Recently I read the book Zen Golf by Dr Joseph Parent and was so impressed I want to share some thoughts and a recommendation.
Usually I find a self help book a bit of a slog, reading for a little while and putting it back down until the next time I force myself to read some more. Like a good fiction novel this was a real page-turner. I’m after improving the mental aspect of my archery game and because this book contained so much on-point information I couldn’t put it down.
To get all of the information it’s going to take a bit of unpacking, and I’ll probably read it again at least one more time. Fortunately I read it on my Kindle which meant I could highlight important areas to look back over as a summary.
What I’ve taken from it so far is to find a balance between trying too hard and not caring at all. Shot preparation – breathing, setting my centre of gravity and picturing how the nice shot will happen – these are the areas I’m currently working on and practicing, with great results so far. I also got a lot of information relating to mindset that I haven’t seen so far whilst learning and practicing mindfulness and meditation. In particular how my thoughts are not my mind, but contents of my mind. This is helping me when I practice being in the moment, clearing my mind and just letting thoughts drift by.
As I say this book is going to take a bit of unpacking so I’d imagine that this post will be the subject of updates in the future as I get more into it.
