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Welcome back to the Brain Booster for another week. Thank you for supporting the show, it really is appreciated. From time to time people question me about my seemingly indifferent approach to ‘working' on the golf swing. And that all I want people to do is ‘just play' This couldn't be further from the truth as I have always believed that the key to great golf is a blend of swing efficiency coupled with a great mindset. I do not believe in endlessly dissecting your swing and obsessing over positions but I do believe in having a good understanding of what creates your SHOTS. It was with that in mind I wanted to welcome back a great coach from the USA and a big supporter of the podcast Kelvin Kelley to discuss how best to make your swing more efficient. We discuss: How the set up is the very best place to start making your swing more efficient. Why you can set up in a way to help you create a powerful impact position Feeling a dynamic impact position with an impact bag Hitting angles at address How to turn the switch to performance on the golf course Becoming a ‘shot detective' out on the golf course Letting the shot create the swing How your physiology affects your performance How your lifestyle dramatically affects your performance Some really solid and interesting concepts from a top coach Kelvin is a Class A PGA golf professional in San Francisco, California. He has taught at some of the top golf clubs in the Bay Area, which include The Olympic Club and Sonoma Golf Club. Kelvin was recently voted a “Top Instructor To Watch” by golf.com and has written several articles for golf.com and GolfWRX. Kelvin works with his students to develop an efficient golf swing. He welcomes golfers of all skill levels however is geared towards the more committed golfer. Besides swing and short game instruction, Kelvin is an expert in on and off the course coaching. This includes mental preparation, developing practice routines and course strategizing. More information can be found at  www.kelleygolf.com To become a CERTIFIED MIND FACTOR COACH go to www.themindfactor.com To find out more about the golfers health screen with Pall Mall Pall Mall's health screen packages assess your blood profile, highlight any markers for certain cancers, check your heart health, stroke risk, other major organ health and much more. You can even have an MRI scan – with no waiting list– to check on any golfing ailments or dodgy joints. Let's face it, we all have some aches and pains and we all need to be aware of our health. Whilst we talk a lot about the mental side of the game on the Brain Booster, if you've something holding you back physically, that can have just as detrimental an impact on your game. Golfer health screens at Pall Mall start from £249 for the “well man” or “well woman” check-up for anyone 40+. There are additional packages with more extensive scans and tests, including one where you can have help with your mental performance from yours truly. Learn more about Pall Mall's Golfer Health Screens by: isiting the latest news section at https://www.pallmallmedical.co.uk/ scroll to the footer of their home page) Give them a call  Or by clicking on the link in our Brain Booster Podcast description :http://www.pallmallmedical.co.uk/ppc/medical/golf-health-screen/      

The Myths and Misconceptions around what club fitting can ACTUALLY do for you and your golf. We go in a slightly different direction on today's Brain Booster but still with the underlying idea of looking at all avenues to improve your game. We are joined on the show by Nick Hibbs from Tour X who is one of the best club fitting experts in the UK. I have known Nick for many years and he is one of the game's good people with a genuine care for his clients and students. He has a warmth of personality that is infectious. Nick has worked with some of the top players in the history of the game such as Vijay Singh, Tom Watson, Bernhard Langer and Nick Faldo Players who were renowned for their depth of knowledge with their own clubs. He served his apprenticeship over many years on the European Tour and his technical know how of all aspects of club fitting is literally second to none. So what benefit can club fitting have as a Brain Booster I have often felt from a mental game perspective if you KNOW your clubs are 100% right for you then it is a great assist in calming the mind. In the show we look into Tiger Woods opinion on the value of a club fitting and how he sees it worth at least a QUARTER of a shot each round. How NOT to fall into the trap of adjusting your game to your clubs. Your clubs should fit YOU and YOUR game. As we have said so many times can you find out EXACTLY what will make you tick as a unique individual What a club fitting can and can't do for you Why a club fit is not just for better players How much does the shaft play a part in the performance of your shots? What is the latest technology with club heads? What is the actual process of a club fit? How will you actually benefit? How to hit the ball out of the middle of the club more often Wedge fitting or Driver fitting which should you go for? What are some of the myths and misconceptions with club fitting? A really thought provoking session that differs from many previous guests but nevertheless a really valuable contribution to your quest to improve. To find out more about Nick and Tour X Golf go to www.tourxgolf.co.uk   For all aspects of the Mind Factor go to www.themindfactor.com    

How you can use statistics to get the VERY best from your game What REALLY makes a difference to your scoring? Today we are joined on the Brain Booster with a wonderful guest in the shape of stat wizard Lou Stagner. A self-proclaimed ‘golf nut and data nerd', Stagner has become an influential figure in the golf data space by combining a lifelong passion for the game with his background as a business intelligence and analytics executive. He has a really strong presence on Twitter where he posts many valuable and insightful statistics to really make you think about your game. So many of us place undue pressure on our games because of the expectations we carry around with us. The perception of what is a ‘good' shot or a ‘makeable putt' is often completely distorted and out of touch with the actual reality of the game. The very best players in the world miss more putts than they hole from 8 feet. They miss 1 in every 3 greens. Yet we fall into so many perception traps that harm our state of mind on the course. We make poor decisions based on our perceptions of reality as opposed to the actual truth. We explore Why it is vital to know YOUR actual shot patterns and habits The biggest myths surrounding statistics How trying to find the ‘right side' of the fairway could be costing you lots of shots What are THE most difficult putts? The best strategy for par 3's, 4's and 5's What TIGER focused on at his very best The difference between a 90 shooter and a scratch player. It's not what you think. The often overlooked element of FUN and why it is so important to your game Such a great session with so much to get you thinking about your game To find out more about Lou go to   Lou Stagner (Golf Stat Pro) (@LouStagner) · Twitter https://twitter.com/LouStagner To become a CERTIFIED MIND FACTOR coach go to www.themindfactor.com    

Today we welcome back onto the Brain Booster my good friend Vin Harris. The previous shows with Vin and the discussions around mindfulness have been so well received and I believe this one will be no exception. We get the chance to look at chaos, uncertainty and impermanence in your game and in the game of life. We seem to be living now in such a chaotic world. Nothing seems to be solid and reliable and the old models seem inappropriate. Uncertain economics, worrying international conflict. So many changes which can be really disturbing. Our thoughts can become so unsettled. We can end up in a ‘sea of thought' and this type of thinking can easily follow us out onto the golf course When our mind is so busy it becomes increasingly difficult to be PRESENT to the next shot in front of you. What can we do about it? How can we begin to have a different relationship to our thinking so we can NOTICE our thinking as opposed to being lost in the endless flow of images and sensations. Vin provides us with a CALM and SAFE voice of reason to help us navigate the uncertainty. When we make peace with the uncertainty things seem to settle down We look again at GRATITUDE and how this idea is not just a flaky concept but an essential element of great performance How to care without worrying How to get out of the way of ourselves How to basically be a better friend to ourselves both on and off the course. A wonderful session with a man who has trained with some of the foremost Buddhist and Meditation teachers over the past 40 years or so As always you will gain so much listening to the wise words of Vin Harris Vin Harris was involved in writing and editing “Mindful Heroes – stories of journeys that changed lives”. The authors share their inspiring stories of how mindfulness has been applied to a variety of setting across Education, Health, Business, Sport, Creative Arts and Community work.  The book includes Vin's chapter “Its Golf…but not as we know it: Golf as a mindfulness practice and a metaphor for life” and an introduction to the Sport section by Karl. Vin has offered to send listeners to the Brain Booster Podcast the eBook versions of these two chapters.  To claim your free chapters or if you want to learn more about Mindfulness for Golfers you can contact Vin by email vinharris.hkt@gmail.com For details of an annual golf week that Vin helps to facilitate go to Home - Fairway to Heaven (spiritualgolf.com) To become a CERTIFIED MIND FACTOR coach Come and join us either in Manchester or at the Olympic Club in San Fransisco Go to www.themindfactor.com    

I absolutely guarantee you will find today's Brain Booster one of the most valuable sessions you have ever heard  from all the shows we have done. We are joined by top neuroscientist Dr Izzy Justice the author of GYRA Golf who works with numerous PGA Tour players on their mental game. Dr Justice explains how the most cutting edge discoveries in neuroscience can make a MASSIVE difference to your game and the execution of your shots. Our conversation moved in so many fascinating directions and many ‘missing pieces' were put in place for me with what he had to say. Izzy is the creator of the ‘Brain Trackman' a device that allows him to measure a golfers brain activity both before, during and after a shot. The Brain Trackman takes away the guesswork and gives us an actual concrete and factual insight into what our brain do when we perform well and perhaps more importantly when we get stuck and in our own way. During the session we looked at: The myth of ‘muscle memory' and how it is your brain that creates every single golf shot or putt How high brain wave frequencies are THE key reason why you do not perform at your best Alpha and Theta Brain waves as an entry point into the zone What ACTUALLY happens in your brain when you take a golf lesson and why you need to REALLY understand both learning and more importantly RETRIEVAL How Sleep is such a vital element to improving your game Why the way MOST golfers practice does NOTHING to help you in the retrieval process Why practicing AFTER you have played golf could actually be damaging your game Why PUTTING training aids are largely ineffective from a neuroscience perspective What you should be focusing your attention on to hole more putts Dr. Izzy Justice is a Sports Neuroscientist who has authored 8 books over the course of 30 years on the topic of Emotional Intelligence. He was the first to integrate EQ into sports and athletic performance. He has trained and certified over 300 coaches in EQ in a wide array of sports disciplines worldwide. He has worked with athletes, coaches, and teams in NASCAR, Tennis, Soccer, Golf, Lacrosse, Basketball, Triathlon, NFL, MLB, Olympians, and many collegiate level programs. Dr. Justice's primary work is working in Corporate America with leaders of companies integrating EQ into the workplace Contact Dr. Justice: drjustice@gyragolf.com To find out more about Dr Izzy Justice go to www.gyragolf.com   To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to https://themindfactor.net/the-certification-course/    

Today on the Brain Booster with one of the legends of Skill Acquisition and Ecological Dynamics, Professor Keith Davids from Sheffield Hallam university We had a wonderful conversation a few years ago and we got the chance today to update the current position around skill acquisition and how this can benefit your game The problem with coaching models Over emphasis on body parts and what that does to the learning process The limitations of language The ecological perspective Adapting to and being in tune to your environment Solving the problem of the golf shot as a unique moment in time The myth of automaticity Repetition without repetition How coaches should constantly be setting players problems to solve How we should see the golf course as a series of puzzles to solve Dealing with and adapting to constant changes The extreme value of adaptability and how to perform on any given day What can rock climbing teach us about ADAPTABILITY As Keith says the very best athletes are the most ADAPTABLE How to engage your training in an ecological way As a Professor of Motor Learning in Sport & Human Performance, Keith uses an Ecological Dynamics framework for investigating skill acquisition, expertise and talent development in sport. He is an applied scientist who researches how processes of learning, development, performance preparation and participation in sport, physical activity and exercise may be facilitated. He reviews implications for coaching and teaching at elite, sub-elite and recreational levels of participants, as part of his work. Ecological Dynamics is an integration of Ecological Psychology, Dynamical Systems theory, Evolutionary Science and the Science of Complex Systems, considering individual athletes and teams as complex adaptive systems, self-organising under interacting constraints. Such systems change over different timescales, which has significant implications for learning, development and ageing in children, adults and elderly people. He has over 30 years experience of teaching and conducting research in Ecological Dynamics. For the research archive Keith mentioned go to www.shura.shu.ac.uk To become a Certified Mind Factor Coach go to   https://themindfactor.net/the-certification-course/  

