Mind Caddie - Improve Your Mental Golf Game

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What should you really be doing with your golf game this winter? Should you rebuild your swing from the ground up, sharpen the skills you already have, or focus on the mental game that allows you to perform under pressure?
In this episode of The Mind Caddie, performance coach Karl Morris is joined by renowned golf instructor and mind-body specialist Jim Waldron for another fascinating conversation about how to get the very best out of your game. Together, they explore why winter can be the perfect time to make fundamental swing changes, how to build new movement patterns effectively, and why simply hitting balls at the driving range while thinking about your technique is unlikely to deliver the results you want.
Jim shares his practical approach to swing development, explaining the importance of slow-motion mirror work, training one change at a time, and creating a clear memory of the correct movement before gradually increasing speed. But there's another route to improvement that could be far more effective for many golfers: learning to access the skills you already possess by experimenting with different focal points, developing better awareness and refining your ability to control the clubface.
The conversation goes beyond the driving range, too. Karl and Jim discuss walking meditation, improving concentration away from the course, developing resilience, overcoming performance anxiety and learning to let go of the need to control every shot.
They also challenge one of golf's most deeply ingrained assumptions: that you must play the course according to the par printed on the scorecard. What if changing your perception of a hole could transform your course management, reduce pressure and help you enjoy the game more?
Whether you're planning a major swing overhaul or simply want to play better golf next season, this episode offers a wealth of practical ideas to make your winter training more purposeful — and your golf more enjoyable.
Six Key Takeaways
Why winter is the ideal time to change your swing: Discover why major technical changes are often best tackled in the off-season, and why attempting several radical changes at once can undermine your progress.

The power of slow-motion training: Jim explains his method of using mirror work, exaggerated movements and gradual increases in speed to establish new movement patterns before introducing the golf ball.

Stop thinking your way through the golf swing: Understand why verbal swing thoughts often fail at full speed, and how developing a reliable memory of the correct physical sensations can help you access new skills on the course.

Find the focal points that unlock your natural ability: Explore how experimenting with balance, grip pressure, rhythm, clubface control and other areas of attention can help you discover what works best for your individual game.

Train your mind away from the golf course: Learn how walking meditation and deliberately focusing on the external world can improve concentration, calm your internal chatter and prepare you to handle pressure more effectively.

Rethink mental toughness, fear and even par: Discover why accepting uncertainty, letting go of excessive control and adapting your expectations to your current abilities can help you become a more resilient golfer and enjoy the game on your own terms.

About our guest: Jim Waldron is a golf instructor specialising in the relationship between the mind, body and performance. Find out more about his work at balancepointgolf.com.
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The secret to better golf is learning to trust your natural ability? In this episode of The Mind Caddie Podcast, performance coach Karl Morris is joined by American golf coach Randy Joyner to explore golf psychology, simplifying the golf swing and unlocking the potential that so often gets lost in technical thinking.
Randy shares the extraordinary early success of his YouTube channel, The Pursuit: Chasing Golf Greatness, where his instinctive approach to the golf swing is helping players rediscover their confidence and enjoyment. Together, Karl and Randy challenge conventional golf coaching and explain why combining the mental and physical sides of the game can transform performance on the course.
In this episode, we explore:
Trusting your instincts: How reconnecting with your natural athletic ability can help you swing more freely and play better golf.

Simplifying the golf swing: Why a natural throwing action can replace complicated swing mechanics, reduce tension and make the game feel easier.

The mental game of golf: How awareness, attention and acceptance can help you handle pressure, stay present and focus on the shot in front of you.

Why practice doesn't always translate to performance: Discover why technical swing thoughts that work on the driving range can disappear when you step onto the golf course.

Playing with what you've got today: How accepting your current form and adapting to the conditions can lead to better decisions, more consistent scoring and greater confidence.

Pursuing great golf instead of avoiding bad shots: Why accepting uncertainty and letting go of the fear of failure can help you unlock your potential and enjoy the game more.

Whether you're a club golfer looking to lower your handicap, a competitive player struggling under pressure, or a golf coach seeking a different approach to performance, this conversation offers a refreshing perspective on golf psychology.
Perhaps playing your best golf isn't about controlling every movement. It's about trusting yourself, committing to the shot and allowing your natural ability to emerge.
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The secret to a better golf swing isn't in your hands, your shoulders or your club — but in your feet?
On this episode of The Mind Caddie Podcast with Karl Morris, Karl welcomes Terry Hashimoto, one of the leading experts in golf biomechanics, pressure mapping and ground reaction forces. Terry has spent decades studying what happens beneath a golfer's feet, working with elite players and developing technology designed to make complex golf science accessible to everyday golfers.
Terry is the creator behind AI Sensor and The Golf Number, innovative technology that measures how pressure moves through your feet during the golf swing. His mission is to turn pressure mapping from an expensive, complicated teaching tool into a practical training system that helps golfers understand what they are actually doing — rather than what they think they are doing.
In this fascinating, funny and occasionally sweary conversation, Karl and Terry explore why pressure transfer could be the missing piece in your golf game, how poor foot pressure can contribute to coming over the top, and why simply understanding where your pressure is moving may help you improve swing path, balance, rotation and distance.
Terry doesn't pull his punches. He challenges conventional golf instruction, questions the obsession with swing positions and argues that golfers can sometimes improve faster by learning to feel their movement instead of filling their heads with mechanical thoughts.
And for Karl, there's a fascinating connection between Terry's work and the mental game: the difference between thinking about what your body should do and actually sensing what your body is doing.
Whether you're a club golfer looking to improve your ball-striking, a golf coach interested in biomechanics, or a player fascinated by the future of AI golf technology, this episode offers plenty to challenge your thinking.
In this episode, we explore:
The hidden power of ground reaction forces: Why what happens beneath your feet matters so much to your golf swing.

