Bob Rotella

Discover how to reach your greatest potential in golf by focusing only on the shot in front of you—nothing before or after—with the world’s preeminent sport psychologist, Dr. Bob Rotella. Acclaimed sport psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Bob Rotella has advised countless professional golfers, as well as athletes in individual and team sports at the amateur and professional levels, on how to flourish under pressure and win championships. Rotella strives to make average athletes exceptional. With his decades of in-depth research and practical experience, he has encouraged people worldwide to persevere through adversity in a dozen internationally bestselling titles. In Make Your Next Shot Your Best Shot, Rotella’s message is simple but effective: to reach your greatest potential in golf, you need to set your sights high and always think positively. He wants you to aim for something incredible: free your mind, concentrate on your process, accept whatever happens, and commit to making your next shot your best shot. Rotella shows you how to focus your mind, create a routine for success, persevere, and overcome failure. Drawing from lessons learned in other sports, this book is about how to train your mind to play in the moment. It’s about spending your lifetime chasing greatness—and having a ball while doing it.

Golf spelas inte med perfektion och Bekymmersfri puttning är de första svenska översättningarna av Dr. Bob Rotellas böcker. Här kommer de i en samlingsvolym med båda titlarna i en bok. Golf är både en fysisk och mental utmaning. Hur mycket av spelet som är fysiskt eller mentalt kan kanske inte bestämmas exakt, men ju bättre en spelare är, desto mer vikt läggs vid den mentala delen. Det är inget konstigt. En nybörjare som har mycket liten kontroll på sin sving kan inte förväntas förstå att kanske så mycket som 80 eller 90% är mentalt. Bland proffsen däremot kan alla slå högkvalitativa slag, och där utgör den mentala biten åtminstone 90% av skillnaden mellan vinnare och förlorare. Oavsett spelarens förmåga är det enkelt att konstatera att scorerna alltid kommer att vara lägre om spelaren tänker bra. I denna bok fås chansen att lära sig av den bäste om hur man tar sig an den mentala utmaningen att spela golf. Dr. Bob Rotella har sedan 1984 arbetat tillsammans med professionella golfspelare på absolut högsta nivå. Hans spelare har vunnit 84 majors och fler än 300 segrar på PGA-, LPGA- och seniortouren. Av Golf World har han utsetts till "Gudfadern av idrottspsykologi för golf". Tre av de fem första som sköt 59 slag på en PGA tour-tävling (Chip Beck, David Duval och Jim Furyk) arbetade alla med Dr. Bob Rotella när de gjorde det. Hans tankar och idéer bygger på sunt förnuft och de är lätta att ta till sig och förstå. Utmaningen ligger i att hålla sig till dem. Golf spelas inte med perfektion är hans första bok, en riktig klassiker och världens mest sålda bok inom idrottpsykologi. Du får nycklarna till att hantera den mentala utmaningen att spela golf och se hur pass bra golfspelare du kan bli. Du lär dig att lägga förväntningarna på ett reslutat åt sidan och att istället lugnt acceptera det som händer dig på banan och på din väg mot dina drömmars mål. Bekymmersfri puttning hjälper dig att hantera det som spelet handlar om på riktigt: att få bollen i hål. Du lär dig att putta för att sänka varje putt, inte putta för att bara få den nära eller undvika en treputt. Du kommer att få ett härligt övertag gentemot dina konkurrenter och du kommer att älska att putta. Padraig Harrington, trefaldig majorvinnare och Europas Ryder Cup-kapten 2020, om Dr. Rotella: "You can't imagine the buzz I got out of 'Golf is not a game of perfect' when I read it for the first time. I had never hit the golf ball as well as after reading his book. I got so excited about it. I then went and worked with him in Virginia where he lives." (www.independent.ie)Rory McIlroy, 4 majorvinster och världsetta, började arbeta med Dr. Rotella som 20-åring och vid 22 års ålder var han den yngste spelaren någonsin att ha vunnit 10 miljoner Euro i prispengar på Europatouren, om att börja arbeta med Dr. Rotella: "I've read all his books over the years and find what he says really interesting and appealing. I think this could make a couple of shots difference in tournaments and hopefully turn my top-threes and top-fives into wins." (www.irishtimes.com)

Who Said I’d Never Dance Again? is a story of determination and resiliency that inspires and gives hope to anyone who might be facing joint-replacement surgery. Facing hip replacement surgery can be frightening and depressing for anyone—especially a competitive athlete enjoying success—and picking up a book about what lies ahead can be downright daunting. There are countless stories of athletes who have had career-ending injuries and surgeries. Until recently, no one watching competition dancers imagined that someone with an artificial hip could move so deftly on the dance floor. Many viewers don’t have the physical ability, flexibility, or stamina to dance with their own joints, let alone an implanted one. Who Said I’d Never Dance Again? is the first book about ballroom dancing to address a painful, yet victorious comeback after joint replacement surgery, and the rigorous physical and mental strength required to make it happen. Ballroom dancer, Darla Davies shares her story as the only competitive athlete and ballroom dancer to claim the United States Pro Am American Smooth Championship title, succumb to hip replacement surgery, and then fight back to regain the national championship in less than three years. Who Said I’d Never Dance Again? teaches readers the warning signs for hip replacement, how to alleviate the fear of facing surgery, dos and don’ts after surgery, how to restore joy, passion, and fire after an enormous physical setback, and more! Darla’s quest for athletic victory gives readers a glimpse of the less glamorous side of ballroom dance competitions and shows all athletes that it’s never too late and that no one is ever too old to pursue their dream.