On today's Brain Booster we welcome the originator of ‘Automatic Golf' Cameron Strachan. Cameron is an Australian coach who has produced numerous books and programs around the ideas of automatic golf and automatic learning. Most of what you're being told to do isn't working. And as Cameron likes to say, "Only around 2% of the golf population can make all the technical stuff work for them. Everyone else needs a better way". For the last 25 years Cameron has been writing and thinking deeply about the golf learning process. He has been on a mission to make golf learning easier and more fun for the other 98%. We discuss how he learned to play the game. A unique journey of self discovery Going from shooting in the high hundreds to sub par rounds without any kind of formal instruction. Then after this stellar progress he took some lessons and began to really struggle to implement the positional theories into his game. He got really bogged down with the theories and began to fall out of love with the game. Then the discovery of the ‘Inner Game of Golf' by Timothy Gallwey and how the ideas in the book transformed his approach to the game and led to a lifelong fascination with the learning process in golf. Cameron details the work he did with Aaron Baddeley on his putting. How he helped him to totally simplify his approach on the greens The concept became known as ‘Look and Shoot' Eliminating so much of the ‘noise' that can be created on the greens Occupying the conscious mind with some neutral focus to allow the body to take over This work culminated in Baddeley becoming the best putter in the world for a period of time in the early 2000's   How to take a more natural learning approach to swing issues Giving students problems to solve The ability to distract the conscious mind to let the genius of your body take over The power of really effective questions Drawing out learning from students The magic of SILENCE in a true learning environment How you can create a resilient golfer through effective learning environments   To find out more about Cameron Strachan and take advantage of his special offer for Brain Booster listeners Go to See - https://automatic.golf/brainbooster     Take ACTION and become a Mind Factor coach, go to https://themindfactor.net/the-certification-course/    

In this episode we head in a slightly different direction but one that unfortunately will be really relevant to so many of you listening Pain in Sport We have with us Chana Studley the author of ‘Painless' to discuss the mind body connection on The effects of pain on you and the playing of your sport. Chana Studley recovered from severe PTSD after 3 violent attacks in the UK and spent the next 25 years combining a very successful Academy Award Winning career in Hollywood with coaching and counseling people with trauma, addictions and relationship problems. After graduating from The One Thought Institute in 2018 she noticed that her 25 years of chronic pain had completely gone and so conducted research to discover if she could reproduce this experience in others.   Following the success of 5 case studies she developed a program called Painless and is now helping clients worldwide with all kinds of health issues and working with doctors and clinicians to introduce them to the Three Principles. Most recently she has started working with people with Long Covid and is having great success in helping them get back to their innate health. Chana is a World Health Organization Psychological First Responder an international speaker and author. She has Diploma in Psychology and is certified Life Coach with 30 years experience. Chana's first book, The Myth of Low Self Esteem – a novel about PTSD, Hollywood and healing came out in 2021 and her second, Painless, a novel about chronic pain and the Mindbody connection was published in 2022. Her next novel, Very Well, all about hormones, will be out later this year. A recent report from the NHS in England suggested that at any one time over 25% of the population is living with some form of chronic pain Chana helps us make a clear distinction between CHRONIC pain and ACUTE pain and how different parts of the brain are engaged depending on which kind of pain you are suffering She is a practitioner of the ‘Three Principles' based on the work of the legendary Sydney Banks We are basically living in our ‘thinking' and it is so important to understand how thought works What we can and more importantly can't do in relationship to our thinking A really thought provoking session   To find out more about Chana go to www.chanastudley.com To become a certified Mind Factor coach go to https://themindfactor.net/the-certification-course        

Today we welcome onto the Brain Booster one of the top performance psychologists in the world Dr Raymond Prior He works with numerous PGA Tour Players as well as top athletes from a wide cross section of different sports He is also in big demand from corporate executives and show biz entertainers He and I have recently been guests on the Hal Sutton podcast ‘Be the right club today' where I heard him speak and felt it was essential to get him onto the Brain Booster We both have a similar view of the importance of ACCEPTANCE and the huge benefits potentially to your game We got the chance to discuss What is acceptance? More importantly what is it NOT? It doesn't mean we don't care It doesn't mean we are resigned to our fate How acceptance is actually the gateway to the present moment The link to a high performance state of mind How acceptance allows you to deal with the REALITY of what is Being able to play THIS shot in THIS moment from a neutral state of mind Why your brain is TERRIBLE at multi-tasking Why our brain is designed to move away from perceived danger Playing freely when we are present to our experience How brain wave frequency is the critical key to performance Releasing your CURRENT skills is all about being able to create stable brain wave frequency. Why practice in a high brain wave frequency is a total waste of time Embracing the chaos BEFORE the game as a way of reducing brain wave frequency What ‘negative surprise' does for our game A really wonderful session with Raymond that will leave you with some REALLY special tools to help your game. To find out more about Raymond Prior go to www.rfpsport.com To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to https://themindfactor.net/the-certification-course/ Get your Mind Caddie App from the App Store    

Thank you for joining me on the Brain Booster and on today's show we have a solo session. I often get asked to do these episodes and I wanted to share with you a concept dear to my heart and one that I believe can be really valuable to you. Jordan Peterson has called it a ‘Noble Aim' Deciding what is important to you What is truly important about the direction you want your life to take So important that you are prepared to invest fully your time and life energy To get real clarity on this is SO important Yet once you have this clarity it is then vital that you ‘bury the goal' It seems a PARADOX Yet this is THE Key to improvement Because when you ‘bury the goal' you can then absorb yourself in TODAY To have the skill of ACCUMULATING GOOD days This sounds easy Yet VERY VERY few truly have the skill to do this We let the days drift by We don't make the most of the single opportunity THIS day provides To gain excellence at GOOD DAYS you need to understand the importance BEGINNINGS and ENDINGS The START of your day will determine SO much about the quality of your day What do YOU do in the first hour? Does it set you up for success? The devil is in the detail Be forensic about what you actually DO Not what you think you do but the actual patterns of your behaviour Make your habits TRULY productive in that first hour Do you get your brain ready to take on the day? Do you hydrate? Change the first hour of the day and you could potentially transform your world Start the day well You then have a chance to continue Can you embrace GRATITUDE? Can you get yourself to appreciate just how precious THIS day is? Endings Bruce Lee said  ‘Research your own experience' You can only research your experience when you REFLECT well Reflect well and consistently Specific suggestions to make the most of your reflections Be able to reinforce the GOOD things you do Adjust the elements that need to change The more consistent your reflections the better and more productive your ACTIONS will become What is your NOBLE AIM ? Do you have the right support around you? Do you have someone you can be accountable to? What is the value of a great MENTOR? A thought provoking session that can really turbo charge your season Go to work To become a CERTIFIED MIND FACTOR coach go to https://themindfactor.net/the-certification-course/    

How your ENVIRONMENT impacts on EVERYTHING you do Skill is the ability to adapt to your ENVIRONMENT The defining skill of ADAPTABILITY On today's Brain Booster we welcome one of the world's leading experts in skill acquisition Professor Ian Renshaw Ian has a Sport Science and PE background and this frames his approach to working with coaches and teachers. Ian's awareness of the ideas of Ecological Dynamics emerged when he was completing his Masters degree in Coaching Studies at Moray House in the 1990s and built on his previous work as a PE teacher and framed in his own work as a practising coach. Since then he has combined his teaching, research and coaching to develop his practice by developing a deeper understanding of the key theoretical ideas of Ecological Dynamics and its implementation through a CLA. Ian has a deep passion for improving practice and continues to test his ideas in his own coaching and teaching. Ian along with Peter Arnott has created the program Swing it Like Tiger A fascinating program looking in depth at the PROCESS of learning employed by Tiger Woods The role played by your environment and how it will affect your learning and development We got the chance to explore some fascinating areas of skill development Measuring our swings indoors What are the drawbacks Environment is EVERYTHING The myths around consistency Variable practice How to become more tuned into the implement in your hand Go to the course or go to the range? What are your options? What is your relationship to failure? Having the courage to keep exploring A great to session with a true expert in his field that will give you so much to ponder in your quest to improve To find out about Ian and Peter's program go to www.swingitliketiger.com To book your Mind Factor workshop go to www.themindfactor.com To become a Mind Factor coach go to https://themindfactor.net/the-certification-course/    

Today on the Brain Booster we are joined by one of the brightest and best upcoming coaches is the USA, Chase Cooper Chase works alongside Hal Sutton at his academy in Texas Together they are building a special reputation for making a BIG difference to the way students play and enjoy their game. www.halsuttongolf.com Alongside Hal he hosts the wonderful podcast ‘Be the right club TODAY' which has had a whole host of some of the best players to ever play the game of golf such as Tom Watson, Hale Irwin, Jim Furyk and Paul Azinger They work together in a quest to get the best out of each player's ability. We discuss how Chase evolved as a coach The influence of Jim Hardy and Chris O'Connell How incorrect concepts held him back as a player The challenges of being a 6ft 7inch golfer and how he needed to work with key understandings to get the best from his game How to best use technology How to reduce the numbers to the CRITICAL variables How your numbers should be matched to SHOTS How to take swing changes to performance Why you should collect your data when you are playing WELL The importance of FACE CONTROL How you can better control the club face The myth of using ‘Big Muscles' to control the club The ball only knows what the club face is doing at impact How the arms create speed and the body should support that Asking the key question ‘What do we know for CERTAIN about the shot you have just hit' How you can fix your game with opposites Understanding the role of ACCEPTANCE and what it can do for your game The many elements of acceptance and how to find which keys are personal to you as an individual The great story about how Tom Watson won the US Open in 1982 at Pebble Beach When in the first couple of days he had no idea where the ball was going What he did to turn his game around to culminate in the famous chip in on the 17th Hole How Jim Furyk focuses almost exclusively on his routine How he felt he had NEVER played a full round committed to EVERY shot Some wonderful stories to REALLY get you to think about your game A great opportunity to listen and learn from a TOP coach at the cutting edge of game development To find out more about Hal and Chase go to www.halsuttongolf.com To book your Mind Factor workshop go to https://themindfactor.net/workshops/breakthrough/    

It is wonderful to welcome back my good friends Piers Ward and Andy Proudman from Me and My Golf They have built a phenomenal business over the past few years putting out high quality content on YouTube I got the chance to drill down and ask them what the ingredients of THEIR success look like   In a statement that ties in perfectly with previous guest Dr Mike Grevlos they emphasised just how important their core VALUES have been in building the business To really care about the golfer Keep it simple Obsessive attention to detail Delivering massive value To keep learning and developing As Piers and Andy went on to explain these values have been central to driving their business to such tremendous heights They both embrace and follow these core values Also the ability to work together and having another person give you accountability We also go the chance to discuss the value of EXPERIENCE Being on the front line and actually fully understanding what golfers REALLY need We also had the opportunity to discuss some of the great players they have had the chance to work with over the years The list is a who's who of the top players in the game Rory McIllroy Dustin Johnson Jason Day Sir Nick Faldo   In particular the opportunity to work with their hero Nick Faldo and to truly understand what made his such a great player Giving shots specific names How Nick used to TRAJECTORY to help him shape shots They have also proven themselves as coaches in the real world. Notably of late with their work with PGA Tour player Arron Rai Some great insights on players strengths and weaknesses and what YOU can do to get the best from their game Knowing where your game CURRENTLY is and how to get the best from it Understanding the only person who really matters on the golf course YOURSELF Why you should get on the GOLF COURSE more often To find out more about their work and the great programmes they offer go to www.meandmygolf.com To find out more about the Mind Factor or to BOOK your Mind Factor session go to www.themindfactor.com

Really excited to bring you todays show as we have with us Will Robins Will owns and operates WRGolf Coaching based in Sacramento County, CA and is the CEO of Robins Golf Logistix (RGX), a consulting company that mentors instructors on coaching programs.  Through RGX, Will trains over 80 coaches worldwide on how to implement programs that accelerate and guarantee results for their students while doubling their teaching / coaching revenue. A native of the United Kingdom, Will came to the United States to play college golf in Monterey, California, after graduation with his BBA in Marketing and Management from Northwood University in Florida in 2000. Will played on the mini tours around America before sustaining injuries in the 2004 Thailand Tsunami while on his honeymoon with his wife, Amanda. These injuries led Will to coach the game of golf and Will quickly understood most of his students came to him not enjoying the game and overthinking to the point of frustration. Will took his playing skills and life-changing experience to create an instructional program that would guarantee players results and inspire them to love the game of golf again. We got the chance to discuss: How the Tsunami changed everything Literally on the brink of death Will said: ‘I am going to die FIGHTING' His story is compelling Fighting back from disaster The route to a new career To go from PLAYING to COACHING Looking at coaching from a different perspective What REALLY makes a DIFFERENCE? As Will says: ‘You don't have a golf swing problem you have a tension problem' How lowering expectations can massively reduce TENSION Having FUN on the golf course PLAYING the game of golf How destructive the search for swing perfection is and more importantly what to do about it Will has been brave enough to coach from a completely different perspective An inspiration to us all Enjoy the session To find out more about Will Robins go to www.willrobins.com If you are a coach and want to find out about Will's mentorship program go to http://www.wrgolf.com/coaches/198 To book your Mind Factor workshop go to www.themindfactor.com        

