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tennis tom
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 Posted - 08/13/2011 : 08:56:51
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Just coming to on the left coast, managed to produce my daily grind and Pillsbury Pastry Strudel (the thinking man's Pop Tart) without making a mess on the counter. Turned on the big screen Pioneer to reconnect to humanity and up comes the Golf Channel. I must have programmed it in at some point in history in a premonition of some far-off post-tennis future. Since then I've redrawn my future road-map , golf looks much too complex and raucous. So I've reconfigured for a soft-landing to croquette instead, to drift-off into for my demise years. Croquette people are always partying, with fine wines, cheeses and a crock-pot full of Vienna sausages--no one really pays any attention to the croquette--with the exception of a couple of serious types. You don't even have to play croquette to play croquette. I'm in just for the daily sunset party.
I better put in a paragraph here, (does anyone know an editor with a non-profit point of view?). So the Golf Channel is a pleasant way to transition from bed to coffee. The backgrounds are idyllic with serious, but quiet discussions in Garden of Eden settings, between men wearing business suits on lawns.
So this guy with an English accent, who looks like a younger version of Sean Connery, is talking about Tiger Woods' "mind" "body", the scandal and constantly changing swing coaches. Young "Sean Connery" says: "Happy people are happy putters." I visualize Tiger sitting in the waiting room of a shrink and then I think, Tiger doesn't wait in a waiting room, he surely has a therapist attached to his entourage selected by Nike for him probably masquerading as a swing coach.
Next scene is the young Irish kid phenom, "potential carpal tunnel victim", having his forearm carefully wrapped in blue kinesiotape--the latest form of witchcraft for athletes--and I wonder if he's been under any pressure lately--that was a rhetorical wonder.
DR. SARNO'S 12 DAILY REMINDERS:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dKBFwGR0g
TAKE THE HOLMES-RAHE STRESS TEST
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_and_Rahe_stress_scale
Some of my favorite excerpts from _THE DIVIDED MIND_ :
http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2605
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"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Jiddu Krishnamurti
"Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional." Author Unknown
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jjh2go
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Posted - 08/13/2011 : 09:47:18
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| Tiger Woods is an interesting case of psychology. He was on top of the golf world until his psychological world came crashing down. Is golf really a physical game, or a psychological game? More likely, both. However, his psychological state will not allow him to golf like he did. And I'm speculating that someone like him focuses on the physical world around him, and not to the real problem which exists in his mind, much like a TMS sufferer. |
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art
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Posted - 08/13/2011 : 10:09:47
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I'm a golfer, and I can tell you that all tour players have superb mechanics. The difference between the top tier and all the rest is most assuredly confidence.
Tiger's got so much going against him at the moment. Perhaps first and foremost, he's no longer a kid. Your brain changes as you age, and these changes are not always good. He's more prone to fear and doubt now. He's had presentiments of his own vulnerability, which is to say his mortality. His injuries certainly speak to that.
Second of course is the scandal and all that entails. The loss of his family, the loss of his status as a near god in the sporting world, the loss of respect, the loss of sponsorships.
Finally, in my opinion he's making a huge mistake by trying to remake his swing at this stage. Even for a man of Tiger's monumental ability, that's a very difficult thing to do...especially with everything else he's got going on...
Tiger by the way does not have TMS. He tore his ACL (knee) and tore an Achilles tendon. These are real and potentially devastating. IN many ways Tiger seems the antithesis of the TMS personality. PLaying with all that pain a few years ago and winning a major while all torn up, is not in my opinion something you'd expect from the typical TMS personality. We tend to be dominated by our pain, not the reverse like TIger..
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tennis tom
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Posted - 08/14/2011 : 09:51:54
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I admire Tiger's ability and guts immensely, but he's always struck me as quite a damaged person. In my opinion, there's something deeply false about him. And I've been saying that for years.
He continues to be his own worst enemy these days. Canning his caddy after the guy stood by him after the scandal and after all their success was at the very least from a PR point of view, not smart. He got what was coming to him when the guy hooked up with a winner in his very first post-Tiger event.
I also think Tiger's choice of extra-curricular women is interesting. Put them together as a group and what do you see? Let's just say he could certainly have done better.
At the risk of offending someone, I think the contrast between those women and his ex- wife is stunning.
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ennio
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Posted - 08/14/2011 : 19:10:11
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| Interesting to see how Tiger's pursuit of Jack's record will play out. I can't see him never winning another major again, but 5 more to beat Jack? What once seemed a foregone conclusion is now a serious question mark. |
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"Happy People Are Happy Putters"
