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Bob Rotella

Bob Rotella is an American sports psychologist and author best known for applying performance psychology to golf. His books include Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect and Putting Out of Your Mind, which helped popularize mental-game training among golfers, coaches, and competitive athletes seeking greater confidence and consistency.

Biografie & Werdegang des Autors

Bob Rotella was born in Rutland, Vermont, in 1949, and his early relationship with sport was practical as much as aspirational. He caddied at Rutland Country Club, including for Bobby Locke, and grew up in a setting where golf, competition, and close observation all mattered. At Castleton State College, from which he graduated in 1971, he was a three-sport athlete, captaining basketball and lacrosse and also playing golf. Those years pushed him toward coaching and toward what he would later describe as the study of greatness rather than pathology; while coaching basketball and lacrosse, he entered a doctoral program at the University of Virginia in the mid-1970s. ((https://www.theopen.com/bob-rotella-greatness?utm_source=openai))

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Believe you can win
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Trust is a must
-Inside the Golfer's Mind
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I deal with the psychology of greatness
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No one wins if they don't believe it
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The second one can be filled with fear and doubt
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It was designed as a game of mistakes
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Stay in the present all the time until you’re out of holes
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"Bob Rotella's knowledge and practical approach to psychology have been an enormous help to me"

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"I couldn't have done it without the help of Dr. Bob Rotella"

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"Rotella's philosophy is astonishingly simple…his success rate…is phenomenal"

The New York Times

"Bob Rotella helped me to be my own best friend and to get to the next level of my career"

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"Bob Rotella's official title is Sports Psychologist, but he is really in the business of performance enhancement"

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"Dr. Bob Rotella is one of the world's leading sports psychologists who has worked with dozens of professional golfers"

USGA

"Bob Rotella taught me to throw away doubt and fear, and as a result I am enjoying golf, learning more, and playing better"

Brad Faxon

"After reading Bob Rotella's books and attending several of his seminars, I've become his fan, friend, and disciple"

Bernie Butler

"Dr. Bob Rotella is the Khalil Gibran of sports psychologists, a Confucius with a golf club"

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