Iain Highfield – Make your Training Like the Game #157

It is great to have with us today on the Brain Booster Iain Highfield. Iain has carved out a really successful career coaching in the USA. He has co created the company ‘Game Like Training” Amongst other successes he has Created a golf psychological conditioning program implemented at the Nike Golf Academy (UK) Bishops Gate Academy (FL) International Junior Golf Academy (SC). Iain’s golf psychology program is currently being delivered via the ‘Game Like Training’ virtual classroom to Penn State University, European Tour Golfers and College Golfers Published author, ‘OSVEA, Practical Ways to Learn Golf’s Mental Game’   We delve into some intriguing areas on today’s show. Iain has spent time with some of the world’s foremost experts in motor learning including Robert Bjork and K Anders Ericsson and he shares some of his key learnings. How to ACTUALLY change your golf swing. It really is NOT what you think or have been led to believe. Why muscles don’t have ‘memory’ Why REPETITION and ‘reps’ is NOT the key How learning and change has to take place in the BRAIN How engagement is THE critical component Why trying to model what the likes of Tiger Woods and Serena Williams may not be the best strategy The Spacing Effect The Variability Effect The correct Challenge Point How to set up a LEARNING ENVIRONMENT on the range The ‘transfer appropriate process’ Looking at TENSION and TEMPO as a focus of attention and why this can give a great return on your investment of time How mechanics can actually improve as a result of TENSION awareness How trying to ‘keep’ a swing feeling is the wrong approach How a process orientation can lead to MASTERY How we look for happiness in all of the wrong places The magic of ‘this day’ focus How trying to ‘keep’ a swing feeling is the wrong approach Just a really great and wide ranging session covering so many nuggets of gold Iain has clearly spent his life searching for better learning approaches When you listen to him today you will gain the opportunity to learn from a master coach To find out more about Iain go to www.gltgolf.com To become a Mind Factor Mindfulness Practitioner join our exclusive group Take action and Go to https://themindfactor.net/product/mind-factor-mindfulness-practitioner-certification/