Timothy Gallwey – The Inner Game of Golf

From Tennis to Golf I had the privilege to meet with Timothy Gallwey (on the left), author of The Inner Game of Golf and arguably the founding father of the mental side of golf at Betchworth GC in May last year. Tim was a proficient tennis coach and player but a...

What does Flamenco have in common with golf?

Do you struggle to take your driving range game onto the golf course? If the answer is “yes” perhaps it’s time to question your approach. I was in Seville, Spain recently and was watching four Flamenco dancers. Each dance started a similar way, one of them would...

Past, Present, Future

Today I’d like to focus on where your mind is just before you are about to play a shot on the golf course. Past “Last week I had a similar chip over this bunker and duffed it”. “Whatever you do don’t duff it again”. So sure enough you duff it as our golf brain doesn’t...

Aggregation of Marginal Gains

The British Olympic cycling team dominated the last Olympics? Why? Because they focused on a series of areas where they could make a 1% gain. This varied from engineering rounder wheels, to athletes taking their own pillow on tour so they would sleep that little bit...

Super6

The pressure of a score card in your hand Here’s a golf related exercise you can do away from the course. Does this sound familiar? “I play well till there’s a card in my hand” Conventional thinking of front 9, back 9 and overall score can heap a huge amount of...

A Cunning Plan 2020

  Hi guys, hopefully you’ve had time to reflect and have identified your key areas for improvement. Here is my summary but feel free to create your own matrix Shot Score  (A-F) Notes Ranked Driver B+ 12/14 fairways hit but lack distance   200yds C+ Consistency of...

Time for reflection

These are unprecedented times. The clocks have just changed to British summer time but we’re all grounded! The weather also feels more like January than late March.  Don’t despair it’s a great opportunity to practice some short game skills and to work on your mental...

Hit your driver further – guaranteed!

Hi guys, have you seen the claim “hit your driver further – guaranteed”!  Well there is a way and I’m on that journey right now. Over speed sticks are a way of training your body to find a more efficient way to swing faster and a faster swing will help you to hit the...

4th Annual Texas Scramble

Hosted the 4th annual Texas Scramble for The Golf Swing Co and its clients. 3 teams of 3 battled it out on the challenging Old Course at Ferndown GC. Each player had to have driven at least 4 times putting some under unwelcome pressure if they left it towards the end....

Timothy Gallwey – The Inner Game of Golf

Had privilege to meet with Timothy Gallwey, author of The Inner Game of Golf and arguably the founding father of the mental side of golf at Betchworth GC. Tim talks about two sides to our golfing brain; Self 1 which wants to be in control, and Self 2 our natural...