The Mental Golf Show

In Dr. Prior’s upcoming book Golf Beneath the Surface (Amazon link to purchase--not an ad), a major theme is how the cliches and catch phrases and mental tips and tricks that we've heard so many times are mostly just myths. They’ve been generally accepted as truths but don't actually have much or any supporting evidence to back them up.

So you could look at this episode as a teaser for the book and some of the deeper evidence based psychology that you will learn reading it, but I think equipping yourself with this knowledge will allow you to be more informed in fact checking what you read and hear, as well as how to specifically apply the actual scientifically backed psychology that will help you play better golf.

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Raymond Prior, PhD:

Raymond Prior's website: btsmindset.com

Amazon book- Golf Beneath the Surface: The New Science of Golf Psychology

Raymond Prior, PhD on Twitter: @bts_mindset

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Episode topics:

00:00 Intro

02:42 Myth #1 - “Just be Positive”

11:51 Myth #2 - “Distraction techniques”

23:50 Myth #3 - “Willing the ball into the hole”

34:02 Myth #4 - “Just forget about a bad shot”

39:38 Extra - “How much block/technique practice should I be doing?”

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Hey everyone welcome to another episode of The Mental Golf Show! On this episode we have Dr. Rob Bell, author, ultramarathoner, and he works with some of the best golfers in the world on their mental performance. We cover a ton of great stuff (full list of topics below) so be sure to take some notes and apply them to your game and life. ----- Find out more about Dr. Rob Bell: Website - drrobbell.com Instagram - @drrobbell Twitter - @drrobbell LinkedIn - @drrobbell ----- Episode topics 00:00 Intro 02:52 Dr. Rob Bell 04:54 The puke & rally mentality 10:27 How to handle your “puke” moments 15:55 How to take a good round lower 20:05 What to focus on instead of score 21:11 Is a pre-shot routine mandatory? 23:15 Should you journal for golf? 24:36 New book: “I Can’t Wait to Be Patient” 29:17 The problem with jumping from one swing tip to the other 31:28 How long should you stick with a swing change? 33:21 What do the best players do differently than the average player? 36:14 Should your junior golfer have a goal of playing pro golf? 41:24 Dealing with a lack of motivation 48:21 You don’t have to be crazy about your preparation 52:49 drrobbell.com -----

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On this episode of The Mental Golf Show, we have Coach Nicole Erickson to discuss identity in golf, the problem with outcome-focus, managing anger and frustration, handling pressure and nerves, how to track your mental game improvement, and more.

But before we get into the episode, I encourage you to go take the Mental Game Assessment. It’s a 15 minute personality quiz, but for golf. When you complete it, I’ll send you a personalized report of your results that will tell you what your mental strengths are and where you can put your effort to improve and a specific way to do it.

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Nicole Erickson on Instagram - @coachnicole.e

Nicole Erickson's website - nicoleerickson.com

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00:58 - Nicole Erickson

05:20 - Typical golfer struggles

07:38 - The problem with wrapping up your identity in golf

11:16 - How to be less outcome-focused

20:58 - How to manage emotions like anger and frustration

25:07 - How to handle pressure and nerves

27:36 - Controllables vs. Uncontrollables

29:30 - Tracking mental game improvement

33:31 - What percent of golf is mental and physical

34:28 - @coachnicole.e on Instagram

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If you want to learn more about what good practice is, how to structure your practice, what to spend your time doing in practice, or just generally anything about practice, and you want to hear from a very knowledgeable person on that subject, then you’ve come to right place. We've got guest Paul Mindel on to relay his experience and learning on the subject of all things practice.

Click here to check out Paul Mindel's wisconsingolfacademy.com

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Topics:

4:51 - The different facets in golf you can train

9:38 - Practice makes perfect... or does it?

13:07 - Bringing your range game to the course

15:45 - Simulating pressure in practice

24:24 - Block vs. Random/Variable practice

28:16 - The problem with rapid firing range balls

31:57 - Intentionality in practice

35:14 - Training for the discomfort of the course

38:20 - How much time should I spend on each part of my game?

45:08 - How do I increase my club speed and hit it further?

51:33 - How to keep your expectations realistic

54:57 - Resources to help improve your practice

59:24 - Learn more about Paul Mindel

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Hello everybody welcome to another episode of The Mental Golf Show.

Hope you're getting the year off to a good start. And even if you're not, the first couple weeks of the year have very little to do with where you are right now or the rest of year, so stay in the present and keep going. I actually have a brief thing to mention about goals in this episode, and maybe even more in future episodes.

