How to Boost Confidence Through Affirmations By Mark Fairbank, BSI Golf Mental Coach and Director of Performance Confident people think and act self-assuredly. One way to become more confident is to change your thinking. To change your thinking, you first have to become aware of your thinking. Awareness is the first step to a more
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The Goal of Putting
The Goal of Putting By Mark Fairbank, BSI Golf Mental Coach and Director of Performance ‘Golf is 90% mental’. This is a phrase many players are familiar with and is especially true for putting. We become more stressed and anxious as we get closer to the hole and the outcome of the putt is at
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Bouncing Back
Bouncing Back By Mark Fairbank, BSI Mental Coach and Head of Golf Performance No matter how good a player is, they will hit bad shots and they will have bad holes during their round. The key to keeping a tidy scorecard, is how well we bounce back after each bad shot or a bad hole.
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Ignore your ego, play to your strengths!
Ignore your ego, play to your strengths! By Mark Fairbank – Mental Coach & Head of Performance at BSI Golf Common questions I receive as a Mental Coach is, “What does it take?” or “What do the tour players do differently?” and the answer is maybe not what
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Golf Parenting: Focus on the Process, Not Results By Mark Fairbank – Mental Coach & Head of Performance at BSI Golf Parenting young up and coming golfers can be an extremely daunting, frustrating and confusing process. As parents we want our children to excel and perform. We want them to win but also enjoy it. Parents
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DOES YOUR PRACTICE ACTUALLY PREPARE YOU FOR THE GOLF COURSE? By Mark Fairbank – Head of Performance BSI Golf Block practice involves the repetition of the same shot, with the same club, from the same spot at the same target. The value of this form of practice is the improvement of a specific technical component
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Truth of the Pre-shot Routine
TRUTH OF THE PRE-SHOT ROUTINE By Mark Fairbank – Head of Performance BSI Golf The Pre-shot routine (PSR) is known as an essential process in preparation for the execution of any shot in golf and to give the player the best possible chance of achieving their desired outcome. In short, it also creates consistency and
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The mental secret for consistency
In previous generations our school day involved a lot more physical activity than now. We walked or rode bikes to school …
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