On the Mark Golf Podcast

Based in Alaska, Jace Riley is the founder and operator of the popular sports coaching portal "6am Practice."  He is a podcaster and mentor who advises athletes and competitors on how to get the most out of themselves both on and off the field.

Coach joins the #OntheMark show to help you to be a better version of youself to enable you to bring out your best more often.

Coach Riley shares a number of tried and tested insights that range from Mindset to Attitude to Application to Nutrition and Hydration - All of which are aimed at propelling an athlete and golfer to a place where their performance is the best it can possibly be at any given time:

Topics of Coach Riley's discussion include:

• How Greatness is in the Details
• How Winners are also Good Losers
• How Shifting the Blame can be Detrimental to Performance
• How Consistency is not a Habit but a Skill
• How to View Setbacks and Slumps
• How a Growth Mindset is a part of Consistent Performance, and
• Overall Productive Habits for Better Mental Health and Physical Performance.

This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Adam Scott is a generational talent.  With 32 worldwide professional victories, the 2004 PLAYERS champion, 2013 Masters champion and former OWGR #1 is one of Australia's greatest ever golfers and he joins the #OntheMark podcast to talk about his life in golf.

Scotty revisits some of his famous victories (The Masters and The PLAYERS), and some of his defeats.  He shares lessons he learned along the way from the Gold Coast of Australia to the very top of the game and the World #1 ranking.

All the while Adam shares insights and tips to help you understand and play the game a little better.   He talks at length about:

• Golfswing DNA
• Golf Instinct
• Long-term Coaches and Instructors
• Understanding Tendencies and Habits and Not Looking too Deep into Technique
• Escapes from the Game for Mental Well-being, and 
• Dealing with Failure and Expecations

Adam also talks about his golf-swing and his approach to the game as he dives into:

• Swing Fundamentals, Posture, Rhythm, Tempo and Balance
• Adding Clubhead Speed correctly
• Go-To Shots, and
• Using the Broomhandle Putter
• His Most Memorable Shots, and
• Shots He Would Like to Do over

The usually reserved Australian opens up and in his unassuming and humble manner shares some fascinating and candid insights about his game and tips on how you can get the most out of yours.   This podcast is well worth the download.   It can also be watched on YouTube.  Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Based at The Country Club of Birmingham (Alabama), Eric Eshleman is one of the foremost teachers in golf.  He has been a PGA (Professional Golf Association of America) member since 1997 and his reputation and success as an instructor earned him recognition as the 2019 Golf Professional of the Year.

He joins #OntheMark to share insights from his work with elite players at the NCAA Division I College level, as well as the lifelong lessons he taught PGA TOUR winner, Davis Thompson - lessons that helped guide Thompson to his first victory on the PGA TOUR in the 2024 John Deere Classic.

Eshleman stresses performance over perfection in the quest for lower scores.  As he teaches about this approach he discusses various elements involved in playing golf well:

• Removing Emotion from Results
• Disregarding Rankings in the Quest for Improvement
• Switching on your "Awareness Switch" as the Pressure Heightens
• Getting off to Solid Starts
• Pre-Shot Routines with an Emphasis on Feel
• Shaping Your Swing to the Shot Requirements
• Acute Awareness of Personal Tendencies
• Fundamentals and their Importance, and
• The Beauty of Simplicity

This podcast is also available as a Vodcast on YouTube.  Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Based in San Diego, California Adam Porzak runs Porzak Golf - an elite instructional team that works with golfers of all skill levels.  Adam is a former Tour Professional who now teaches many elite golfers at the highest level.  A former Junior World Championship Runner-up, Adam knows about golf performance under pressure, and he brings his "old-school' approach to the #OntheMark podcast.

Adam delves into a number of important elements involved in the creation of a reliable golfswing.  As he talks about: (a) The Importance of Set-up and Posture, (b) Understanding "Connection," (c) How Connection facilitates the Ability to Rotate, and (d) Using the Least Amount of Manipulation through Impact, Adam addresses a number of relevant talking points:

1. Connection and Leverage around "Fixed Points"
2. Turning vs. Shifting
3. Golf played "Underneath' You
4. Constant and Consistent Rotation and Sequencing
5. Swinging the Handle and Arm-speed
6. Shallowing the Shaft, correctly
7. 2 Set-ups in the Swing 
8. Hand-path and Swing Plane
9. Ball Position and its importance, and a
10. Helpful Swing Improvement Drill called the "3 Dot Alignment Drill"

Improve your golfswing with Adam's help and insight.  Download and listen, and then search and subsribe to Mark Immelman on YouTube to watch Adam's demonstrations.

Jake Ledbetter is a former Professional Tournament golfer who has turned to Golf Instruction.  The rising star has learned under, and worked for some of the best, including George Gankas, Dana Dahlquist and Mike Schy and now he is an instructor at The Mike Schy Performance Institute.

Ledbetter joins the #OntheMark podcast to help you develop a more consistent golf-swing by improving your body pivot and making it the governor and driver of the swing.

He talks about concepts like:

• Turning and Tilting with proper Pressure Shifts
• A Controlled Pivot instead of a Maximum Pivot
• Lead Hip Movement and Clearance

He shares drills from Tiger Woods, George Gankas and Mike Schy to help you improve your pivot, while also addressing game improvement concepts like:

• The Chicken and Egg Effect in the golf-swing - figuring out what style and approach is best for you
• Hearing the Correct Thing instead of Hearing Everything
• Golf-swing Low Point Control, and
• Blending a Technique-focus and a Target-focus in Practice.

