Ep 19: Nicky Lumb – The Practice Principles – How To Optimise Golf Practice

"Players will tend to rely on certain skill sets more than others. Making sure you are hitting into areas of your game where you are the strongest at is vital. Nearer the whole is not necessarily better. Knowing your average proximity to the hole with each club and with specific distances will enable you to plan the way you play the game more effectively."  Nicky Lumb.

Dr Nicky Lumb specializes in golf practice, skill development, and performance enhancement. She helps golfers of all abilities including elite amateurs and tour professionals to fulfill their potential on the golf course whilst they are competing. Nicky is also an international speaker and recently presented some of her Ph.D. research into golf practice and performance at the World Scientific Congress of Golf in Canada. In some of her research, she was able to help professional golfers become 400% more accurate after only 10 practice sessions.

Nicky has a Ph.D. in Optimising Practice for Peak Performance, as well as an MSc in Sports Coaching where she specialized in Elite Performance. Nicky is also a PGA Professional, has reached TPI Level 3 status as a Golf Professional and Junior Coach, and is one of only a handful of coaches worldwide that is able to use the Every Ball Counts Assessment which is endorsed by the PGA Tour. This is the world’s first science data-driven assessment and enables players to identify where they stand in the 19 key skills attributed to scoring by the PGA Tour Shot Link statistics.