Winning Golf: The Mental Game with author Dr. Saul Miller | #870

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Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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870: “Your final goal is to convert your athletic swing to pure instinct rather than conscious thought” is a David Leadbetter quote that you’ll find in the book “Winning Golf: The Mental Game - Creating the Focus, Feeling, and Confidence to Play Consistently Well” by Sport and Performance Psychologist, Dr. Saul Miller. In this episode Dr Miller discusses the details and teachings of this book. As Nancy Lopez is quoted on the cover “This book can help you to strengthen your mental game and play happier, better golf!”The book is available from all book sellers. For more go to https://saulmiller.comWatch the complete interview on GolfSmarterTV! https://youtu.be/LLWS1URr6iQThis episode is brought to you by Imagine Golf, the #1 app for Golf’s Mental Game. Download the Imagine Golf app now from the Apple App Store or Google Play to start your free 7-day trial.This episode is also brought to you by Athletic Greens from AG1. Sign up at athleticgreens.com/golfsmarter and get a FREE one year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND five FREE travel packs with your first purchase. This week on Golf Smarter Mulligans #186 is from 2011 after Phil Mickelson was diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis. We speak with Scott Burg and Jeff Ciolek of the Cleveland Clinic discuss Mickelson’s battle, and that golfers suffering from arthritis are not only encouraged to keep playing, but that this diagnosis doesn’t have to be the end of playing golf. This was a Members Only episode and has never been released publicly before. Become a Golf Smarter Ambassador by introducing our next episode! For your effort you’ll receive a choice of prizes including a Glove + Glove Compartment from RedRoosterGolf.com. where you can choose from a large variety of styles of gloves in 26 sizes! Write to GolfSmarterPodcast@gmail.com and we’ll assign you an episode number and a brief script to record for the intro of the show. In addition to sharing your home course, you now have the opportunity to offer your favorite Golf Smarter lesson, episode, insight or teacher. Thanks to RedRoosterGolf.com for giving a new glove to every Golf Smarter Ambassador who introduces an upcoming episode!For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Breathing does three things. One, it can help you to be more calm and strong at the same time.
0:09.0	If you get into a nice smooth breathing rhythm, it has the effect of balancing both sides of the brain,
0:17.0	and it has the effect of calming down any anxiety one has.
0:22.3	You know, there's a graph here.
0:24.3	It's like an inverted U function, and it shows the relationship between performance and emotional intensity.
0:31.8	And we see with a little bit of an edge, we're in our optimal zone.
0:36.4	But when we start creating a little bit more anxiety,
0:39.9	our performance starts to tail down. And when it starts to tail down, the tendency for a lot of
0:45.4	people is they start to think too much.
0:49.3	Hi, this is Patrick Sneezick from Colorado Springs, Colorado, and I play at the Broadmoor
0:54.9	golf course here in Colorado.
0:57.4	This is Golf Smarter number 870.
1:01.8	Winning Golf, the Mental Game, with sport and performance psychologist, author Dr. Saul
1:07.4	Miller.
1:08.4	This is Golf Smarter. Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score
1:15.9	and raise your golf IQ.
1:18.6	Here's your host, Fred Green.
1:20.9	Welcome to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Saul.
1:23.8	It's a pleasure to be here, Fred.
1:25.4	Hi.
1:26.2	Hi, it's great to have you on. I'm a sucker for mental game books. I always have been,
1:31.9	clearly I started a podcast called Golf Smarter, so I was sucked in from the very beginning.
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