Hope everyone had a great Christmas! On this episode I talk with Auburn Head Men's Coach Nick Clinard. Coach Clinard's experience is extensive, and we cover a lot of ground in this conversation. So I hope you get a lot of value and learn a lot. Thanks for listening! For more, head to joshnicholsgolf.com . Follow me! Instagram: @joshlukenichols TikTok: @joshlukenichols Twitter: @joshlukenichols Facebook: @JoshNicholsGolf LinkedIn: joshlukenichols Snapchat: @joshlukenichols...
Dec 26, 2019•32 min•Ep. 35
Merry Christmas everybody! On this episode, I go through an excerpt of "Better Than I Found It" by Baylor Head Coach Mike McGraw. This particular passage struck me as so important for everyone to hear. If we can all on some level focus more on the process and less on the result then we can be more free and have more fun along the journey. Thanks for listening! For more, head to joshnicholsgolf.com . Follow me! Instagram: @joshlukenichols TikTok: @joshlukenichols Twitter: @joshlukenichols Faceboo...
Dec 23, 2019•21 min•Ep. 34
Welcome back! On today's episode I talk with University of Arizona Men's Head Coach Jim Anderson. Coach Anderson has been head coach at Arizona since 2012, and is one of the top young college coaches in America. He plays humble pie a little bit, but he has so much wisdom to share in this podcast. Thanks for listening! For more, head to joshnicholsgolf.com . Follow me! Instagram: @joshlukenichols TikTok: @joshlukenichols Twitter: @joshlukenichols Facebook: @JoshNicholsGolf LinkedIn: joshlukenicho...
Dec 19, 2019•32 min•Ep. 33
Taking this one to dive into some thoughts about removing nerves and anxiety. It's not an easy process or a fast one, but I believe there is a way. Thanks for listening! For lots more, head to joshnicholsgolf.com . Follow me! Instagram: @joshlukenichols Twitter: @joshlukenichols Facebook: @JoshNicholsGolf LinkedIn: joshlukenichols Snapchat: @joshlukenichols TikTok: @joshlukenichols...
Dec 15, 2019•18 min•Ep. 32
Back with another interview with a high-level college coach! This time we have Auburn Women's Head Coach Melissa Luellen. Coach Luellen has coached at Tulsa, 13 years at Arizona State, and now in her fifth year at Auburn. She has made 16 NCAA appearances, 12 NCAA top-10s, coached 15 players to All-American status, and won an NCAA Title in 2009. So take what Coach Luellen says to heart. Thanks for listening! For more, head to joshnicholsgolf.com . Follow me! Instagram: @joshlukenichols TikTok: @j...
Dec 07, 2019•25 min•Ep. 31
Hey everybody! Been busy lately. But here’s a quick update with how things have been going and how excited I am for the future. Thanks for listening! For lots more, head to joshnicholsgolf.com . Follow me! Instagram: @joshlukenichols Twitter: @joshlukenichols Facebook: @JoshNicholsGolf LinkedIn: joshlukenichols Snapchat: @joshlukenichols TikTok: @joshlukenichols...
Nov 27, 2019•4 min•Ep. 30
I talk with Boston University Head Women's Golf Coach Bruce Chalas to talk about his philosophies on the mental game and how individuals improve differently from each other. Coach Chalas is a counterintuitive thinker, something that a lot of golf coaches aren't because they're afraid they might say something wrong. Coach Chalas is more interested in the long-term improvement of the person rather than the short-term good scores, yet his coaching has produced some awesome results! Thank you for tu...
Nov 18, 2019•30 min•Ep. 29
A guest! For the first time ever on the show I have a guest, and this one is very special. Coach Mike McGraw spent 16 years coaching at Oklahoma State, a handful of years under Jay Seawell at Alabama, and is now the head coach at Baylor. Coach McGraw has won 3 NCAA championships, coached players such as Hunter Mahan, Charles Howell III, and Rickie Fowler, and his list of accomplishments goes on and on. Try to ignore me and pay attention to what Coach McGraw says because he is so wise. Thanks for...
Nov 13, 2019•36 min•Ep. 28
You know the feeling. You're playing a round of golf. You're playing well for several holes. But inevitably you encounter some kind of difficulty, whether you hit a bad shot or you drew a bad lie in the rough or you have a long par 3 with a tucked pin or you're coming down to the wire at the end of a tournament. This happens pretty much every round. It's very rare that a round of golf goes perfectly smoothly from start to finish without any hiccups. But that event happening doesn't define you. I...
Oct 25, 2019•31 min•Ep. 27
This one is about learning to have a good time even when you don't feel like it. To enjoy where you're at even if you don't really wanna be there. To realize you (and I) probably have it really good actually. To let what you expect to happen or want to happen or need to happen go. Stop and smell the roses. They're all around you. Thanks for listening! For lots more, head to joshnicholsgolf.com . Follow me! Instagram: @joshlukenichols Twitter: @joshlukenichols Facebook: @JoshNicholsGolf LinkedIn:...
