The Mental Golf Show

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2023 Masters Recap & You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know w/ Patrick Grimes Apr 11, 2023

Show notes

On this episode of The Mental Golf Show we have special guest Patrick Grimes. He's a former Stanford player, teammate and caddie for Patrick Rodgers, mini tour and PGA Tour player, and now swing and golf psychology coach.

We talk about his journey through the college and mini tour ranks, then we talk about how psychology came into play into the 2023 Masters with Rahm, Brooks, Rory, Tiger, and how it can all apply to your game.

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Patrick Grimes on instagram: patrickgrimesgolf

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Dispelling Common Golf Psychology Myths w/ Raymond Prior - Part 2 Apr 05, 2023

Show notes

Welcome to part 2 of 2 where Raymond Prior, PhD and I work through another set of common golf psychology myths.

If you haven't listened to part 1, I highly recommend it. In part 1 we talked about myths and cliches like “just be positive”, why distracting yourself is unhelpful, how you can’t just will the ball into the hole or make yourself focus, and it’s impossible to just forget a bad shot. We also had a little bonus at the end talking about block vs random practice and how much you should be challenging yourself in practice.

In part 2 we talk about what's deceiving about the common wisdom surrounding nerves and anxiety, perception vs. reality, muscle memory, pre-shot routines, alcohol helping your anxiety, sleep being optional, and we take a deep dive on the yips that you're not going to want to miss.

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Raymond Prior, PhD:

⁠Raymond Prior's website: btsmindset.com⁠

⁠Amazon book- Golf Beneath the Surface: The New Science of Golf Psychology⁠

⁠Raymond Prior, PhD on Twitter: @bts_mindset

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Episode topics:

00:00 Intro

02:50 Myth # 4 - “Nerves = Anxiety”

14:12 Extra - Yips deep dive

20:35 Myth # 5 - “Perception is Reality”

26:40 Myth # 6 - “Muscle memory”

29:24 Extra - Pre-shot routines - Need em or not?

32:55 Myth # 7 - “Alcohol for 1st tee anxiety”

43:25 Myth # 8 - “I don’t need to sleep”

48:27 Extra - The best thing to do after you get a golf lesson

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Dispelling Common Golf Psychology Myths w/ Raymond Prior - Part 1 Mar 28, 2023

Show notes

In Dr. Prior’s upcoming book Golf Beneath the Surface (Amazon link to purchase--not an ad), a major theme is how the cliches and catch phrases and mental tips and tricks that we've heard so many times are mostly just myths. They’ve been generally accepted as truths but don't actually have much or any supporting evidence to back them up.

So you could look at this episode as a teaser for the book and some of the deeper evidence based psychology that you will learn reading it, but I think equipping yourself with this knowledge will allow you to be more informed in fact checking what you read and hear, as well as how to specifically apply the actual scientifically backed psychology that will help you play better golf.

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Raymond Prior, PhD:

Raymond Prior's website: btsmindset.com

Amazon book- Golf Beneath the Surface: The New Science of Golf Psychology

Raymond Prior, PhD on Twitter: @bts_mindset

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Episode topics:

00:00 Intro

02:42 Myth #1 - “Just be Positive”

11:51 Myth #2 - “Distraction techniques”

23:50 Myth #3 - “Willing the ball into the hole”

34:02 Myth #4 - “Just forget about a bad shot”

39:38 Extra - “How much block/technique practice should I be doing?”

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Prefer reading, but somehow found yourself here in audio land? ⁠Click here to check out the Foundations Mental Performance blog.⁠

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I Can’t Wait To Be Patient w/ Dr. Rob Bell Mar 21, 2023

