Mind Caddie - Improve Your Mental Golf Game

In today's unpredictable and high-pressure world, mental resilience is no longer optional — it's a vital life skill.
In sport, especially golf, resilience is what separates good players from great ones. Bad shots, missed putts, poor rounds and stalled progress are inevitable. The difference is how you respond.
On this episode of The Mind Caddie, we're joined by Matt Caldaroni, a performance coach specialising in mental resilience, mindset, and elite performance.
Matt's journey into resilience began early. At just twelve years old, a coach tried to end his dream of becoming a professional football goalkeeper, telling him the sport "wasn't for him." Instead of quitting, Matt took control. From that moment, Molliteum was born — a mindset built on ownership, grit, and mental strength.
By weaponising adversity, Matt earned a football scholarship at seventeen and turned professional in Italy by nineteen. It was there he discovered a powerful truth: resilience isn't visible — but it can save careers, performances, and lives.
Whether it's sport, work, or everyday life, setbacks are unavoidable:
We miss the shot

We don't make the birdie

We finish down the leaderboard

Progress stalls

Resilience isn't about avoiding failure — it's about how you deal with it.
In this episode, Matt breaks down how to train resilience like a muscle and apply it on and off the course.
In this episode, we cover:
The four cornerstones of mental resilience

How to build a strong resilient identity

Practical steps to developing mental toughness

Training a resilient mind and body

Why resilience is the hidden advantage in sport and life

If you want to improve your mindset, performance, and ability to bounce back stronger, this episode is for you.
Find out more about Matt:
https://www.molliteum.com
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www.themindfactor.com
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www.mindcaddie.golf
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(revised repeat Aug 2022)

And how it could make a huge difference to the clarity, composure and timing in your game
Today we are joined on the show by the outstanding Canadian coach JS Legare
JS is a certified Mind Factor coach but also an expert on BREATHWORK
We had a fascinating conversation about how we can become more aware of the impact of our breathing on our physiology
When our breathing is poor our access to our skills is compromised
Just merely OBSERVING the breath can be a profoundly beneficial exercise
We can down regulate our nervous system simply by observing our breath
Think of the opportunities golf can provide to explore the impact that breath focus can have on your game
The ability to RESPOND instead of REACT
Breathing, the low hanging fruit to develop a better mindset on the golf course. Everyone has that tool, but not a lot of people know how to use it. It's free, it's always available and the effects are instantaneous. There's nothing "woowoo" about observing your breath. It's the first step and it's a skill, plain and simple.
To find out more about JS Legare go to
appnez.com
[email protected]
To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to
www.themindfactor.com
To join us on the Mind Caddie journey go to
www.mindcaddie.golf
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Today on the Mind Caddie we welcome back again my great friend Jim Waldron.
We have built this whole podcast around the legendary Ben Hogan.
For so long there has been an endless fascination about his golf swing and the supposed 'Hogan Secret'
Whilst there may have been some secrets around his incredible swing as we discuss there were also some amazing secrets around the way he played and approached the game.
Jim Waldron has studied Hogan for over 40 years and spent time with many people who worked with and for Hogan
He is currently writing a book called 'The Many Secrets of Ben Hogan'
We discussed:
Hogans golden rules of the swing
The importance of balance
Good tension in the swing
How Hogan worked out what to focus on to access his skills
What he did when TARGET focus didn't work
How he changed his swing
How ACCEPTANCE allowed him to begin to WIN
His joy at working on his game
The path to self mastery
The importance of researching your own experience
A brilliant thought provoking session with a great coach
To find out more about Jim Waldron go to
https://balancepointgolf.com/
To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to
www.themindfactor.com
To join us on the Mind Caddie journey go to
www.mindcaddie.golf
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Today on the Mind Caddie we welcome two great guests in the shape of motor learning experts Will Wu and John Dunigan who have created a wonderful app called 'Practice Coach'
We had a fascinating discussion about all things practice and why so many golfers don't transfer their range game to the actual golf course
Almost a universal issue with players is they DO NOT transfer their skills
The route to swing changes
WHY are you trying to make a swing change?
First of all can you MOVE better?
Who are you as a PLAYER?
What are you ACTUALLY thinking about and focusing on when you try to make changes
Internal focus and External focus and how they affect the Mind Body connection
The stroke/swing is NOT the SKILL
Go outside what you are doing. Go too high, too low, just right
Our nervous system is information SEEKING and needs COMPARISON
Higher quality REPS
Enriching the experience of practice
Understanding and FEELING the club. Being aware of where it is in space
A wonderful session with two GREAT and accomplished coaches
To find out more about the app go to
https://practicecoachgolf.com/
To get 40% off the price of the app use the code
KMGOLF
To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to
www.themindfactor.com
To join us on the Mind Caddie journey go to
www.mindcaddie.golf
Shop with code : MINDFACTOR10 at checkout for 10% OFF your next order at www.fenixxcell.com @fenixxcell

Exposing why golf lessons fail and the smarter path to real, lasting improvement
Today we spend time with top coach Lawrie Montague from Australia to discuss his wonderful book
The No B.S. Guide to Buying a Better Golf Swing
We had a wonderful conversation about Lawrie's views on coaching
Why so many people are trying to learn swing as opposed to learning how to PLAY golf
How the marketing machine for golf swing has overtaken the student's real NEEDS
How data is often just focused on past history and doesn't open to the possibilities of the future
Focusing more on the POTENTIAL future
Finding out what a player REALLY wants
Why the student is not to blame when learning is not happening
What is getting in the way of learning
The importance of clarity in GOAL SETTING
Generating student led questions
Why students are being taught not coached
Seeing your golf clubs as TOOLS to use. Solving the problems the golf course presents to you
A really informative session with a top coach who has made such a valuable contribution to the game
To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to
www.themindfactor.com
To join us on the Mind Caddie journey go to
www.mindcaddie.golf
Shop with code : MINDFACTOR10 at checkout for 10% OFF your next order at www.fenixxcell.com @fenixxcell