Sep 29, 2019•24 min•Ep. 26
I recap my performance in the 39th U.S. Mid-Amateur at Colorado Golf Club and co-host course CommonGround Golf Course. And I take from that experience and a question one of my players asked me to discuss how to stay positive even when things go really poorly. Thanks for listening! For lots more, head to joshnicholsgolf.com . Follow me! Instagram: @joshlukenichols Twitter: @joshlukenichols Facebook: @JoshNicholsGolf LinkedIn: joshlukenichols Snapchat: @joshlukenichols TikTok: @joshlukenichols...
Sep 23, 2019•34 min•Ep. 25
Just touching base before heading out to Colorado for the 39th U.S. Mid-Amateur. Pardon the horrendous sound quality. Sometimes you're just driving down the road with headphones in and you just gotta fill in the podcast crew! The link to the USGA US Mid-Am site is here! I'll hopefully be tweeting throughout, so you can follow me here! And here's a video I did of some final holes I played before heading out. Thanks for listening! For lots more, head to joshnicholsgolf.com . Follow me! Instagram: ...
Sep 11, 2019•19 min•Ep. 24
I've learned a lot over my 16 years of playing competitive golf. From treading water from age 12 to age 25, to learning so much about myself under Robert Linville and Precision Golf School from age 25 until now at age 28, I have caught at least a glimpse of the value of mental coaching. And it helped me so much I decided to make it a life goal of mine to help other players learn the same things. Link to Mental Game Assessment created by Robert Linville at Precision Golf School and myself >>...
Sep 08, 2019•9 min•Ep. 23
It's just as important to warm-up mentally before the round as it is to warm-up physically. This is the why and how of that. Thanks for listening! For lots more, head to joshnicholsgolf.com . Follow me! Instagram: @joshlukenichols Twitter: @joshlukenichols Facebook: @JoshNicholsGolf LinkedIn: joshlukenichols Snapchat: @joshlukenichols TikTok: @joshlukenichols...
Aug 25, 2019•8 min•Ep. 22
Slow play is a hot-button topic right now. But there are principles of this topic that go beyond the current fad of trying to figure out how to get millionaires to play golf faster. Thanks for listening! For lots more, head to joshnicholsgolf.com . Follow me! Instagram: @joshlukenichols Twitter: @joshlukenichols Facebook: @JoshNicholsGolf LinkedIn: joshlukenichols Snapchat: @joshlukenichols TikTok: @joshlukenichols...
Aug 21, 2019•27 min•Ep. 21
Sometimes you have to look hard at yourself. Actually, all the time you have to look hard at yourself. You have to constantly deploy self-awareness against yourself. And when I do, I realize that I have been leaning to heavily on my own past experience and not pushing myself hard enough to evolve my knowledge and improve. Like I said in Part 1, my goal is to normalize mental coaching to the point that going to see a mental coach is the default for a struggling golfer. So if I have an ambition as...
Jul 28, 2019•9 min•Ep. 20
On this episode I talk about how one of my students bounced back from a bad round with the help of a strong mental attitude. And I 100% believe you can too. I give some instructions at the end and I want you to tweet me, message me on Instagram or Facebook, or email me at joshlukenichols@gmail.com with your experience of how it went. Thanks for listening! For lots more, head to joshnicholsgolf.com . Follow me! Instagram: @joshlukenichols Twitter: @joshlukenichols Facebook: @JoshNicholsGolf Linke...
Jul 22, 2019•7 min•Ep. 18
Hear me out on the quitting part. If you can quit pursuing a goal of yours with peace then you did something right along the way. Reverse engineer you ending in order to make your journey better. Question of the day: As a percentage, how much of yourself have you poured into the pursuit of your goal? For context on the question listen through the whole episode. Let me know in the comments of the video version on Instagram , Facebook , or YouTube ! Thanks for listening! For lots more, head to jos...
Jul 22, 2019•4 min•Ep. 17
On this episode, I compare my experience in my county amateur tournament to Rory McIlroy in the Open Championship 😂 But truthfully, being the local hero with the pressure of an entire country is serious pressure. And I know players that have had to deal with this. There’s a way, but it’s difficult. *Shane Lowry is from Ireland, not Northern Ireland. Big difference. Question of the day: What goal are you trying to accomplish? DM me on Twitter your goal by clicking here! Or message me your goal o...
Jul 22, 2019•8 min•Ep. 19
In the middle of the biggest moment of my playing career I abandoned my routine. The same routine that I had been diligently doing for over a year before it. I did this because I just wanted to be present and soak in the cool moment. But what I didn't realize was that sticking to my process was HOW I would've enjoyed the moment even more. Whatever process you might have, stick to it even in the biggest moment. Don't let your emotions or the pressure sway you. Follow me on Instagram! I post some ...
