Nov 11, 2022
Today we welcome on to the show an extraordinary guest in the shape of Ward Jarvis.
Ward has become a really well know performance coach on the PGA Tour with his work the likes of Brendan Todd and Lucas Glover.
In their time together Brendan Todd went from 2045th in the world to as high as 39th.
Ward has an extraordinary life story.
From dealing with and overcoming stuttering and how he then utilised this knowledge by bringing it to the performance arena in golf.
To then becoming a fire fighter and what that did for his perspective on life.
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This Episode of The Brainbooster:
- The role of memory and how big an influence it has on your performance
- The effect of your environment and how it CUES your behaviour
- Seeing the mental game as ‘movement’
- Exposure theory and how you can LEARN to become comfortable in uncomfortable situations.
- Recreating uncomfortable situations in practice
- Is your practice REALLY taking into account the way you FEEL on the golf course?
- How to access your best performance in PRESSURE situations
- How Ward helped Brendon Todd create some order in what is a chaotic game
- Expanding on the idea of what is GOOD enough to play effective competitive golf
- Why our brain craves CERTAINTY and how we can utilise this quality on the golf course.
- The OUTCOME feedback and how you can best use it
A really interesting session with Ward Jarvis, a man who has dealt admirably with so many challenges life has thrown at him but come through the other side with a great body of knowledge that he is now passing on to other people.
Enjoy the session
Why trying to ‘block out thoughts’ can be counterproductive
To find out more about Ward Jarvis and the work he does go to
https://www.wardjarvis.com/about
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