About this episode

Michael Leonard returns to discuss overcoming pressure and improving golf performance through various mental strategies.

Listen to this episode ad-free: join Mental Golf Club Hello everybody, welcome to The Mental Golf Show, where we explore high performance through the lens of golf. On today’s episode we have Michael Leonard, host of the Wicked Smart podcast, author of several golf books, and phenomenal player himself. This is actually Michael’s second appearance on The Mental Golf Show 3 years later. Feel free to go back to that one to learn more of Michael’s own story. In this episode you’re going to learn how to neutralize pressure, not only handle discomfort but use it to grow, have a better target selection process, understand your own shot shape and decision making, the power of visualization and how you can use visualization to make yourself a better golfer, and how to push through scoring barriers and go lower. I know you’re going to enjoy this one. Wicked Smart Golf Academy - Michael Leonard's hub for game improvement ----- Topics we hit: Is golf really that hard? “Only the paranoid survive” - How to continually improve The What/Why/How of Visualization Why Do We Play Worse Under Pressure? The Value of Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone Anger: Is It Bad? Can We Use It Beneficially? Josh…

People in this episode

Host: Josh Nichols

Guest: Michael Leonard

Topics covered

• pressure management
• visualization techniques
• comfort zone
• performance improvement
• golf strategy

Keywords

• golf performance
• mental game
• visualization
• pressure
• comfort zone
• scoring barriers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wicked Smart Golf Academy, Mental Golf Club

Products: FREE Mental Game Assessment

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