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10 Ways To Make Best Use Of The Shutdown

10 Ways To Make Best Use of The Shutdown

  • March 19, 2020
  • David MacKenzie
  • Performance Anxiety Management
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Whether you are a player, coach or parent, we are all having to deal with the challenges of very uncertain times. All golf tournaments have been cancelled, school and college golf is finished for the academic year and the professional…

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What’s Your Performance Plan For Your Next Round?

What’s Your Performance Plan For Your Next Round?

  • March 16, 2020
  • David MacKenzie
  • Mental Game Tips
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If you’ve been around golf for any length of time, you will have probably heard about the importance of “focusing on your process”. But why is this a better way to play and what do we mean by a "process…

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The 5 Biggest Practice Mistakes That Golfers Make

The 5 Biggest Practice Mistakes That Golfers Make

  • February 26, 2020
  • David MacKenzie
  • Practice Drills
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If you really want to become as good as you can be, it goes without saying that you need to spend time practicing effectively so that you increase your “performance skills” which will lead to lower scores on the golf…

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How To Use The “Alter Ego Effect” To Unlock The Best Player Within You

How To Use The “Alter Ego Effect” To Unlock The Best Player Within You

  • January 16, 2020
  • David MacKenzie
  • Mental Game Tips
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Who are you when you play your best golf? What characteristics and attributes do you have? I’m sure one of them is confidence. But what if there was a way to capture that and become that person, whenever you play?…

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How To Achieve Your Goals In 2022

How To Achieve Your Goals In 2022

  • January 7, 2020
  • David MacKenzie
  • Goal setting and planning
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Now that the New Year is underway, I’m sure that you have at least a few goals to better your life and make it a successful year. How well did you do with your goals last year? Did you achieve…

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How To Take Your Range Game To The Golf Course

How To Take Your Range Game To The Golf Course

  • December 5, 2019
  • David MacKenzie
  • Practice Drills
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To listen, click "listen in browser" David MacKenzie · How To Take Your Range Game To Course Without a doubt the most common question I get asked by golfers is "why can't I take my range game to the course?"…

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How To Avoid Negative Thinking In Golf

How To Avoid Negative Thinking In Golf

  • November 26, 2019
  • David MacKenzie
  • Meditation and Mindfulness
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It’s easy to talk about the mental game of golf as being mental strategies that only apply to your golf game, but the reality is, how you live your life and deal with the challenges we face off the course,…

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Developing A Winning Mindset For Golf

Developing A Winning Mindset For Golf

  • November 12, 2019
  • David MacKenzie
  • Mindset
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Developing a winning mindset for golf should be a fundamental part of your game improvement plan. In fact, identifying a student's current “Mindset” is the first area we cover in my mental coaching program for a very good reason -…

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The 7 Habits Of Golfers With Mental Toughness

The 7 Habits Of Golfers With Mental Toughness

  • October 25, 2019
  • David MacKenzie
  • Mental Game Tips
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Golfers with mental toughness share the same traits in common. To become the best player you can be requires mental toughness, which isn’t born, it’s learned. My goal for this article is to make you aware of what drives the…

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Learn, Trust And Test For More Effective Golf Practice

Learn, Trust and Test For More Effective Golf Practice

  • September 16, 2019
  • David MacKenzie
  • Practice Drills
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In this week's lesson, I'd like to show you how to do more effective golf practice - which involves the cycle of Learn, Trust and Test. Most of us have limited time to practice, but that doesn’t mean that you…

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