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
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
The key to dealing with fear of failure on and off the golf course.
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Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
How do you deal with change? Is your house built on sand or on a solid foundation of rock? In order to deal with tough circumstances you must build from the ground up.
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Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
A lot of us are looking for things we can be doing during our downtime, between tournaments, or just a good daily habit to exercise your mind. This visualization practice is a good way to fill those gaps!
The first half of this episode describes the why, what, and how of visualization/meditation. And the second half is a recording of a visualization practice that I do for myself. But just because it's for me doesn't mean you can't use it. It's generic enough to apply to you, while specific enough to simulate the feelings that you should have before, during, and after a competitive round of golf.
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Monday Mar 30, 2020
Monday Mar 30, 2020
There’s a strong tendency to focus on the things you can’t control, especially when circumstances are not how you’d like them to be. But when external forces seem to be out of control, what you choose to focus on can determine your performance.
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Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
We wonder what it’s like to get in the zone. Or we want to figure out how to get out of our own way. Well you can’t simply will yourself into the zone, or repeat the words "get out of your own way" over and over and expect yourself to magically arrive there. It's a practice. A habit. And one that you can start right now, whether you're at home or at the course.
Link to How Champions Think by Dr. Bob Rotella
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Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Finally getting back in the saddle for an update on how things have been. There was a point in this coronavirus pandemic that I would've hesitated to permanently etch the subject in the shownotes of a podcast, but now I believe this situation is large enough to warrant the small act of including it here. With multiple tournaments being cancelled, the Masters being postponed, and entire college seasons being brought to a hault, I think this is justified.
Anyway, listen up for some thoughts I've had lately 😅
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Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
The difference having a better strategy on the course can have on your long-term scores is massive. Make that decision now and look back in a decade and realize how smart of a mental switch it was.
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Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Back with another awesome conversation with a high level college coach! Well, I don't know if the conversation is awesome. At least Coach Limbaugh's half of the conversation is awesome. Why do awesome coach's keep agreeing to stoop to my level? Might never know. But listen up here because Coach Limbaugh is a down to earth, self proclaimed (and geographical) southerner, and really great, quotable, fun guy to talk to and learn from. And not to mention one of the best coaches in the country. Hope you enjoy and get something out of it!
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Monday Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
We all need to set goals, and if I as a mental coach cannot set goals and hold myself accountable to those goals, then I'm really being disingenuous. So I have set goals for myself and my own golf game for this year. I hope you can learn and be able to set some realistic and some stretch goals for yourself this year as well.
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Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Coach Jamie Green, Head Men's Coach of the Duke Blue Devils, and I go the distance on this episode. We cover the gamut of topics about how to coach, how to be coached, how to become an elite level player, and many many more how to's. So listen up and learn a thing or two from this top-ranked college coach!
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