Why IDENTITY is so important to your development as a golfer

Facing up to your FEARS and shattering the illusions of what the game means to us

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Today we have a wonderful conversation with Jay Carter who is the National Coach of the New Zealand golf team.

Why does New Zealand punch above its weight in terms of producing great sports men and women?

The influence of the ALL BLACKS

It was a very open conversation about his own struggles as a player and some of the deep thinking he has done about what actually makes a difference to players who want to make the very best out of their development

Why context is so important and how the brain responds differently depending on the environment you are in

• The limitations of data taken out of context
• The need for curiosity and exploration
• Why your IDENTITY as a golfer is so important and will influence everything you do
• Being clear WHO you are
• What have been your influences?
• What about your ancestry?
• Your culture?
• Can you see golf as an opportunity to explore?
• Can you be creative with what you do in your TRAINING?
• Could you get out onto the golf course with more purpose and engagement?
• Why do people make such good progress in Martial Arts and yet often stay the same in golf?
• Separating SKILL from technique
• Ryan Fox and the influence of the conversations around the All Blacks

A really interesting conversation with a top coach who is passionately involved in trying to help golfers get better.

Take a listen to Jay on his podcast ‘Talking Performance’

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On today’s Brain Booster we have one of the world’s leading experts on hypnosis, Dr David Spiegel.

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David Spiegel is one of the United States’ most respected experts in the clinical uses of hypnosis. He is Associate Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and directs the Stanford Center on Stress and Health and Center for Integrative Medicine. David has over 40 years of clinical and research experience studying psycho-oncology, stress and health, pain control, sleep, hypnosis, and psychotherapy for cancer patients.

We had a fantastic conversation with David about what hypnosis is and perhaps more importantly what it ISN’T

The origins of modern hypnosis

• Why hypnosis can work when other modes of therapy may not
• Hypnosis is a state of highly focused attention
• Cognitive flexibility – trying out being a ‘different person’to solve the problem
• How Tiger Woods developed his mental game with hypnosis
• How could you utilise hypnosis for your game?
• How you can begin to trust your BODY more instead of always interfering
• How you can devlop a program of self hypnosis
• The benefits in making changes with hypnosis
• A wonderful conversation with a leader in his field
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Today on the show we welcome Mike Carroll one of the top golf trainers in the world who has had tremendous success with players at all levels but more recently his app ‘Fit for Golf’ has had phenomenal worldwide success.

We discuss Mike Carroll’s essential message:

• Make fitness and training part of your IDENTITY
• Otherwise nothing will stick
• How you can utilise your existing habits to enhance the habit of training
• The importance of DOING something every day for your physical fitness
• Once that basic is in place you can then BUILD and build to gain some fitness momentum
• How we can navigate our way through the excess of information out there
• The BASICS of health and fitness REMAIN the same
• The two Keys of Muscle Strength and VO2 Max
• One day of RESISTANCE training
• One day of cardio vascular training
• How strength training can DIRECTLY improve your scoring potential
• How you can improve your flexibility through strength training
• The importance of stressing your muscles appropriately
• How you can accumulate ‘good days’ from a strength and fitness  perspective
• What gains can you STILL make at 50, 60 or even 70 years of age?
• How fitness can be such a positive benefit for your mental game
• The sense of DAILY achievement
• Building momentum on a consistent basis

A really great session with a top coach who is having a major influence on so many players all across the world with his Fit for Golf app

To find out more about Mike Carroll go to

https://fitforgolf.blog/

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Today on the Brain Booster we have a live recording of a webinar I conducted with Raymond Prior.

The event was over subscribed with people trying to get into the Zoom call after it was full.

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Raymond and I collaborated on what we believe to be a ground breaking project called ‘Building Stable Confidence’

It is a program that has had wonderful reviews and could be a wonderful assistance this year to help you get the best from your game.