Today on the Brain Booster we welcome back a good friend and colleague Dr Mike Grevlos Dr. Grevlos has worked as a motivation and performance coach in golf and other sports for 20+ years. The majority of his golf clients, including junior, high school, college, and professional players, have won competitive events shortly after working with him. Dr. Grevlos has also provided mental coaching to collegiate golf teams. He has taught 25 different college-level psychology courses during the last 20 years and is known as a thought leader in the fields of motivation, performance, and sport. His current teaching focus is on the psychology of motivation, the psychology of sport, and neuroscience. Mike's award winning doctoral dissertation was entitled, A Comparison of the Practice and Skill Training Conditions of Expert and Intermediate Female Golfers. In 2019, he published The Motivation Game: A Course on the Psychology of Golf Improvement. His book was the Amazon #1 New Release in the categories of Golf and Sport Psychology. It has been on the Amazon Best-Seller list in 2019, 2020, and 2021. We got the chance to discuss: The difference between Values, Goals and Actions Mike explains how the mind is run by Motivation How some people looks for opportunities whilst others look for threats How you can train yourself to be more APPROACH orientated Why commitment plays such a key part in our success or failure Why the SHOT goal is perhaps the most important of all in the game The values of ACCEPTANCE, IMPERMANENCE and GRATITUDE and the effect these values will have on your game The GRATITUDE trap and how to make sure you don't fall into it How values can change your PERSPECTIVE How values can actually affect your physical movements How the great Bernhard Langer applies the concept of VALUES A great session to really get you thinking much more clearly about your golfing values. To find out more about Mike Grevlos go to www.themotivationgame.com To find out more about Karl Morris and the Mind Factor go to www.themindfactor.com    

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Today on the Brain Booster we are joined by Performance coach and author Peter Arnott He was co author with Graeme McDowall and Ian Renshaw of the wonderful book ‘A Constraints Led Approach to Golf Coaching' Now with Ian Renshaw he has put together a fantastic learning program called ‘Swing it like Tiger' As we discuss during our time together the program is not really about any positions in Tiger's swing. It is much more about the LEARNING process that he employed to become one of the greatest of all time. We discuss How Tiger spent most of his early development on the golf course with coach Rudy Duran How he learned to create shots Created shots names and how this can help commitment Setting up ‘cues' to trigger his body into action The concept of ‘Tiger Par' and how YOU can apply that to your game successfully Building effective learning environments Situational training The influence of his father Earl Woods who had a background in the Special Forces How Tiger used his visual sense to enhance his learning The Number one SKILL to develop to become a better player How you can ‘tune in' to the golf club so much more Building a repertoire of SHOTS Giving the shots a name to cue your body So much of Peters work is around transferring your training into play How you can use technology more efficiently to transfer your learning? How better training can make you a more adaptable golfer? How can you best apply these ideas to your short game skills Peter also has some wonderful research from Scottish European Tour players about the pitfalls of incorrect training that is not SPECIFIC to what you require as a Tour Player A really great session Peter shared so many wonderful insights to really get you thinking about the way you apply yourself to becoming the player you want to be To find out more about Peter Arnott go to https://www.peterarnottgolf.com To find out more about the program go to www.swingitliketiger.com To book your Mind Factor workshop go to www.themindfactor.com To join us on the Mindfulness Retreat at Archerfield contact us at https://themindfactor.net/contact/    

Listen up and take notes - Dan & Muss talk to Karl Morris - one of the very best in the game and the mental side of golf and a bit more... If you've not read Karl's "Lost Art" books or listened to his pod "The BrainBooster" then check them out - you won't be disappointed

Today we welcome back a very good friend of the podcast in the shape of Nick Bradley. Nick is one of the most innovative thinkers about the game. Amongst many other highlights in his career he worked with Paul McGinley as part of the successful Ryder Cup team in 2014 He has published a great new book called ‘The 50 Secrets to Great Golf You DON”T Know about YET' The book is a series of essays compiled by Nick over the years working with some of the best players in the world such as Sir Nick Faldo and Justin Rose We discuss how your philosophy of the game will affect just about everything you do from the movements you make to the experience of the game itself Are you a golfer who plays to WIN or are you a golfer who PLAYS to PLAY? A very important distinction Which one are you? Once you get really clear on this your approach to the game can match your intention Get it wrong and you can be hopelessly misaligned Nick has spent a LOT of time with Sir Nick Faldo Why was he so great? How did he work on his game in a way that was different from other players? The ability to blend the technical and the mental Nick makes a valid point about our ability to create the SHOT we wish has to be supported by the correct motion of the club and body How to best do this Working with your ego How to befriend and utilise your golfing ego What does that LOOK like practically ? How to use the ego to ask EFFECTIVE QUESTIONS Dealing with first tee nerves or being able to close out a tournament How to manage your ENERGY Can you become a REDUCTIONIST? Can you save time and energy to become a better player? The reduction of thought through habit Can you SIMPLIFY your golfing business plan? Shot indexing What is it? How can YOU apply it? Should a tour player have a coach as an employee or should he be a consultant? A really interesting conversation on the direction of elite coaching Nick is always great value He is not afraid to voice some controversial opinions He says it as it is Very refreshing and you will gain so much from his insights To find out more about Nick Bradley go to https://www.bradleygolf.com/about/ To find out more about Karl Morris and the Mind Factor Go to www.themindfactor.com    

Today we have an extra special guest on the Brain Booster with author and spiritual teacher Rupert Spira. He is the author of numerous books including ‘Being Myself' and ‘Being aware of being aware' As a spiritual teacher he explores the concepts of ‘Non Duality' and the ‘Direct Path' to experience. He travels worldwide hosting retreats and teachings around the nature of being and experience. Today on the Brain Booster we explore many of the illusions surrounding happiness. We look deeply at what will ACTUALLY make us happy in sport and in life itself. Why there is a myth to the idea that winning or acquisition can make us truly happy and fulfilled in the long term. Why so many people achieve great results yet often they then feel a sense of disillusion. How the quest of acquisition can actually precipitate a crisis when we achieve our goals but yet still feel lost in the search for happiness and contentment. What DOES make us truly happy? How can we connect with our ESSENTIAL being? Rupert Spira has spent most of his life contemplating these questions and in that search has spent time and studied the texts of some of the world's great spiritual teachers such as Krishnamurti, Ramana Maharshi and Francis Lucille In our time together we discussed Why sport can reveal so much to us from a spiritual perspective How to be happy BEFORE results happen instead of being dependent on them and so vulnerable to poor outcomes How we can fit a spiritual enquiry alongside goals and ambitions What is ACTUALLY happening to us when we score a goal, win a tournament and achieve ‘success'. It is not what we think. How truly great sports men and women seem to channel a special energy and how observing great play actually lifts us all How opponents can actually be a wonderful assistance in revealing the best version of ourselves on the course What to do on a practical level to make your experience of your game a deeper and more fulfilling one. I had such a wonderful time speaking to Rupert and it became clear why he has such a following worldwide of people to find out more about the ‘direct path' to happiness To find out more about Rupert His books and his seminars and retreats go to www.rupertspira.com To book a MIND FACTOR workshop go to https://themindfactor.net/workshops/breakthrough/      

Today on to the Brain Booster we welcome an extra special guest from the US in Phil Blackmar. Phil had a successful career on the PGA Tour including three tournament victories. The Greater Hartford Open, The Provident Classic and the Shell Houston Open were all victories achieved by winning a play off. The Provident Classic play off was against one of the game's true legends and tragic losses Payne Stewart. In the show Phil describes the intriguing mental game tool he used the week of his victory to turn his game around. He then went on to play on the Champions Tour winning his first event the AT&T Championship in 2009. At the weekend he went 36 holes without making a bogey to secure victory. Standing at 6ft 7in Phil is one of the tallest players to have played the PGA Tour After his playing career he went on to be a very popular analyst and on course presenter for the GOLF Channel During our time together Phil gave some wonderful insights to his development as a player. How he fell into the trap of being overly concerned with swing mechanics and the mental trap of perfectionism. The importance of the shot creating the swing in the moment How to be able to MANAGE and ADAPT in the moment with what you have today We also discussed ‘feeling good' to ‘play good' as opposed to waiting for the golf ball to make you feel a certain way. The relationship to the game and what Phil would have done differently How for a period of time his enjoyment of the game was taken away In his time Phil played with some of the greats of the game such as Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino but he makes a special mention around the legend that was Arnold Palmer and the incredible aura he had. The great Jack Nicklaus take on ADAPTABILITY and being able to adjust in the moment The development of Tiger Woods. How he trained to develop his mind with Dr Jay Brunza with what is known as ‘situational training' The use of hypnosis and meditation The blending of both ART and SCIENCE to maximise your game To conclude Phil makes THREE wonderful suggestions that you MUST hear To book your Mind Factor workshop go to https://themindfactor.net/workshops/breakthrough      

We all need to understand the concept of impermanence and the role it plays in our ever changing human landscape. As much as we like to build the idea of safety and security at some point life will throw at us versions of impermanence. We will lose the job we love, the relationship we had will break down, our health will suffer. The nature of our existence is one of constant change. How we deal with that change is another matter. When we play sport we constantly have to deal with and confront LOSS. Be that the loss of form or the loss of a game or the loss of fitness. When we experience loss often our biggest challenge is our response. The way our mind reacts. Do we react or do we RESPOND? So today it is wonderful to welcome on to the Brain Booster Allan Flood the author of a wonderful book called ‘Perfect Misfortune' As Allan describes in our session together he was constantly living his life in either the past or the future. Then along came a major health issue. He found he had developed MS At first his mind went into overdrive trying to search for solutions. As he says he got lost in his own thinking. As time went on he learned to let his mind go quiet and allow wisdom to emerge. It is a fascinating interview with a really interesting man. Allan talks about the difference between the ‘how to world' and the ‘what is world' How we get so lost in the how to world. Focus, Commitment and Letting Go Forgiving of self in the moment The ability to love what you do in the moment How our ego needs self-importance to survive How to transform your game as opposed to just getting ‘better' A great session that you will gain so much from Get a copy of Allan's book Perfect Misfortune Go to https://www.amazon.co.uk/Perfect-Misfortune-Healing-Teachings-Principles/dp/1771434163/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1KTKXY4E1NL20&keywords=allan+flood&qid=1642603331&sprefix=allan+flood%2Caps%2C133&sr=8-1 To book a Mind Factor workshop go to www.themindfactor.com    

Today on the Brain Booster we welcome back Jayne Storey. In previous shows Jayne has given us some wonderful insights on how to practically apply ancient wisdom from Tai Chi We get the chance today to talk about her new book ‘Connected Golf' The whole thrust of the book is to explore why there is such a gap between most golfers performance on the range and then on the course. Then more importantly how to bridge that gap. She talks about the vital importance of having a daily training or practice The importance of posture How many modern coaches mistake what is good posture How to use the ground more efficiently How to use your feet in the golf swing How we get lost in technical information at the expense of fluid motion Jayne Storey is a writer and coach who specialises in helping those who love golf and other sports overcome nerves, anxiety and mental interference so they can perform under pressure. Her training is known as Chi Performance (“Chi” denotes the Chinese word for the breath). Jayne can teach you some simple, proven PERFORMANCE PRACTICE methods which are trusted by hundreds of sports-people to help them release complex movement skills like the golf swing in a non-technical way. Jayne's approach is based on the Tai Chi principle that Stillness is the Master of Motion and uses traditional breathing, postural and movement practices to help develop a state of relaxed concentration sometimes referred to as the zone or flow. She is the author of the Amazon best-seller Breathe Golf; The Missing Link to a Winning Performance To find our more about Jayne and take advantage of the special offer go to https://chi-performance.com To book YOUR Mind Factor workshop get in touch at https://themindfactor.net/workshops/breakthrough/

