The Amazing Power Of Goal Setting In Golf
“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement”. - Brian Tracy Where will your game be at the end of the New Year? Why is it important to think about this now? The best players and most successful people…
The Tour Player Secret To Better Ball Striking
If you’re like most golfers, in any given round you’ll hit a mixture of thin, fat and off-center hits, which becomes very frustrating. If you’re not making consistently solid contact with the center of the club, your distance control and…
Visualization: The Most Powerful Thing In Golf
“Visualization is the most powerful thing we have.” – Nick Faldo The Golf State of Mind coaching philosophy is about using everything you have to get the most out of every performance. Visualization is one of those things that doesn’t…
Download your mental game scorecard and find out your mental game handicap
Post-round review questions In golf, we need to celebrate success but use failure to get better. After a round, the big questions we need to ask ourselves are: “What did I do well and what do I attribute to that…
Putting tips and practice drills from Billy Horschel
I was watching Golf Channel's Morning Drive today and Billy Horschel was on sharing some of his winning putting strategies and drills, which he attributes to helping him win the Tour Championship and Fed Ex Cup. In his last 2…
How would you handle the first tee of The Ryder Cup?
The first tee at The Ryder Cup is probably the most feared and pressured golf shot that Tour players are likely to be faced with. The jitters are so severe, that even the most experienced of players can struggle just…
A Confidence Building Trick From Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy Putting Drill Here's a Rory McIlroy putting drill which will build your confidence on the greens. Don't worry if you can't make 55 putts in a row like Rory did here during practice yesterday, but the concept is…
How Billy Horschel Turned Pressure Into Pleasure
What an amazing display of handling pressure Billy Horschel showed us yesterday to win both the Tour Championship and Fed Ex Cup. He always looked in control of his swing and he made the game look easy despite the obvious…
Swing Coaching vs Mental Coaching
Having worked in golf coaching for over 15 years, there’s no doubt that we’ve seen a big shift towards swing analysis and swing mechanics over recent years. 3D video analysis and launch monitors mean we can find out everything about…
The Most Important Mental Skill For Golfers
Through my experience of coaching players of all levels from junior to Tour player, there’s one mental skill that seems to elude the average player, yet the elite player utilizes it to the max to go low. When I give…