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23: What is Golf Mental Coaching? Sep 08, 2019

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I've learned a lot over my 16 years of playing competitive golf. From treading water from age 12 to age 25, to learning so much about myself under Robert Linville and Precision Golf School from age 25 until now at age 28, I have caught at least a glimpse of the value of mental coaching. And it helped me so much I decided to make it a life goal of mine to help other players learn the same things.

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22: Implementing an Effective Mental Warm-Up Aug 25, 2019

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It's just as important to warm-up mentally before the round as it is to warm-up physically. This is the why and how of that.

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21: How to Handle Slow Play Aug 21, 2019

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Slow play is a hot-button topic right now. But there are principles of this topic that go beyond the current fad of trying to figure out how to get millionaires to play golf faster.

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20: I Need to Evolve Jul 28, 2019

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Sometimes you have to look hard at yourself. Actually, all the time you have to look hard at yourself. You have to constantly deploy self-awareness against yourself.

And when I do, I realize that I have been leaning to heavily on my own past experience and not pushing myself hard enough to evolve my knowledge and improve.

Like I said in Part 1, my goal is to normalize mental coaching to the point that going to see a mental coach is the default for a struggling golfer. So if I have an ambition as big as that then I need to get better. So this is me checking in on myself and telling all of you my intentions.

Question of the day: What would it take for your default when you're struggling to call up your mental coach instead of your swing instructor?

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19: The pressure of an entire country on your shoulders Jul 22, 2019

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On this episode, I compare my experience in my county amateur tournament to Rory McIlroy in the Open Championship 😂

But truthfully, being the local hero with the pressure of an entire country is serious pressure. And I know players that have had to deal with this. There’s a way, but it’s difficult.

*Shane Lowry is from Ireland, not Northern Ireland. Big difference.

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18: My Student Bounces Back Jul 22, 2019

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On this episode I talk about how one of my students bounced back from a bad round with the help of a strong mental attitude. And I 100% believe you can too.

I give some instructions at the end and I want you to tweet me, message me on Instagram or Facebook, or email me at joshlukenichols@gmail.com with your experience of how it went.

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17: How to Make Quitting Easier Jul 22, 2019

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Hear me out on the quitting part. If you can quit pursuing a goal of yours with peace then you did something right along the way. Reverse engineer you ending in order to make your journey better.

Question of the day: As a percentage, how much of yourself have you poured into the pursuit of your goal? For context on the question listen through the whole episode. Let me know in the comments of the video version on Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube!

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16: Stick to the Process No Matter the Pressure Jul 19, 2019

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In the middle of the biggest moment of my playing career I abandoned my routine. The same routine that I had been diligently doing for over a year before it. I did this because I just wanted to be present and soak in the cool moment. But what I didn't realize was that sticking to my process was HOW I would've enjoyed the moment even more.

Whatever process you might have, stick to it even in the biggest moment. Don't let your emotions or the pressure sway you.

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15: The Lies You Tell Yourself Jul 17, 2019

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What are you trying to prove? Who are you trying to prove it to? These two questions can reveal a lot about where and why you feel pressure. But if you can begin to be self-aware about it then you can start down the road of taking that burden off of your shoulders.

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14: The Next Shot Jul 17, 2019

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I challenge you to find me something more important in golf than the next shot. It doesn't exist.

Some might argue the last shot is more important, because where you are is a result of that shot. But that shot has no bearing on you anymore. There is only one shot that you can have an affect on. And that's the next one.

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