How we can learn to change our relationship to our thoughts. I have always believed in looking to other sports to see what we can learn to bring to our own sport. Often when we look outside the confines of our own world we can gain so much. So today it is great to welcome on to the Brain Booster Pat Flynn from the world of tennis. Pat's life story is an incredible one As a junior he was the Australian Junior Tennis Champion and went on to earn a scholarship at the University of Texas, Austin. After the college career he went on to play professionally, reaching 390 in the world and winning the Queensland Hardcourt Championships. After his playing career, he coached both on the professional tour and as a Tennis Australia state coach. More recently, his love of the game drew him back to competing, resulting in him becoming the Australian 50+ Seniors Champion and recently became one of the oldest players in the world to qualify for a Pro Tour Event, defeating a world ranked player in the process. Throughout his journey, he has had a passion for the importance of the mental parts of the game and how it can positively influence our lives both on and off the court. This passion later led Pat to seek out Dr Anthony Ross and undergo his MTT training and become a certified Mentally Tough Tennis Performance Consultant. We look into the importance of early development and the way to get the best out of your time What we can learn from the time intervals in tennis and how we can use these insights for our golf The ability to get back to the moment and to RESET for this point in this moment The importance of good body language and how the body is always talking to our mind The ability to have your attention on RELEVANT cues in the present moment Pat present a useful model of how the mind works Imagine the mind is made up of three parts: Automatic Thoughts and Feelings (ATFs) – The ATFs pop into the head and body automatically based on previous experience and genetic factors. They can be helpful or unhelpful. Wisemind – It quietly gives wise advice to act in ways that align with values e.g. Strive to Win and Improve. Enjoy the Challenge. Be Fair and Respectful. You – You decide how to act after listening to the ATFs and Wisemind. We look into the true principles of acceptance How you cannot instantly change the feelings you have in the moment but you CAN learn to accept those feelings and come back to the most relevant cues right NOW to get the job done. To find out more about Pat and his work go to https://www.mentallytoughtennis.com/pages/about-us or at  www.theperformancespecialists.com To get your copy of the Lost Art of the Short Game go to www.thelostartofgolf.com To engage with the Mind Factor for your own game or your own coaching go to www.themindfactor.com

It is my great pleasure to welcome to the show Scott Fawcett from DECADE GOLF He has worked with some of the best players in the world and has been making a huge impact around the world with his DECADE course management system His work with Will Zalatoris took him from outside the worlds top 3000 amateurs to the top ten and then on to an incredibly successful start to his Pro career Stuart Cink used his system to get back into the winner's circle again on the PGA Tour after a lengthy absence Cink said he had taken away the need to make difficult decisions on the course Curiously a lot of what Scott talks about from a science and data perspective fits beautifully with our ideas from the Lost Art of Golf Scott reinforced why it is SO important to work on your PACE in putting How a simple ladder drill can seriously reduce your putting averages The dangers of perfectionism and how even the VERY best players are surprisingly inaccurate with their approach play Being able to understand and play for your miss How being aggressive and committed off the tee will most times pay real dividends for your overall scoring The FIVE key stats that Tiger Woods focused on that allowed him to totally dominate the game in the early 2000's How the first mistake is rarely fatal – It's what you do AFTER that mistake which is key How expectations in a game of variability can seriously derail your attempts to put your best scores together Take in the information from this session I guarantee it will make a BIG difference To find out more about Scott Fawcett and DECADE GOLF go to https://web.birdiefire.com To find out more about the Mind Factor go to www.themindfactor.com To get a copy of the ‘Lost Art of the Short Game' go to www.thelostartofgolf.com    

Jeff Pelizzaro is the host of the wonderful podcast 18 Strong. A podcast that continues to go from strength to strength He is a great friend of the Brain Booster and is always a requested guest so we decided to get him back. In our discussion we looked at simplicity and how it is so effective in both physical training as well as golf development Complexity vs Simplicity We looked into group accountability and how powerful a force it can be to help you achieve your goals How we actually yearn to be part of a group The importance of movement EVERY DAY Find out what YOU need to do to get your body moving more efficiently How DAILY actions lead to increased SELF BELIEF You cannot bull….t yourself You EARN the self belief You build it daily How to train your body in a MINDFUL way How to be more in tune with your body AND your mind How you can so easily miss out on the joy of the present moment when you are walking To tune in to the body allows you to develop present moment awareness that you can then transfer to the golf course You are then training BOTH Mind and Body A great session with an outstanding coach To find out more about Jeff and his ‘Move Every Fre….n Day Program https://18strong.com/podcasts/ To find out about the Mind Caddie Go to the app store (IOS and Android) To discover how you can become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to www.themindfactor.com

Today we are joined on the Brain Booster with a good friend of mine Phil Rowe Phil is an exceptional coach with a proven track record of helping players discover their true potential He is also a certified Mind Factor coach During our time together we got to discuss his own development as both a player and a coach The experience of being part of a winning Walker Cup team in 1999 with the likes of Paul Casey, Luke Donald and Gary Wolstenholme How he won three points from Matt Kucher over the course of the event What he learned from being with such a powerful team What he has learned about creating great learning environments for individuals to uncover their true sporting potential He is a big believer in setting problems for students to solve themselves Trusting in the wisdom of the student's body to figure things out We discussed HOW and WHAT to do to create strong learning environments How the TASK will drive the learning How a great coach is also a great MENTOR To get a copy of the new book ‘The Lost Art of the Short Game' go to www.thelostartofgolf.com To find out more about The Mind Factor go to www.themindfactor.com Philip Rowe is the current head golf coach at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) situated in San Luis Obispo on the Central Coast of California. Originally from Cornwall, Phil began his golf at West Cornwall Golf Club in Lelant where "Long Jim Barnes" was a caddie in the early 1900s before moving to America and going on to win two PGA Championships, an Open and the US Open. Ambitious to echo those achievements in his career, he graduated up through the amateur ranks playing at every age category for England, GBI and Europe teams culminating in winning all 3 matches in the 1999 Walker Cup at Nairn and earning a scholarship to Stanford University to study Psychology and play for the golf team. Phil played professionally for 7 years and won 4 times in a mixture of Alps and Europro Tour events before deciding to change direction and took up an opportunity to coach golf at his alma mater in 2010. After 4 years as assistant coach at Stanford, Phil moved over to Las Vegas in 2014 and became Associate Head Coach of the UNLV Rebel Golf Team in 2016 until becoming Head Coach at Cal Poly in 2020. In 11 years coaching, he has coached and/or recruited such players as Patrick Rodgers (PGA Tour member), Cameron Wilson (2014 NCAA Champion), Maverick McNealy PGA Tour Member, Harry Hall (Korn Ferry Tour winner) and Garrick Higgo (winner on the PGA and European Tours). Those players, among others, have racked up 11 All-American honors, 7 Walker Cup selections and 9 Palmer Cup selections. In summer 2022, Phil will captain the International Team at the Arnold Palmer Cup matches at the Golf Club of Geneva.      

We have talked at length on the Brain Booster before about ‘Utmost Sincerity' The concept proposed by Timothy Gallwey Another description of utmost sincerity could be ‘Authenticity' Being authentic to yourself and others Playing the game for authentic reasons Today we take on a unique view from Kristina Mand Lakhiani who is not involved in sport but who brings to the show some fascinating insights that could have a big impact on your game and your life. We got to talk at length about ‘Authenticity' About your relationship with yourself The courage to chase the ‘Big Idea' How to genuinely do what you love to do and not be afraid to do so We get as diverse as discussing  the fall of the USSR and the collapse of communism as a result of enough people having the courage to follow their strong convictions It was a truly inspiring discussion that I know you will enjoy Kristina Mand Lakhiani is an entrepreneur, author and renowned speaker She has been engaging in the personal transformation industry for over 15 years, collaborating with leading thinkers and teachers in consciousness, relationships, human performance, and life optimisation. She started her career working for the government of Estonia, where she was born and raised. In 2003, she co-founded Mindvalley — a global school that delivers transformational education for all ages. In 2009, she launched Mindvalley Russian, taking Mindvalley's best authors and teachings to the Russian-speaking market. To find out more about Mind Valley go to https://www.mindvalley.com To find our more about Kristina go to https://kristinamand.com/#programs To get a copy of the ‘Lost Art of the Short Game' go to www.thelostartofgolf.com For all Mind Factor products and services go to www.themindfactor.com  

Today we are joined again on the Brain Booster by a good friend of the podcast Randy Joyner. Randy has been on the show a couple of times before and is a great supporter of both the Mind Factor and the Lost Art of Golf series. Randy is one of the top coaches in the USA He has had major success with players at all levels especially junior and college players He has had some incredible results over the past few years by coaching so much more on the golf course as opposed to the convention of being stuck on the range. We talk in today's show about his recent trip to Ireland and the wonderful experience he had over there. How the nature of links golf sparked his imagination to create golf shots not golf swings. He also mentioned the impact that the new book The Lost Art of the Short game has had on his coaching and playing We dive deep today into the nature of performance and learning How to really develop key concepts such as the shot creating the swing How to train to hit SHOTS Feeling the swing with just one hand Taking your game to the golf course Developing an ability to get the ball around when your game is less than 100% The three types of shots This is a GAME CHANGER Randy is a top coach and when you listen to him you can see why he has had so much success developing players To find out more about Randy Joiner go to www.tourtechniques.com To pick up a copy of the ‘Lost Art of the Short Game' go to www.thelostartofgolf.com For all aspects of Mind Factor go to www.themindfactor.com      

On the Brain Booster today we have a very different direction. We get to meet the man known as the ‘Renegade Pharmacist' Niraj Naik To look at a different perspective Possibly controversial Maybe a very different view than your own Hopefully by looking at times in totally counterintuitive ways we get to expand our consciousness. We get the chance with Nirak to look at a more natural way of living From a more healthy diet to movement and breath work. We look into Ayurvedic healing How your mental state can profoundly affect your health The ego state and how it can knock us completely off balance How the breath can have such a profound effect on your health The link between correct breathing and great performance How fast breathing can impact so much of our health How to take control of your breathing Niraj Naik is a qualified pharmacist who comes from a background of working long hours for several years as a community pharmacist.  Becoming a certified pharmacist at the ripe age of 24, he got to witness first-hand, many clients going home with shopping bags full of drugs each month, rarely getting better and usually going on to suffer from other diseases. He also learnt of the debilitating side effects of the prescription medication which drove many of the patients to have to take more and more drugs to ease the side effects. To find out more about Niraj Go to https://therenegadepharmacist.com/about-the-renegade-pharmacist/ To find out about Soma Breath go to https://www.somabreath.com To get a copy of the ‘Lost Art of the Short Game' go to www.thelostartofgolf.com To Find out more about the Mind Factor go to: https://themindfactor.net    

Today we welcome to the show Dr Bill Pettit How our thinking creates all of our experiences The Subtle nature of thought You are either in your thoughts or you are in your life …. This is such an important message for us all Bill has a fascinating story He spent over 20 years with the legendary Sydney Banks As he says himself ….. It was the weekend of April Fools' day in 1983 and in lieu of experiencing the pranks this day is known for, I was listening to a man called Sydney Banks talk about the spiritual nature of the human mind. Sitting in San Francisco that afternoon, I had hope awaken in me — hope that I could find a better level of mental health — and it lightened my heart and mind more than any practical joke could have. As I spent more time in conversation with Syd, l started to see incremental changes in how I navigated my closest relationships, and responded to troublesome emotions. I started listening to others with more respect and less judgment. I reacted less to anger and negative feelings. I began to trust that leaving my thinking alone when upset, allowed my mind to quiet and more often brought me to the feeling, and solution that I desired. It is a fascinating insight with Bill about being able to leave the mind alone Let it settle Do not always be trying to ‘fix' your thinking Trust your innate capacity for wisdom and insights It is a strong message for us all to follow You will find the experience of spending time in Bill's company a very gratifying one To find out more about Bill go to www.thedrspetitt Get a copy of the new book ‘The Lost Art of the Short Game' Go to www.thelostartofgolf.com To find out more about the Mind Factor go to www.themindfactor.com  

