Practice Thinkers Podcast

A player I work with had been on a knockdown shot for a week and was thoroughly fed up with it. So I asked her a question with no golf in it at all. When you meet someone new, do you trust them straight away? She said no. Nobody does. That is a new shot. You spend time with it, in a few different situations, and somewhere in all that you find out what it's actually like. Most players do the opposi...

The  podcast  is  back.  First  conversation  of  the  new  run:  Aidan  O'Hagan,  a  professional  golfer,  on  how  his  practice  changed  as  he  moved  up  —  and  what  most  golfers  get  wrong  about  theirs. Inside: The  shot  that  went  left  three  times  in  a  round,  and  what  it  taught  him  about  where  to  aim  his  practice Why  he  stopped  grinding  on  technique  and  move...

In this podcast, the Pete and Donal chew the fat on performance, strategy and planning in golf. We discuss: Getting the right people on the bus The 80/20 rule of performance Getting out of your own way Falling into deficit gaps You can find out more about Donal and his services on his newly launched website https://www.donalscottgolf.com/   Come join us at: www.practicethinkers.com     FREE Practi...

In this podcast we flip the script as Pete is interviewed by Liam Grehan on how we apply practice science at Practice Thinkers. We discuss Reflections on Liam's Lessons, including: Behaviours in Context  Feedback and Calibration  Zooming the Lens in and Out  ...and a brief chat about Tiger's return. You can find Liam on X here - @liamlggrehan  Come join us at: www.practicethinkers.com   Practice T...

In this podcast Rick Fehr, a 2-time winner on the PGA and now Professional Golf Instructor, and I discuss Rick's practice, learning and development.  We discuss: His Development Environment  Knowledge of Technical Aspects of the Swing  Self-Reliance and Individuality  Reflections on Practice Quality and Behaviours  You can find Rick on X @ https://twitter.com/fehrgolf and explore his coaching offe...

Show notes In this podcast Paul Eales, multiple Tour winner, broadcaster and coach, and I discuss Paul's playing and practice history, coaching journey and development.  We discuss: Negative experiences with technology and the 'technical' Exploring ball flight through play  Learning your own game  The power of 'Yet' You can find Paul on X at https://twitter.com/PaulEalesGolf  and on Instagram at h...

In this podcast Gordon Morrison, Professional Golf Instructor, and I discuss Gordon's coaching journey, learning and development.  We discuss: Effective Practice Design Coaching Analogies and Convenience Food Practice  Simulating Tournament Play in Practice  You can find Gordon on X at https://twitter.com/GolfGordon and explore his Golf Academy at https://vgk.no/headpro/ Come join us at: www.pract...

Pro Practice History with Simon Dyson  In this podcast Simon Dyson, a 9-time winner on Tour and now Professional Golf Instructor, and I discuss Simon's practice, learning and development.  We discuss: Internal and External Swing Thoughts  Shots Dictating the Movement Reflections on Practice Quality and Behaviours    You can find Simon on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/simondysongolf/ and expl...

First Experiences - with Neil Plimmer In this Podcast Neil Plimmer, Founder, Owner and Coach at JOLFgolf, and I discuss first experiences and introductions to golf and the application to young people.  Topic Covered: Children being in control of their own experience  Setting expectations for the environment  Understanding the importance of Play   You can find Neil on X at https://twitter.com/NeilP...

The Proposal with Mo Jafar In this podcast Mo Jafar, a Senoir Lecturer in Sport, PE and Development at University of East London, and I discuss practising when fatigued and layering practice constraints.  We also discuss Mo's incredible plan to fake a competition win (a couples golf lesson with Pete) as a ruse to propose to his girlfriend.  We discuss; Marriage proposals and Fake Competitions Mo's...

The System Part 2 – with Graeme Mcdowall   In this podcast Graeme Mcdowall, a Lecturer in Skill Acquisition at Scotland's Rural College and The Open University, and I discuss effective practice environments and finding appropriate problems for your players.   We discuss:   Enabling individual differences Skill emerging from the practice environment  Designing developmentally appropriate problems f...

The System Part 1 – with Graeme Mcdowall   In this podcast Graeme Mcdowall, a Lecturer in Skill Acquisition at Scotland's Rural College and The Open University, and I discuss effective practice activities and organising practice problems around solutions.    Topics covered: - The danger of excelling in block practice activities  - Playing versus Working  - Organising practice problems and solution...

