Published on: 3rd May, 2009
By Paul Schienberg, PhD My brother, Mark, plays out of the Muttontown Country Club on Long Island. On January 13, of 2007, he and I set out on a journey that would result in him playing as an amateur golfer in the Bob Hope Pro-Am Dessert Classic in Palm Springs. Mark had never played in [...]
Published on: 19th July, 2007
Question: I consistently over swinging in my golf game. I don’t understand why. I say to myself, “Easy does it!” I try to ease up. I really do. Then I take a swing at the ball. Like a Greek chorus, my partners sing out “I’m swinging too hard.” It just doesn’t feel possible. One day [...]
Published on: 27th May, 2007
By PAUL SCHIENBERG, PhD Sport Psychologist May 25, 2007 Question: I was a member of a private golf club on Long Island. Due to personal reasons, I could not renew my membership and now play on public courses. I face a number of issues now while playing golf that has affected my performance. Firstly, there [...]
Published on: 8th May, 2007
Roger Clemens flew into Yankee Stadium this past week to save “Gotham” from total disaster. He arrived without notifying his best friends – Pettite, Jeter, Posada – fellow pinstripe teammates. He hovered in the box over the crowd that was watching a day time baseball game. During the seventh inning stretch, Roger grabbed the microphone [...]
Published on: 24th April, 2007
With Paul Schienberg, PhD Schienberg: Golf can play an enormous part in children’s development and personality development. What role has it played in your life? Lopez: You know I grew up not having a father. Golf is the father I never had. It taught me honesty and respect and discipline and it taught me to [...]
Published on: 24th April, 2007
With Paul Schienberg, PhD At The 2007 Bob Hope Pro-Am Dessert Classic Jesper Parnevik hit an extremely large number of golf balls with one club. He was clearly trying to work out something that he didn’t like in the morning practice round. Jesper looked frustrated with each shot, even though from this amateur golfer’s point [...]
Published on: 24th April, 2007
With Paul Schienberg, PhD At the 2007 Bob Hope Pro-Am Dessert Classic Golf Tournament Phil was asked about his somewhat erratic play after the loss at Wingfoot. Did he think about the loss at the Open? Was it driving him to distraction? Phil said he didn’t think about the loss at Wingfoot until after the [...]
Published on: 22nd April, 2007
With Paul Schienberg, PhD Part II: The Rise and Fall of A Professional Sports Team Schienberg: The rise and fall of the New York Islanders is of great interest. An expansion team may be in existence for four, five, six years. Then, all of a sudden it wins the Stanley Cup (highest trophy in hockey [...]
Published on: 21st April, 2007
By Paul Schienberg, PhD Thousands of middle school football games get played across the country every weekend. Coaches and players spend hours trying to figure out ways to beat their opponents. Teams sometimes run up winning scores so that contracts are renewed, scholarships are offered, and players will be rewarded with gifts of all kinds. [...]
Published on: 21st April, 2007
With Paul Schienberg, PhD AN EXPERIENCE AT THE DRIVING RANGE ENLIGHTENED ME. I KEPT HITTING THE BALL OFF TO THE LEFT. I AM A LEFT HANDED GOLFER. AN INSTRUCTOR STANDING TO ME ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING WRONG. I SAID, “SURE.” HE TOLD ME, YOU ARE NOT SWINGING THROUGH [...]