This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube.  Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Kiran Mistry is the Director and Founder of "The Golf Athlete" in Hanoi, Vietnam.  He trains countless golfers and professionals from the Asian, KPGA and KLPGA Tours and is quickly becoming one of the leading minds in the golf fitness arena.

Kiran joins #OntheMark to help you to become a more athletic, fit, strong, mobile and flexible version of yourself, as he helps you to overcome your limitations while improving your movements for better golf. 

He shares 7 exersises, that take about 10 minutes to complete, which will prepare you for your best performance:

1. Seated A-Frame Openers 
2. Alternating Lunge Openers
3. Squat Hold Extensions
4. Kneeling Lat Rolls
5. Side Extension Dropbacks
6. Hamstring Single Leg Depressions, and
7. Quad Hip Extensions

Get fit, get strong, get mobile and prepare your body for your best golf. Download, or watch this as a vodcast on YouTube.  Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Paul Salter is a mindset coach and hypnotherapist who helps golfers overcome the mental and emotional hazards of their mind in order to play to their full potential.

With an extensive background working with elite Collegiate, Professional, and Olympic athletes as a Sports Dietitian, his unique coaching system leverages 15+ years of coaching with an emphasis on Hypnosis, Subconscious Reprogramming, Mindset Shift Training, and other proven strategies to help you "unstuck yourself." 

Paul joins #OntheMark to discuss his coaching approach and how the use of hypnotherapy can help you get out of your own way by stopping self-sabotage at its source.  He discusses various topics including:

• Overcoming the Mental and Emotional Hazards of Your Mind
• An overview of what Hypnosis is not and is, as well as how it works 
• Shifting from Unconscious Reactions to Conscious Responses
• Identifying and dismantling Destructive Mindset Programs (DMP's) and how they negatively affect you
• How to begin dismantling and defusing Toxic Emotions
• How Negative Emotions (and your inability to manage them) wreak havoc on your swing, score, and life off the course
• The "Fear JAR" (judgment, abandonment, and rejection) and how fear shows up on the golf course and what to do about it, and
• Cultivating Confidence on-demand.

Break through your imiting beliefs, overcome mental roadblocks, and conquer the fears holding you back from unlocking your full potential.  Download this podcast or watch it as a vodcast on YouTube.  Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Formerly the Director of Virtual Instruction at Elite Golf Schools of Arizona, TJ Katherineberg is one of the bright young minds in golf instruction.  He played NCAA Collegiate golf and turned professional, but his passion for helping people to enjoy what he calls "golf - the purest form of competition" led him to golf instruction.

TJ has a wide following of golfers who take virtual and personal lessons from him and he joins #OntheMark to help you to "flush it" and hit more quality golf-shots.

TJ describes a few elements vital to striking the ball consistently well, and he shares drills to help you achieve those moves correctly and appropriately:

• Loading properly and maintaining Space in the golf-swing
• How the Lead Arm works in an efficient golf-swing
• The Stretching Sequence of the Body (and the lead arm) in the golf-swing
• A proper and well-sequenced Transition and how to "Stack the Lead Side"
• Proper Pelvic Tilts for more Vertical Force
• Handle-dragging and how to avoid it in the downswing
• Hand-action and the appropriate amount in the golf-swing
• Shifting Pressure and Mass properly in the golf-swing, and
• TJ also teaches about the "Chi Line" and how to achieve it for more power and accuracy.

This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube.  Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman,

Lance Reader is a former World Long Drive contestant and the Founder and President of Krank Golf.  Krank Golf hand manufactures Drivers and Fairway Metals with multiple, variable Face Thicknesses for longer tee-shots at the Professional and Amateur levels.

Lance joins Mark Immelman on the #OntheMark podcast to discuss Krank Golf and their approach to crafting and building Drivers that generate more ball compression (at impact) and ball-speed. 

Lance discusses the importance of distance off the tee.  He also elaborates on the importance of accuracy and finding fairways to shoot lower scores, and how finding the correct Driver make-up can improve both distance and accuracy.

Furthermore, Lance elaborates on various elements that enhance a golfer's chance of gaining more ball-speed and distance off the tee:

• Paying attention to shot dispersion
• Optimizing practice time on the range
• Driver shaft length
• The Trampoline Effect of the correct Driver face for more speed
• The performance of Carbon-faced Drivers in contrast to Titanium-faced Drivers (Krank), and
• Understanding Coefficient of Restitution (C.O.R.) and how it can be exploited for more distance.

This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube.  Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Trent Griessel is a Division I golfer at The University of Texas Arlington. Born in South Africa and raised in the America, Trent is a product of the IMG Academy.  He is a tournament-winner at various levels whose goal is to parlay his successful NCAA College Golf career into a career on the PGA TOUR.

Trent has started giving authentic, holistic game improvement insights and lessons on his Instagram channel, and he joins #OntheMark to share a few tips to help you take your game to the next level.

He discusses:

1. The Most Underrated Skill in Golf - Self Coaching
2. Hitting Intimidating Shots Successfully
3. Caveman Golf Advice
4. Stopping the Downward Spiral, and 
5. Comparison to other Players and its Adverse Effect on Play

He also talks about a few tips that will help with on-course performance, including:

• Golf's Rollercoaster nature
• Attitudes for Success
• The Mental Game
• Aiming and Focus Points
• Keeping Things Simple
• Eliminating One Side of the Course (with Scottie Scheffler insights)
• Breathing for Focus and Re-centering
• Problem-solving
• Playing to Improve and Be Great, and
• Expectation Management
• This podcast is also available on YouTube.  Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.