Golf is 100% Mental & 100% Physical with Dr Gregg Steinberg

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Josh Karp

Sports, Golf

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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GS#499 September 28, 2015: Gregg Steinberg, PhD is an associate Professor of Sports Psychology at Austin Peay University. His book "Mental Rules For Golf" is introduced by Hank Haney with "Gregg Steinberg's insights into the mental aspects of the game of golf will help you think and act more like a champion.” Gregg is a regular contributor to the Golf Channel, Fox News, and has even been an expert on “Dancing with the Stars”.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake Former GolfSmarter host, Fred Greene has been nominated for the 2025 Audiocaster of the Year by the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame Vote now at BARHOF.org. Voting is open through July 1. Please welcome our new host of Golf Smarter, Josh Karp! Fred has retired and will be working on his game with more intention than ever. You can stay up-to-date with Josh on all the GolfSmarter social accounts or by reaching out at karpj2323@mac.com. To stay connected with Fred reach out at golfsmarterpodcast@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Loretta Maddie from Castro Valley, California, and I play at Monarch Bay with another Golf Smarter ambassador, Jen Shaw.
0:09.4	This is Golf Smarter Number.
0:11.0	499 published on July 28, 2015.
0:15.1	Welcome to Golf Smarter Mulligans.
0:18.1	Your second chance to gain insight and advice from the best instructors featured on the
0:23.8	Golf Smarter podcast.
0:27.0	Great golf instruction never gets old.
0:29.8	Our interview library features hundreds of hours of game improvement conversations like
0:34.9	this that are no longer available in any podcast app.
0:38.4	It's your emotions that affect your performance the most.
0:42.1	Mental toughness is kind of this catch-all phrase, but it's all about emotions.
0:45.5	So what I do when I speak with an athlete is always about controlling their emotions out there.
0:50.6	And the first step is to be aware.
0:52.4	You have to be aware of why you're nervous
0:54.5	what nervousness feels like to you or why you're confident why you have been
0:59.3	confident in the past and then ultimately learn what I call primers primers are
1:04.8	words actions and images to control your emotions so the idea is this it's it's
1:10.2	what I call an emotional toughness triad.
1:12.4	The first step is being emotionally aware.
1:14.5	The second step is creating primers, which are words, actions, or images, or really stimuli,
1:19.9	which control your emotions.
1:21.5	And the third step is creating positive, powerful habits.
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