The Golf Improvement Podcast

THE Golf Improvement Podcast Interview with golf coach and motor learning expert Peter Arnott, who - with co-author Dr. Ian Renshaw - wrote the recently released eBook "Swing Like Tiger." Peter talks about why he and Ian wrote "Swing Like Tiger," and the process they used for collecting the information in it. To read great podcast posts from Peter's "Practice Thinkers" Podcast, click this link......

THE Golf Improvement Podcast welcomes back, for the 8th time!, David Orr - Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher, and creator of the Flatstick Academy in Southern Pines, North Carolina. David shares how he applies his 7 Putting Improvement Principles to his efforts to improve his skiiing performance.  He discusses the value of how he has immersed himself in Deep And Deliberate Practice to improve his skii...

THE Golf Improvement Podcast Interview with Neurologist Erik van Wensen, creator of the Sports Dystonia Center and Foundation in Holland. Eric shares his general views of what the yips are and how they are created.  He also talks about what he believes aer some potential characteristics of cures for the yip. To read The Dutch Yips Study paper that he authored, click this link...     https://tremor...

THE Golf Improvement Podcast Interview with Dr. Rob Gray, a professor at Arizona State University.   Rob does fascinating research on perceptual-motor skills and he recently published his second book "Learning To Optimize Movement." The focus of his second book is "Creating A Relationship With Your Environment."  Here is a link to where you can purchase "Learning To Optimize Movement" ...     http...

THE Golf Improvement Podcast Episode with Ryan Dailey and Matt Reagan - creators of the Operation 36 Golf Program, and authors of the book "How To Create A Junior Golfer." Ryan and Matt talk about their personal golf stories, and also about what they call The Big Fail - where they used a  more traditional model for teaching and working with young golfers.  They shared that this "fail" was what sta...

This podcast is the second Golf Improvement Podcast episode that includes highlights from podcasts done in 2022!!   It includes valuable information from THE Golf Improvement Podcast Episodes 194 through 200.     TONY

This Golf Improvement Podcast episode is the first of two podcasts that includes highlights from episodes done in 2022. Listen to highlights from THE Golf Improvement Podcasts 197 to 193!     TONY

THE Golf Improvement Podcast Episode 200 with Four Great Professional Clubfitters!      Bert Reich - Gooder Custom Golf Club s      Keith Chatham - PrecisionFit Golf (web site no longer active)      Tom Wishon - Wishon Golf      Roy Nix - McNix Golf  

THE Golf Improvement Podcast Episode 199 interview with Kent Osborne from Ontario, Canada - author of the eBook The Golfer Who Developed A Scratch Attitude. A major premise of Kent's book is that golfers cannot THINK positie when they feel NEGATIVE about their games and shots - he discusses the importance of this premise in this interview. Click THIS LINK to connect with Kent!  

THE Golf Improvement Podcast Episode 198 interview with Dr. Sasho MacKenzie - Sports Biomechanist, Professor at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and Co-Founder (with Marty Jertson from Ping Golf) of the STACK System. Sasho discusses how he and Marty created the STACK System to help golfers improve their swing speed - and why this ysstem has been such a HUGE success for gol...

THE Golf Improvement Podcast Episode 197 Interview with putter fitting and putting instruction guru Bruce Rearick from Burnt Edges Consulting in Indianapolis, Indiana - welcome back Bruce! Bruce discusses the main design principles he is using in what he has called "Rearick Putters."  He also shares how he feels it is important to Not Mask Feel in putters - for golfers who want to putt Better Than...

THE Golf Improvement Podcast Episode 196 - interview with Lou Stagner - The "Golf Stat Pro," and Data Lead for ARRCOS Golf. Lou shares his personal view about the value of understanding Golf Stats to help golfer Manage Their Golf Expectations and Play Their Best Golf. He also shares a number of interesting golf stats - including the fact that, on a 300 yard par 4 golf hole, a 5 index golfer averag...

THE Golf Improvement Podcast Episode 195 - interview with Jon Sherman, author of the #1 Amazon Best-Selling Golf Book - "The Four Foundations of Golf!" Expectation Management is a huge theme of Jon's book.  He shares why this is so important to playing your best golf.  Did you know tha PGA Tour pros make bogey about 80% of the time in recovery situations? Jon quotes a wonderful James Clear (Atomic...

THE Golf Improvement Podcast Episode 194 - Welcome back, for the 7th time!, David Orr - Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher and creator of the Flatstick Academy in Southern Pines, North Carolina. David shares his concept that it is easier to learn something new rather than unlearning something old.  He talks about some of the poor mantras that golfers have about putting - including "straight back straig...

THE Golf Improvement Podcast Episode 193 - Welcome back Bob Litwin - best-selling author of "Live The Best Story Of Your Life," aned member of the 2022 Senior Davis Cup Championship Tennis Team! He talked about his poor performance leading up to the championships - and how he needed to change his Personal Story to help him change his performance. His final insight in the interview - "It may be mor...

THE Golf Improvement Podcast Episode 192 with Class A PGA Teaching Professionl John Hobbins - Director of Instruction at the Greenside Golf Academy in New York City, New York. He shares some of the most important things golfers Do Not Understand about the value of creating great Distance and Speed Control in their putting. He notes that One True Way to "Take The Break Out Of A Putt" is to Use A Bu...

THE Golf Improvement Podcast Episode 191 with Peter Sanders - creator of Strokes Gained Analysis in 1989 - and NOW Chief Data Officer for the SwingU golf stat app. Peter shares the technical background that lead him to start to develop Strokes Gained Analysis in 1989 - and helped him to improve his personal golf game! He defines what Strokes Gained Analysis is, and why traditional statistics - lik...

THE Golf Improvement Podcast Episode 190 with expert professional club fitter Bert Reich - from Gooder Custom Golf Clubs in Ssskatchewan,  Canada. Bert shares why "custom" fitting may not lead to optimal golf club performance.  And why golfers need to be wary of social media "information." He also talks about what is in HIS golf bag - his favorite irons, and the 14-year old Wishon Golf 919 THI des...

THE Golf Improvement Podcast Episode 187 with Joshua Medcalf - creator of "Train To Be Clutch," and writer of a number of amazing books including "From Hack To Scratch." Joshua shares his amazing story - from college soccer and his mental performance transformation, and from having a "vanity" golf handicap of 15 to having a +3 handicap and winning a club championship. In "From Hack To Scratch," he...