As a golf coach with a desire to help my pupils long-term, I look to improve my players on more than just a technical level. One of the greatest things I can help a golfer with is their “golf IQ”. What does this mean exactly – you are about to find out. Self-Coaching A […]
I have a gift as an instructor – I can make you change your golf swing in one attempt. It has developed over the course of my coaching career into quite an art form. In this brief article, I’m going to show you one of the ways I do that with pupils. This is a short […]
This week, I caused a bit of controversy when I tweeted the following. Woah, what! I know what you’re thinking these are the best players in the world – how can you possibly say they are rubbish?” Well, first, this is not what the quote represents. Secondly, we have to define an important word in […]
I’ve always been very goal-oriented. I remember as a kid writing down what scores I wanted to achieve and by when, as well as how far I thought I would hit each club as I got to certain ages and became stronger and better. As an adult, I have become better at the goal-setting process […]
There is a saying in golf (and in other movements); The more moving parts you have, the more chance of something going wrong This has almost become common thinking without anyone questioning it – after all, it makes logical sense. If I fire a gun while jumping up and down on a trampoline, I am […]
My good friend and mental coach, David Mackenzie, recently developed a pretty cool audio program for golfers to help with pre-round confidence. This is a guest blog with some of David’s top tips for boosting your confidence before you play. 1. Choose to be excited, not fearful of the possibilities Today you are […]
I had a lesson the other day which highlighted something so simple which can make you improve quicker. As simple as this idea is, the average golfer is not doing it. Player X was working on a swing change with me guiding/coaching him. As is very common, he was struggling to transfer his beautiful […]
When I was a junior golfer, I was never happy with my game. While I believe this may have been a powerful driving force to my rapid improvement (I practiced endlessly to try and master the game), I look back now and see how this also held me back. Expectations and Happiness I always […]
When I was chasing the dream of becoming a professional golfer, I put a hell of a lot of time into getting better. I would regularly practice 40 hours a week or more – and when I wasn’t practicing, I would be thinking about golf, watching golf, and analysing the swings of the best players. […]
This idea is vitally important for all golfers and sports-people who desire to learn and perform to their best. I will attempt to take this massively complex topic and condense it into an easily understandable and applicable form, via use of examples and analogies. Imagine you are suffering with a toe-strike one day – […]
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