But today we're going to be working through reducing that mental chatter and helping you stop the mental spiral that we're all too familiar with.

References:

Gardner, F., & Moore, Z. (2007) The Psychology of Enhancing Human Performance (Kindle Edition). Springer.

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Attention is important. It’s been proven in scientific studies over and over again. And we can all attest to its importance from our own experience. We know when we’re distracted it hurts our game. So how can we improve our attention? And how can we apply that to goal-setting for the new year?

Sources:

(1) Sollisch, J. (August, 2010). Multitasking makes us all a little dumber. Chicago Tribune. https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/ct-xpm-2010-08-10-ct-oped-0811-multitask-20100810-story.html.

(2) Killingsworth, M. A., & Gilbert, D. T. (2010). A wandering mind is an unhappy mind. Science, 330(6006), 932-932.

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In working with players on improving their golf psychology, there are seemingly infinitely different types of scenarios that players can go through. And what’s crazy is they’re almost always unique. And that might be because each of us have developed our own different habits based on our own unique history and personality.

Not just any advice will help you untangle these unhelpful habits. Golf isn’t one size fits all. So while advice needs to be generic enough to help almost everyone, it can never apply to every individual’s exact issues. The advice we work through in this episode is intended to be generic, but also applicable to what any of you are specifically going through.

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Coach Jon Stabler is the co-founder of GolfPsych golf mental game coaching school. He is also the co-author of The 8 Traits Of Champion Golfers: How To Develop The Mental Game Of A Pro.

Click here to check out GolfPsych

Click here to check out The 8 Traits Of Champion Golfers

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We dive into a little bit of brain science to help you learn what stress is, why it happens, what it feels like, when it's unhelpful, and how to manage your level of stress so you can play better golf.

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Kai Laird is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant who runs a mental coaching business, The Performance Pursuit. He works with golfers, as well as athletes from all sports. Scroll down for a list of topics from this episode and their time stamps.

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Episode links:

The Performance Pursuit - Website

@theperformancepursuit - Instagram

@TPPursuit - Twitter

@kaimarelaird - Instagram

@KaimareLaird - Twitter

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Episode topics:

3:38 - Kai Laird, CMPC

11:58 - The value of a CMPC

17:08 - The most common things golfers struggle with

20:40 - Anxiety and worry about upcoming golf

26:27 - Acceptance Commitment Theory

27:42 - How to learn awareness

32:33 - A strategy for neutralizing negative emotions

36:48 - Pre-shot routine

40:24 - How to move on from bad golf shots

44:29 - Is mental or physical more important in golf?

46:43 - Mental game resources to help you

48:16 - Kai Laird, CMPC

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Dr. Dane Anderson is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified Mental Performance Consultant who brings some excellent new thoughts to the show that will help you improve yourself and therefore your golf game.

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Episode link:

Dr. Dane Anderson - Website

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Episode chapters:

1. 4:19 - Intro
2. 9:36 - The importance of mental health
3. 17:42 - How Dane Anderson is improving himself
4. 21:30 - Core beliefs as the common theme between therapy and sport performance
5. 30:51 - Perfectionism, fear of failure, and burnout
6. 38:53 - How to handle pressure and discomfort
7. 44:49 - Growth/Fixed Mindset: Is this how I will always be?
8. 52:30 - watching golf on tv: what should we watch for?
9. 57:24 - What % of golf is mental and what % is physical?
10. 1:03:42 - How you can track your own mental game improvement
11. 1:09:20 - Good mental game resources
12. 1:11:45 - How to connect with Dr. Dane Anderson

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Dora Kurimay is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant, a researcher, and an author. She brings some great knowledge on topics that can directly help you play better golf through improving your mind.

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Episode links:

Dora Kurimay's Website

Dora Kurimay's Books

@dorakurimay - Twitter

@dorakurimay - Instagram

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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.

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Episode links:

@sarahjctaylor - Instagram

@sarahjchaffee - Twitter

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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.

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Episode links:

Mental Coach Morgan Website

@mentalcoachmorgan - Instagram

@mentalcoachmorg - Twitter

Individual and Small Group Mental Coaching - mentalcoachmorgan.com

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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.

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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

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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.

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Episode links:

Dr. Parent’s website

Dr. Parent’s Mindfulness Practices - YouTube

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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On this episode, Josh walks through his goals for improving this off-season and what specifically he plans to do, and how you can formulate a plan to be ready for next season.

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Josh recaps his run at the 2021 U.S. Mid Amateur and helps you learn how to use your mind to handle tournament golf in the best way possible.

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What do you do to be a better player under pressure? In this episode Josh discusses what you need to do to become a better pressure player.