A solo run today explaining why you have not heard from me in a few weeks. I have had some health issues hence the theme of Gratitude.    Gratitude is not just important for our life but a key element in getting the best from ourselves in our game.   When you are in a grateful state you ALLOW your best golfing self to emerge.  Look out for the new book The Lost Art of the Short Game available at Amazon here: https://tinyurl.com/27bmpa9y    

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I had the chance to talk with Sam Jarman on today's Brain Booster. Golf was the thread we began with but the conversation moved in so many interesting areas. Sam is a radically different thinker A potential game changer He looks at both golf and life through a refreshingly honest lens His work has been influenced by the teachings of Sydney Banks the originator of the concept of Three Principles He has written two great books ‘The Three Principles to Outstanding Golf' and ‘Take Relief' Both outstanding pieces of work During our time together Sam discussed his own journey of exploration and his commitment to answer some of life's deeper questions. Who am I? What is my purpose? Why am I here? As I said not the usual discussion you may find on most podcasts about golf Yet I am absolutely certain that our golf will always be a reflection of US We cannot help but bring ourselves with us to the golf course When golf is a means to try to quieten the ego When golf is so much of our identity When the outcome of a golf shot is like life and death The journey will probably be a miserable one Sam gives some great insights about our true nature The nature of our mind The nature of our being Many of the myths and misconceptions around the ‘mental game' The futility of trying to fix thinking with more and more thinking Why we fall into the trap of feeling we lack something The feeling we need to be and do more We discuss the wonderful concept of ‘utmost sincerity' A great session with a fascinating man To find out more about Sam go to www.samjarmangolf.com NEW APP - The Mind Caddie for IOS here: https://apps.apple.com/my/app/mind-caddie-play-better-golf/id1567910600 For Android here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mindcaddie.android      

It is great to have back with us on the Brain Booster Steven Yellin Steven was an extremely popular guest along with his colleague Fred Travis. The book he has written is called ‘Simplicity' The title says it all and it is a direction we should all perhaps be moving more towards Steven's work is all about Fluid Motion The ability to access what you already have. The motion that is actually stored in your motor system. How many of us would be delighted to just be able to get to access what we KNOW we can already do? So many golfers instinctively know that what they bring to the golf course is only a fraction of their true capabilities In todays show we also explore how to actually change movements within the Fluid Motion philosophy. What trying to ‘change' is not always the best option. Why the desire to always be BETTER can sometimes really get in the way of any progress. We look at the best ways to coach beginners from a Fluid Motion How the brain incorporates the commands you give The vital role of the cerebellum and how to make sure you do not compromise its genius All in all a great episode which will really get you thinking Stevens book is called ‘Simplicity' NEW APP - The Mind Caddie for IOS here: https://apps.apple.com/my/app/mind-caddie-play-better-golf/id1567910600 For Android here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mindcaddie.android

It is wonderful to welcome back onto the Brain Booster Susie Meyers. Susie has been one of our most popular guests In the last show we talked about her book Golf from Point A and how it applied to your game. The idea of POINT A is so simple yet profound. When you play from Point A you play in the present You play with what you have TODAY You play the shot in front of you in a way that it has no past or no future It is simply at POINT A This shot in this unique moment in time. You get to trust what you have today Instead of hoping for consistency you develop adaptability The ability to get the best of what you have right NOW In today's session we take the idea of POINT A somewhat further We look at LIFE from Point A How can this affect your work, your business and just your life in general when you are able to play LIFE from Point A It is about deciding the person you are going to be TODAY What attitudes are you going to bring to the next 24 hours It is a wonderful way of maximising this day in front of you It ties in so beautifully with the ideas we have discussed on the Brain Booster of ‘accumulating GOOD days' More about Susie here: https://susiemeyersgolf.com NEW APP - The Mind Caddie for IOS here: https://apps.apple.com/my/app/mind-caddie-play-better-golf/id1567910600 For Android here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mindcaddie.android

Today on the Brain Booster we have one of the true legends of the game of golf Bob Vokey. One of the game's great golf club designers with a special focus on the short game. You will have heard of Vokey wedges. You will have seen Vokey wedges in many pro's shops you have visited. You may even own some of his wedges yourself. If any of you have an interest in lower score out on the course then Bob's wisdom will help you in your quest. Bob's incredible PASSION for the game has always endured. We take a wonderful trip from the early days of his career. The influence of his father The time spent with some of the greatest short game players of all time like Lee Trevino, Lanny Wadkins and Tom Kite Most wonderful of all the time spent with Seve Ballesteros How he listened to these great players to develop his own ideas and design The importance of LISTENING Again a common theme on the Brain Booster the effect of being around GOOD PEOPLE and the influence they can have on us Sliders and Diggers – Which one are you? The importance of getting fitted for your short game clubs The need to understand EXACTLY what BOUNCE actually is How to adapt to differing course conditions Different grasses, different challenges How we can get so off track if we don't understand how to actually use the tools in our hand To find out more about Bob, his life story and his clubs go to: www.vokey.com To become a CERTIFIED MIND FACTOR course Go to: https://themindfactor.net/product/mind-factor-course-video-training/

Today on the show we have Mind Factor client Laurie Canter Laurie is a European Tour Professional Up to last year his best finish on the European Tour order of merit was 154th yet in 2020 he made a stellar progress to finish in 19th spot We get the chance to really look into life on tour and the way that Laurie has dealt with both success and failure The good days and the bad The inevitable highs and lows How his early days had him playing lots of varied sports Developing all round ability How he had a natural gift of copying others in sports such as cricket The progress through the amateur ranks The early challenges once out on Tour Falling into some well established traps of spending too much time on the range and not enough time on the golf course The curiosity to want to improve his Mind Factor Working on the 90% The time in between shots that we don't pay enough attention to The principle of ACCEPTANCE and how this has been such an important theme for Laurie The shot creating the swing The spectre of EXPECTATIONS The incredible buzz of competing for the DP World Championship in Dubai All in all a great insight to life on tour and the challenges of developing your game at the highest level To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to https://themindfactor.net/the-certification-course/      

Today we have on the show Dicken Bettinger We go into some fascinating areas discussing the power of thought and the effect it has on your game and on your life. We discuss the origins of the THREE PRINCIPLES as proposed by Syd Banks Dicken became a licensed clinical psychologist in 1983 and retired his psychotherapy practice after working as a psychologist for 31 years. Twenty-eight years ago he met Sydney Banks who had an enlightenment experience where he realized the Three Principles that underlie all human experience. Dicken had finally found universal principles that he could teach anyone.  He was grateful to find something that was simple in nature yet had the profound effect of raising the quality of a person's life. He feels fortunate that for 23 years he was able to learn directly from Sydney Banks. In 2008 Dicken received a Certificate of Competency from Mr. Banks authorizing him to teach the Three Principles. We discuss: How thought creates our reality The nature of our mind How it is futile to try to ‘control' your mind To be able to let the mind just ‘be' and get on with the task at hand How the wisdom of the body can be encouraged The freedom of PLAY This is a wonderful session with Dicken He is clearly a man of great integrity and you can pick up from the delivery of his words just how much he embodies the work of Syd Banks You can only gain by enjoying the episode To find out more about Dicken go to https://3principlesmentoring.com/bio.html To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to https://themindfactor.net/product/mind-factor-course-video-training/          

From time to time I get some requests to do a solo podcast to summarize some of the previous few week’s sessions. So here we go! We go into my trip to see Vin Harris up in the remote hills of Scotland We discuss the early days at Samye Ling – Building the Buddhist monastery His main teacher Akong Rinpoche His incredible life and what his ideas can teach us all A fascinating story I get the chance also to discuss with you the concept of JUST FOR TODAY We have for a long time on the Brain Booster looked at the idea of accumulating GOOD DAYS It sounds utterly simple yet the practical application of it can be a really BIG challenge Each day we are on ‘auto pilot’ We do what we do We do what we have always done Patterns keep repeating Mistakes made and opportunities missed So much of our day COUL be influenced by a single shift If the PERSON we are was different What would it be like if JUST FOR TODAY you decided to be CURIOUS with all of your lessons Or you played golf JUST FOR TODAY with a sense of FREEDOM Or just for today you made the decision to be GRATEFUL One focus multiple benefits The idea of ‘just for today’ is a really simple one Yet I have found over and over again with many players and coaches it can be immensely beneficial Aim to give it a try To become a Mind Factor Mindfulness Practitioner go to https://themindfactor.net/brand-new-product-release-mindfulness-program-online-video-course/   to find out more about becoming a Mind Factor coach go to   https://themindfactor.net/the-certification-course/    

Today we have on the Brain Booster a wonderful man in the shape of Peter Ballingall. Peter has just recently released a great book called ‘Trust and Let Go’ A collection of his thoughts about coaching over the past 50 years or so. The title is wonderful and sums up what we could all consider as a useful direction to go with our game and indeed our life. Trust and Let Go! With Peter I had the chance to discuss his great career and the influence of certain people along the way. Not least the great John Jacobs Peter had the opportunity as a young golf pro to work for and with John. It must have been an incredible time. Yet Peter took that opportunity with both hands He made the most of an opportunity presented by fate. It is a great message to us all When the chance comes along to take it with both hands Trust and Let Go! Peter went on to run incredibly successful golf schools over many years at Barnham Broom in Norfolk He was a pioneer in the world of golf schools More recently he has been in Spain at El Rompido A beautiful part of the world still coaching as enthusiastically as ever In our session Peter’s passion shines through His insights are very valuable You will gain a lot from listening to his wise words To get a copy of Peter’s book on Amazon UK go to https://tinyurl.com/vkr3s9my To become a Certified Mind Factor coach Go to https://themindfactor.net/the-certification-course/    

Today we welcome back on to the podcast a great friend of the Brain Booster, Fred Shoemaker. Since spending time at his Extraordinary Golf School over twenty years ago Fred has continued to be an incredible influence on my coaching and my life in general. We had a truly wonderful conversation, an hour of time just literally disappeared. It was an absorbing conversation which hadn’t been planned in any way shape or form. We just bounced ideas of each other with a starting point of ‘what makes a great coach?’ As Fred discusses a great coach is NOT someone who is just spouting a formula. Not someone who is passing on just ‘information’. The latest theory of what is the correct method. Not a person who is assessing if a student is doing it ‘right’ or ‘wrong’. A great coach is someone providing an environment where a student can explore his or her own personal experience. To be able to gain genuine and beneficial feedback on what is ACTUALLY going on as opposed to what you THINK is going on. To increase awareness. We look into the nature of the mind and all the words and articles that have been written about it. Yet ultimately the question comes to a fundamental on ‘Do you have a mind? Or Are you your mind? Difficult concepts to get your head around They are some deep questions Challenging concepts Yet as Fred says to be able to recognise the difference between the ‘noise’ the mind is always creating and genuinely beneficial thought is a tremendous skill to develop and encourage. We talk about the dissatisfaction in the game and what is the root cause of this. Even given we are just coming through the worst crisis since the second world war many people are still finding so many ways to be dissatisfied. We look at the comparison game and why that is so destructive It was truly a wonderful session which you will gain so much from Fred’s website is www.extraordinarygolf.com To check out the programs with the Mind Factor go to www.themindfactor.com    

