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The FOUR ‘types’ of coaching and what is MOST effective – Fred Shoemaker #284

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Nov 3, 2023

Fred Shoemaker, the biggest influence in my coaching career, discusses the different types of coaching in golf. They explore the effectiveness of traditional instruction versus coaching based on awareness. They also touch on uncovering blind spots in golf swings, shifting focus and controlling thoughts, and the power of practice and a coach's role. Additionally, they delve into exploring natural movement in golf and the meaning and identity of the game.

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Four Types of Coaching Explained

Four types of coaching transform the learning experience from simple doing to deep being and perspective shifts.
Awareness, being, and transformational coaching reveal hidden layers beyond just telling what to do.

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Actions Rooted in Interpretation

Actions stem from how the world occurs to you and how you occur to yourself, not from your internal experience.
Changing your interpretation of events empowers transformation and new behaviors to emerge.

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Mind is Independent, Accept It

Trying to control thoughts and experience is futile; the mind acts independently and preempts your conscious choices.
Acceptance of mental chatter and shifting your response leads to transformational freedom.

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Today we are joined on the Brain Booster by the biggest influence in my coaching career Fred Shoemaker.

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I first went out to Fred’s school in Carmel Valley, California over 25 years ago.

The experience had a deep and lasting impression on me and opened up a whole new world of enquiry and thought about the coaching process.

Fred has continued to influence many coaches and players with his ability to look at the game in a way that really gets you to think about what the game truly MEANS to you

What is your PURPOSE for playing the game?

What is really important to you about the experience?

In today’s show amongst many topics we managed to really drill down into the FOUR types of coaching.

The ‘DO’ instruction. The model for 90% of todays golf coaching whereby a teacher ‘tells’ you what to do in your swing based on his or her belief about how the golf swing SHOULD function

The ‘awareness’ instruction which is much more of a coaching based approach where a coach simply asks you to pay attention to what is ACTUALLY happening in your experience of swinging a club. This leads to a much stronger learning experience.

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The BE instruction

This is where the coach helps you explore the PERSON you are when you swing the golf club. Are you going to play as a courageous golfer perhaps? At the heart of this instruction is your own COMMITMENT

The fourth type of instruction is to challenge HOW the world ‘occurs’ to you.

If the golf course occurs to you as a place of threat then no amount of the first two types of instruction will have much effect.

To understand how the world is occurring to you and the CHOICE you have in creating that narrative

This session is not for the faint hearted.

It is challenging

It will really make you consider your approach to the game

It is a wonderful conversation with a very special coach

To find out more about Fred Shoemaker go to

www.extraordinarygolf.com

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