During the webinar we discussed the key concept of

‘Separating SELF from CRAFT’

How can we develop the capability to create some space between our capability as a golfer and our self image as a human being

How being ‘concerned’ about our value as a human is tied to our evolutionary development

The early messages we receive as youngsters from important people around us and how this can weave into our identity

• The need to develop a ‘SAFE PLACE’ to play from
• How our performance can become a THREAT to our identity
• How this leads to unstable confidence
• Why your relationship to the game can become so toxic

The necessity to ask yourself the question ‘Why do I play golf?’ Not to take your initial answer but to look deeper to what is REALLY important to you

• What are your INTRINSIC and SELF DIRECTED values to play the game?
• Challenging your core BELIEFS to see if they REALLY work for you
• The fragility of EXTRINSIC values and why you can never ‘get enough’
• The need to JOURNAL your experiences and why that is so important
• What am I committed to TODAY?
• Think about WHY you play golf WHEN you play golf
• Being INTENTIONAL and on purpose

This is a wonderful session with Raymond and Karl as they go into some real detail as to how to get the very best from your game

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 Today on the Brain Booster we are joined by an extraordinarily special guest Dr Ellen Langer

Dr Langer has been one of the most influential people in the world of psychology over the past 40 years

She was the first female tenured professor in psychology at Harvard

Has written numerous books

She has conducted so many incredible experiments, most notably the ‘counterclockwise’ experiment where she had older men go into a ‘pod’ that took them back to their younger selves.

The results as we find out today were extraordinary

She has been studying Mindfulness for the past 35 years and makes clear that mindfulness is NOT meditation

Mindfulness is being aware of what is ACTUALLY happening as opposed to what we think is happening based on our auto pilot responses

• Why we need to realise that we DON’T know
• How our assumptions keep constantly tricking us
• How research only gives us PROBABILITIES not absolutes
• The ‘counterclockwise’ study and the amazing possibilities that open up
• Is ageing a direct consequence of our beliefs surrounding what we believe SHOULD be happening?
• Can we think ourselves WELL?
• Can we think ourselves SICK?
• What living a mindful life looks like

To get a copy of Ellen Langer’s new book The Mindful Body go to

Amazon UK

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How could online coaching make a REAL difference to your game.

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Today on the Brain Booster we are joined by top coach Ryan Mouque who has built a really outstanding career online as a Skillest coach

He had a background playing Rugby League in New Zealand

We talked about the difference in other sports regarding specific training

How we need to be much more specific about our training plans

Being aware of what would ACTUALLY make a difference to our scoring

Developing a tremendous online business

How Ryan took adversity in terms of a job situation and turned it around into a fantastic online business

• The plus factor in online coaching
• How communication can be so much stronger
• Creating better accountability
• Understanding what drills are ACTUALLY effective
• How to train your own SKILL
• Knowing what SHOTS you have on a given day
• Work with opposites to balance your game
• How to make practice more challenging and engaging
• What are the best ways to speed up your swing changes
• Taking swing changes to the golf course

A great session with a really forward thinking coach

To find out more about Ryan Mouque go to

https://ryanmouquegolf.com.au/

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We welcome back onto the Brain Booster Andy Morrison for a further chat about his coaching experiences

We delve further into the nature of experience and how it is all generated by your thinking

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Andy is very prolific on Twitter/X

His main message is that he offers the opportunity to develop your game without using lots of mental game strategies and techniques

• Why we fall into the trap of focusing too much on the CONTENT of our thinking
• This often actually creates the opposite effect of actually making the mind even busier
• What could we put our faith in that will have some longevity?
• What is the true nature of thought?
• What is actually creating our experience BEFORE the content of our thinking?

The difference between having a clear INTENTION about the shot as opposed to falling into the trap of thinking ‘what does this shot say about me?’

• How we hang on to our ‘personal thinking’
• Changing our relationship to what the game actually means
• The ability to ‘stay in the game’
• Why trying to ‘fix’ our thinking can be so detrimental
• A really interesting session with a coach working with players at all levels of the game

To find out more about Andy Morrison go to

Twitter/X

@AMGolfMindCoach

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Today on the Brain Booster we welcome onto the show long term Mind Factor client Bronte Law. Fresh from her recent victory on the Ladies European Tour with a stunning final round in Morocco of nine under par.

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We took a wonderful trip down memory lane to Bronte’s early days as a junior player in Cheshire

How she has stayed with the same coach Richard Green all through her career from the age of 7 until the present time.