Today on the Brain Booster we have trick shot king Jeremy Dale We had a fascinating conversation All about the early days of his show Developing the skills to entertain The unique aspect Jeremy brings to his show of Left hand and Right-hand shots How that evolved The freedom in producing shots to order We also talk about LEARNING How Jeremy used just 15 minutes per day to become a guitar playing band member The value of PERSISTENCE How it really does add up We looked into Jeremy’s great ideas around coaching Developing SHOTS How many SHOTS do you need to become a decent golfer? The ability to develop a series of specific shots The Inner Game How Tim Gallweys book influenced Jeremy and why it is still so valid today 40 years on Much to be gained from Jeremy’s insights Enjoy the session Do you want to understand the BENEFITS of Mindfulness What it can do for YOUR game Find out more about Jeremy Dale here: https://www.jeremydale.com To become a Certified Mind Factor Mindfulness Practitioner go to   https://themindfactor.net/brand-new-product-release-mindfulness-program-online-video-course/  

Today we welcome back a great friend of the podcast John Bargh Professor of social psychology at Yale University I always really enjoy my time with John and the opportunity to pick the brains of one of the most influential minds in psychology today. John’s book ‘Before you know it’ is essential reading. In which he goes into so many fascinating avenues to explore how our unconscious mind navigates the world. How we are so much influenced by our surroundings. How we can be triggered into action by other people How words written in our office can affect our motivations. To become better acquainted with your unconscious mind is to be better armed with the challenges of life We look into ways that you can better arrange your world How you can increase your motivation to do what YOU want to do with your life Not to be just carried away with the whims and wishes of your unconscious programmes We talk about John’s biggest influences in his long and distinguished career The effect of lockdown on our mental well being What the future may hold for us post covid A really interesting session with a fascinating man John A. Bargh is a social psychologist currently working at Yale where he has formed the Automaticity in Cognition, Motivation, and Evaluation (ACME) Laboratory. John’s work focuses on automaticity and unconscious processing as a method to better understand social behaviour  as well as philosophical topics such as free will. Much of John’s work investigates whether actions and behaviours thought to be under volitional control may result from automatic interpretations of and reactions to external stimuli, such as words. Do you want to understand the BENEFITS of Mindfulness What it can do for YOUR game To become a Certified Mind Factor Mindfulness Practitioner go to   https://themindfactor.net/brand-new-product-release-mindfulness-program-online-video-course/    

A really great show today. Slightly different than normal but great nevertheless. We have with us Bonnie Kaplan a leading expert on how nutrition affects our brain How can we possibly expect our brain to function in an optimal state if we do not nourish our brain efficiently? Bonnie has spent many years researching this fascinating subject We look into: The best way to fuel your brain What to definitely avoid What a good brain day looks like What supplement can make a HUGE difference How the medical model is flawed You will gain  great insight from Bonnie’s wisdom Her new book is due out THE BETTER BRAIN: Overcome Anxiety, Combat Depression, and Reduce ADHD and Stress with Nutrition by Bonnie J. Kaplan, PhD, and Julia J. Rucklidge, PhD is available wherever books are sold on April 20th. BONNIE J. KAPLAN, PhD, is a professor emerita in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. She has published widely on the biological basis of developmental disorders and mental health, especially on the contribution of nutrition to brain development and brain function. She was named one of Canada’s top 150 Difference Makers in Mental Health and was awarded the prestigious Dr. Rogers Prize. She lives in Calgary, Canada. Website: www.BonnieJKaplan.com Facebook: @TheBetterBrain Twitter: @Bonnie_Kaplan Take the online COURSE To become a Certified Mind Factor Mindfulness Practitioner https://themindfactor.net/brand-new-product-release-mindfulness-program-online-video-course/    

Today we welcome back on to the Brain Booster Vin Harris Over the lockdown period we have run a number of HIGHLY successful Mind Factor Mindfulness Certifications The feedback from attendees has been outstanding A growing community of Mind Factor Mindfulness coaches and players We will announce during the podcast the NEW Online program The Mind Factor Mindfulness Online Certification It is a really exciting project To allow you to study Mindfulness for yourself at your own pace in your own time Vin is a friend of the podcast and we welcome him back to discuss how Mindfulness can be utilised effectively in the coaching world. How can we become more Mindful in our coaching? We discuss how David Bowie had an indirect link in with Vin’s 40 year journey learning and applying Mindfulness to his life and his business. The early influences and how the study was developed through spending time with some of the great Buddhist teachers. How the INTENTION of the teacher is everything How that intention to have the best interest of the student is a central key to being a really effective coach The need to create environments for people to learn Not just to give out more and more information To help students understand where they ARE before you try to move them anywhere else The ability to be present to what is actually happening right now You only have to listen to Vin for a few moments to understand the wisdom and practical experience he brings to the subject His is not sharing his knowledge from a theoretical perspective but from a real world life experience He has walked this talk for over 40 years The way he is able to simplify what can be a complex subject is truly liberating All of the players we have worked with on the Mindfulness project have benefitted immensely. To get your FREE Mindfulness audio sample please e-mail us at info@themindfactor.com To become a certified Mind Factor Mindfulness Practitioner Take the course now https://themindfactor.net/brand-new-product-release-mindfulness-program-online-video-course/  

Today on the Brain Booster we welcome back my good friend PGA Tour coach Randy Joyner Randy has been having some amazing results with his coaching of late with PGA Tour Players, College Players as well as club players We get the chance to discuss how Randy has used Mind Factor techniques to really make a difference The conversion in his teaching from one of being technique driven to PLAYING driven Spending time on the GOLF Course Creating shots How the SHOT can create the swing IF you know the right ingredients How IMAGERY can be used to unlock your potential as a golfer The amazing impact that EXTERNAL focus has on results Why there is so much more freedom when you develop the skill of ACCEPTANCE It was incredible to hear Randy talk about his evolution as a coach and what YOU can learn from this either as a player or a coach How saying very little is perhaps the ultimate goal as a coach How we need to understand the role of FORGETTING Why simple is not simplistic A really great session I could have discussed golf with Randy for hours but within this 45 minutes there are pure nuggets of GOLD Randy Joyner PGA Tour Coach Certified Mind Factor Coach Director of Instruction at Ballantyne CC in Charlotte, NC Played events on both the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour Coaches several PGA Tour winners and numerous playing on both tours Coaches high level juniors and collegiate players from the top ranked schools in the US 13-time PGA Carolinas Section Teacher of the Year Nominee Coach to numerous professional athletes in all major sports from MLB, NFL, NBA, and NASCAR Website here: TourTechniques.com To find out more about the Golf Schools Randy mentioned e-mail him direct at Email: Randy@RandyJoynerGolf.com Mind Factor To become a CERTIFIED Mind Factor coach go to https://themindfactor.net/the-certification-course/    

Today we are joined on the Brain Booster by coach Dylan Bawden I caught up with him to discuss the contents of his great book ‘Hit the Ball’ What a GREAT title for a golf book!! We discuss the problems and limitations of coaching with models The ‘scientific method’ of thinking which is so entrenched in the West and for so many can lead to endless frustration. Over emphasis on what is ‘right’ Instead of exploring what is right for YOU ‘Hit the Ball’ it should be as simple as that but we find ever more ingenious ways to make the game more complicated. Dylan has some great ideas to remedy this. You will enjoy and get a lot from the session Dylan Bawden  has been awarded Fellow membership of the PGA, trained with Vivien Saunders OBE, British Open Winner. Studied Batchelor of Science in Golf at Kingston university. After 20 years of research in the Art of Learning golf he has finally published the book Joseph Dylan Educure. It’s a story about the origins of Western Education and how it has been a problem for Golf learning. Dylan is based in Vienna, Austria at GC Spillern. www.dylangolf.com To become a CERTIFIED Mind Factor coach go to https://themindfactor.net/product/mind-factor-course-video-training/    

Kendal McWade – Bryson De Chambeau and Instinctive Golf – Could they actually be similar? Today on the Brain Booster we welcome a great friend of the show back for the THIRD time Kendal McWade from Instinctive Golf. We had a fantastic discussion as always. The golf world is talking again about Bryson after his win at Bay Hill in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Not only the win but THAT incredible tee shot across the water on the par 5 sixth hole. What could seem further apart than the scientific dissections of Bryson and the Instinctive Golf of Kendal McWades’ approach? Well maybe a LOT more than you think. I asked Kendal some questions and as ever he came up with some fascinating answers. In many ways Bryson is instinctive in the sense that he is very much doing it HIS way. He is on a quest of SELF MASTERY As we have reinforced so many times on the Brain Booster if there is a secret to golf it isn’t about finding the way to play the game but much more about you uncovering YOUR way to play. With this in mind I asked Kendal about some really important explorations The idea that most of the time in golf instruction we are focusing on the solution before we know what the problem actually is!! What is the TASK? How do I use the TOOL (the golf club) in my hand to get the task done? What are the key INFLUENCES I need to focus on to get the job done? Can I set myself free to uncover MY way of getting the task completed efficiently? Why FEEL is really the truth you are looking to experience. A really great session with an outstanding coach. Are YOU going to join us The Skills and Performance Summit 2021 at Woodhall Spa – 22nd – 24th June Places are strictly limited To book your spot contact Kendal direct at Kendal@igcoaching.co.uk or phone direct on 07770 810130 To find out about Mind Factor Coach Certification go to https://themindfactor.net/product/mind-factor-course-video-training-2019/  

Ich habe diesmal Gedächtnistrainerin, Speakerin und Autorin Petra M. Binder zu Gast. In Teil 1 sprechen wir über ihren Weg und wie sie zum Gedächtnistraining gekommen ist und in Teil 2 gibt Petra uns praktische Tipps für den Brainboost auf den Weg. Die in der Folge erwähnten Bücher: Frag immer erst Warum- Simon Sinek Miracle Morning- Hal Elrod Gutes Timing ist alles: Der richtige Zeitpunkt für Schlaf, Essen, Sex und fast alles andere - Dr. Michael Breus   Mehr über Petra, ihre Arbeit und die nächste Brainbooster Challenge findet ihr hier: https://petrabinder.com   Mich erreicht ihr unter lebenswegepodcast@gmail.com und ihr findet mich auf Linkedin, Facebook und Instagram Intro: Walk Around by Roa https://soundcloud.com/roa_music1031 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/walk-around-roa Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/BimtUhUirnw

It is wonderful to welcome back to the podcast good friends Piers and Andy from Me and My Golf. They are YouTube superstars and have created a wonderful business. They have some of this highest following on the Internet with their online golf coaching. They have worked with some of the best players in the world on their channel including Dustin Johnson and Rory McIllroy. Even better they have been the coach of European Tour star Aaron Rai since he was a junior player We discuss the building and development of their business and coaching In particular we drill down into WHY the partnership works so well The dynamics of the two individuals and how they produce such great results We look in depth at the concept of accountability You will gain so much just from this one element of our wide ranging discussion It is gold!! We also look into the future of the game from an online perspective and what opportunities still abound PURPOSE and the real genuine reasons for doing something you care about Me and My Golf deliver good quality and thoughtful content to a huge audience worldwide. At the very heart of what they do is a passion to get more people playing the game of golf and enjoying the experience of developing their game. Enjoy a great session To get 30% of Me and My Golf programs just punch in BRAIN at the checkout Go to meandmygolf.com To take ACTION and become a CERTIFIED Mind Factor coach go to https://themindfactor.net/product/mind-factor-course-video-training-2019/    

Today’s Brain Booster is a great session with highly renowned Canadian coach Shawn Clement He has some wonderful points to make about WHERE you focus your attention when trying to improve your game. A common theme on the Brain Booster He has some wonderful insights at his website www.wisdomingolf.com As Shawn said: The most important tool that started me properly on this journey was the experience I had from age 17 with the Canadian Ski Patrol and their relentless passion in making sure you knew what you were doing when treating a victim with a broken limb on the ski hill before transporting to hospital with vital information for the Emergency MD. This information helped guide me through the maze of golf instruction that was based purely on opinions that were based on assumptions of how the human body works. To this day, we do not have any documents, seminars, manuals on basic anatomy in the field of golf instruction which is very disturbing considering we are on the front lines of your abilities to learn this game and play for life! WISDOM IN GOLF, where the secrets to your best golf game bliss are backed by science, neurology, medicine, and all other sports and disciplines. We discuss: Why focusing on body part manipulation will always end in disaster. Discover that simply changing your focus to simple tasks will help your performance soar, especially under pressure! How you are NOT DEFECTIVE and how you have been portrayed as needing to be fixed all these decades! Why YOUR ANATOMY WAS MADE TO PERFORM GOLF MOVEMENTS.   To find out more about Shawn and his work go to https://wisdomingolf.com/about/   To become a CERTIFIED Mind Factor coach go to https://themindfactor.net/product/mind-factor-course-video-training-2019/    

