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>>Join Mental Golf Type: The Best Mental Game Training (use code WICKEDSMART to save 25%). Today's guest is someone who lives and breathes positivity—on and off the golf course. I'm thrilled to welcome Debbie O'Connell, the founder of Golf Positive, to the show. Debbie is a PGA professional, speaker, author, and one of the most inspiring voices in the world of golf. She's dedicated her career to helping players build confidence, develop a winning mindset, and bring more joy into the game. Her approach is rooted in the belief that your attitude can be your greatest asset—not just in golf, but in life. She's been named LPGA National Professional of the Year, featured in Golf Digest's Top 50 Women Teachers, and runs powerful coaching programs, retreats, and trainings for golfers of all levels. When you listen to this episode, you will learn: Step one in changing your mindset fast. Why your brain loves and needs routines. Easy mindset hacks to master your mental game. How to shift beliefs by reprogramming your subconscious. How Timeline Therapy can help you break past limiting beliefs. Learn more about Debbie's programs, trips, and working together on her website. WICKED SMART GOLF Recommended Products DECADE Golf: The #1 course management system to think like a pro (use code WICKEDSMART to save 20%). WHYGOLF Training Aids: The best training aids to help your practice sessions (use code WICKEDSMART to save 15%). Rypstick: The #1 speed trainer to add 10+ yards in 40 days or less (use code WICKEDSMART to save 10%) Wicked Smart Golf Academy: The FASTEST way to play consistent golf. Wicked Smart Golf Practice Formula: 50+ Practice plans and a 90-minute masterclass to practice like a pro. Also, don't forget to connect on social media: Follow on TikTok Follow on Instagram Subscribe on YouTube Buy Wicked Smart Golf on Amazon or Audible Buy Wicked Smart Golf II on Amazon or Audible
Debbie O'Connell is an LPGA Professional specialising in the power of the mind and its dramatic effect on the game of golf. 35 years in the business with professionals and amateurs and she's fantastic. This should change your golfing life... just open up and let and one of the leading golf mindset experts in the world in!LPGA National Professional of the YearLPGA NE Section Teacher of the YearInaugural Nancy Lopez Golf Achievement Award(1)727 339 0106Text "yes" for Conquer your golf mind. Promo Code "Conquer50"Test "Flow" for her ebook on flow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
903: Debbie O'Connell probably wears a superhero outfit under her golf clothes. LPGA National Professional of the Year, the inaugural Nancy Lopez Golf Achievement Award, has bowled a perfect game multiple times, played D1 basketball in the NCAA Final Four for Western Kentucky University, author, International Professional Speaker, Trainer & Mindset Coach, Top 50 LPGA Instructor, and the list continues. Get her free ebook “7 Principles for Lowering Handicap with Flow State Golf” by texting “FLOW” to 727-339-0106. Learn more at https://debbie-oconnell.com/ This week Golf Smarter Mulligans episode #219, is called “Why You Don't Swing Like a Pro and How to Change It” with John Novasel of Tour Tempo. For years, John was telling anyone who listened that the best players in the world all had the same 3:1 swing tempo, no matter how fast they would swing a club. Finally, researchers at Yale University proved his theories to be correct. Since this episode was published in 2011, host Fred Greene still incorporates what he learned about the 3:1 swing tempo from the Tour Tempo app 12 years later! This is part1 of 2. This episode is brought to you by SwingU.com and the SwingU app. Go to swingu.com/upgrade and use promo code ‘golfsmarter' to save 30% on your first year's subscription to either the SwingU Plus or SwingU Pro. This episode is also brought to you by Factor. Head to https://Factor75.com/golfsmarter50 and use code “GOLFSMARTER50” to get 50% off! Golf Smarter has just been awarded the #1 spot in their list of Top 10 Golf Psychology Podcasts by feedspot.com Check it out at https://blog.feedspot.com/golf_psychology_podcasts/. Golf Smarter has also been named by golfspan.com as one of the 10 Best Golf Podcasts for 2023, including being named the BEST GOLF PODCAST FOR YOUR MENTAL GAME. Check it out at https://www.golfspan.com/best-golf-podcasts. Two ways to become a Golf Smarter Ambassador and receive a choice of one of these great prizes including: • A box of ODIN balls of your choice with the Golf Smarter logo. ODIN Golf is the only golf brand that sponsors and pays everyday golfers! See our custom page at odin-golf.com/pages/golfsmarter. • A Glove + Glove Compartment from RedRoosterGolf.com where you can choose from a large variety of styles of gloves in 26 sizes! • A private link to Tony Manzoni's video “The Lost Fundamental”. To win, either introduce an upcoming episode, or write a review from your podcast source, then send us what you wrote and where! Send your posted review or request to introduce an episode to GolfSmarterPodcast@gmail.com.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3264943/advertisement