• Why it has been so important to work with someone who REALLY understands her game
• To have a coach who keeps pushing her forward to develop her skills
• But also to have the confidence as a coach to keep it SIMPLE
• How a simple text message can keep a player on track

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• Looking at all aspects of the game even from a very early age.
• The desire to be a professional golfer and pursue a dream
• Spending time with a legend of the game and former Masters Champion Ian Woosnam in Barbados
• The effect of being in the company of excellence
• Observing a true shotmaker and artist of the game
• Being clear on what a good day looks like in terms of training and application
• Accumulating GOOD DAYS
• The benefits of starting the day REALLY well
• Playing competitive golf ON THE GOLF COURSE
• The role of crucial decisions to influence the path of your life

A great conversation with a top player who has battled back from some adversity and some poor form to challenge again at the very highest levels of the game.

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Today on the Brain Booster we are joined by Andy Mathews from Neuropeak Pro

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It is a fascinating story.

Andy is a tournament player himself and relates how understanding HOW to breathe more efficiently made such a difference to his game

Since joining Neuropeak Pro he has become the breathing coach to many of the worlds very best players including Viktor Hovland and Jordan Speith

• We discussed the mechanics of effective breathing and what it does for your game
• Why most people are breathing incorrectly
• Why the rate you breathe is so important
• How your breathing is like a metronome for your brain either giving signals to avoid or pursue 
• Controlling the STRESS response
• Why your physiology will determine how well you can co ordinate your movements
• How effective breathing can help the response to poor shots
• How to train your breathing in a systematic way with just 10 minutes a day
• Make SIXTY good breaths a day and you will totally reset your system
• Understanding the importance of Heart Rate Variability 
• The difference between trying to control your breathing as opposed to trying to control our breathing 
• How breathing is the link between conscious and unconscious processes
• How better breathing can transform our sleep
• The application of effective breathing in other sports and how it can influence RECOVERY
• The THREE foundations of effective breathing

A really insightful conversation with so many practical applications to your game

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The opportunity for the coach of the future

What is technology going to do to the future of coaching?

More importantly what can we DO to be ready and to offer great EXPERIENCES to our students

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Today on the Brain Booster we welcome back coach Will Robins who has been working closely with the PGA of America over the past number of years coaching professionals on how to deliver more EFFECTIVE coaching

We had a great conversation looking at how technology will impact the future of the game

What will AI do to the coaching model?

Yet there is still a wonderful opportunity to help players on the GOLF COURSE

Finding out what is TRULY happening on course as opposed to what we think is happening

Getting the very best from your CURRENT level of skills

We looked at:

• The Art of scoring
• The Art of Playing more freely
• Better thinking
• Better strategy
• Dealing with your tendencies
• Finding ways to engage more with the golf course and not just playing golf swing

Will is a real free spirit with a very creative mind and an ability to see future opportunities when others only see problems

If you are a coach or a player you will gain so much by questioning HOW and WHAT you deliver in your lessons

To find out more about Will Robins go to

http://www.wrgolf.com  

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It will truly make a BIG difference to your development 

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Today on the Brain Booster we welcome back a wonderful guest in Dicken Bettinger.

Dicken completely changed his approach to psychology after meeting Syd Banks and understanding the ‘Three Principles’

He then spent over twenty years studying with Syd and is now acknowledged as one of the world’s leading teachers of the principles.

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During a very wide ranging conversation we discussed the ideas of Mind, Consciousness and Thought

• How we spend so much time trying to ‘control’ things with the intellect
• Trying harder
• Thinking more
• Being so involved with our thoughts
• Trying to ‘change’ our experience
• Why the intellect alone cannot solve our problems and issues
• Understanding what WISDOM is and how we can learn to trust it more
• A deeper intelligence when we are fully PRESENT
• A quiet mind that is FULLY PRESENT
• A KNOWING that cannot be explained
• How to access true WISDOM
• How the intellect creates tension and upset
• The limitations of trying to ‘think’ positive
• No human being can ‘think’ their way to contentment
• The ‘NO THOUGHT’ state
• What is it?
• How is it accessed

A really wonderful conversation with Dicken to get you to consider just how much our intellect is trying to run the show.

There is another way and Dicken explains beautifully what it is

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To find out more about Dickin Bettinger's work go to

https://www.3principlesmentoring.com/index.html  

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It will truly make a BIG difference to your development 

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