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Hey everyone welcome to another episode of The Mental Golf Show! On this episode we have Dr. Rob Bell, author, ultramarathoner, and he works with some of the best golfers in the world on their mental performance. We cover a ton of great stuff (full list of topics below) so be sure to take some notes and apply them to your game and life. ----- Find out more about Dr. Rob Bell: Website - drrobbell.com Instagram - @drrobbell Twitter - @drrobbell LinkedIn - @drrobbell ----- Episode topics 00:00 Intro 02:52 Dr. Rob Bell 04:54 The puke & rally mentality 10:27 How to handle your “puke” moments 15:55 How to take a good round lower 20:05 What to focus on instead of score 21:11 Is a pre-shot routine mandatory? 23:15 Should you journal for golf? 24:36 New book: “I Can’t Wait to Be Patient” 29:17 The problem with jumping from one swing tip to the other 31:28 How long should you stick with a swing change? 33:21 What do the best players do differently than the average player? 36:14 Should your junior golfer have a goal of playing pro golf? 41:24 Dealing with a lack of motivation 48:21 You don’t have to be crazy about your preparation 52:49 drrobbell.com -----

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Prefer reading, but somehow found yourself here in audio land? ⁠Click here to check out the Foundations Mental Performance blog.⁠

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Are you a competitive golfer? Interested in working 1-on-1 with Josh as your Golf Psychology Coach? Head to ⁠joshnicholsgolf.com⁠ or email Josh directly at ⁠mentalgolfshow@gmail.com⁠.

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How to be Process-Focused w/ Nicole Erickson, CMPC Mar 13, 2023

Show notes

On this episode of The Mental Golf Show, we have Coach Nicole Erickson to discuss identity in golf, the problem with outcome-focus, managing anger and frustration, handling pressure and nerves, how to track your mental game improvement, and more.

But before we get into the episode, I encourage you to go take the Mental Game Assessment. It’s a 15 minute personality quiz, but for golf. When you complete it, I’ll send you a personalized report of your results that will tell you what your mental strengths are and where you can put your effort to improve and a specific way to do it.

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Nicole Erickson on Instagram - @coachnicole.e

Nicole Erickson's website - nicoleerickson.com

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00:58 - Nicole Erickson

05:20 - Typical golfer struggles

07:38 - The problem with wrapping up your identity in golf

11:16 - How to be less outcome-focused

20:58 - How to manage emotions like anger and frustration

25:07 - How to handle pressure and nerves

27:36 - Controllables vs. Uncontrollables

29:30 - Tracking mental game improvement

33:31 - What percent of golf is mental and physical

34:28 - @coachnicole.e on Instagram

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Take the Mental Game Assessment and learn your top mental game traits and your areas in most need of improvement.

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Have a suggestion for a topic or guest? Drop your suggestions here.

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Prefer reading, but somehow found yourself here in audio land? Click here to check out the Foundations Mental Performance blog.

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Are you a competitive golfer? Interested in working 1-on-1 with Josh as your Golf Psychology Coach? Head to joshnicholsgolf.com or email Josh directly at mentalgolfshow@gmail.com.

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THE PRACTICE EPISODE w/ Paul Mindel Feb 06, 2023

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If you want to learn more about what good practice is, how to structure your practice, what to spend your time doing in practice, or just generally anything about practice, and you want to hear from a very knowledgeable person on that subject, then you’ve come to right place. We've got guest Paul Mindel on to relay his experience and learning on the subject of all things practice.

Click here to check out Paul Mindel's wisconsingolfacademy.com

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Topics:

4:51 - The different facets in golf you can train

9:38 - Practice makes perfect... or does it?

13:07 - Bringing your range game to the course

15:45 - Simulating pressure in practice

24:24 - Block vs. Random/Variable practice

28:16 - The problem with rapid firing range balls

31:57 - Intentionality in practice

35:14 - Training for the discomfort of the course

38:20 - How much time should I spend on each part of my game?

45:08 - How do I increase my club speed and hit it further?

51:33 - How to keep your expectations realistic

54:57 - Resources to help improve your practice

59:24 - Learn more about Paul Mindel

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Take the Mental Game Assessment and learn your top mental game traits and your areas in most need of improvement.

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Have a suggestion for a topic or guest? Drop your suggestions here.

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Prefer reading, but somehow found yourself here in audio land? Click here to check out the Foundations Mental Performance blog.

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Are you a competitive golfer? Interested in working 1-on-1 with Josh as your Golf Psychology Coach? Head to foundationsmp.com or email Josh directly at foundationsgolf@gmail.com.