Welcome to the Women of Golf Show! Cindy & Ted start this week's show answer some frequently asked question by golfers. Later in the show we're joined for Part 2 of our interview with: Nancy Henderson,President of The LPGA Foundation and Chief Teaching Officer for the LPGA Teaching & Club Professional Membership. More on Nancy: In these roles, she provides strategic vision, as well as supervising the day-to-day operations of both organizations within the LPGA. Henderson with her teams at the LPGA are tasked to create innovative programs and activities that support the overall goals and mission of the association. She's a Class A member of both the LPGA and PGA. Prior to joining the staff at LPGA Headquarters, Nancy was the Director of Golf and General Manager at LPGA International Golf Course, home course of the LPGA, for over seven years. In 2001, she received the LPGA National Professional of the Year award for her accomplishments at LPGA International. A native of Clearwater, Florida and a graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Nancy earned a four-year scholarship as a member of SMU’s women’s golf team. A two-time US Open participant, her playing accomplishments include more than 300 tournament victories and 13 holes-in-one. Join us LIVE - Tuesdays 9:00 - 10:00AM EST http://www.blogtalkradio.com/womenofgolf The broadcast is also available as a Podcast at itunes.com & Stitcher.com
Welcome to the Women of Golf Show! Cindy & Ted start this week's show with a discussion on "How to Network on the Golf Course". Later we're joined by: Nancy Henderson,serving as both President of The LPGA Foundation and Chief Teaching Officer for the LPGA Teaching & Club Professional Membership. More on Nancy: In these roles, she provides strategic vision, as well as supervising the day-to-day operations of both organizations within the LPGA. Henderson with her teams at the LPGA are tasked to create innovative programs and activities that support the overall goals and mission of the association. She's a Class A member of both the LPGA and PGA. Prior to joining the staff at LPGA Headquarters, Nancy was the Director of Golf and General Manager at LPGA International Golf Course, home course of the LPGA, for over seven years. In 2001, she received the LPGA National Professional of the Year award for her accomplishments at LPGA International. A native of Clearwater, Florida and a graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Nancy earned a four-year scholarship as a member of SMU’s women’s golf team. A two-time US Open participant, her playing accomplishments include more than 300 tournament victories and 13 holes-in-one. Join us LIVE - Tuesdays 9:00 - 10:00AM EST http://www.blogtalkradio.com/womenofgolf The broadcast is also available as a Podcast at itunes.com & Stitcher.com
Alright {!firstname_fix} are you ready to ditch the tension from your swing? Week 2 of the challenge starts now! This time around we're focusing on the ability to make tension free swings. A tension free swing makes for better shot making, more consistent performance, and even more distance! Here's your Work Book to track your progress for this week. Practice #1: Think Box/ Play Box Tension manifests itself in many different ways. If we think about it chronologically, the first place it shows up in your journey as a golfer is with bad decisions, which a lot of times really the product of indecision. For most people that's the indecision about which shot, club, or target should be picked. This results in taking more time over the ball, and the longer we spend over the ball, the more the tension builds. These situations tend to occur for people more while they're actually playing, so you may consider trying this during a practice but it can certainly be done on a driving range as well. The Think Box/Play Box idea comes from Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson, both multi time Golf Digest Top 50 teachers. When practicing, and even more importantly while playing, this drill helps you commit to your shots - a major weakness of most amateurs. Here's how it works. While behind the ball picking your target you are in the Think Box. Here you can analyze and visualize your shot, but once you've left the Think Box and transition into the Play Box (standing over the ball) you have to be 100% committed to the shot you've chosen. No more changing your mind. Think of it like occupying two actual physical boxes (hence the name!). Check out this picture for a more clear representation. There's two ways to measure your progress here. The first one is the more basic of the two. Simply tracking whether or not you stayed committed to your shot. It's pretty straight forward if you're actually on the course. Just think about the last shot and check to see if you stayed committed to your target and swing. The easiest way to track this is just add that line on your scorecard, I like to call it EXECUTE. Did I execute my Think Box plan? If you're on the driving range I would track this 10 shots at a time. Pre-select 10 different targets On each shot add the Think Box & Play Box to your pre-shot routine Track to see if you stayed committed and executed the plan with each shot I think it's important to mention here that when I ask if you're staying committed, I'm not asking if you hit your target, or if the shot was even good. I'm asking Did you stay committed to your Think Box plan? Did you waffle on your club decision? Did you change your target midway through your pre-shot routine? If you answered yes to either of these questions (or anything similar) then you didn't execute the plan. Work on going through your whole routine, making an achievable plan, and executing it! Another way you can do some really solid self analysis is to weigh your expectation vs the outcome on these 10 shots. If you are finding that your expectation never matches up with the outcome it's probably time to start picking more conservative targets