On the Sweet Spot: Stalking the Effortless Present, by Richard Keefe
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Like most moments of spiritual revelation, this one took place on a landfill in New Jersey.A young man is standing at an unprepossessing driving range, hitting balls toward a distant fence, when something unusual takes place. As he begins his swing, he has the sensation that his club is drawing itself back on its own; when it is ready, it starts downward, makes perfect contact, and the ball soars off in the right-to-left arc he'd imagined, hitting the exact fencepost he'd been aiming at from 250 yards away. He steps back and wonders if he can do it again. He feels like an observer as the swing begins itself and resolves itself after perfect contact with the waiting ball, which again smacks against the distant post. He has, for however brief a time, entered “the zone.” Everyone who plays a sport knows that fleeting, ineffable sensation of everything falling into place: The pitched baseball looks as big as a grapefruit, the basket looks as wide as a trash can, the players around you are moving in slow motion. But as Richard Keefe, the director of the sport psychology program at Duke University, looked deeper into the nature of his experience, he found profound links to the spirit, the brain, perhaps even the soul. Keefe recognized that the feeling golfers and other athletes have of “being in the zone” is basically the same as a meditative state. And as a researcher with experience in brain chemistry, he went one step further: If we can figure out what's happening in the brain at such times, he reasons, we can learn how to get into that “zone” instead of just waiting for it to happen. This is the Holy Grail of sport psychology—teaching the mind to get out of the way so the body can do the things it's capable of doing. Keefe calls it the “effortless present,” when the body is acting of its own accord while the brain has little to do but watch. All religions describe some kind of heightened awareness in their disciplines; Keefe explores whether such mystical experience is a fundamental aspect of our evolution, an integral part of what makes us human and keeps us from despair. And he brings the discussion back to the applications of such knowledge, reflecting on our ability to use these alternate planes to achieve better relationships, better lives, better moments. Keefe's true subject is extraordinary experience—being in the zone, in the realm of effortless action. On the Sweet Spot builds from the physical and neurological to the mystical and philosophical, then adds a crucial layer of the practical (how we can capture or recapture these wondrous states). It is a work in the proud tradition of The Sweet Spot in Time, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, and How the Mind Works.
On the Sweet Spot: Stalking the Effortless Present, by Richard Keefe- Amazon Sales Rank: #3640486 in Books
- Published on: 2015-09-19
- Released on: 2015-09-19
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.25" h x .70" w x 6.12" l, .65 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 272 pages
From Publishers Weekly Keefe, a clinical psychologist and lifelong golfer, was always willing to try something new to improve his game-from practicing to working with sports psychologists. His professional experience along with his love of the game led him to study how the brain works, and how it impacts the skills and performance of a golfer and other athletes. Keefe discusses the use of meditation and imagery for improving one's game, explaining, "When the athlete imagines the immediate goal, such as the current shot, instead of the championship, that goal becomes clear and hangs in front of the athlete, and the mind becomes fully absorbed in the task at hand." The author then describes how he began different research projects to further his knowledge of the brain. Along the way, Keefe's mentor, a physician, says that he's ill and dying of cancer; and Keefe spends a great deal of time with him discussing golf and the workings of the brain. Although well written, this book seems disorganized-half sports coaching tome and half medical research. Very patient readers may be willing to plow through it, but duffers hoping for easy tips on finding the sweet spot will be disappointed. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review Davis Love III For all golfers, on every level, more strokes are lost from mental errors than physical ones. On the Sweet Spot is filled with helpful thoughts and good ideas. We all need this book!Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi author of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience An ambitious weaving together of spiritual enlightenment, the game of golf, and the functioning of the brain, in a personal narrative packed with original insights.Herb Sendek North Carolina State basketball coach On the Sweet Spot is an extraordinary book on the connection between peak athletic performance and higher awareness. I've seen Dr. Keefe provide great benefit to athletes for years, and I'm tremendously impressed with how clearly his concepts come through on every page. I heartily recommend this book to any golfer, athlete, or anyone who has always wondered about the source of excellence in all of us.Daniel Weinberger, M.D. Chief of Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, National Institute of Mental Health Athletes know that sport is all about the mind, and golf is the ultimate mind game of sports. Richard Keefe has taken the mind and the muscle aspects of golf and put them solidly in the mainstream of modern brain science. For weekend duffers and professional athletes, he has written an entertaining and richly informative work about how the brain processes information to help the ball get to the hole. For students of neuroscience, the book explores how complex principles of brain organization and function translate into a successful skill. Dr. Keefe has managed to build a unique bridge from some of the most exciting new developments in the science of the brain to some of the most frustrating aspects of trying to hit a golf ball.
About the Author Richard Keefe, recognized globally as an expert in neurocognition, is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and psychology at Duke University Medical Center and adjunct professor at the Duke-University of Singapore Graduate Medical School. His work for the past twenty years has focused on applying innovative strategies in neuroscience to measure human cognition.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A different view point By A Customer I'd like to provide a different viewpoint. This book just didn't meet my expectations. I really wanted to like this book, but the writing seemed strained and forced. I don't find myself more knowledegable about the sweet spot after reading it. I was hoping it would be suitable for my 16yo nephew with a 2 handicap--he'd be totally bored with it. I found Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (written in 1991) a more satisfying scholarly treatise on a parallel topic. Keefe's interactions with his physician guru/mentor are all written in quotes as if they were recorded verbatim, though they couldn't be actual transcripts of real conversations unless Keefe carries a tape recorder. I found them almost embarassing to read in that no one really talks the way this physician is quoted in perfect stilted language. I believe they are what Keefe remembers from his discussions with his mentor rather than real quotes. Keefe also takes considerable literary license in going off topic when he discusses religion and a variety of other topics; I wanted a more pure sports book. The book was just not the scientific discussion I was, perhaps unrealistically, hoping for.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Highly recommended By John Smith I couldn't put the book down. Dr. Keefe does an incredible job of connecting insights from clinical neuroscience, modern fMRI, sports psychology, and years of his own experience into a book which is entertaining to read at the same time. Coming from someone who knows so much about how the brain works and who also has practical experience with teaching others how to find the effortless present, this book is a must read.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANY GOLFER By KATHLEEN M MAY Dr. Richard Keefe is obviously a brilliant man who has written about a complex scientific topic and delivered its contents in an easy to read, and easy to absorb manner. The interjections of his personal experiences lends the reader the confidence necessary to just relax and enjoy the book. He will gain insight and wisdom from his findings. This book is the union of science and desire, and its quest to discover the ultimate joy, the sweet spot. This book is THE perfect gift for any golfer. Keep a few on hand, you will be surprised at how many people you know that deserve this book!!
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