Among his off-season self-improvement projects, between the squats to improve leg strength and the yoga to improve flexibility, Nick Weiler read and digested a book written by one of the foremost psychologists in the game of golf and sports world as a whole. Dr. Bob Rotella in his tome, Your 15th Club—Your Inner Secret to Great Golf, writes of creating the self-image of a winner and developing a degree of inner arrogance, of blocking out negative thoughts and learning to flourish in stressful situations.
“There are a lot of similarities in golf and kicking,” Weiler says.