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 levels
• Not letting Cortisol overwhelm you
• Developing TRUST in yourself
• The quality of the SPACE in your mind BEFORE the shot
• The crucial role of ATTENTION
• Not allowing your mind to get to the outcome before the ball
• A really great and thought provoking session
• What happens when time gets distorted during the motion
• To find out more about Steven Yellin go to

https://stevenyellin.com/

To find out more about Dr Keith Wallace go to

https://www.miu.edu/academic-departments/physiology-and-health

To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to

www.themindfactor.com

To join us on the Mind Caddie journey go to

www.mindcaddie.golf

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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 professional football goalkeeper, telling him the sport "wasn't for him." Instead of quitting, Matt took control. From that moment, Molliteum was born — a mindset built on ownership, grit, and mental strength.

By weaponising adversity, Matt earned a football scholarship at seventeen and turned professional in Italy by nineteen. It was there he discovered a powerful truth: resilience isn't visible — but it can save careers, performances, and lives.

Whether it's sport, work, or everyday life, setbacks are unavoidable:

• We miss the shot

• We don't make the birdie

• We finish down the leaderboard

• Progress stalls

Resilience isn't about avoiding failure — it's about how you deal with it.

In this episode, Matt breaks down how to train resilience like a muscle and apply it on and off the course.

• The four cornerstones of mental resilience

• How to build a strong resilient identity

• Practical steps to developing mental toughness

• Training a resilient mind and body

• Why resilience is the hidden advantage in sport and life

If you want to improve your mindset, performance, and ability to bounce back stronger, this episode is for you.

Find out more about Matt:

https://www.molliteum.com

To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to

www.themindfactor.com

To join us on the Mind Caddie journey go to

www.mindcaddie.golf

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(revised repeat Aug 2022)

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 provide to explore the impact that breath focus can have on your game

The ability to RESPOND instead of REACT

Breathing, the low hanging fruit to develop a better mindset on the golf course. Everyone has that tool, but not a lot of people know how to use it. It's free, it's always available and the effects are instantaneous. There's nothing "woowoo" about observing your breath. It's the first step and it's a skill, plain and simple.

To find out more about JS Legare go to

appnez.com

info@appnez.com

To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to

www.themindfactor.com

To join us on the Mind Caddie journey go to

www.mindcaddie.golf

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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'

We discussed:

• Hogans golden rules of the swing
• The importance of balance
• Good tension in the swing
• How Hogan worked out what to focus on to access his skills
• What he did when TARGET focus didn't work
• How he changed his swing
• How ACCEPTANCE allowed him to begin to WIN
• His joy at working on his game
• The path to self mastery
• The importance of researching your own experience

A brilliant thought provoking session with a great coach

To find out more about Jim Waldron go to

https://balancepointgolf.com/

To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to

www.themindfactor.com

To join us on the Mind Caddie journey go to

www.mindcaddie.golf

Shop with code : MINDFACTOR10 at checkout for 10% OFF your next order at www.fenixxcell.com @fenixxcell

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 changes
• Internal focus and External focus and how they affect the Mind Body connection
• The stroke/swing is NOT the SKILL
• Go outside what you are doing. Go too high, too low, just right
• Our nervous system is information SEEKING and needs COMPARISON
• Higher quality REPS
• Enriching the experience of practice
• Understanding and FEELING the club. Being aware of where it is in space

A wonderful session with two GREAT and accomplished coaches

To find out more about the app go to

https://practicecoachgolf.com/

To get 40% off the price of the app use the code

KMGOLF

To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to

www.themindfactor.com

To join us on the Mind Caddie journey go to

www.mindcaddie.golf

Shop with code : MINDFACTOR10 at checkout for 10% OFF your next order at www.fenixxcell.com @fenixxcell

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 future
• Finding out what a player REALLY wants
• Why the student is not to blame when learning is not happening
• What is getting in the way of learning
• The importance of clarity in GOAL SETTING
• Generating student led questions
• Why students are being taught not coached
• Seeing your golf clubs as TOOLS to use. Solving the problems the golf course presents to you

A really informative session with a top coach who has made such a valuable contribution to the game

To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to

www.themindfactor.com

To join us on the Mind Caddie journey go to

www.mindcaddie.golf

Shop with code : MINDFACTOR10 at checkout for 10% OFF your next order at www.fenixxcell.com @fenixxcell

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' our experience
• Why the intellect alone cannot solve our problems and issues
• Understanding what WISDOM is and how we can learn to trust it more
• A deeper intelligence when we are fully PRESENT
• A quiet mind that is FULLY PRESENT
• A KNOWING that cannot be explained
• How to access true WISDOM
• How the intellect creates tension and upset
• The limitations of trying to 'think' positive
• No human being can 'think' their way to contentment
• The 'NO THOUGHT' state
• What is it?
• How is it accessed

A really wonderful conversation with Dicken to get you to consider just how much our intellect is trying to run the show.

There is another way and Dicken explains beautifully what it is.

To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to

www.themindfactor.com

To join us on the Mind Caddie journey go to

www.mindcaddie.golf

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Revised repeat from February 2024

It is wonderful to welcome back on the podcast my good friend and colleague Marcus Bell from GRF Golf discussing our collaboration on the golf school we did this year at West Hearts

We had a wonderful few days combining Motion and Mind

We are also set to do another school in 2026 on the 22nd to 24th April

On today's show we discuss

• How movement and motion emerge
• Asking effective questions to stimulate movement
• Are you in pursuit or avoidance
• What is the environment offering you
• How are beliefs in our capabilities are shaped
• Exploring your own movement capabilities
• Letting the true movement emerge
• How our natural movement gets camouflaged
• Giving yourself permission to fail
• Changing from stationary to dynamic

MOTION BODY MIND

A great session with a top coach who has a very different approach to creating effective movement

To find out more about Marcus and the GRF Golf schools go to

https://grfgolf.com/

To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to

www.themindfactor.com

To join us on the Mind Caddie journey go to

www.mindcaddie.golf

Shop with code : MINDFACTOR10 at checkout for 10% OFF your next order at www.fenixxcell.com @fenixxcell