Wicked Smart Golf – Michael Leonard #372
Mind Caddie - Improve Your Mental Golf Game
Release Date: 08/22/2025
Being able to Deal with WHATEVER the game of golf and life throws at us – Jim Waldron #398
Mind Caddie - Improve Your Mental Golf Game
Can a Rite of Passage End Modern Psychological Suffering in Golf? | Golf Psychology & The Mental Game Why do so many golfers struggle with fear, frustration and emotional suffering on the course? In this powerful episode of The Mind Caddie, I’m joined by renowned golf coach and deep thinker Jim Waldron for a fascinating conversation about golf psychology, ego, performance pressure and the concept of the rite of passage. For most of human history, societies marked the transition from child to adult with a rite of passage — a psychological shift from ego-driven identity to mature...
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The REAL truth about stretching is it useful or useless – Chris Finn from Par4Success #397
Mind Caddie - Improve Your Mental Golf Game
On this episode of Mind Caddie, we welcome back leading golf performance expert Chris Finn, founder of Par4Success — one of the top golf fitness and rehabilitation companies in the world. If you want to increase clubhead speed, improve mobility, prevent injury, and finally make lasting changes to your golf swing, this conversation is essential listening. Chris and his team specialise in golf-specific strength training, flexibility, rehab and conditioning. In this episode, we break down: The biggest myths about stretching for golfers Why traditional flexibility routines may be making you...
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What everyone FORGETS about their golf game! – Ben Hacker #396
Mind Caddie - Improve Your Mental Golf Game
How do you lower your handicap without rebuilding your swing? On this episode of the Mind Caddie Podcast, we’re joined by Ben Hacker — co-developer of the Mind Caddie app and a committed club golfer who has significantly reduced his handicap through mastering the golf mental game. We explore why swing changes aren’t the answer for most time-pressed golfers, the biggest myths in golf psychology, and how building resilience, adaptability and acceptance can transform your scoring. If you want to handle bad shots better, stay in the game under pressure, and finally see real improvement on...
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The Role of Dopamine in Fluid Motion – Dr Keith Wallace and Steven Yellin #395
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Why do some golf swings stick while others fall apart under pressure? The answer may lie in your brain chemistry. In this episode, we explore the crucial role of neurotransmitters in golf performance, with a special focus on dopamine and motor learning. We’re joined by Dr Keith Wallace and Steven Yellin for a fascinating conversation on how the brain learns movement, builds repeatable golf swings, and performs under pressure. How Dopamine spikes can influence your golf game Why your reactions to your shots are so important How do you RECOVER from a poor shot Keeping dopamine at optimal...
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Mental Resilience: Tools for a Stronger Mind | Matt Caldaroni #394
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In today’s unpredictable and high-pressure world, mental resilience is no longer optional — it’s a vital life skill. In sport, especially golf, resilience is what separates good players from great ones. Bad shots, missed putts, poor rounds and stalled progress are inevitable. The difference is how you respond. On this episode of The Mind Caddie, we’re joined by Matt Caldaroni, a performance coach specialising in mental resilience, mindset, and elite performance. Matt’s journey into resilience began early. At just twelve years old, a coach tried to end his dream of becoming a...
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The MAGIC of just OBSERVING your BREATHING – JS Legare #393
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And how it could make a huge difference to the clarity, composure and timing in your game Today we are joined on the show by the outstanding Canadian coach JS Legare JS is a certified Mind Factor coach but also an expert on BREATHWORK We had a fascinating conversation about how we can become more aware of the impact of our breathing on our physiology When our breathing is poor our access to our skills is compromised Just merely OBSERVING the breath can be a profoundly beneficial exercise We can down regulate our nervous system simply by observing our breath Think of the opportunities golf can...
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The many secrets of Hogan – A deep dive with Jim Waldron #392
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Today on the Mind Caddie we welcome back again my great friend Jim Waldron. We have built this whole podcast around the legendary Ben Hogan. For so long there has been an endless fascination about his golf swing and the supposed ‘Hogan Secret’ Whilst there may have been some secrets around his incredible swing as we discuss there were also some amazing secrets around the way he played and approached the game. Jim Waldron has studied Hogan for over 40 years and spent time with many people who worked with and for Hogan He is currently writing a book called ‘The Many Secrets of Ben Hogan’...
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The Secrets to Transferring your range game to the Golf Course – Will Wu and John Dunigan #391
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Today on the Mind Caddie we welcome two great guests in the shape of motor learning experts Will Wu and John Dunigan who have created a wonderful app called ‘Practice Coach’ We had a fascinating discussion about all things practice and why so many golfers don’t transfer their range game to the actual golf course Almost a universal issue with players is they DO NOT transfer their skills The route to swing changes WHY are you trying to make a swing change? First of all can you MOVE better? Who are you as a PLAYER? What are you ACTUALLY thinking about and focusing on when you try to make...
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The No B.S. Guide to Buying a Better Golf Swing – Lawrie Montague #390
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Exposing why golf lessons fail and the smarter path to real, lasting improvement Today we spend time with top coach Lawrie Montague from Australia to discuss his wonderful book The No B.S. Guide to Buying a Better Golf Swing We had a wonderful conversation about Lawrie’s views on coaching Why so many people are trying to learn swing as opposed to learning how to PLAY golf How the marketing machine for golf swing has overtaken the student’s real NEEDS How data is often just focused on past history and doesn’t open to the possibilities of the future Focusing more on the POTENTIAL...
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The ‘No Thought’ State Why your intellect could be holding you back - Dicken Bettinger #389
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Today on the Brain Booster we welcome back a wonderful guest in Dicken Bettinger. Dicken completely changed his approach to psychology after meeting Syd Banks and understanding the ‘Three Principles’ He then spent over twenty years studying with Syd and is now acknowledged as one of the world’s leading teachers of the principles. During a very wide ranging conversation we discussed the ideas of Mind, Consciousness and Thought How we spend so much time trying to ‘control’ things with the intellect Trying harder Thinking more Being so involved with our thoughts Trying to ‘change’...
info_outlineToday on the podcast we are joined by coach Michael Leonard from Wicked Smart Golf
We had a fascinating conversation about his life as a golf writer and more recently about as a player and a coach
What is WICKED SMART GOLF?
Essentially it is a system built around maximising your game without having to actually change your swing
We talked about the
FIVE PILLARS of GOLF
- Mental Game
- Practice
- Putting
- Wedges
- Course Management
As a coach he really helps players drill down into these key but undervalued areas
The reality of the game and why most people just don’t have the time to make big swing changes
- The opportunity in course management skills
- The myths around Driver and 3 Woods
- The importance of tracking our own statistics
- What are EFFECTIVE targets with approach play
- Dealing with anger and emotion based on unrealistic expectations
- How to use stats REALLY effectively
- What is EFFECTIVE aiming and shot dispersion
- A really engaging and thoughtful conversation
To find out more about Michael Leonard and Wicked Smart Golf go to
https://www.wickedsmartgolf.
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