The Mental Golf Show
Host Josh Nichols shares from his own 20 years of competitive and golf psychology coaching experiences, along with years of learning psychology, as well as interviews with players, coaches, and experts in the golf industry, all with the goal of helping you think better on and off the golf course. *This podcast is not meant to apply to every individuals’ mental health. And not all opinions expressed by guests reflect Josh’s opinions and experiences.
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Episodes
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Raymond Prior joins the podcast to talk about how to view success as a golfer, preparing for important rounds, how to improve as a coach, goal-setting, moving on from bad shots, self-awareness, tracking mental game improvement, making swing changes, staying focused, and believe it or not, much more.
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Episode links:
Raymond Prior on twitter
RFP Sport & Performance
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Episode chapters:
2:40 Dr. Raymond Prior
12:30 How to improve as a coach
17:00 Deeper level psychology
21:48 The window of success
29:19 It's NOT just another round of golf
31:38 How to approach an important round
35:12 How to approach huge goals
38:07 You can't lie to yourself
39:09 How to move on from a bad shot
50:14 Self-Awareness
53:33 Tracking mental game improvement
57:45 Perfectionism
1:01:59 Should mental training be mandatory?
1:07:38 How do you stay patient during a swing change?
1:09:59 How do you stay focused during a round of golf?
1:14:21 What things slow down progress?
1:17:22 What do high performers do differently?
1:21:22 What percent of golf is mental and what percent is physical?
1:22:50 Dr. Raymond Prior
1:24:14 The Mental Golf Show
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Interested in working 1-on-1 with Josh as your mental coach? Head to foundationsmp.com or email Josh directly at foundationsgolf@gmail.com.
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Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
A high quality conversation with one of the best in the sport psychology field.
If you want to learn more about Dr. Patrick Cohn, head to peaksports.com.
Or check out Dr. Cohn's podcast The Golf Psychology Podcast.
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Episode chapters:
3:39 - Dr. Patrick Cohn intro
5:24 - How to prepare for a stressful round of golf
7:12 - Less thinking about technique
9:00 - How an average amateur player can simulate tournament conditions
12:01 - Better to be committed and wrong than correct and doubtful
12:39 - How to move on from bad shots
14:36 - How to rewrite your internal script
18:18 - How to track mental improvement
23:13 - What level of outward frustration is acceptable on the golf course?
25:10 - What percent of golf is mental and what percent is physical?
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Interested in working 1-on-1 with Josh as your mental coach? Head to foundationsmp.com or email Josh directly at foundationsgolf@gmail.com.
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Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
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Do you try to focus on your swing during a round of golf? I think you need to have better boundaries. Let's work through it together.
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Episode chapters:
1:50 - Tournament scenario
6:49 - The Problem
7:58 - The Solution
9:52 - Your new reality
15:07 - Outro
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Interested in working 1-on-1 with Josh as your mental coach? Head to foundationsmp.com or email Josh directly at foundationsgolf@gmail.com.
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Monday Jan 17, 2022
Monday Jan 17, 2022
Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler, Dylan Frittelli, Tim Herron, Doug Ghim, Jhonattan Vegas, and dozens of All-Americans were all coached by the same guy: John Fields. Listen in to Josh's conversation with this coaching legend.
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Episode chapters:
1:41 - Coach Fields Introduction
4:40 - What made Coach Fields want to be a college golf coach
6:27 - What’s Coach Fields’ “why”?
8:56 - Coach Fields’ role in getting players to PGA Tour
15:42 - Why Texas is set up for players’ success
17:08 - How Texas works on the mental game
26:44 - Coach Fields as sports psychologist
29:47 - A round of golf is an 18 hole test
Listener questions
33:57 - What do you like to see players do on and off the course?
41:34 - How does a team generate a culture?
46:05 - How does Coach Fields turn Jordan Spieth into a Major winner?
52:47 - What do you say to a player in the middle of an event if their game just isn’t there?
