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Today on the show we are joined by top coach Nick Bradley to discuss a fascinating topic. MISTAKES and more importantly your relationship to those mistakes.
 Nick sets the scene with a great story about challenging some of the best coaches in the world at the PGA show in Orlando about what they COULD have learned from their biggest mistakes.
The question was largely ignored. An opportunity for everyone to learn was missed.  Why do we have such a poor relationship to our mistakes and more importantly what can we do about it?  How we stigmatise mistakes and the consequence of this limits our learning  How mistakes are so essential in our evolution as a player  Why we need to look at the journey of a player as opposed to just looking at perfect ‘swing positions’  Nick also gives us some great insights into working with top players  How a great relationship CAN turn sour and go in the wrong direction  The need for CLARTY on the financial side  How to keep challenging players effectively  How to become a better STUDENT  Why Butch Harmon is such a great coach  Why ‘method coaching’ can be an ego trip and intellectual snobbery  On the business side why it is important to consider ‘staying in your lane’ Nick Bradley is best known for his work with English golfer Justin Rose from 2006 to 2009, who he coached from rank 125 in the world all the way to 5th. Rose went on to win the European Order of Merit in 2007, the 2008 Ryder Cup, and his first and only US Open major championship.
Over twenty-five years, Nick has trained over 400 professional golfers, including Sir Nick Faldo, Captain Paul McGinley, and Seamus Power.
He’s coached his clients to multiple PGA Tour wins, a top-three placement at the US Open, eight amateur titles, two junior national titles, a world #1 rank, a European #1 rank, and two World #5 placements.
To find out more about Nick Bradley and his work go to
www.bradleygolf.com
Twitter
@thenickbradley
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How images make our body move
Today on the Brain Booster we welcome back a great friend of the show Susie Meyers. Susie is one of the very top coaches in the USA and always brings some wonderful insights.
Today was no exception. We had a great conversation about how to release your very best golf and how the latest neuroscience is pointing us towards the need to play from a quiet place in the mind.
There are SO many GEMS in this conversation that really WILL make a difference to your game.
Why an over attachment to outcomes and results is so counterproductive to freeing us up to play our best golf.
The need to find balance both in the body and the mind. Why we are so wound up in our lives and what it is doing to our brain. The need to get back to a child like ‘alpha’ state The quiet and calm place where great golf can emerge Reducing the ‘noise’ on the golf course How closing your eyes can have such a dramatic effect on how much stimulus we receive  Why is there so much fear in the game? SO HOW we can play the game with less fear? Playing from Point A This shot in this unique moment. The Magic of the P Words PLAN PROCESS PICTURE POSITIVE  
Living with the A Words AWARE ACCEPT ALLOWING Why we need to be aware of how talking about our ‘tendencies’ can get in the way of our progress How you can create powerful images that your body can RESPOND to The difference between ‘Backward Thinking and Forward Thinking’ What are the ‘Universal Truths’ about the golf swing? WHO are you going to be on the golf course today? COMMITTED
CALM
COURAGEOUS
CLEAR
CONFIDENT
Being comes before DOING
What happens to you is not so PERSONAL
A really wonderful thought provoking and life enhancing conversation.
To find out more about Susie go to
www.susiemeyersgolf.com
To get a copy of the new ‘Neuro Putting’ program with Dr Izzy Justice and Karl Morris go to
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On today’s show we have with us a good friend of the Brain Booster in the shape of Mike Malone from Trackman to discuss technology in general and how it can potentially be either a FRIEND or a FOE to your game.
 Over the past 10 to 15 years launch monitors such as Trackman have become a staple part of the coaching diet.
Most people who go for lessons now expect they will be assisted by a coach using a launch monitor but what are the potential pitfalls to what can be an overwhelming array of information?
 In the early days many people fell into the trap of drowning in the numbers. Thinking that more information would be better for their game.
Yet as Mike explains, the really great coaches had an instinctive ability to limit the numbers to just a few key performance indicators.
 We had a really great conversation about the very best ways of using technology and how there are many myths and misconceptions of what actually DOES change in your swing from shot to shot.
What is CONSISTENT in your swing? There may be some surprises here  How you can improve the BIG THREE Ground contact Strike Location Face Orientation  Creating more effective CONSEQUENCE in your practice  How you can use technology to tune much more into the SHOTS you are trying to play  Using technology as an individual Many people now have some form of launch monitor for their own game How can you best use the technology in your own practice  Why you should STOP trying to dissect every poor shot  How you can actually manage your poor shots better  How using indoor simulators to play on golf courses can be so beneficial to your training
Why it is important to feel what you are doing with a shot THEN use technology to back up your estimate as opposed to just relying on the monitor to supply all of the information
What could the future of technology be from a golf perspective?
How entertainment technology is helping more golfers get into the game
 A fantastic conversation about how YOU can get the very best out of technology without getting lost in all of the information
To find out more about Mike Malone and Trackman
Go to
www.trackman.com
 
