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A recent research study of the practice sessions of PGA Tour players found that many Tour players were practicing inefficiently and were not getting as much from their practice time as they could. This applies even more to amateur golfers. This is despite the large amount of research by Sports Expertise researchers, Sports Psychologists and Motor Learning experts, and Biomechanics, on the best way to practice
This book shows you how to make your practice sessions effective and efficient, identifying what to practice and how to practice.
It Covers:
- How Marginal Gains and Deliberate Practice is transforming golf training, including how it was used by Luke Donald
- Using golf stats and performance assessment to identify the weakness to eliminate
- What the golf statisticians say is the best way to improve your game.
- The difference between learning a task and practicing a skill
- Slow motion mirror work – why great teachers and golfers use it, including Tiger Woods
- Goldilocks learning, task based learning, and implicit learning
- Why Variable and Random practice is better than block practice and the importance of the Challenge Point
- Practicing under pressure
- Producing a performance profile
- How to identify the right coach to work with
- Goal setting and Periodization
- Building a session plan
- How Marginal Gains and Deliberate Practice is transforming golf training, including how it was used by Luke Donald
- Using golf stats and performance assessment to identify the weakness to eliminate
- What the golf statisticians say is the best way to improve your game.
- The difference between learning a task and practicing a skill
- Slow motion mirror work – why great teachers and golfers use it, including Tiger Woods
- Goldilocks learning, task based learning, and implicit learning
- Why Variable and Random practice is better than block practice and the importance of the Challenge Point
- Practicing under pressure
- Producing a performance profile
- How to identify the right coach to work with
- Goal setting and Periodization
- Building a session plan
