When it comes to golf we know that the mental game is a significant part of the overall process and oftentimes a very underestimated portion of the game too.  Let’s look to a master of the mental game, PGA Professional Geoff Greig.  Geoff has been helping educate people all about the different parts of the mental game so they can get “in the zone” and perform their best.

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GSS 139: How To Get In The Zone with Geoff Greig PGA

Congrats to our Ultimate Masters Giveaway winner Eric in North Carolina!  He wins 5 of my favorite golf books, a Masters pin flag, and free access to the Golf Strategy Academy!   This week's episode comes from our free Golf 101 Facebook group and the question asked was this. What does practice look like for a single digit handicapper who routinely shoots in the 70s? Let's talk about it!

GSS 138 How to Practice to Break 80

Enter our Ultimate Masters Golf Giveaway for your chance to win Brandon's new book!  www.golfstrategyschool.com/giveaway   Tell me if this one sounds familiar… someone in your group (maybe you) misses a putt in the 5-10 foot range and you immediately hear “A crap, I pulled it” or pushed it, or yanked it, or whatever the invogue phrase is.  The most important part of everyone’s game is the putter, and that’s something I’ve preached for a long time now.  Brandon Stooksbury joins us this week to discuss some of the finer point details and the fundamentals of putting.

GSS 137 - Putting Fundamentals w/ Brandon Stooksbury & The Putter Book

 Win 5 of my favorite golf books, a 2019 Master flag (when Tiger won), and FREE access to the Golf Strategy Academy!  Click here to enter. 5 Things Great Golfers Do That You Need To Copy Have you ever heard the phrase “the best playing partner is one that’s slightly worse than you are?” I’d have to disagree because in my eyes, the best playing partner is one that's better than you. Not only do they push you to play better, they can teach you valuable tactics.  When you play with someone who is at a higher skill level,  you can learn a lot from watching them play and how they approach each shot. Below will be five things that all great golfers do that you can use to improve your game.

GSS136: 5 Things Great Golfers Do That You NEED to Copy | Easy Golf Tips

Do you want to play more consistent confident golf? Learn more about the Golf Strategy Academy at https://www.golfstrategyacademy.com​ As you learn what it takes to become a consistently good golfer, you will see a common principal over and over again. Proficiency. In order to lower your scores and play consistently good golf, you need to become proficient in all areas of the game. If you neglect one aspect of the game, you cannot expect to play well and improve. As a beginner in the game of golf, it can be tempting to go to the driving range just to hit your driver over the fence 100 times. This type of practice session is often followed by a round on the course where nothing seems to go your way and you wonder why you aren’t improving. It’s likely because your practice is all wrong. Don’t fall into the temptation of only going to the driving range and instead, begin working your way out from the cup until you feel confident from anywhere around the green. Then, work your way back to the tee box at various distances in order to develop a consistent play style. By following these simple tips and not giving into the temptation of the driving range, you will see the scores dropping lower than ever before!

GSS 135: How to Learn Golf

Blaine is the host of the Mobilitas Movers Facebook group which takes a holistic view on golf and runs the Tour Shot Golf Academy at www.TourShotGolf.com. We sat down with Coach Blaine Seitz to discuss simulating pressure with your practice, breathing techniques, proactive vs. reactive thinking, and much more. Blaine is a PGA instructor AND a TPI (Titleist Performance Institute) certified instructor! You can get a FREE copy of Blaine's book, Better Golf from the Inside Out here: http://bit.ly/BetterGolfFromTheInsideOut If you’re a golfer who’s attempting to achieve a milestone score or if you’re struggling with the mental side of the game, you don’t want to miss this one

GSS 134: How to Play Smarter Golf w/ Blaine Seitz PGA TPI

For those of us less fortunate golfers with long snowy winters, it feels like your game is on pause for months every year. Despite that feeling and the fact that you can’t get out on the course, you can still improve over the winter season. Today’s lesson has nothing to do with swing mechanics or even course strategy, instead, we’ll be discussing the golf offseason and how you can make the most out of your time off the course. Measuring the areas of your game that have the greatest negative impact, along with the frequency of these issues is one of the quickest ways to determine where your focus should be going into the offseason. Ask yourself, where is my skill level? And where is my ceiling? As we said, with short putts, your skill level is likely high and your ceiling is not much higher. With long putts, your skill level and make percentage is going to be low with a low ceiling of improvement opportunity. Where you’re likely to see the biggest difference in skill level compared to ability ceiling, is putts within the 5-15 foot range. A good putter has a decent chance of making putts in that range so you should spend more time practicing them. The same concept can be applied with the driver. If you’re putting yourself in the position where you are consistently in need of a recovery shot after because of your tee shot, you need to put time into hitting more accurate drives or using a lesser club off the tee. With approach shots, if you’re finding yourself skulling or chunking approach shots instead of around the green in regulation, then that will obviously be the area that you focus on. Routinely doing a “check up” on your golf game is one of the best ways to improve as a player and lower your scores. The end of the season is a perfect time to do these assessments. If you’re lucky enough to not have an offseason, it’s important to set aside the time to do this throughout the year. Checking up on your game even semi-annually could be the answer to you achieving your golf goals!   Get 30 Days Free in the Golf Strategy Academy