To get a copy of the new ‘Neuro Putting’ program with Dr Izzy Justice and Karl Morris go to
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Your ENVIRONMENT and how it shapes your development – Dr Luke Benoit, Plus Internal Focus – External Focus – what is the real truth about what is best for you?
 Today we welcome onto the show one of the best young coaches in the US. Dr Luke Benoit
Luke is a great student of the game and brings to the conversation some wonderful research around effective learning environments.
Research that challenges SOME of the existing theories around attentional focus
 Should you be focused solely on EXTERNAL cues?  Is there a time and place for INTERNAL focus?  If you did want to change your swing what is the best way to go about it?  The ladder of improvement  Just how much does our environment affect our development?  How to shift your mind set from a training to a PLAYING attitude  Training for DISTANCE  The Rypstick and how you COULD hit the ball so much further  Creating a training environment to TEST your skills  Creating a very effective MENTAL SCORECARD Dr. Luke Benoit Ph.D. is a PGA golf coach with a diverse background of experience and skills. He has worked as a college coach, university professor and researcher, professional golfer, and Director of Instruction. In 2015, Luke began work as the Director of Instruction at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, MN (one of the top-ranked courses in Minnesota). In his position, Luke oversees instructional programs and teaches members. Luke boasts an impressive clientele of beginner, novice, and expert golfers. Through the success of Luke's players, Luke has been recognized as one of the region's top golf coaches and instructors. He also started a company called Ryp Golf that offers technology and training to help golfers hit the ball farther and straighter. In a very short period of time, Ryp Golf has evolved into one of the biggest swing speed companies on the planet, which has led golfers from all around the planet to travel to work with Luke.
To find out more about Luke go to
https://www.lukebenoitgolf.com
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Why Mindfulness is so important for the health of athletes
 Today we are joined on the Brain Booster with Luke Doherty who has been doing some amazing work in sport applying the principles of Mindfulness
 Luke Doherty trained as an elite rugby player and was capped for England under-18's. He earned a degree and Postgrad diploma in Law as well as advanced-level mindfulness training qualifications from Breathworks and the Oxford University Mindfulness Centre. He's since been dedicated to devising and delivering bespoke mindfulness programmes for some of the UK's leading athletes and forward thinking executives, working with Premiership rugby and football players, Olympians and Team GB athletes. His innovative approaches using mindfulness have received national media coverage and he's part of a consortium which advises the Dept. of Health and Social Care.
 Luke has lived an extraordinarily varied life part of which was when he spent six years in a Buddhist Mindfulness Centre
 We had a very important conversation about mental health in competitive sport and how Mindfulness can be such a valuable tool to stay connected to what is truly important to you
 There is so much pressure these days on athletes to perform  Luke talked about some harrowing examples of players he knew in rugby who had committed suicide as a result of the anxiety created in the quest to win  We looked deeply into how mindfulness can be applied in high pressure situations in sport to allow the athlete to stay connected to their true values  How to deal with the game ‘after the game’  What do you do to settle the experience you have just had in your mind to allow you to keep going forwards to experience pleasure in the game  How the ‘body’ can let you know if you are off track with your life and your purpose  The mind body connection and how your body ‘keeps the score’  The amazing way that Luke has combined boxing and mindfulness to help young people in the community  The huge value in spending time mindfully in nature  The incredible value of a morning routine that really resonates with you at a deep level  A really wide ranging and fascinating conversation around mindfulness and how it can be applied on a very practical level to get the most from your game
 To find out more about Luke and his work go to
https://www.mindfulpeakperformance.com/about
 To get a copy of the new ‘Neuro Putting’ program with Dr Izzy Justice and Karl Morris go to
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 To book your Mind Factor workshop get in touch with us at www.themindfactor.com
 
 
 
 

How you can LEARN to LEARN like Tiger Woods – Peter Arnott
 
Today we welcome back onto the Brain Booster Peter Arnott.
Peter has been a previous guest on the show and in this session we get to discuss his fantastic new book called ‘Swing it like Tiger’ which he wrote in partnership with Ian Renshaw who is an expert on skill acquisition
 
As Peter informs us the title of the book is deliberately misleading to some people who do actually want to swing the club like Tiger Woods.
When in fact Tiger has had multiple swings and indeed on every shot he plays he will adapt his swing in that particular moment to the very task he has before him.
The book is very much about how you can LEARN to LEARN like Tiger
How to TRAIN more effectively like Tiger We look in detail at how Tiger learned how to develop his game How the environment he and Earl created together was so rich in learning opportunity Steve Williams who was Tiger’s caddie for many years talked about how Tiger practiced differently from all of the other players he had worked with including Greg Norman and Raymond Floyd He challenged himself constantly with the QUALITY of his practice The challenges, the games Human beings are not designed to replicate movement precisely We are far better at ADAPTING to the challenge presented to us in any given moment We talk about the need for variability in your training environment How trying to go with ‘one shape’ can actually be very detrimental and what to do to bring your game back into balance How you can create your own PAR to suit your game instead of making poor decisions based on existing ‘par’ How elite golfers can make their own course more difficult to make their training more effective Seeing the golf course as an opportunity to be creative How to make your training come alive in a RICH environment Find out what you REALLY want from the game and then tailor your training more effectively How our environment will ALWAYS effect the way you move and what you need to do about it   A great session with a really well researched and well informed coach
Enjoy
Peter is a performance and practice golf coach based at Swanston Golf Academy in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has a masters degree in skill acquisition and motor learning interviewing 7 top European Tour Players (+£15 Million won on Tour) on their development towards excellence.
To find out more about Peter’s work and the book go to 
https://www.swingliketiger.com
 
 
 
To get a copy of the new ‘Neuro Putting’ program with Dr Izzy Justice and Karl Morris go to
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To book your Mind Factor workshop get in touch with us at www.themindfactor.com