Changing your PHILOSOPHY to simplify the Game of Golf -  Nick Bradley #204

<p>Today we welcome back a very good friend of the podcast in the shape of Nick Bradley.</p> <p>Nick is one of the most innovative thinkers about the game.</p> <p>Amongst many other highlights in his career he worked with Paul McGinley as part of the successful Ryder Cup team in 2014</p> <p>He has published a great new book called</p> <p>‘The 50 Secrets to Great Golf You DON”T Know about YET’</p> <p>The book is a series of essays compiled by Nick over the years working with some of the best players in the world such as Sir Nick Faldo and Justin Rose</p> <p>We discuss how your philosophy of the game will affect just about everything you do from the movements you make to the experience of the game itself</p> <p>Are you a golfer who plays to WIN or are you a golfer who PLAYS to PLAY?</p> <p>A very important distinction</p> <p>Which one are you?</p> <p>Once you get really clear on this your approach to the game can match your intention</p> <p>Get it wrong and you can be hopelessly misaligned</p> <p>Nick has spent a LOT of time with Sir Nick Faldo</p> <p>Why was he so great?</p> <p>How did he work on his game in a way that was different from other players?</p> <p>The ability to blend the technical and the mental</p> <p>Nick makes a valid point about our ability to create the SHOT we wish has to be supported by the correct motion of the club and body</p> <p>How to best do this</p> <p>Working with your ego</p> <p>How to befriend and utilise your golfing ego</p> <p>What does that LOOK like practically ?</p> <p>How to use the ego to ask EFFECTIVE QUESTIONS</p> <p>Dealing with first tee nerves or being able to close out a tournament</p> <p>How to manage your ENERGY</p> <p>Can you become a REDUCTIONIST?</p> <p>Can you save time and energy to become a better player?</p> <p>The reduction of thought through habit</p> <p>Can you SIMPLIFY your golfing business plan?</p> <p>Shot indexing</p> <p>What is it?</p> <p>How can YOU apply it?</p> <p>Should a tour player have a coach as an employee or should he be a consultant?</p> <p>A r