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How To Effectively Quiet Your Mind Jan 16, 2023

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Hello everybody welcome to another episode of The Mental Golf Show.

Hope you're getting the year off to a good start. And even if you're not, the first couple weeks of the year have very little to do with where you are right now or the rest of year, so stay in the present and keep going. I actually have a brief thing to mention about goals in this episode, and maybe even more in future episodes.

But today we're going to be working through reducing that mental chatter and helping you stop the mental spiral that we're all too familiar with.

References:

Gardner, F., & Moore, Z. (2007) The Psychology of Enhancing Human Performance (Kindle Edition). Springer.

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Take the Mental Game Assessment and learn your top mental game traits and your areas in most need of improvement.

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Have a suggestion for a topic or guest? Drop your suggestions here.

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Prefer reading, but somehow found yourself here in audio land? Click here to check out the Foundations Mental Performance blog.

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Are you a competitive golfer? Interested in working 1-on-1 with Josh as your Golf Psychology Coach? Head to foundationsmp.com or email Josh directly at foundationsgolf@gmail.com.

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How to Mindfully Set Goals for 2023 (and for golf) Dec 26, 2022

Show notes

Attention is important. It’s been proven in scientific studies over and over again. And we can all attest to its importance from our own experience. We know when we’re distracted it hurts our game. So how can we improve our attention? And how can we apply that to goal-setting for the new year?

Sources:

(1) Sollisch, J. (August, 2010). Multitasking makes us all a little dumber. Chicago Tribune. https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/ct-xpm-2010-08-10-ct-oped-0811-multitask-20100810-story.html.

(2) Killingsworth, M. A., & Gilbert, D. T. (2010). A wandering mind is an unhappy mind. Science, 330(6006), 932-932.

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Take the Mental Game Assessment and learn your top mental game traits and your areas in most need of improvement.

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Have a suggestion for a topic or guest? Drop your suggestions here.

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Prefer reading, but somehow found yourself here in audio land? Click here to check out the Foundations Mental Performance blog.

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Are you a competitive golfer? Interested in working 1-on-1 with Josh as your Golf Psychology Coach? Head to foundationsmp.com or email Josh directly at foundationsgolf@gmail.com.

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How to Fix Your Bad Golf Habits Dec 19, 2022

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In working with players on improving their golf psychology, there are seemingly infinitely different types of scenarios that players can go through. And what’s crazy is they’re almost always unique. And that might be because each of us have developed our own different habits based on our own unique history and personality.

Not just any advice will help you untangle these unhelpful habits. Golf isn’t one size fits all. So while advice needs to be generic enough to help almost everyone, it can never apply to every individual’s exact issues. The advice we work through in this episode is intended to be generic, but also applicable to what any of you are specifically going through.

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Take the Mental Game Assessment and learn your top mental game traits and your areas in most need of improvement.

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Have a suggestion for a topic or guest? Drop your suggestions here.

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Prefer reading, but somehow found yourself here in audio land? Click here to check out the Foundations Mental Performance blog.

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Are you a competitive golfer? Interested in working 1-on-1 with Josh as your Golf Psychology Coach? Head to foundationsmp.com or email Josh directly at foundationsgolf@gmail.com.

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Work On Mental from the Beginning w/ GolfPsych Co-Founder Jon Stabler Dec 12, 2022

Show notes

Coach Jon Stabler is the co-founder of GolfPsych golf mental game coaching school. He is also the co-author of The 8 Traits Of Champion Golfers: How To Develop The Mental Game Of A Pro.

Click here to check out GolfPsych

Click here to check out The 8 Traits Of Champion Golfers

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Take the Mental Game Assessment and learn your top mental game traits and your areas in most need of improvement.

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Have a suggestion for a topic or guest? Drop your suggestions here.

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Prefer reading, but somehow found yourself here in audio land? Click here to check out the Foundations Mental Performance blog.

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Are you a competitive golfer? Interested in working 1-on-1 with Josh as your Golf Psychology Coach? Head to foundationsmp.com or email Josh directly at foundationsgolf@gmail.com.

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