The Golfing Mind

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutThe Awesome Eight Challenge was created by myself and a friend; in Part 1 last week, I spoke about the world's Coldest, Lowest and Toughest courses. This week we explore The Highest, The Hottest, The Most Southern, The Most Northern and The Greatest (which I got very wrong).Please sit back and enjoy my adventures globetrotting in se...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutIn 2001 with a friend who was a professional adventurer, I set off to play the eight most extreme golf courses in the world in under one calendar year. Finally, after much research and planning, we were ready to go. So, in December 2001, we set off for North America to tick off the first three courses from our challenge, The Lowest,...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutAs this is the 50th podcast I thought I would share some thoughts and reflections about some background and the wider application of pressure in our lives. A Birkhall Media Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutThe simple act of slowing down is the single fastest-acting cure to tension and stress on the golf course. Too often the stress builds slowly and we are speeding up and 'trying too hard', when what we need to do is to take our foot off the accelerator. This podcast explores the causes and the fixes we can employ to get back control....

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutLow expectations generally find their origins in a negative outlook - which is usually the result of past experience. However, think of your outlook like a lens through which you see and interpret the world. On the golf course in particular low expectations seem to be a common factor in those who perform poorly - and poor shots are...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutWhen our game deserts us in the middle of a match it is rather like being in a skid in a car when whatever you do appears to make no difference. Why? Chances are you were not taught what to do and certainly never practiced what to do, the analogy is similar with golf - we need to BE PREPARED!! Like a boy scout. This podcast not only...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutThe notion of having a positive attitude is too simple a concept to be taken seriously. It sounds straight out of the Disney movie playbook. Yet research and studies have demonstrated that it does. On the golf course too many. p[layers are starting with a bad attitude and simply compounding the consequences of such an approach. List...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutToo many golfers have rather dull, feeble and rather pointless practice swings. They've seen the pro's do it so think I'd better have a go at that.  It's called a practice swing because that is exactly what it is - an opportunity to actually PRACTICE the shot you are about to take. Why waste this opportunity! This podcast explores t...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutBlaming circumstances, the rules, our opponents, our star sign,  or God, is not of any benefit to our being in the right space to play our best golf. Easy to do (which is why we do it so often) but in reality, it is a distraction that is negative and impedes up from playing our best golf.  A Birkhall Media Production Learn more abou...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutWith the Ryder Cup around the corner, how do we manage a strategy in match play to give up our best chance of playing our best golf? Sadly there is no go-to solution but from my experience, there are some personal strategies that I believe can be the difference that makes the difference when the going gets tough. A Birkhall Media Pr...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutLack of preparation before we tee off is possible for the amateur golfer amongst the most common yet easily fixed problems I encounter. But who wants to warm up when there is golf to be played. If pilots, surgeons or actors went to their work with the same level of pre-performance preparation that the average amateur golfer display...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutSometimes we get emotional overload, not just when we are angry, but also when we try too hard or get down on ourselves over a poor shot, or when our game does not match our expectations.  It does us no favours the idea that you play better when you are 'mad' is amongst the dumbest things some golfers say. This podcast has there ins...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutI find there is ofter a huge amount of wisdom and instruction contained within a quotation. Today being the 40th Podcast I thought I would share a few of my favourite golf quotations. Though there are hundreds I have chosen these as they relate to our relationship with golf (or my relationship with golf anyway) A Birkhall Media Prod...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutWe all know universally that a red light means Stop, Danger, Do Not Pass Go.  It brings our attention to the fact that we need to be exercise caution. Equally, we know that 'getting the green light ' means Go, All is Safe, Proceed. In golf on the course, we need to make sure we are not making decisions with the Red Light shining in...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutToday I share the 5 questions I most commonly get asked when people discover I am involved in coaching and writing about the Mental Game of golf.  Chances are if we met you may ask me one of the five, but if you didn't then you are welcome to send in a question to robin@siegergolf.com and I will answer it (if I can) on a future podc...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutNerves we all get them, but how we manage them will determine how we deal with them. Too often players try to either ignore (bad option), think their way out of it (impossible) or simple beat themselves up for being "weak" - (dumb).This weeks episode is all about how to understand the function of nerves accept and make friends with...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutThe single least utilised aspect of improvement is the lack of meaningful practice on the range. I imagine that on average 95% of people at the range are simply hitting balls in the hope that they hit a good shot. Usually without any clues as to why or how that happened :-))Practising with intent and purpose will reward the diligent...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutWhat is the X Factor that the very best golfers have, what is their secret sauce?  Though they may differ in background, temperament and approach to the game, the one thing they all have in abundance is confidence in their ability to win.  They believe. They believe that have what it takes, they believe that coming down the stretch...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutPressure always needs an outlet or it will simply find a weak spot to burst through. This is basic science for materials but within the mental game to we need not only to manage the pressure but to find a method technique or fix to stop it building up to a point where it overwhelms. Today podcast explores exactly what strategies you...

Send us a text http://www.siegergolf.comThe notion that the mental game is a modern study is both erroneous and quite simply bonkers. However, very few players of the past wrote much or articulated their approach to the mental game. One who fortunately did is the 6-time Open Champion, Harry Vardon. One bit of his advice he shares I think is the single best tip for golfers of all levels and until I...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutPressure in golf exists, but it is self-created and not in the least life-threatening. If it were life-threatening in the way that emergencies in skydiving are, especially when you are falling at 120 mph with a failed main parachute and 13 seconds left to live, then you make sure you do have Emergency Procedures to save your life. C...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutThere is a paradox in golf that the less we try to control the swing, the process the actions surrounding the actual playing of the game, the better we often play. Too often we play at a level of Conscious Incompetance, rather than Unconscious Excellence. It is a rather elusive position but we regularly get to it almost in an instan...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutTechnology has many benefits for the average golfer, but it is no substitute for confidence. How do you build confidence? Amongst many methods available, for golfers, I encourage improvisation and imagination. Think Jazz, think different think magic think outside the box, become the architect of your own brilliance. .... you got the...

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutPutting is an art a science and a bit of a mystery to most of us. We can one day play like an inspired wizard of the green, the next day like a beginner of a municipal pitch and putt course. IS there a secret? In truth probably not but there are factors we are often unaware of, that can help us. Robin explores in this weeks episode....

Send us a text https://www.siegergolf.com/offers/BaAEYBog/checkoutMost players when asked which one shot would they most like to take again - chose a bad shot.  Ever wondered why? A Birkhall Media Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices