the golfer who has the shots a lower score. It has helped my son to be more aware of his thinking on the course, gave him alternatives, and has lowered his score
I'm the duffer's duffer, and yet Dr. Bob has opened up a set of tools that I believe will help me to enjoy the game more and to give myself more opportunities to hit well. His helps address directly my tendency to talk harshly to myself about missed shots. I'm anxious for the weather to improve so I can get out there and try on my "new self."
I don't think they grasp what Rotella is saying about the importance of self confidence. Before reading `Your 15th Club' I thought `Golf is not a game of perfect' was the best golf book I have read. But more than explaining the importance of self confidence Rotella explains how to build and maintain self confidence. Now Bob Rotella has matched that and taken it to the next level. I've read the previous reviews and some don't seem to agree with my opinion. Some of the things in this book I had stumbled upon and was all ready doing and some I have learned from this book's marvelous way of conveying Bob Rotella's thoughts. The thoughts and ideas in this book can help anyone improve their golf game.
This book is an excellent review of how to build confidence, change mental attitudes, and play a better, more enjoyable mental game, but it takes a lot of hard work. Buy this one is you have negative opinions and attitudes about your game, or want to shave ten strokes off your handicap, but be prepared to have to work at it, not just read the book.
Aside from a few sections where Rotella seems to get too enamored with his own psychology, the book seemed to flow and read just as well as PERFECT.But, just when things seemed to reach the denouement promised in the title, namely revealing the SECRET TO GREAT GOLF, Rotella completely falls off the planet. I couldn't have been more wrong. At first, 15TH CLUB seemed to be everything that I hoped it would be. I first became acquainted with Bob Rotella, as many others did, through his book, GOLF IS NOT A GAME OF PERFECT. If you want to get the Yips, the neurological putting problem that plagues many of the game's best, simply read 15TH CLUB's Chapter 13: Nip the Yips. Titled "Putting it All Together," this final chapter would surely get things back on track and, at long last, reveal the secret to great golf promised by the author.
But as I finished wading through the mess, the next chapter title seemed to offer some hope.
Enter Padraig Harrington and Rotella's previously unknown position as President of the Padraig Harrington Fan Club.
Oh.
So well written, so straightforward and so applicable, PERFECT spoke to all of the mental concerns that I have with my golf game.So, naturally, it made perfect sense to get Rotella's newest book, YOUR 15TH CLUB: THE INNER SECRET TO GREAT GOLF, especially since Rotella had positioned this book as a companion volume to, PERFECT, the landmark work that so many had read and loved.
The final chapter was nothing more than Padraig Harrington - Part Deux.
Two tedious, inexplicable chapters emerge wherein Rotella simply sings the praises of Paddy without really relating anything to the abandoned reader.
Yes, the first of the chapters, titled "What I Learned from Padraig Harrington," seems to promise the reader a chance to learn some important mental tips from the Irish champion but then becomes Rotella's regurgitation of how Paddy played this tournament or that one.
One last thing.
Nothing that I have ever read will put the wrong putting thoughts into your head more than this well-meant but surpassingly misguided chapter.Stick with Rotella's excellent book, GOLF IS NOT A GAME OF PERFECT, and forget this one.THE (GOLFING) HORSEMAN
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