Jul 19, 2019•10 min•Ep. 16
I challenge you to find me something more important in golf than the next shot. It doesn't exist. Some might argue the last shot is more important, because where you are is a result of that shot. But that shot has no bearing on you anymore. There is only one shot that you can have an affect on. And that's the next one. If you have any questions I'd love to hear em! Email me at joshlukenichols@gmail.com. And I'll answer your question on an episode of The Mental Golf Show! Thanks for listening! Fo...
Jul 17, 2019•5 min•Ep. 14
What are you trying to prove? Who are you trying to prove it to? These two questions can reveal a lot about where and why you feel pressure. But if you can begin to be self-aware about it then you can start down the road of taking that burden off of your shoulders. Thanks for listening! For lots more, head to joshnicholsgolf.com . Follow me! Instagram: @joshlukenichols Twitter: @joshlukenichols Facebook: @JoshNicholsGolf LinkedIn: joshlukenichols Snapchat: @joshlukenichols TikTok: @joshlukenicho...
Jul 17, 2019•6 min•Ep. 15
Seek out failure. Embrace it. Love it. Welcome it with open arms. Because failure shows you what you need to improve on. Where you haven’t been thorough enough. Why you’re not progressing as fast as you’d like. It reminds you that you can hack success. That there’s no fast track to playing good. Don’t run from failure! Thanks for listening! For lots more, head to joshnicholsgolf.com . Follow me! Instagram: @joshlukenichols Twitter: @joshlukenichols Facebook: @JoshNicholsGolf LinkedIn: joshlukeni...
Jul 14, 2019•5 min•Ep. 13
Quick rant - What do you do when you’re in the middle of a bad stretch of golf? Do you try harder to hit a good one? Try to steer you around back in the right direction? Try to motivate yourself into playing better? Try this next time. Thanks for listening! For lots more, head to joshnicholsgolf.com . Follow me! Instagram: @joshlukenichols Twitter: @joshlukenichols Facebook: @JoshNicholsGolf LinkedIn: joshlukenichols Snapchat: @joshlukenichols TikTok: @joshlukenichols...
Jul 12, 2019•3 min•Ep. 12
This audio was pulled from a video I filmed yesterday before my practice round for the 105th Carolinas Amateur at Governors Club in Chapel Hill, NC. I haven’t played a tournament in a long time, so I’m getting those old feeling of nervousness again and it’s got me thinking. What are nerves? Why do we get nervous? Should we fight it? How do we fight it? Here are my thoughts on nervousness. Hope it brings you a little value. For the video head to my YouTube channel . Thanks for listening! For lots...
Jul 11, 2019•10 min•Ep. 11
On this 10th episode of The Mental Golf Show, it's my anniversary! So it brings me back to the time when my perspective truly shifted. I used to play golf with blinders on, and nothing else mattered. But once I learned to release control and let go of the result (which for me came as a result of meeting my then future wife Kayla) I began to improve at a much quicker pace and play better and win tournaments. Your perspective doesn't have to come as a result of meeting your significant other, but ...
Jul 07, 2019•13 min•Ep. 10
What do players ask me in 1-on-1 sessions? This is probably the most commonly asked question they ask, so you can get some value out of learning through them. Thanks for listening! For lots more, head to joshnicholsgolf.com . Follow me! Instagram: @joshlukenichols Twitter: @joshlukenichols Facebook: @JoshNicholsGolf LinkedIn: joshlukenichols Snapchat: @joshlukenichols TikTok: @joshlukenichols...
Jul 06, 2019•8 min•Ep. 9
I've done a little research on Gary Woodland since he won the U.S. Open last Sunday. I didn't know this but in 2012 and 2013 he made a change to his agent, swing instructor, AND hired a new mental coach. These changes paid off relatively quickly by him winning some tournaments in the next year. But the big payoff took quite a long time. It was 6 YEARS before he finally won a major, despite being a regular player expected to win. He took his time, never lost his perspective, and it paid off. And ...
Jun 21, 2019•6 min•Ep. 8
5 minutes? More like 5 years. Patience and playing the long game. I believe this is a universal principle for success. But obviously it is not a "get rich quick scheme" or "7 steps to playing better golf". And that's the point. It is a marathon, and it requires patience. Behind every great player is an anonymous stretch of hours and weeks and months and years of hard work. I'm reluctant to prescribe tactics and tips, but I am fully committed to pushing players and people into believing in core t...
Jun 19, 2019•6 min•Ep. 7
I rant in my car about Self-Awareness and it's neglect by the majority of golfers, but it's extreme importance to helping you improve and play to your potential. Subscribe and leave a review! Thanks for listening! For lots more, head to joshnicholsgolf.com . Follow me! Instagram: @joshlukenichols Twitter: @joshlukenichols Facebook: @JoshNicholsGolf LinkedIn: joshlukenichols Snapchat: @joshlukenichols TikTok: @joshlukenichols...
Jun 15, 2019•10 min•Ep. 6