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What do you focus on during a round of golf? Are you caught up in what others think? Do you worry about things you can't control? In this episode we learn from Patrick Cantlay's recent success and his process of how he handles a round of golf.

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We all know this situation. But do we all have the tools for how to handle it properly? In this episode, Josh helps you learn what to think when you don't know which end of the club to hold.

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On this episode, Josh has some updates on the show, and he gives you advice on how to prepare for tournaments based on his own experiences preparing for USGA U.S. Mid-Ams.

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On this episode of The Mental Golf Show, Josh Nichols opens up his journal to show what a good mental game looks like in action from his own playing career. Going very practical in this one.

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On this episode of The Mental Golf Show, Josh Nichols picks out the awesome things Phil attributed his historic PGA Championship win to, and a ton of it is mental.

Link to ASAP Sports transcripts: http://www.asapsports.com/show_events.php?category=4&year=2021&title=PGA+CHAMPIONSHIP

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On this episode we tackle the all-too-familiar issue of not getting enough practice, and what that does to your expectations.

The "forgive yourself quickly" episode of Get a Grip with Max Homa and Shane Bacon on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-55-max-wins-at-riviera/id1492360046?i=1000510202274

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On today's episode, Josh talks with a rookie on the Symmetra Tour, Beth Wu, about the start she's gotten off to, the mental game aspects she is working on, the struggles she'd had, and her very recent revelation that Beth and Josh thinks everyone needs to have.

Also, ever wondered how a pro golfer moves on from a bad shot? You'll get a great answer in this episode.

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On today's episode, Josh recounts his experience of years and years of struggles and plateaus and slumps due to lack of good coaching, and what he did to resolve that. And how you can use his experience to choose the right coach for you.

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On today's episode, Josh has a conversation with a professional golfer, Michael Hébert. There is some awesome stuff in here that can apply to any player at any level of the game.

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Ever feel like you live and die by every single shot or hole or round? Not only is that unhealthy in general, that will negatively affect your playing ability. Learn from a pro golfer that balance is a much better way to golf, and live.

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I played a golf tournament and documented my thoughts as I went through the week. I felt like I would want to be able to reference back to how I was thinking, and that it could possibly help somebody with how they should think before, during, and after an important round, or any round for that matter.

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This is mostly just a guess, but I'm willing to bet that 95% of golfers are nervous on their first tee shot. What could go wrong, how is today going to go, am I going to get off to a good start, will today be my best round or my worst round, I've gotta show my playing partners I'm not terrible.

All of these thoughts will lead to nervousness on the first tee. So... what should we think instead?

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Going practical here with something we can all relate to. I know all the times I've got off to a "bad" start and the emotions that come flooding in afterward. But you can fight it! Use these techniques to handle that adversity better next time.

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On this episode of The Mental Golf Show Josh talks with identical twin pro golfers Jeremy and Yannik Paul about meditation, the importance of having a plan, and how being intentional with your time can make a huge difference.

Click here for a 6-minute visualization/meditation practice.

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If you want to hear some serious truths about the game of golf and the mental game specifically you came to the right place. Jared Tendler speaks on confidence, trust, variance, emotions, and much more in this conversation.

Find Jared on his site jaredtendler.com

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I had the awesome opportunity to be a guest on the Raising Golfers Podcast recently! Host Travis Howser has a mission to improve the golf relationship between player and parent, and with that come all sorts of life lessons that can be applied to anyone of any age, gender, parental or non-parental role, and skill level. Hope you enjoy!

Also go subscribe to the Raising Golfers Podcast!

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This is some really great practical knowledge and perspective from pro golfer Alex Scott. Hope you really learn something here! Also just a small warning there is one curse word towards the end.

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Hey MGS listeners! Changing it up just a bit on the show today. Started a video series over on YouTube and wanted to drop the audio in here. I'm going to work on getting the audio better quality but for now this is the first episode of Golf Thoughts! Hope you enjoy!

Also if you want to watch the episode on YouTube just click here.

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I'll let this deep conversation speak for itself!

Follow Kent on twitter: @scratchattitude

Kent on instagram: @scratchattitude

Kent's website where you can get his books: scratchattitude.com

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Awesome conversation with Kolton Lapa, who as of the posting of this episode is the #2 ranked player on the SwingThought Tour. Kolton is an extremely hard worker who has made huge strides in his game due to working on his mental game and attacking his game from a more holistic approach.

I hope you learn a lot from this episode!

Kolton Lapa on Instagram: _koltonlapa and Twitter: @_koltonlapa

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