more in line with your abilities. Practice #2: The Tension Scale A huge key to several different areas of golf is awareness. Whether it's reading the breeze to see how much extra club you should take, or being aware that you are getting upset about a shot and not letting it bleed into later swings and potentially into later holes. The specific spot we're talking about today is, you guessed it, TENSION! Lot's of people don't realize that they may be gripping the club really hard, I mean white knuckling it. One way to test this is the exercise from Iain Highfield, Director of Mental Training at Bishops Gate Golf Academy. The Tension Scale is a 0-10 scale measuring the tension in your hands, arms, and body. A 0 on the Tension Scale is super loose, barely able to stand up. Almost like your body is made out of cooked spaghetti noodles. A 10 on the Tension Scale looks, frankly, like the Hulk. Super stiff body, white knuckles on the club, probably a clenched jaw too! Here's how the drill works: While in your Think Box try to sense your current number on the Tension Scale. Say it out loud. Let go of your club bend slightly at the waist and shake all your tension out so you're at 0. Now count up to 10 slowly increasing your tension along the way until you max out. Hold that 10 on the Tension Scale for at least 5 seconds. Then slowly count back from 10 relaxing and work your way back down to 0 shaking out any remaining tension. Repeat that process once more. Now pick up your club and notice what your tension level is (should be a 1 or 2) Quickly move into your Play Box and execute your shot (should take 7 seconds or less). Just like in Practice #1 I want you to pick out 10 targets and do this before each individual shot. To measure your progress here I want you to note on which shot (out of 10) you feel like you are able to consistently start swinging at a 1 or a 2 on the Tension Scale. Here's a video of Iain working with one of his students on the this very drill. Changing The Game | Episode 3: Tension Challenge So now you know how to practice swinging tension free, and how to approach your shots with a logical thought process to hopefully circumvent the tension in the first place, but what happens if you're stuck in the moment? In past episodes Debbie O'Connell, former LPGA National Professional of the Year, has shared her strategies on how we can properly breathe to slow our heart rate and ditch some of that tension. When you breathe in try to do it while you slowly count to 5 in your head. Then when you exhale try to exhale while slowly counting to 6. The idea is this slow paced breathing gets you calmed back down so you can perform in your normal conditions.In my own research I came across a really great article from Dr. Robert Duff about managing anxiety. Dr. Duff uses a really slick breathing exercise that goes a long with an animation. It's really easy, as the shape grows breathe in, as it shrinks exhale! The practice routine I want you to do is going to help you learn this breathing pattern, because it's something really easy to take with you on the course. Practice #3: Breathing Again like drill #1 we are going to pick 10 predetermined targets to hit to. While standing in your Think Box breathe along with the animation once. While in the Play Box breathe along with the animation once (again) After the swing write down what your tension level was during your swing. What i want you to notice is the calm after having gone through this breathing exercise twice before your shot. This will help you eliminate any remaining tension left before your shots. The other nice thing about this is that you can actually download this GIF on your phone and use it while walking between shots if you're ever feeling over stressed. That's all we have for this week! next week we will be working on confidence building practices for the full swing. Don't forget to share your progress, and thoughts with the Facebook community atFacebook.com/GolfStrategySchool
This week Next on the Tee on with Chris Mascaro is one of the Top 50 golf instructor, Debbie O'Connell. Debbie was recognized by Golf Digest as one of the Top 50 Women Teachers in America in both 2010 & 2012. She was recently featured on the Golf Channel. She won the 2007 Nancy Lopez Golf Achievement Award, the 2002 LPGA National Professional of the Year Award and the 2002 LPGA Southeast Section Professional of the Year award. Join us as we'll get some tips you can take with you to the course today to lower your score, plus we'll get her take on the state of the LPGA, whose game she likes on both the mens and womens side and the health of the game of golf in general. Join Chris Mascaro every Saturday starting at 10:00 AM Eastern Time as he talks with PGA & LPGA Tour legends, today's players, equipment manufacturers, top instructors, club Superintendents, media members and all those impacting the great game of golf on Next on the Tee.
This week Next on the Tee with me is one of the top 50 female golf instructors, Debbie O'Connell. Debbie was recognized by Golf Digest as one of the Top 50 Women Teachers in America in 2010 & 2012. She won the 2007 Nancy Lopez Golf Achievement Award, the 2002 LPGA National Professional of the Year Award and the 2002 LPGA Southeast Section Professional of the Year. Join Chris Mascaro every Saturday starting at 10:00 AM Eastern Time as he talks with PGA & LPGA Tour legends, today's players, equipment manufacturers, top instructors, club Superintendents, media members and people influencing all aspects of the great game of golf on Next on the Tee.