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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...
How to peak performance on the golf course
Find Peak Performance: 8 Personality Traits of Champion Golfers Our first study was of the LPGA players in 1981 discovered that there are 8 personality traits out of 32 where the frequent winners on Tour measure differently from the other Tour Pros. Follow up studies...
Golf Slumps: Prevention and Recovery
One of the most perplexing problems for both junior golfers and tour pros is facing golf slumps. It is a challenge every serious player will likely face at some time. What are they, how do we get into them, and most importantly, how do we recover from...
Maximize Your Golf Potential
Assess Your Efforts to Be Your Best!
Looking to get the most out of your game? All great players, not just those who are trying to be, remain in perpetual pursuit of maximizing all aspects of their game and self so that the whole of their game can be at its best.
We have organized the contributors to top performance into four key areas. This will allow you to make a quick check of the quality of your current efforts. Keep in mind that when you are tweaking your game, the approach, balance and amount of time you put into these areas is ever-changing. They will be as individual to you as your personality, athletic ability, learning style, physical and mental condition, stage of development and goals. It is our hope that in reviewing the following areas and descriptions, this newsletter will give you a simple start toward organizing, refining or confirming your own steps toward peak performance.
Even if you do not aspire to be the world’s greatest golfer, there are steps you can take to maximize your game, meet your own goals and be the best golfer you can be. Take a few moments to assess the quality of your own efforts toward playing your best golf.
Practice Advice for Playing Your Best Golf
Great competitive golf is all about great practice! And great practice is about more than fundamentals, drills and training aids! If you want to play your best golf, you will need to get the very most from all these valuable tools, as well as from your expert...
Practical vs. Imaginative: Knowledge on the left and right brain
One of the most important steps you can take to strengthen your mental game is to learn the effective use of both your Practical Thinking (Left Brain) and Imaginative Thinking (Right Brain) for competition. Champions use their creativity Skilled golfers, like skilled...
Your Learning Style Affects How You Play
As a golf instructor, I am continually challenged to recognize the physical, psychological, and social differences that each player of the game brings to the lesson tee. Every individual is unique and requires a different style of teaching golf. Among the many...
Golf Fitness and Personal Balance
Beyond your physical and mental skills on the golf course, a lot more goes into creating the ideal golf game. Having golf fitness and maintaining personal balance in your life are additional factors that play a large role in your success on the course. If you're...
Golf Mental Game Training
You know that your Mental Game is really important to your ability to play golf. But how do you develop it? Most players have no clue. Neither do most coaches and swing gurus. Before we begin, if you're looking for specific tips for improving your game, check out this...
Regulating Your Natural Level of Arousal
The golfer who has difficulty making and committing to decisions on the course will not achieve a Champions status, regardless of how well their physical skills have been developed. Staying relaxed yet fiercely competitive is tough to balance. 8 Personality Traits of...
Committing To Your Decisions On The Course
The golfer who has difficulty making and committing to decisions on the course will not achieve a Champions status, regardless of how well the physical skills have been developed. Decision making in golf is one of the most important aspects of the game. 8 Personality...
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Dr. Deborah Graham
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Golf Instructor
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