In this episode we chat with Iain Highfield, Director of Mental Training at the Bishops Gate Golf Academy, Florida

After graduating from Leeds University Iain’s sporting interests lead to qualifications in the fields of NLP, EFT, hypnosis, time line therapy, golf psychology, sport psychology. His passion for educating junior athletes led to the establishment of Leap Golf with is emphasis on the role the mind and brain play in high golfing performance, borne out by his experience with elite junior and European Tour Golfers.

We chat with Ian about how to train for golf on the actual golf course, away from the driving range.

Consistency over a long duration of time is going to make the biggest difference - @JeffPelizzaro

In This Episode You’ll Learn

• Iain’s Background
• Where junior golfers go wrong
• OSVEA – option, selection, visualization, execution and acceptance
• Resistance Over Assistance Training
• Constraint learning
• The roles the left and right sides of the brain play in golf
• Building student awareness with modern technology
• Trigger points to avoid pre shot negative thinking
• The amazing pre shot routine of Jack Nicklaus.

Visualization of a golf shot is grossly undervalued - @OSVEAcoach

Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode

Bishops Gate Golf Academy (BGGA)
OSVEA 5 components of a golf shot. golfs mental game.
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