57:53 - What percent of golf is mental and what percent is physical?
1:05:00 - Delusional confidence
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Submit your podcast topic suggestions here.
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Interested in working one-on-one with Josh as your mental coach? Head to foundationsmp.com or email Josh directly at foundationsgolf@gmail.com.
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Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Why aren't you able to perform in the clutch and win an event? Why do you falter when you've been able to do well the entire tournament up to that point? What do you do wrong in the big moment that causes you to lose?
On this episode, Josh talks through the different concepts for how you can perform well when the pressure is highest.
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Have ideas for a topic or questions for The Mental Golf Show? Send an email to mentalgolfshow@gmail.com or by posting on social with the hashtag #askmentalgolfshow or by tagging @mentalgolfshow on twitter or instagram.
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Interested in working one-on-one with Josh as your mental coach? Head to foundationsmp.com or email Josh directly at foundationsgolf@gmail.com.
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Monday Jan 03, 2022
Monday Jan 03, 2022
Top-ranked amateur Pierceson Coody joins Josh to discuss being ranked #1 on the WAGR, the Walker Cup, playing in the 2021 US Open, the pressure of playing with Rickie Fowler in the US Open qualifier, how to deal with the pressure of huge events, moving on from bad shots and bad rounds, his practice routine, his 10 year goal as a future professional golfer, and more.
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Get your questions featured on The Mental Golf Show by posting on social with the hashtag #askmentalgolfshow or by tagging @mentalgolfshow on twitter or instagram.
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Interested in working one-on-one with Josh as your mental coach? Head to foundationsmp.com or email Josh directly at foundationsgolf@gmail.com.
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Monday Dec 27, 2021
Monday Dec 27, 2021
Another year gone, another year here. What are you going to try to accomplish next year? You need a process for how you're going to go about accomplishing your goals, and Josh walks you through exactly that.
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Get your questions featured on The Mental Golf Show by posting on social with the hashtag #askmentalgolfshow or by tagging @mentalgolfshow on twitter or instagram.
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Interested in working one-on-one with Josh as your mental coach? Head to foundationsmp.com or email Josh directly at foundationsgolf@gmail.com.
Follow Josh on social:
Twitter: @joshlukenichols
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Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Maybe you know this feeling: you're stuck in a rut of shooting the same range of scores over and over. This can be very frustrating, especially when you finally have a good round going. But it doesn't have to be this way. There's a way to break through that barrier and shoot lower. Josh explains how in this episode.
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Get your questions featured on The Mental Golf Show by posting on social with the hashtag #askmentalgolfshow or by tagging @mentalgolfshow on twitter or instagram.
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Interested in working one-on-one with Josh as your mental coach? Head to foundationsmp.com or email Josh directly at foundationsgolf@gmail.com.
Follow Josh on social:
Twitter: @joshlukenichols
Instagram: @joshlukenichols
Facebook: Josh Nichols Golf
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Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Get your questions featured on The Mental Golf Show by posting on social with the hashtag #askmentalgolfshow or by tagging @mentalgolfshow on twitter or instagram.
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How much thought have you REALLY put into your pre-shot routine? Josh takes a deep dive on how to make your pre-shot routine an asset to your golf game.
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Interested in working one-on-one with Josh as your mental coach? Head to foundationsmp.com or email Josh directly at foundationsgolf@gmail.com.
Follow Josh on social:
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Monday Nov 15, 2021
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Take the Mental Game Assessment here
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What can you do to overcome that deep lack of confidence when you know you aren't playing well right now? Josh details two primary ways that you can fight this mentality.
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Question: When was your last great round of golf? Let the MGS community know! Head over to The Mental Golf Show Facebook group here
Interested in working with Josh as your mental coach? Head to foundationsmp.com or email Josh directly at foundationsgolf@gmail.com.
Follow Josh on social:
Twitter: @joshlukenichols
Instagram: @joshlukenichols
Facebook: Josh Nichols Golf
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