21 episodes
She Talks Birdie Dr. Shannon Reece
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Dr. Shannon Reece, sports psychologist and Founder of Training for Optimal Performance shares her best tips and strategies to help amateur golfers leverage the power of their mind to play great. Discover how you can make simple adjustments to the way you think about and play the game that will help you clear the clutter so you can swing with more freedom and consistency. Shannon has helped hundreds of golfers, from juniors and club members to college and professional golfers improve their consistency from tee to green using her proven mental game formula resulting in lower scores and lots more fun. This is not rocket science. No matter what level you play, learning how to develop a great golf mindset will allow you to tap into your best game round after round without changing a single aspect of your swing. Stop wasting time trying to perfect your swing. Start investing in the most important tool in your bag that's in charge of directing your swing.
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How PXG Is Using Golf to Positively Transform the Lives of Our Military Veterans | Episode 021
Welcome to Season 2 of the She Talks Birdie Podcast!I am excited to share a special episode I created in partnership with PXG to launch the new season. Have you ever thought of golf as more than just a game? Perhaps it's hard to consider the far-reaching benefits of golf when you feel as though the course just kicked your butt.Through my conversation with two members of our military and PXG's Heroes Squad, Corporal Chris Nowak and Corporal Chad Pfeifer, I discovered how PXG is helping veteran...
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3 Tools You Need to Pave the Road to a Golf Game You Love | Episode 020
What's the point of playing golf if you don't love your game. If "love" isn't the word you'd use to describe your current feelings about your game then I can help. In this episode, I share the 3 tools you need to pave the road to a golf game you love. Are you in?In golf, your brain is your personal navigation system. Your brain directs your decisions, actions, reactions, and more moment by moment on the course.And just like every type of navigation system, your brain operates specific to...
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The One Thing That Separates You from the Greatest Golfers | Episode 019
There is one incredible quality the best players possess that you can too. It's not a technically better swing, the ability to hole more putts, or even a longer drive. The one thing that separates you from the greatest golfers starts in your mind and works its way into your performance. I'm talking about your belief.The wonderful Arnold Palmer once said, “I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a...
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How to Infuse Your Rounds with the Kind of Thoughts that Improve Scores | Episode 018
When you aren’t playing as well as you’d like it is easy to focus on the things that are causing you frustration. You don’t have to be a club-thrower to have challenges with negative thinking. But a little bit of negativity can take a toll on a big portion of your game. Honestly, there’s no place for negativity on the course if you want to play well. Operating with the wrong kind of mindset will simply prevent you from getting the results you want. Good rounds require a positive outlook ...
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How to Improve and Maintain a Successful Pace of Play in Golf | Episode 017
One of the biggest complaints golfers I hear golfers express about the game is how long it can take to play. But the last thing you want to do in response to slow play is to rush because that strategy can actually add time to your round.The strategies in this episode are practical and centered around the parts of the game you can control because other people's pace of play is not. I am constantly hearing the frustrating and disappointing stories of rounds when someone tried to make up fo...
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5 Rules for a Good Round When You're In the Midst of a Swing Change - Part Two | Episode 016
As I talked about in part one of this episode, there is a time to train your swing and a time to maintain your swing. And there are different rules for each approach.You cannot be in both phases at the same time. You are either working on your swing or working to trust and play with the swing in the state it’s in without constantly working on it.When you are training your swing on the range you want to follow rules that help you maintain the right environment to learn and grow. To learn more ...