Archive for July, 2007

Last Thursday I went to the Long Beach Open golf tournament to support some of my clients. As I watched all the players warm-up on the practice range I was reminded that physical skills are not the determining factor for success. I watched as these players hit great shot after great shot on the range […]

My daughter is learning how to ride a bike without training wheels and mentioned to me while I was holding her upright that she was scared to fall. She was excited about the chance to graduate to the next level, but was focused on the what ifs. Any little wobble she made worse by thinking […]

I found myself in an interesting situation. I took my first golf lesson in years. As a golf professional I was always hesitant of someone else teaching me. With the advent of cameras and computers I was fine by being my own coach. With my career shifting to mental game coaching for touring professionals and […]

Working with athletes the first complaint I hear is the lack of consistency in there performance. Many believe that if they were more consistent that their overall performance would be better. Our performance is affected by many things. In golf, players are playing on different courses each tournament, in different weather conditions, sometimes in different […]

One of my clients attempted to qualify for this year’s British Open golf tournament. He currently plays on the Canadian Tour and has had mixed results this year. At the British Open qualifier he played well, but just missed making it by a few shots. As he shared his two rounds with me I could tell […]

In my last posting I talked about the change in work ethic that is needed to get to the next level. I have been fortunate over the last 10 years to work with individuals who want more from their performance in business, sports, and life. I get to work with many different industries from lawyers […]

The one thing I have learned working with athletes over the past 10 years is the difference between those that wish and those that do. I find it interesting when I meet an athlete for the first time how he or she always knows the right thing to say to me to try to impress […]