284: Jeff Troesch - Great Golf Requires Imbalance, Confidence is Overrated, and How to Think Like a Better Golfer
The Mental Golf Show
Get Better vs. Seek Comfort
Jeff urges golfers to pursue competence over comfort, accepting short-term discomfort for long-term growth.
Jeff Troesch is a mental performance coach to major champions on PGA Tour and LPGA Tour, Olympians, and athletes in nearly 100 other sports.
He has just released a new book titled One Day Better: Mental Performance Concepts to Transform Your Game and Life. It contains 150 one or two-page lessons on the most important facets of performance. It's unlike anything else I've read in any other mental game book. I've been reading it and I find myself taking in one facet and spending that day chewing on just that one. I like this way of going about mental game improvement.
This conversation was great. Jeff has 40 years of experience helping the best athletes access their skill when it matters, and that comes through on this episode.
Timestamps & Topics:
00:00 - Does a Balanced Life Help Us Play Better Golf?
11:55 - The Perfect Pre-shot Routine: joshnicholsgolf.com/courses
13:45 - The Mentality That’s Better Than Positivity
24:19 - Shot Pattern: shotpattern.app - Discount code MENTALGOLFSHOW for 20% Off
26:18 - How a Good Coach Coaches a Golfer
33:37 - Jeff’s Process and Philosophy of Writing his Book One Day Better
39:11 - The Divot Board: divotboard.com/mentalgolfshow - Discount code MENTALGOLF10 for 10% Off
40:48 - Does Working On Your Mental Game (and Game in General) Add Pressure to Perform?
44:38 - Turning Logical Knowledge Into Lived Experience When It Matters
51:15 - How Can We Measure Our Mental Game?
57:01 - Can Working On Your Mental Game Make You Worse?
1:04:38 - Should We Be Unconsciously or Consciously Competent?
1:10:19 - Jeff Troesch
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Jeff Troesch's book:
One Day Better: Mental Performance Concepts to Transform Your Game and Life
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Mentioned in this episode:
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Josh's stuff:
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