It is wonderful today to have on the Brain Booster one of the top sports psychologist working in professional sport Dan Abrahams. Dan Abrahams is a sport psychologist working alongside individuals, teams, coaches and organisations globally. He is known for his passion to de-mystify sport psychology and for creating simple to use performance techniques. He is the author of four best-selling sport psychology books and is the founder of both the Dan Abrahams Soccer Academy and The Sport Psych Show podcast. A former professional golfer and PGA qualified, Dan has a First Class Honours degree in Psychology and a Masters degree in Sport Psychology It was great to catch up with Dan so he could share his own story about how he developed his successful career and how his own approaches have evolved. I really admire how he has taken his knowledge and applied it to the real world in sports such as golf, football and rugby. We talk at length about the attitude of different sports to working on mental game skills. The barriers The challenges and the opportunities Dan has been working at the coal face for many years now and his wealth of knowledge really does shine through as does his passion to really make a difference to the teams and athletes he works with. From his early career as a professional golfer he shares with us how his own experiences of setbacks have helped shape his approach. It was really good to spend time with Dan. You will gain a LOT from this session. To find out more about Dan’s work go to https://danabrahams.com To become a CERTIFIED Mind Factor Coach Take ACTION during lockdown and go to https://themindfactor.net/product/mind-factor-course-video-training-2019/    

Many of you may remember Louis Oosthuizen and the RED DOT! Winning the British Open in 2010 The use of colour in performance has always fascinated me and today we welcome to the podcast John Glenn who will take that exploration to another level. How could the use of colour potentially transform your game? John has spent the best part of 20 years involved in the golf industry looking at ways to enhance learning and performance. In November 2016 together with PGA Professional Kevin Merry, they would spend a lot of time experimenting and look for a way to simplify how Golf was being taught, as they felt it was becoming too technical for many golfers. This would lead them to design and develop their very own Teaching Concept using a unique externally focused colour coded system that would prove to change the way people play, gaining instant feedback and fast track results. Kevin and John would progress their ideas from a few prototypes to a reality and shortly after then forming the company Colour Path Golf. They both decided to leave their coaching roles in 2018 to focus full time on developing the concept on a global scale. Johns mission is to bring more people into the game and make starting and improving at golf a whole lot easier through simple to follow visual instructions which to date is proving to make a huge difference with the teaching concept being delivered by a team of Colour Path Golf certified instructors worldwide. John has a clear objective in the world of coaching, to continue to build on developing the ultimate coaches community/networking group where best practice and new creative ideas are shared regularly through teaching in the language of colour. There is a special offer to all Brain Booster listeners Save 10% of your level ONE certification plus 2 Free Bonus Products https://www.colourpathgolf.com/pages/the-brain-booster-podcast-special-offer To become a CERTIFIED Mind Factor coach Take action NOW and make the most of the current opportunity to learn https://themindfactor.net/product/mind-factor-course-video-training-2019/          

Today we are joined on the Brain Booster by Certified Mind Factor coach Michel Put (50) is a PGA Golf professional, certified Mindfactor coach,  entrepreneur, golfer, guide and organizer of various music events near Amsterdam. As a coach, he has been looking for the Holy Grail in golf instruction for over a quarter of a century. How to make golfers more consistent. Achieving more joy and happiness in their game.   In 2015 he came into contact with a concept that turned out to contain this holy grail. A concept with which everything that is complicated can be simplified. MOT, Moment Of Truth, since 2019 transformed into: True Groove | Het Nieuwe Golfen….The new way to play golf..   Unfortunately, as a cross thinker he was also denounced, mocked and even banned from the sports world. And the more he stood for his philosophy, the more he appeared to stand for it alone. Yet he also managed to find his way there. Because he says; "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."   Recently his company teamed up with Cobra/Puma golf. The concept of ONE Length golf clubs completes the philosophy of the method of True Groove | Het Nieuwe Golfen. And fits perfectly with our core values: innovative, fun, liberating and rebellious.   In this podcast When the light bulb was invented in 1878, the world was turned upside down. Candle manufacturers were angry, and many consumers were skeptical. In this podcast I am going to talk to Michel Put. Someone who comes up with a similar story some 140 years later. Together with Joost Steenkamer, colleague  professional and Dutch Golf Federation talent coach, he developed a new way of playing golf. And this time too the world is turned upside down. And this time too, people are angry. What did the gentlemen discover?   Listen to Michel's remarkable story and learn how to get more joy in your golf and in your life.   You will also learn in this podcast: The components of Deep Practice. Why you should make training more difficult than reality How to accelerate your learning process ten times faster/Myeline Why you don't see what you don't know     Got excited and want to know more about True Groove?   Feel free to contact Michel! mobile 0031652476419 info@true-groove.com www.true-groove.com   To become a CERTIFIED Mind Factor Mindfulness Practitioner you can take action and sign up NOW! Go to https://themindfactor.net/product/mind-factor-mindfulness-practitioner-certification/    

I have known Marcus Bell a long time and it is always wonderful to chat with him about his approach to developing the game of golf. Marcus is a deep thinker and I know that you will find a tremendous benefit from listening today to some of his ideas. Marcus is Director of Coaching for ZEN Golf and a PGA Professional for over 20 years. His non-linear style of coaching is gaining wide recognition through his fast growing You Tube Channel ZEN Golf Mechanic. The results speak for themselves with a new student's lesson being posted each week showing huge improvements in performance for players of all abilities and aspirations. Marcus has a Masters degree in Sports Biomechanics and has conducted and consulted in many research studies in golf, particularly with 3D and forceplate technologies. These studies have focused primarily on lower body mechanics and their effect on full body kinematics and kinetics. It is this research that has supported the development of this full swing coaching application that we recognise as ZEN Golf Mechanics where ecological psychology meets sports biomechanics to foster optimal skill acquisition. For information on lessons please follow the link.... https://zengolfmechanics.youbookappointments.co.uk/ Marcus shares his incredible background in the game of golf and the people who have helped him along the way develop as a golf coach. This hugely reinforced a key theme of the Brain Booster. The importance of others and the people you surround yourself with. Who are you learning from? Who are your influences? What are you prepared to do to improve both as a player and as a coach? During the session together Marcus discussed his ideas around how movement is generated. How it is much more natural than we might think. How we often get in the way of this natural motion. And more importantly what you can do to reconnect with it. TAKE ACTION: To Join us for the Mind Factor Mindfulness Certification course, go to https://themindfactor.net/product/mind-factor-mindfulness-practitioner-certification/    

It is great to have with us today on the Brain Booster Iain Highfield. Iain has carved out a really successful career coaching in the USA. He has co created the company ‘Game Like Training” Amongst other successes he has Created a golf psychological conditioning program implemented at the Nike Golf Academy (UK) Bishops Gate Academy (FL) International Junior Golf Academy (SC). Iain’s golf psychology program is currently being delivered via the ‘Game Like Training’ virtual classroom to Penn State University, European Tour Golfers and College Golfers Published author, ‘OSVEA, Practical Ways to Learn Golf’s Mental Game’   We delve into some intriguing areas on today’s show. Iain has spent time with some of the world’s foremost experts in motor learning including Robert Bjork and K Anders Ericsson and he shares some of his key learnings. How to ACTUALLY change your golf swing. It really is NOT what you think or have been led to believe. Why muscles don’t have ‘memory’ Why REPETITION and ‘reps’ is NOT the key How learning and change has to take place in the BRAIN How engagement is THE critical component Why trying to model what the likes of Tiger Woods and Serena Williams may not be the best strategy The Spacing Effect The Variability Effect The correct Challenge Point How to set up a LEARNING ENVIRONMENT on the range The ‘transfer appropriate process’ Looking at TENSION and TEMPO as a focus of attention and why this can give a great return on your investment of time How mechanics can actually improve as a result of TENSION awareness How trying to ‘keep’ a swing feeling is the wrong approach How a process orientation can lead to MASTERY How we look for happiness in all of the wrong places The magic of ‘this day’ focus How trying to ‘keep’ a swing feeling is the wrong approach Just a really great and wide ranging session covering so many nuggets of gold Iain has clearly spent his life searching for better learning approaches When you listen to him today you will gain the opportunity to learn from a master coach To find out more about Iain go to www.gltgolf.com To become a Mind Factor Mindfulness Practitioner join our exclusive group Take action and Go to https://themindfactor.net/product/mind-factor-mindfulness-practitioner-certification/

Thank you for joining me again on the Brain Booster I thought it would be a good time to reflect back on the year What we have learned The key elements which keep coming back The important areas to focus on It is so important to reflect EFFICIENTLY To be able to look at your year To see the patterns, to look at the habits How things have gone for you What are the keys to success going forward? We look at themes which have constantly re occurred during the year The principle of GRATITUDE Why it is not only good for you but a part of peak performance How gratitude lays the foundation for true ability to be released The skill of ACCEPTANCE Why so few truly understand the value and importance of acceptance How acceptance allows you to RESET The value of looking at your ‘old story’ Then to create the story you want going forwards The importance of a journal Simple strategies that can make a profound difference A really good look back at this year which hopefully you will be able to to ACTION on. To find out more: www.themindfactor.com    

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Five minutes to Gratitude. We have talked in the past on the Brain Booster about GRATITUDE. In the book I co wrote with Gary Nicol, ‘The Lost Art of Playing Golf’ we began the first chapter with a piece about the effects of gratitude. It would seem to be really clear the evidence suggests Gratitude is good for both you and your game. The response to the book has been amazing so I wanted to look at gratitude a bit more closely. So today we have coach Waleuska Lazo. Waleuska Lazo is the creator and founder of FMTG. Five Minutes to Gratitude. To the outside world, Waleuska had it all: A successful career, a loving family, and her health. For Waleuska her life was miserable. Having lost her marriage, sense of purpose, and on the verge of losing the relationships with her daughters, Waleuska knew there had to be a better way. Waleuska created a system that took her from her lowest of lows to live the life of her dreams. Easier said than done. Waleuska failed her way forward to find out what works, and as important, what doesn’t work. The end results? Five minutes to Gratitude When word spread of Waleuska’s “miraculous” results, she found herself sharing her FMTG experience with close friends. Today, FMTG is a thriving community of people from around the world who have transformed their lives for the better.   It was a really interesting talk with Waleuska and her insights can only be of benefit to your golf but more importantly to your life. To be grateful is to create a condition that ALLOWS success to emerge.   To find out more about Waleuska and the 5 Minute to Gratitude Experiment go to www.waleuskalazo.com To become a Certified Mind Factor Coach go to https://themindfactor.net/product/mind-factor-course-video-training-2019/    

Today we are joined on the Brain Booster by PGA Tour coach Rick Sessinghaus. We get the chance to discuss the development of one of his players Collin Morikawa from being a junior player to a breath taking debut on the PGA Tour. We talk about how Rick realised early on in his coaching career that the mental part of the game was so vital for a coach to embrace. If you are not helping your players on this aspect of the game then you are only partially doing your job. As a former professional player himself Rick finds more satisfaction helping others achieve their dreams than he did in his own competitive career. Long intrigued by the fact that physical skills were rarely the determining factor in athletic success. He took ACTION He didn’t just think about improving his coaching. He made it happen.   He studied the mental and emotional skills that make or break a performance. Rick has a Doctorate Degree in Applied Sports Psychology; he is also a Certified Mind Factor Coach. Rick is constantly researching the latest scientific findings pertinent to achievement in golf, business, and life.   We discuss some key elements to help YOUR game:   On course training   New games to play   How to use statistics more efficiently   How to give a player more ownership of their game   A great session   To find out more about Rick go to www.ricksessinghaus.com   To take a look at the product range at KYMIRA Golf go to www.kymiragolf.com Regular listeners to the Brain Booster can get a 10% discount off ANY KYMIRA product by using the code  KARLM10  

