Tremendous show today with Gordon Morrison, one of the world’s leading researchers into the mysterious affliction called ‘The Yips’ Darts players call it dartitis, golfers call it the twitch. It has been known to occur in cricket, baseball, tennis. Numerous sports and numerous sufferers. What may have seen the simplest of actions moving a putter back and forwards a few inches or releasing a dart from you hand suddenly becomes a horrible twitching convulsion of your brain – body system.

Today we have a very special guest on the podcast. Dave O'Sullivan one of the best physiotherapists in professional sport, we talk about how you can engage your brain to create good health. That movement is medicine. One of the secrets is your environment.

We have a REALLY interesting show lined up today with a fascinating coach Kendal McWade. This session will truly give your learning brain a BOOST! Kendal has made it his life’s work to help people gain SKILLS.

Not just knowledge but skills The SKILL of being able to complete a task

The SKILL of influencing the ball.

In today’s Brain Booster Karl explores the whole area of goal setting.

Does it work? Is it effective for everyone?

At this time of year we all tend to at least think about setting some goals for the year ahead. A small percentage do set goals, an even smaller percentage write their goals down and an even smaller percentage actually achieve their goals!

What is the truth around goal setting for the individual?

In today’s show I get the chance to chat to my good friend Gary Nicol.

Gary spent over 20 years coaching at the very highest level of the game of golf on the European Tour

He worked with many tournament winners and Ryder Cup players

In our time together we discuss what he found to work best by actually being at the ‘coal face’ of coaching. Enjoy your time with Gary Nicol who coaches from the beautiful Archerfield links which is an absolute MUST place to visit

In today’s episode we have back for the second time Patrick McKeown after the tremendous feedback we received from the first show when we discussed the ‘Oxygen Advantage’. Patrick lectures all over the world on this subject and it is well worth checking him out at www.oxygenadvantage.com

Today we have a fantastic forthright and honest show with Sky Sports analyst and commentator Andrew Coltart.

He played on the European Tour for seventeen years winning twice.

He was also a Walker Cup and Ryder Cup player.

During our time together Andrew really doesn’t hold back, he says it as it is.

We talk about how he grew up and the environment that allowed him to LEARN his golfing skills. How he ‘played golf to learn golf’.

In today’s show we have a great interview with one of the leading experts in the health and nutrition industry Ben Coomber.

He is host to the top rated podcast Ben Coomber Radio which is an essential listen if you want your brain to work at its optimum.

You can have all of the best mental game strategies but if you are not fuelling your system efficiently you will still come up well short of your best.

How important is mental resilience?

How much do we need that skill in our world of deep unpredictability?

We all face challenges in our work, in our family life, in our sport and it has always been my aim on this podcast to share with you inspirational stories from people who have the qualities to deal with the ‘turbulence’ of life.

Joe Sillett is one such person. This is a really honest and open podcast from someone who I admire greatly.

On today’s show we have a brilliant opportunity to hear from someone playing at the very highest level of professional sport. Mind Factor client, Burnley and England goalkeeper Tom Heaton shares with us why and how he went from thinking about working on his mental game approach to actually taking action and DOING something about it.