The Mental Golf Show

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33: Special Guest Arizona Head Coach Jim Anderson on Re-Instilling Confidence Dec 19, 2019

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Welcome back! On today's episode I talk with University of Arizona Men's Head Coach Jim Anderson. Coach Anderson has been head coach at Arizona since 2012, and is one of the top young college coaches in America. He plays humble pie a little bit, but he has so much wisdom to share in this podcast.

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32: How to Get Rid of Nerves Dec 15, 2019

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Taking this one to dive into some thoughts about removing nerves and anxiety. It's not an easy process or a fast one, but I believe there is a way.

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31: Special Guest Auburn Women’s Head Coach Melissa Luellen Dec 07, 2019

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Back with another interview with a high-level college coach! This time we have Auburn Women's Head Coach Melissa Luellen. Coach Luellen has coached at Tulsa, 13 years at Arizona State, and now in her fifth year at Auburn. She has made 16 NCAA appearances, 12 NCAA top-10s, coached 15 players to All-American status, and won an NCAA Title in 2009. So take what Coach Luellen says to heart.

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30: Update Pod Nov 27, 2019

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Hey everybody! Been busy lately. But here’s a quick update with how things have been going and how excited I am for the future.

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29: Special Guest Boston Univ Coach Bruce Chalas on Perspective and Counterintuitive Thinking Nov 18, 2019

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I talk with Boston University Head Women's Golf Coach Bruce Chalas to talk about his philosophies on the mental game and how individuals improve differently from each other. Coach Chalas is a counterintuitive thinker, something that a lot of golf coaches aren't because they're afraid they might say something wrong. Coach Chalas is more interested in the long-term improvement of the person rather than the short-term good scores, yet his coaching has produced some awesome results!

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28: Special Guest Baylor Coach Mike McGraw on Emotional Maturity and Impacting Lives Nov 13, 2019

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A guest! For the first time ever on the show I have a guest, and this one is very special. Coach Mike McGraw spent 16 years coaching at Oklahoma State, a handful of years under Jay Seawell at Alabama, and is now the head coach at Baylor. Coach McGraw has won 3 NCAA championships, coached players such as Hunter Mahan, Charles Howell III, and Rickie Fowler, and his list of accomplishments goes on and on. Try to ignore me and pay attention to what Coach McGraw says because he is so wise.

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27: How to Stop the Vicious Circle Oct 25, 2019

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You know the feeling. You're playing a round of golf. You're playing well for several holes. But inevitably you encounter some kind of difficulty, whether you hit a bad shot or you drew a bad lie in the rough or you have a long par 3 with a tucked pin or you're coming down to the wire at the end of a tournament. This happens pretty much every round. It's very rare that a round of golf goes perfectly smoothly from start to finish without any hiccups.

But that event happening doesn't define you. It's how you react to it that defines you.

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26: Stop and Smell the Roses - Patience and Enjoyment Sep 29, 2019

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This one is about learning to have a good time even when you don't feel like it. To enjoy where you're at even if you don't really wanna be there. To realize you (and I) probably have it really good actually. To let what you expect to happen or want to happen or need to happen go.

Stop and smell the roses. They're all around you.

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25: Personal Golf Update - Post US Mid Am Recap/How to be Positive when things go Bad Sep 22, 2019

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I recap my performance in the 39th U.S. Mid-Amateur at Colorado Golf Club and co-host course CommonGround Golf Course. And I take from that experience and a question one of my players asked me to discuss how to stay positive even when things go really poorly.

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24: Personal Golf Update - Pre-US Mid-Am Sep 11, 2019

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Just touching base before heading out to Colorado for the 39th U.S. Mid-Amateur. Pardon the horrendous sound quality. Sometimes you're just driving down the road with headphones in and you just gotta fill in the podcast crew!

The link to the USGA US Mid-Am site is here!

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And here's a video I did of some final holes I played before heading out.

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