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On today’s show we have with us a fascinating guest: Dr Mark Bull Mark is acknowledged as one of the world’s leading experts in golf bio mechanics He has worked at the very highest levels of the game with some of the world’s top players. He has also presented his work in seminars across the globe. His company Bull3D has some of the most cutting edge information available as to how your body may or may not be moving. Mark has throughout his life carried out research in the quest to help golfers of all levels improve In today’s wide ranging conversations we discuss: How the concept of CONSISTENCY just does not tie in with how humans actually move Movement variability and what this actually means for you How we can become consistent at the TASK not the motion Dynamic System Theory – how your body will organise movement around your CONCEPTS So the vital need to be really clear that your concepts support you How there is no such thing as ‘faulty movement’ How the individual is absolutely paramount Why you need to be true to YOUR way of moving The ‘story’ and why it is important to look back on your life and see what may have helped or hindered the way you move What you can do to improve on a DAILY basis The small actions that make such a difference How better movement patterns enable you to develop more SKILLS How movement can be improved at ANY age How your perceptions will change your movement How it is important to look at how YOU react to the golf course Just a wonderful chance to spend some time with a true expert in his field. Mark’s ideas and common sense approach WILL make a BIG difference to your game and the way you approach improvement To find out more about Mark and his great work Go to www.bull3d.co.uk   To pick up YOUR copy of ‘The Lost Art of Playing Golf’ go to www.thelostartofgolf.com   To find out about YOU hosting a Mind Factor workshop at YOUR facility go to www.themindfactor.com      

Your mental attitude on the course can be the difference between a great game of golf and a miserable disaster. Today I am looking at how the mind and the body together play a crucial role for the everyday golfer. My guest Karl Morris has worked with over a 100 PGA Tour, European Tour, LPGA and Ladies European Tour golfers. He talks about the Mind Factor and everyday golfers. Get social on https://www.instagram.com/pro_fitgolf/?hl=en More about Karl Morris at https://themindfactor.net/ The Lost Art of Putting book at https://www.thelostartofgolf.com/the-lost-art-of-putting/

In today’s Brain Booster show we go in a slightly different direction. I have always felt that some of the most important ideas and concepts that I have used in golf have been taken from looking at other sports. We can become very singular in our focus if we only look through a singular sporting lens. We can be hemmed in the ‘culture’ of the game. To look to other sports is to see with a fresh pair of eyes. Today is a great opportunity to hear from and spend time with someone who has worked at the very leading edge of performance coaching Ric Moylan Ric is a performance coach and mentor for numerous world class athletes, including former WBA World Champion Scott Quigg. He previously spent 4 years working with Team Ricky Hatton. This included guidance and education for his young stable of athletes, whilst also working closely with Ricky for his highly anticipated comeback fight. Ric also has previously worked with fighters such as 2 x World Champion Ryan Burnett, WBC World Champion Tony Bellew, former WBA World Champion Anthony Crolla, former British and Commonwealth Champion Frankie Gavin and English Boxing Champion Nav Mansouri. Athletes as diverse as the ATP tennis player Liam Broady, the England Tug Of War team and UKBFF Champion Nina Ross have all worked with him for guidance and improvement in all aspects of their development and performance. In our time together we get the chance to look at: Your relationship to failure How do you respond to the inevitable setbacks on your journey to self mastery The role of fear in boxing and life How you can channel this most natural of emotions What living a ‘peak performance’ lifestyle actually looks like What are Ric’s key principles of success How speed can be trained The life benefits of boxing training Lessons from the special forces The lessons learned from being with great boxers It is a show I really enjoyed putting together. You will gain a lot from Ric’s approach to life and training Enjoy To find out more about Ric and his work go to www.ricmoylan.co.uk Do YOU want to become a Performance Coach? Become a Mind Factor certified Performance coach Go to https://themindfactor.net/certification-course-2019/      

On today’s show we are joined by Adam Young, author of the Amazon best selling book ‘The Practice Manual’ As Adam says at the start of our conversation he has been really surprised at the success of the book. I am not surprised! It is a great resource and a genuine contribution to golf instruction. If you haven’t got a copy yet then do your game a favour and get hold of one as soon as possible. I promise it will make a difference to your understanding of the game. When I read the book it was clear that Adam had such a grasp of the role ATTENTION plays in developing your game. So few do. We spend too much time dissecting swing positions and too little understanding the unique role attention plays in both learning, retention and skill development. In our time together on the show we drill deep We dissect the possible options with attention We discuss The SIX potential points of Attentional Focus How the golf industry is skewed to focus almost exclusively on one at the expense of the others How you can use technology to identify how you as a unique individual can better utilise attention How the system ‘self organises’ around a clear intention How ‘consistency’ is not all that it is cracked up to be The counterintuitive role that ‘differential practice’ can play in your game How the physics of impact is the ONLY thing that matters to the golf ball I really enjoyed my time with Adam and a lot of his thoughts resonated with the concepts we cover in ‘The Lost Art of Putting’ Have a look at Adam’s work He offers some fabulous online programme Go to www.adamyounggolf.com to find out more Have you got YOUR Breakthrough Program yet? The program that is making a REAL difference to the game of so many players Pick up your copy and begin to work on it INSTANTLY Go to www.themindfactor.com        

Tom Watson offered the phrase ‘When I learned how to breathe I learned how to win’ One of the legends of the game, 5 Time Open Champion and someone who finished runner up in the Open Championship at the age of 60. Former World Number One Justin Rose has talked about the importance of the breath in his own pre shot routine. Recently when Graeme McDowell won on the PGA Tour he was kind enough to say that a breathing focus on his putting that I had suggested to him had made a world of difference. Breathing such a simple activity but with profound implications. Today’s guest is Jayne Storey who has been on the Brain Booster before but has just recently released a tremendous book called ‘Breathe Golf’ I joked with Jayne during the show about ‘how can you write an entire book about breathing!’ When you listen to Jayne you will understand how the combination of understanding ATTENTION and the BREATH is so crucial to your performance. ‘Check in with your breath’ is not only useful for your game but vital for your life. In a world where we are permanently distracted this simple age old tradition can do wonders to take you out of the stress response with cortisol flooding your system to a place of CALM. How you can activate your relaxation response and get back to the state of mind that ALLOWS you to play your very best. As Jayne explains we cannot do movement whilst we think of movement We need to understand the mind-body connection and how we can release our capability The ancient disciplines of Martial Arts like Tai Chi and Yoga have known this for centuries. We are perhaps only now through the work of people like Jayne just beginning to wake up to the importance. As I often say in my seminars ‘Beware the simplicity trap’ Just because something sounds simple doesn’t mean it is simple to DO Checking in with the breath, committing to meditation This is a DAILY practice You don’t just ‘try’ it for a while you commit long term. Jayne Storey has committed her life to this work and you will greatly benefit from her words of wisdom in this show. To find out more about Jayne Storey go to www.chi-performance.com Have you got YOUR Breakthrough program yet? Go to www.themindfactor.com to find out more      

Reflections of a great trip to China to host Mind Factor training for Chinese coaches. Whilst in China I had one of the key Mind Factor concepts massively reinforced. As I was walking through the streets in Beijing going towards the training academy I saw a number of people in a park making beautiful swirling movements. They seemed totally and completely engrossed in what they were doing. Deeply engaged in their daily ritual of Tai Chi. If you haven’t seen anyone doing Tai Chi it really is the most beautiful of activities. Yet as I stood and watched it reminded me that this wasn’t something these people did now and again it was a DAILY RITUAL. Not a new fad or fancy but a lifetime commitment to what they deemed beneficial to their lives. They had decided that Tai Chi for them was what made up part of a ‘Good Day’ ‘What does a GOOD day look like for YOU?’ Maybe this is one of the most profound questions we can as humans ever ask. What does a good day look like doesn’t mean that we indulge just in hedonistic self absorbed activity. What makes a good day doesn’t always involve what we find pleasurable in this moment. It may be a struggle to get the work done that you KNOW you need to do. It may be the training you do in the gym. It is the walk you decide to take It is the food you decide to eat or maybe more importantly the food you decide NOT to eat The ability to stay on track Staying on the path of mastery Trying to master something you will never master The state of mind that keep going with your daily rituals The paradox of breakthrough When you focus on today you get the opportunity for two kinds of breakthrough The joy of being absorbed in what you are doing today The conditions you create that ALLOW the bigger win further down the line The importance of beginning and ending How it is vital to start the day well and to end the day well What do YOU do at the start and the finish of each day? Are you giving yourself the best possible chance to create your GOOD DAY? A real good look at the importance of your DAILY RITUALS Make the day a GOOD one Have you got YOUR Breakthrough program? This is YOUR companion for the year Video, audio and e-book all in one fantastic package Go to www.themindfactor.com Become a Mind Factor coach Sign up for this year’s course in November www.themindfactor.com      

  Today we are joined by one of the most forward thinking coaches in the UK Oli Morton. Oli is based up at the wonderful Archerfield Links where I have spent many happy days myself. We discuss his own evolution as a golf coach and his developing interest in the holistic approach to the game. Oli has been heavily influenced by Pia Nilsson and Lynn Marriot at Vision 54 and his own sense of what could be possible in the future shines through his approach to coaching. Oli uses the GEARS system up at Archerfield which is state of the art analysis of how your body is moving during the golf swing. If you get the chance to go to Archerfield then visiting Oli is a MUST Are you trying to make moves in your swing that your body just cannot support? Are you really aware of your own movement patterns? What are some of the most ineffective movement patterns that will hold back your game? Where do you need to have your attention in your swing to get the best out of your practice time? Is it better to make changes in your game with an IMPLICIT approach? In effect you get change without trying to consciously make changes Why Oli believes that we should not have swing ‘thoughts’ but swing ‘feels’ The need to get out on the golf course to train effectively What does a really good training session look like? What are the future developments for a great coach to embrace? We had a really wide ranging and fun chat and I am sure you will really benefit from spending this quality time with Oli For more details of Oli Morton and the programmes he offers go to www.archerfieldgolfclub.com   He is on Twitter @changethegame54   Have you got YOUR Breakthrough Program yet? Do you want to make a REAL difference to your game this year? Go to www.themindfactor.com  

  In today’s show we get the chance to spend time with Misha Botting. Misha is a Sports Psychologist who has coached the GB Olympic Curling Team. His insights are absolutely brilliant and apply to ALL sports. Misha has led an extraordinary life from being a ballet dancer to a great coach.   We have both been asked to contribute to a wonderful book called ‘Mindful Heroes’ and in our time together we discuss how the ideas and concepts within Mindfulness have played such a key role in Misha’s life. From his own experience of a particularly turbulent part of his own life to the application with his own students.   We look into the concept of ‘positive thinking’ and how this can actually be VERY detrimental.   How the standard psychology model of CBT can leave many athletes struggling with a mind that becomes extremely busy.   With Mindfulness we are not trying to change or replace thoughts but to have a different relationship to the thoughts we do have. We are not then fighting our own self.   There are SO many similarities with Curling and Golf How you have to be able to deal with uncomfortable feelings and yet still be able to put your attention in the right place to get the job done.   We talk about how you can feel really uncomfortable at times in your sport but how with a mindful approach you can come back to the task at hand. How you can develop the capability to ‘check in with the breath’ The simple idea of being able to come back to a place where great sport is played The PRESENT moment   The great idea that Misha presents today is the concept that you can and DO need to practice this in ALL areas of your life. In the car, at the gym, waiting in line, all of these ‘mundane’ areas have the potential to be opportunities to practice your mindful awareness Don’t just expect to be able to be mindful and present when you perform This has to be a DAILY ritual.   I really enjoyed my time with Misha and his really resonated with so many of my own. You will greatly benefit from our time together.   To find out more about Misha and his work look him up on Twitter @mishabotting   Have you got your BREAKTHROUGH programme yet? We are getting some REALLY interesting results. Make YOUR Breakthrough happen! Go to www.themindfactor.com      

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