The Culture of the Game -  Ed Coughlan Part 2   In this podcast Dr Ed Coughlan, a Senior Lecturer in Skill Acquisition at Munster Technological University, and I continue our discussion on positive practice behaviours and the culture of the game.    Topics covered: The Culture of the Game Owning the fact you didn't like your performance Being a 'bad commentator' in Practice Ed's spicy sauce You ca...

No prizes for being the best on the range - with Ed Coughlan    In this podcast Dr Ed Coughlan, a Senior Lecturer in Skill Acquisition at Munster Technological University, and I discuss how the practice environment can be manipulated to have an impact on players behaviour. Topics covered: - Practising behaviours you regularly repeat - The challenges of behaviour change  - Transferring your best on...

Confessions of a Psychopath Practicer   'If it's technically perfect, there's not a situation it won't fail in'    How this one piece of advise from a coach turned Simon into a self confessed psychopath practicer for 15 years. 'The more knowledgeable I became on the golf swing, the more I understood about movements on the body, ground reaction forces… the more of a psychopath I became in practice....

Marching to the beat of your own drum  The 2nd part of John Stoszkowski coming on and this week we riff about training aids and memetic desire and how much you are doing with your life that you are choosing to do? John is a reformed academic now helping people (including myself) think critically and live authentically. Topic Covered: Training Aids and Mimetic desire, why am I buying this? Apprecia...

Dare to be Inconsistent John Stoszkowski is on this week and we riff about many things. Gurus, philosophers, Stack and Tilt & much more. John is a reformed academic now helping people (including myself) think critically and live authentically. But it easier to be inconsistent if you have the energy to do so. Consistency conserves energy.  Topic Covered: Method coaching, gurus and Stack and Tilt Be...

Swing Like Tiger - Tiger Play with Ian Renshaw In this Podcast Ian Renshaw, an Associate Professor at QUT, Ian and I discuss the fifth chapter of our book and how the research on play shows us that playing more makes us smarter, because we solve more problems in a consequence free environment. Topic Covered: Becoming a smarter golfer through play. Embracing competition and challenge. Examples of T...

Swing Like Tiger - Tiger Par with Ian Renshaw In this Podcast Ian Renshaw, an Associate Professor at QUT, Ian and I discuss the fourth chapter of our book and how Ian believes that anyone involved in creating practice environments, be that your own or for others, should understand these key principles. Topic Covered: Matching the practice task to the current ability Task Simplification = Green Bac...

Swing Like Tiger Chapter 3 - Tiger's Eye with Ian Renshaw In this Podcast Ian Renshaw, an Associate Professor at QUT, Ian and I discuss the third chapter of our book and how Tiger learnt a lot from others and how you can too. Topic Covered: Learning by watching is built into us. The dangers of copying what everyone else does. A copy, edit and paste strategy to use when learning from others.   Come...

Swing Like Tiger -  At one with the club and ball with Ian Renshaw In this Podcast Ian Renshaw, an Associate Professor at QUT, Ian and I discuss Tiger's practice history and what we can learn from studying expertise. Topic Covered: Becoming one with the club and ball. The Games Tiger played and you can play too to heighten your awareness of what the club and ball can do. Ultimately so that you can...

Swing Like Tiger - Consistency with Ian Renshaw In this Podcast Ian Renshaw, an Associate Professor at QUT, Ian and I discuss Tiger's practice history and what we can learn from study expertise. Topic Covered: What is consistency in golf? Embracing variability in your practice. We discuss a famous Tiger's quote and what it means to your golf.   Follow Ian Renshaw on Twitter here: https://twitter.c...

Tiger Practice History with Ian Renshaw In this Podcast Ian Renshaw, an Associate Professor at QUT, Ian and I discuss Tiger's practice history and what we can learn from studying expertise. Topic Covered: Learning from Tiger and others and making it your own. The myth of the repeatable swing. What we can learn from the legendary cricketer Don Bradman.   Follow Ian Renshaw on Twitter here: https://...

Information Changes Movement In this Podcast I talk about how Information Changes Movement and how coming back onto coaching on the golf course in the last few weeks has really highlighted this. Topic Covered: Multiple examples of golfers and how information has changed movement Having 'Soft Eyes' vs 'Hard Eyes' when investigating your own game   Buy our E-Book Here: www.swingliketiger.com   Sign...

In this Podcast Mike Carroll from Fit For Golf comes on and we discuss his own game, questions he has about practice and how he might go about practicing for his own game. In this episode I talk about: How Practice is Uniquely Individual due to a multitude of factors Social Media and the lack of nuance Questions you can ask yourself.   Buy our E-Book Here: www.swingliketiger.com     Sign up for Fr...