Acclaimed sports psychologist Bob Rotella has advised everyone from professional golfers to NBA superstars to business executives on how to flourish under pressure and overcome challenges. “Rotella’s philosophy is astonishingly simple…his success rate…is phenomenal” (The New York Times). Now, for the first time, he’s distilled his decades of in-depth research and practical experience into a potential-unlocking guide for everyone, from businesspeople to athletes to parents. Most psychology is focused on trying to make abnormal people normal. Bob Rotella’s work is to make normal people exceptional. How Champions Think takes readers inside the minds of winners in many fields. It explores how to keep the mind from holding you back, whatever your physical gifts or other talents. It’s about how to make a commitment, how to persevere, how to deal with failure. It’s about how to train your mind to create a self-image that promotes confidence and accomplishment. Any successful life starts with how you see yourself. And with these pearls of wisdom from the nation’s preeminent sports psychologist, you can learn to achieve the success of your dreams. “Straightforward and simple... Do the math. Read Rotella” (The Wall Street Journal).

From the bestselling author of Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect and the preeminent golf psychologist to the games top players comes the defining guide to mastering the enormous challenges of chips, pitches, bunker shots, and putts. Dr. Bob Rotella is the preeminent golf psychologist to the games top playershe has coached stars like Keegan Bradley, Padraig Harrington, and Darren Clarkeand he has offered his advice to golfers of all skill levels in his bestselling books, including Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect and Golf Is a Game of Confidence. Now, he tackles the minds role in the most difficult aspect of golfingthe short game. Its no secret that more than two-thirds of the shots a golfer makes are short ones: putts, chips, and pitches. Long drives may garner applause, but whether a golfer wants to win the Masters or just five bucks from a friend on Saturday morning, its the little shots that make the difference. Yet many players either fail to recognize or choose to ignore the importance of the short game. In The Unstoppable Golfer, Dr. Rotella applies the same wisdom and experience that have worked for clients like Davis Love III and Graeme McDowell to help every golfer master this special art of short shots and take all the frustration out of this increasingly challenging element of the game. Requiring extraordinary levels of concentration, the short game is typically a source of fear for amateurs and pros alike. In this book, Dr. Rotella teaches readers how to overcome that fear by using their minds to achieve a state of calm in which the focus is on one thing alone: the hole. Rotella shares stories about professionals with whom he has worked who have mastered the psychological aspect of successful putting by adhering to simplebut hard-to-followrules and practices that will improve any golfers game: stay focused on your targets, visualize your shots, commit to your routine, and accept completely whatever happened to the golf ball. On top of citing his experiences with golfers, Dr. Rotella also probes the science of memory and how knowledge of the brains workingsespecially those areas that deal with physical taskscan markedly improve a golf game, particularly when it comes to getting out of a bunker or taking the measure of a long putt. For casual and dedicated golfers alike, a better short game provides one of the ultimate pleasures of golfa pleasure they will come to know by training their minds to allow them to become unstoppable golfers. Since 1984, golfers coached by Dr. Bob Rotella have won a total of: -74 major professional titles 2 Masters tournaments -12 U. S. Opens -12 British Opens -11 PGA Championships -4 U. S. Womens Opens -6 LPGA Championships -5 Kraft-Nabisco Championships -5 Tradition Championships -7 Womens British Opens -2 Senior PGA Championships -5 U. S. Senior Opens -3 Senior Players Championships

Gary Player is one of golf’s greatest champions. As one of the “Big Three” of golf’s golden era (with Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer), he helped launch golf as a major international sport. He sits fourth on the list of most major victories on the PGA Tour and built a reputation of being fearless on the course and steely on the greens. Don’t Choke is his look at what it takes to achieve success when the pressure is on. Player explains how and why he became a champion and what it takes to win in big-time golf, but he also explains how learning to cope in pressure situations can help anyone. He will review the most pressure-packed situations in his eighteen major victories and how he managed to succeed when things were most tense. But this book is not all about golf. Player has had a long successful career in business since his playing days—designing golf courses, marketing golf equipment and sportswear, and more. If you want to do better in a boardroom or in your next job interview, Player’s advice will help. This personal glimpse into the mind of a champion offers lessons to everyone who has to face pressure—and today that is all of us.“Gary is one the greatest competitors who ever played the game.”—Arnold Palmer

All golfers have fourteen clubs in their bag, but the real winners have a little something extra--that mental attitude that puts their game above the others. Dr. Bob Rotella, author of the bestselling book Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect, brings together his skills and years of experience as a golf psychologist to give readers the insight they need to improve their game--before they ever step up to the tee. The 15th Club is the tool that golf stars like Tiger Woods use to block out negative thoughts, doubt, and fear. It is what allows champions to perform at their peak both in practice and during the game. Golfers who lack it find the game elusive and frustrating. Confident golfers play the game as they have always sensed they could play it. Now, one of the most renowned golf writers offers up the foolproof methods that will allow golfers at any skill level to give their game that extra boost. Dr. Rotella provides tips and techniques for how to learn from better golfers, overcome fear in pressure situations, and keep a clear mind, no matter what. He tells golfers that inner arrogance is not a negative trait, but instead is something that can improve performance on and off the course. In order to perform at peak levels and achieve your goals, you must believe that you can win. Positive thinking is an incredibly powerful tool, and it can change the way a player approaches the game. Knowing how to focus on the challenge at hand and understanding your own talent are crucial parts of becoming a confident golfer. Dr. Rotella provides a detailed plan that anyone can use to build the self-image of a winner. He offers a one-year schedule in diary and calendar form that will incorporate the daily mental routines that he assigns to players on the PGA Tour. This is how the pros learn to ignore negative influences, focus on productive advice, and take pride in their abilities. Your 15th Club will tell golfers of all abilities how to develop the confidence they need to maximize their physical gifts and defeat the Tigers of their world, whether that world is the PGA Tour or the third flight of the club championship.