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Recap: August Mental Game Builder Golf School
Congrats to our most recent class of long hitters on completing our Level I Mental Game Builder school. Thanks for the great review Henry! Thank you so incredibly much, I think you have really drastically improved my game, and I cannot thank you enough....
Is College Golf the Best Path to the Tour?
Today the ideal path to the Tour is through the AJGA and college golf through a top Division I Golf Team. This is accepted by just about everyone. It leads parents to spend lots of money and players to work hard and feel lots of pressure to perform in their Junior...
GolfPsych Featured on Golf Smarter Podcast
I sat down with Fred Greene over at Golf Smarter this week. The episode now live! Check out the podcast here. We are also part of their weekly giveaway. Entrants to their contest have a chance at winning a free 8 Champion Personality Traits for Golf...
Recap: July Mental Game Builder Golf School
Look at this handsome group! and they are GolfPsych Grads too! Good Luck in your summer tourneys! (and "hats off" to the parents who are the "wind beneath their wings") Thanks for the great review Henry! Thank you so incredibly much, I think you have...
Inside the Champion’s Mind – Attitude
In every profession and sport, there are attitudes that distinguish the great from the rest. Summarized in this newsletter are many of the attitudes we have found common to the great in golf today. Some are progressive and reflect the growing demands of maintaining...
Are You Winning or Losing the Mental Game?
Are you ready to go there? Here are Symptoms of Losing the Mental Game. Answer truthfully. (ask another person what they think if you are not sure) I play better in practice than in competition. I am inconsistent. I have a pattern of scoring: good front - bad back...
Recap: June Mental Game Builder Golf School
4 AWESOME young golfers-- who are also DYNAMIC people --made for a very special Golfpsych weekend! One nationally ranked college player; one newly committed college freshman; and 2 stand-out high school players who are destined to make some college coach somewhere...
Fear and Golf Performance
Fear makes golf performance almost impossible. The dictionary defines Fear as: 1. (noun) an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. 2. (verb) be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be...
Golf Swing Tips: Paralysis by Analysis
“After a bad swing, I used to take a bunch of practice swings in between shots, from the tee down to the ball, trying to figure out what went wrong. But now I don’t take any of those analytical swings. I just walk up to the ball and try to feel my way to the proper...
The Best Way to Prepare for the U.S. Open: Mentally?
Part of the Pre-U.S. Open reporting has been talking about what some of the top players are doing to get ready for this expected to be, very difficult Open Championship at Shinnecock. The U.S. Open is the most difficult Major Championship almost every year. Many of...
Recap: June Mental Game Builder Golf School
A fantastically fun group of gifted golfers from Los Alamos, New Mexico; Tallahassee, Florida; McKinney, Texas; and San Antonio Texas! Best of luck in your summer play! (Special thanks to the parents who assisted with the on course biofeedback.) Thanks for...
US Open Winner Raymond Floyd Discusses How Mental Game Affected His Success
Raymond Floyd talks about how he changed his attitude about playing in the US Open and enabled himself to win at Shinnecock Hills in 1986. We got to know Raymond after this in the early 90’s. His relationship with his wife, Maria, was the key. She was effectively his...
Sport Psychologists: Who Are They and What Can They Do for Your Game?
Most top athletes today acknowledge that to be great in any sport, your mind must be as fit as your body. Some say "even more so" for golfers. Can a sport psychologist help? Who Are Sport Psychologists? Think of a sport psychologist like you would a physical trainer....
Mental Approach to Golf: Golf Instruction Must Recognize Your Personality Traits
A Mental Approach to Golf - In 1981, I discovered that there are 8 Personality Traits that the frequent winners on the LPGA had in common and the other Tour players did not. In 1989 and 1990, further studies of the PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour players found the same 8...
The Best Mental Pre-Shot Routine Based on Golf Psychology
Updated January 12, 2021 If You Don't Have a Good Pre-Shot Routine, You're Not Playing Your Best Golf! Learning a strong mental pre-shot routine is the single most important thing you can do to improve your mental game, and your golf. But not just any mental routine....
Golf Tips: Is Your Natural Independence Preventing You From Improving?
One of our most important golf tips: Self-Sufficiency is one of the 8 Champion Traits from our research on the PGA Tour players. It means your prefer to make your own decisions and guide your own ship. You are independent minded. This can easily mean that you are...
How to control negative self-talk on the course
Even the best golfers don't have a perfect mental game. Our 8 Personality Traits of Champion Golfers provides ideals ranges for the most important golf traits. One of these 8 traits is a personality range of "self-assured" to "apprehensive". People who are...
5 Golf Tips to Shave Strokes Fast
Want to know the top 5 golf tips that students in the GolfPsych Mental Game Builder Schools learn to reduce stroke averages fast? The majority of the players who attend a GolfPsych Game Builder School report back that golf tips they learned to use during the weekend...
You Are Probably Deficient in this Hormone
You may know by now how much we prefer science and facts to anecdote and popular concepts. This one is an eye-opener. A recent article on Mercola.com revealed the results of a study on Vitamin D in the US. For years we have been told that it is easy to overdose on...
Golf Nutrition: The Most Common Nutritional Deficiency of Competitive Golfers
Golf nutrition is an often overlooked aspect of the game. As athletes, many take it as a given that they need to stay in shape. However, there's a lot more to ideal fitness than simply maintaining a lean, muscular build. The most common nutritional deficiency among...
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