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Mind Over Golf: How to Use Your Head to Lower Your Score

by Richard H. Coop

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Whether you struggle to break 100 or consistently break par, you've already discovered that golf is the most mentally demanding of all sports. Dr. Richard Coop, one of the foremost sports psychologists in the country, has developed a unique mental approach to the game, helping both skilled pros and beginning amateurs alike to play better.

Mind Over Golf examines all the demanding psychological challenges of golf and explains in detail how to conquer them. Golfers have discovered that there are ways to lower their scores that go beyond getting tips on their swing and stance. In order to play better, you have to find the key that allows your natural athletic ability to come to the fore, without being impeded by anxiety about making a poor shot.

By following Dr. Coop's principles and ideas you'll be in the strongest possible position, both physically and mentally, to put your best swing on each shot. As Payne Stewart says in his foreword to Mind Over Golf, "Not everyone can swing like a tour pro, but most everyone has it within himself or herself to think like one, and Dr. Coop lays the foundation for that within these pages."

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Book details

Author
Richard Coop
Imprint
Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
Published
Formats
Paperback, Hardcover
Subjects
Sports & Recreation › Golf
Sports & Recreation › Sports Psychology
Topics
sports psychology · mental game · performance improvement · athletic mindset · score improvement · amateur and professional golfers
ISBN-13
9780028616834 (Paperback)9781620455319 (Hardcover)

About the author

RICHARD H. COOP was a professor of educational psychology at the University of North Carolina for 30 years and the author of several books on the mental aspects of golf, including Mind Over Golf: How to Use Your Head to Lower Your Score and The New Golf Mind.

Coop held a doctoral degree and was among the first sports psychologists to work systematically with PGA Tour golfers, beginning in 1975, counting Payne Stewart, Ben Crenshaw, Larry Mize, and Scott Simpson among his clients. He also served as a contributing editor for Golf Magazine.

When not writing, Coop worked with NASCAR drivers and athletes across multiple sports, bringing the same psychological approach he applied to golf. His books focused on the mental side of athletic performance.

Coop died on December 29, 2019, at age 81, following a battle with Parkinson’s disease.

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