The three pressure mistakes that can wreck your swing: How pressure moving towards your toes, arriving too late on your lead side, or moving backwards before impact can affect your shots.

Why golfers come over the top: Terry explains his controversial view on swing path and why foot pressure could be a crucial part of the solution.

The AI Sensor and Golf Number: How pressure-mapping technology turns your swing into a score, providing immediate feedback and a practical way to train.

Feel versus mechanical thinking: Karl and Terry discuss why sensing your body may be more effective than filling your head with swing instructions.

The future of golf coaching: Why Terry believes expensive, complicated pressure-mapping systems can become more accessible, helping golfers and coaches make better use of technology.

Terry also shares his remarkable journey from professional golf and golf manufacturing to sports technology, explains why he believes training should be more competitive and engaging, and reveals how a little frustration can sometimes be the catalyst for real improvement.
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Explicit content: This episode contains strong language.

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 The key to better golf isn't thinking more, but thinking less?
In this episode of The Mind Caddie, Karl Morris is joined by psychologist and author Dr. Dicken Bettinger for a in depth conversation about the mental game of golf, performance under pressure, stress, overthinking and the "no thought state."
Dicken explains why being in the zone isn't about eliminating thoughts, but changing our relationship with them. When golfers become caught up in thoughts about past mistakes, future shots, technique or results, they can lose connection with the present moment — and with the natural intelligence and skills they have already developed.
Karl and Dicken explore why stress can actually be a useful signal, how letting go of resistance can restore clarity, and why some of the best performances in golf happen when players stop trying to control every aspect of their game and simply respond to what is in front of them.
Drawing on Dicken's experiences with Sydney Banks and the Three Principles, this is a thought-provoking discussion about golf psychology, mindfulness, confidence, pressure and what happens when we learn to trust our training rather than getting trapped inside our heads.
If you've ever stood over a golf shot thinking too much, struggled with pressure, or wondered why your range swing disappears on the course, this conversation could change the way you understand your mental game.
In this episode, Karl Morris and Dr. Dicken Bettinger discuss:
The "no thought state" and what it really means to be fully present on the golf course.

Why overthinking, analysis and trying too hard can interfere with performance.

How stress and pressure are created by our relationship with thought — and how they can become useful signals.

Why golfers can lose access to skills they already possess when they become trapped in their heads.

The connection between trust, training, intuition and peak performance in golf.

The influence of Sydney Banks and the Three Principles, and how these ideas can transform our understanding of the mind and performance.

A fascinating exploration of the space between thinking about playing golf and actually playing golf.
Find out more from Dr. Dicken Bettinger here
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John Dunigan thinks improving your golf swing is not actually the key to improving your golf?
In this episode of The Mind Caddie, Karl Morris is joined by renowned golf coach and skill-acquisition specialist John Dunigan for a conversation that challenges one of the biggest assumptions in modern golf coaching: that the swing itself is the skill.
John's simple but powerful phrase — "The swing is not the skill" — becomes the starting point for a much deeper discussion about how golfers actually learn to play better. Instead of obsessing over positions, mechanics and what the golf swing looks like, Karl and John explore what really matters: what you are trying to make the golf ball do, your awareness of the clubface, intention, feel, feedback and your ability to develop adaptable skills on the course.
PGA Tour Coach and Master Coach - John Dunigan explains why watching the steering wheel while driving would be just as strange as watching your putter during a stroke, and why golfers can become trapped trying to control movements rather than learning to control outcomes. The conversation moves into putting, clubface awareness, shot shaping, practice design and the importance of experimenting with different outcomes rather than treating every mistake as failure.
There is also a fascinating discussion about curiosity rather than judgment — using errors as information and learning from your own patterns and experience. As John puts it, golf can become an ongoing scientific experiment: see the shot, feel the movement, do it, review it, and learn from what happened.
For golfers heading into the winter practice season, this episode offers a very different way of thinking about golf improvement, practice, swing mechanics and performance under pressure.
If you've ever stood on the range trying desperately to perfect your swing, only to discover that the beautiful swing doesn't necessarily produce better scores, this conversation could change the way you practise.
The swing is not the skill. The swing is there to serve the shot.
🏌️ Why the golf swing should serve the shot — rather than become the goal itself

🎯 Clubface awareness, intention and why learning to control the ball matters more than perfect positions

🧠 How curiosity, experimentation and learning from mistakes can transform your practice and performance

More about John Dunigan: https://www.johndunigangolf.com 
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