GSS 133: Make the Most of Your Offseason

It's time to get down to business and start shaving some strokes from your golf game in all those hard to reach places (lol)! When we're golfing and we come across a shot in that tough in between distance we need to have plan. 1. Use a less lofted club when you have less than a full swing (try maybe a pitching wedge or a 9 iron). 2. Don't set up like a regular shot. Narrow your stance and get closer to the ball for better contact. If you're still struggling doing that put about 60% of your weight on your front foot. 3. Get hyper focused on your goal. Follow your A.V.E.nue to success by putting your mental energy into thinking about where you want the ball to land rather than what could go wrong. Want to see the exact structured practices you can use to improve your game quickly? Want them for free for 30 days? Visit www.golfstrategyacademy.com to sign up!

GSS 132: 3 Tips to Better Pitching | Simple Golf Tips

We just finished our Breaking 80 series: LISTEN HERE    But today we're going back to our roots to discuss the 5 Keys to Breaking 90.   Want 30 days FREE access in our program?  Just head over to www.golfstrategyacademy.com

GSS 131: 5 Keys to Breaking 90

Mental game is arguably the hardest part of your game to work on.  The first step is to figure out what part of your mental game you struggle with.  Once you've done that you can really get to making progress.   If you want help breaking 80 you can learn more about my Breaking 80 Blueprint by CLICKING HERE

GSS 130: Breaking 80 w/ Your Mental Game

Everyone needs to know how to perform under pressure, but if you're striving to break 80 on the golf course you'll need it more than others. If you're someone who struggles to put two good nines together, there's a good chance that learning these strategies to perform better under pressure will help improve your game. If you need help breaking 80 you can learn more about the Breaking 80 Blueprint by clicking here: https://www.golfstrategyacademy.com/b... PS: It's less than the cost of one lesson per month!

GSS 129: Breaking 80 by Performing Under Pressure

Last week we touched on how structuring your short game practices can help you break 80.  This week it's all about tempo & distance control (and how to practice them).   Randomized or variable practice is the real key here.  You need to have a different target or different club in your hand for every shot of your practice.  A great way to do this is to take one club and try to hit a ball short of the green, then long of the green, then on the green.  This will help build your "on demand" distance control.   If you want more info on the Breaking 80 Blueprint (where I share a boatload of these practices with you and provide additional support and coaching) click here: https://www.golfstrategyacademy.com/breaking80 

GSS 128: Breaking 80 w/ Tempo & Distance Control

Today we're looking at how the short game functions as the base layer to building your success towards breaking 80.   The bottom line here is that if you're good from close it will take the pressure off from longer shots and allow you to swing more freely and confidently.   If you'd like to learn the exact practices I use with my students (I got them from some of the best instructors in the world) head over to www.golfstrategyacademy.com/breaking80

GSS 127: Breaking 80 with Your Short Game

It's finally here!  What so many of you have been emailing, messaging me, and asking for... a process on how to break 80! Are you a golfer who's stuck in the 80s and you just can't quite seem to break through that barrier and start scoring in the 70s?  Pre-Register for the Breaking 80 Blueprint: https://www.golfstrategyacademy.com/offers/HwFZMS5n Through my experience as a player, a coach, and as an interviewer of DOZENS of PGA professionals there are 4 cornerstones of breaking 80: A well polished short game A smooth swing that let's you control distance The ability to play well under pressure A mental game that let's you stay committed to each individual swing If you need help in any (or all) of these areas then you need to pre-register for my newest course, the Breaking 80 Blueprint. For a limited time only this is available for just $19/month. Claim your spot now at https://www.golfstrategyacademy.com/offers/HwFZMS5n  

GSS 126: How to Break 80

Steve joins us today to talk about the inconsistency in his tee shots (not just his driver).  We talk about how to practice to stand up to those pressure shots and how visualization can go a long way to producing the shot you want.   You can get access to a live training I did with PGA instructor Josh Boggs all about how to find your swing faults.  Just CLICK HERE to sign up

SC 12: Better Visualization for Better Tee Shots

Golf Strategy School is a place where you can get great actionable tips, strategies, and information from the best and brightest golf instructors from around the world. We feature guests like: Tom Stickney - Golf Magazine Top 100 instructor, Golf Digest Top 20 Under 40 alumni Tim Kremer - Feature speaker at the 2013 PGA & LPGA teaching and coaching summits Geoff Greig - PGA instructor and Amazon best selling author Tyrus York - 2014 Kentucky section PGA teacher of the year. Alison Curdt - 2016 LPGA National Teacher of the Year In these conversations we try to parse out the wheat from the chaff from golf gurus like Butch Harmon, David Leadbetter, Chuck Martin. We also dive deep on what strategies and practice methods pros like Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jordan Speith, Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson, and Jason Day use to maximize their improvement. This podcast is influenced by Fred Greene & Golf Smarter, The Golf Psychology Podcast, Golf Better Podcast, 18 Strong, Golficity, Golf For Beginners, For Serious Golfers Only, Feherty, No Laying Up, Tour Junkies, Golf Science Lab and many others. So make sure you subscribe, rate, and review so these pros can help you keep it in the short grass!

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