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43: Special Guest Duke Men’s Coach Jamie Green Jan 23, 2020

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Coach Jamie Green, Head Men's Coach of the Duke Blue Devils, and I go the distance on this episode. We cover the gamut of topics about how to coach, how to be coached, how to become an elite level player, and many many more how to's. So listen up and learn a thing or two from this top-ranked college coach!

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42: Leaderboard Blindness Jan 20, 2020

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What if you never looked at a leaderboard for an entire tournament? Or purposely had no clue what you were shooting for the day? I think we've all threatened to do this, or at least posed the thought experiment. But what if you actually did it? Baylor Head Coach Mike McGraw did it with his players, and he wrote it down in his book "Better Than I Found It". Listen up and learn. And maybe you'll be compelled to experiment for yourself!

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41: Special Guest Coach Lisa Strom Jan 17, 2020

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On this episode I have a conversation with Lisa Strom, head women's coach of Kent State. Kent State is a top-5 ranked school in the nation, and Lisa Strom took over in July 2019. So she inherits an awesome team that she is making better on a daily basis. Listen up for how she thinks and the way she goes about improving herself and her team, and how that can help you too.

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40: How I learned Acceptance TWICE in one qualifier Jan 13, 2020

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I know I haven't been at this whole mental coaching thing that long relative to so many awesome, experienced coaches out there. But I do have quite a bit of playing experience under my belt. And in my own life I have learned that there is a very high correlation between high acceptance and player better. In this episode, I tell a story about how I learned acceptance twice in one competitive round of golf.

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39: Special Guest Georgia Coach Chris Haack Jan 09, 2020

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Chris Haack is a coaching legend. He is in his 24th year at Georgia and has won two NCAA Championships. Here's just some of the players that Coach Haack has had on his teams: Erik Compton, Harris English, Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Ryuji Imada, Hudson Swafford, Brendon Todd, and Bubba Watson. His accomplishments speak for themselves so gain any wisdom you can from this conversation!

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38: Your Practice Isn’t Hard Enough Jan 06, 2020

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Just me this time, and I want to address how so many players are too casual in their practice relative to a tournament or competition. If there is a dramatic difference in intensity from practice to tournament, then their will be a big difference in mindset as well. So here are some ways to give yourself the best opportunity to play your best when it matters.

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37: Special Guest Stanford Coach Conrad Ray Jan 02, 2020

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This guest needs no introduction, but here goes anyway. Coach Conrad Ray is in his 16th year at Stanford, and is the reigning NCAA Champion. He has coached some of the best players in the world. He knows how to turn really good players into great players that will play at the highest level. So listen to his experience and wisdom and apply it to your own game and life.

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36: The Good and the Bad of 2019 Dec 30, 2019

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This has been a really good year. When I look back over the whole year in retrospect it really looks like a roller coaster. A lot of lows where I was going through a slog of building a new business from scratch, waiting for new players to work with, and trying to think of new things to create and post. But so many highs, with a ton of newly learned skills, so many things that I created, and best of all dozens of people that I would've never talked to had I not started this venture. So long story long, I have one person to thank for making this all worth it: you. Here's to creating more and better in 2020!! Thanks for listening! For more, head to joshnicholsgolf.com. Follow me! Instagram: @joshlukenichols TikTok: @joshlukenichols Twitter: @joshlukenichols Facebook: @JoshNicholsGolf LinkedIn: joshlukenichols Snapchat: @joshlukenichols

35: Special Guest Auburn Head Coach Nick Clinard on Acceptance and much more Dec 26, 2019

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Hope everyone had a great Christmas! On this episode I talk with Auburn Head Men's Coach Nick Clinard. Coach Clinard's experience is extensive, and we cover a lot of ground in this conversation. So I hope you get a lot of value and learn a lot.

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34: Forget Your Goal Dec 23, 2019

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Merry Christmas everybody! On this episode, I go through an excerpt of "Better Than I Found It" by Baylor Head Coach Mike McGraw. This particular passage struck me as so important for everyone to hear. If we can all on some level focus more on the process and less on the result then we can be more free and have more fun along the journey.

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