About this episode

Raymond and Chase answer listener questions on various psychological aspects of golf and performance.

In this episode, Raymond and Chase answer listener questions on sleep, learning, memory, intrusive thoughts, the yips, target focus, lowering handicaps, and why tying your identity to outcomes makes golf feel so threatening. They discuss why sleep before and after practice helps learning stick, why “don’t three-putt” usually makes three-putting more likely, and why stepping off a shot is sometimes the best decision you can make. They also dig into the gap between holding a target in your mind...

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Raymond Prior, Chase Cooper

Topics covered

• sleep
• learning
• memory
• intrusive thoughts
• the yips
• target focus
• golf identity

Keywords

• sleep
• learning
• memory
• yips
• target focus
• handicaps
• golf identity

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