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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Monday Jan 20, 2020
Monday Jan 20, 2020
What if you never looked at a leaderboard for an entire tournament? Or purposely had no clue what you were shooting for the day? I think we've all threatened to do this, or at least posed the thought experiment. But what if you actually did it? Baylor Head Coach Mike McGraw did it with his players, and he wrote it down in his book "Better Than I Found It". Listen up and learn. And maybe you'll be compelled to experiment for yourself!
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Friday Jan 17, 2020
Friday Jan 17, 2020
On this episode I have a conversation with Lisa Strom, head women's coach of Kent State. Kent State is a top-5 ranked school in the nation, and Lisa Strom took over in July 2019. So she inherits an awesome team that she is making better on a daily basis. Listen up for how she thinks and the way she goes about improving herself and her team, and how that can help you too.
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Monday Jan 13, 2020
Monday Jan 13, 2020
I know I haven't been at this whole mental coaching thing that long relative to so many awesome, experienced coaches out there. But I do have quite a bit of playing experience under my belt. And in my own life I have learned that there is a very high correlation between high acceptance and player better. In this episode, I tell a story about how I learned acceptance twice in one competitive round of golf.
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Thursday Jan 09, 2020
Thursday Jan 09, 2020
Chris Haack is a coaching legend. He is in his 24th year at Georgia and has won two NCAA Championships. Here's just some of the players that Coach Haack has had on his teams: Erik Compton, Harris English, Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Ryuji Imada, Hudson Swafford, Brendon Todd, and Bubba Watson. His accomplishments speak for themselves so gain any wisdom you can from this conversation!
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Monday Jan 06, 2020
Monday Jan 06, 2020
Just me this time, and I want to address how so many players are too casual in their practice relative to a tournament or competition. If there is a dramatic difference in intensity from practice to tournament, then their will be a big difference in mindset as well. So here are some ways to give yourself the best opportunity to play your best when it matters.
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Thursday Jan 02, 2020
Thursday Jan 02, 2020
This guest needs no introduction, but here goes anyway. Coach Conrad Ray is in his 16th year at Stanford, and is the reigning NCAA Champion. He has coached some of the best players in the world. He knows how to turn really good players into great players that will play at the highest level. So listen to his experience and wisdom and apply it to your own game and life.
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Monday Dec 30, 2019
Monday Dec 30, 2019
This has been a really good year. When I look back over the whole year in retrospect it really looks like a roller coaster. A lot of lows where I was going through a slog of building a new business from scratch, waiting for new players to work with, and trying to think of new things to create and post. But so many highs, with a ton of newly learned skills, so many things that I created, and best of all dozens of people that I would've never talked to had I not started this venture.
So long story long, I have one person to thank for making this all worth it: you. Here's to creating more and better in 2020!!
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Thursday Dec 26, 2019
Thursday Dec 26, 2019
Hope everyone had a great Christmas! On this episode I talk with Auburn Head Men's Coach Nick Clinard. Coach Clinard's experience is extensive, and we cover a lot of ground in this conversation. So I hope you get a lot of value and learn a lot.
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Monday Dec 23, 2019
Monday Dec 23, 2019
Merry Christmas everybody! On this episode, I go through an excerpt of "Better Than I Found It" by Baylor Head Coach Mike McGraw. This particular passage struck me as so important for everyone to hear. If we can all on some level focus more on the process and less on the result then we can be more free and have more fun along the journey.
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Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Welcome back! On today's episode I talk with University of Arizona Men's Head Coach Jim Anderson. Coach Anderson has been head coach at Arizona since 2012, and is one of the top young college coaches in America. He plays humble pie a little bit, but he has so much wisdom to share in this podcast.
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