The Mental Golf Show

Sarah Taylor is a Mental Performance Coach that works with players on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour. She has her Masters in Sport Psychology. In this great conversation Sarah and Josh cover acceptance, awareness, confidence, consistency, hard work, grit and perseverance, and what separates the best from the rest. ----- Episode links: @sarahjctaylor - Instagram @sarahjchaffee - Twitter ----- Take the Mental Game Assessment and learn your top mental game traits and your areas in most need of improvement. ----- Have a suggestion for a topic or guest? Drop your suggestions here. ----- Interested in working 1-on-1 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 Everywhere else

Drew Morgan is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant who works with athletes of all sports. Coach Morgan brings his expertise from his own sport experience as well as his years as a mental coach. In this episode we cover the psychology of injury, flow, confidence, self-belief, managing expectations, moving on from bad shots, enjoying the game, and much more. ----- Episode links: Mental Coach Morgan Website @mentalcoachmorgan - Instagram @mentalcoachmorg - Twitter Individual and Small Group Mental Coaching - mentalcoachmorgan.com ----- Have a suggestion for a topic or guest? Drop your suggestions here. ----- Interested in working 1-on-1 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 Everywhere else

Dr. Rick Sessinghaus has been coaching the game for decades, with his most notable student being Collin Morikawa for the past 17 years. You’ll learn a ton from Dr. Rick in this episode about the zone, pressure, expectations, shot strategy, peaking at the right time, staying patient through difficult times, and oh yeah, lots about Collin Morikawa, and much more. ----- Episode links: Flow Code Golf Academy - Dr. Rick Sessinghaus Golf: The Ultimate Mind Game — Your Path to Peak Performance On and Off the Golf Course by Rick Sessinghaus - Amazon Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One by Dr. Joe Dispenza - Amazon @RickSessinghaus - Twitter @RickSessinghaus - Instagram Rick Sessinghaus - LinkedIn Rick Sessinghaus - Facebook ----- Have a suggestion for a topic or guest? Drop your suggestions here. ----- Interested in working 1-on-1 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 Everywhere else

We slow things down this week on The Mental Golf Show. Josh is joined by legendary psychologist Dr. Joseph Parent to talk about mindfulness, awareness, and playing within yourself. Dr. Parent is author of Zen Golf and has worked with world number one players Vijay Singh and Kristie Kerr. ----- Episode links: Dr. Parent’s website Dr. Parent’s Mindfulness Practices - YouTube ----- Have a suggestion for a topic or guest? Drop your suggestions here. ----- Interested in working 1-on-1 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 Everywhere else

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. ---------- Episode links: Raymond Prior on twitter RFP Sport & Performance ---------- Sign up for The Mental Re-Grip weekly newsletter here to get your weekly mental game tip. Have a guest or topic suggestion for the podcast? Submit them here. ---------- 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 ---------- Interested in working 1-on-1 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 Everywhere else

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. ---------- Sign up for The Mental Re-Grip weekly newsletter here to get your weekly mental game tip. ---------- Have a topic idea for the podcast? Submit your podcast topic suggestions here. ---------- 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? ---------- Interested in working 1-on-1 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 Everywhere else

Sign up for The Mental Re-Grip weekly newsletter here. ----- 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. ----- Episode chapters: 1:50 - Tournament scenario 6:49 - The Problem 7:58 - The Solution 9:52 - Your new reality 15:07 - Outro ----- Submit your podcast topic suggestions here. ----- Interested in working 1-on-1 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 Everywhere else

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. ----- 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 ----- Submit your podcast topic suggestions here. ----- 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 Everywhere else

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. ----- 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. ----- 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 Everywhere else

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. ----- 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. ----- 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 Everywhere else