Confessions of a Psychopath Practicer

'If it's technically perfect, there's not a situation it won't fail in'

How this one piece of advise from a coach turned Simon into a self confessed psychopath practicer for 15 years.

'The more knowledgeable I became on the golf swing, the more I understood about movements on the body, ground reaction forces… the more of a psychopath I became in practice.'

Simon Gabbitas comes on today in the first attempt at looking at Pro's practice history.

Simon is a coach at Hagley Golf Club, however has been a prolific winner in the past in county and regional PGA events.

Topics covered:

• How Simon's beliefs of practice shaped him into a Psychopath Practicer.
• Overuse of camera and his tripod.
• When Simon was playing his best it was task based, more linked with the game.
• Some of the Practice exercises he did when Simon has played his best.

Simon Gabbitas contact details:

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Designing Practice Games - with Stuart Morgan

In this Podcast Stuart Morgan, a practice coach working with High Performance Athletes, Stu and I discuss ideas on how to best design practice games and asking yourself better questions when you are practicing.

Topics Covered: 

• Generic practice games from social media - Pro's and Con's

• Learning from Snipers - Practicing when the barrel is cold

• Unpicking the spiral putting game used by Rory Mcilroy and peers.

Practice to Performance Course with Stuart Morgan:

https://www.practicethinkers.com/practice-to-performance

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

Ben Crenshaw on the best piece of advise he had for putting 

https://vimeo.com/678070036?share=copy

Game Design Fundamentals and Sports Coaching

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shane-Pill/publication/316427384_Game_Design_Fundamentals_and_Sport_Coaching_Fundamentos_del_diseno_de_juegos_y_entrenamiento_deportivo/links/58fd25714585152eded47ff3/Game-Design-Fundamentals-and-Sport-Coaching-Fundamentos-del-diseno-de-juegos-y-entrenamiento-deportivo.pdf?origin=publication_detail

Pressure Training from Research to Applied Practice

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/21520704.2022.2164098?needAccess=true&role=button

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Marching to the beat of your own drum

The 2nd part of John Stoszkowski coming on and this week we riff about training aids and memetic desire and how much you are doing with your life that you are choosing to do?

John is a reformed academic now helping people (including myself) think critically and live authentically.

Topic Covered:

• Training Aids and Mimetic desire, why am I buying this?

• Appreciating your own Thrownness and not always falling into what is around you.

• The 4th best TV Show in the World

John Stoszkowski

Think Space - https://thinkspace.academy/

Being Well Book - https://www.beingwell.pro/

Books mentioned in the Podcast

Golf Beneath the Surface - https://amzn.eu/d/hHQJBdF

How to Heal your Metabolism - https://amzn.eu/d/2CrOPdT

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Dare to be Inconsistent

John Stoszkowski is on this week and we riff about many things. Gurus, philosophers, Stack and Tilt & much more. John is a reformed academic now helping people (including myself) think critically and live authentically.

But it easier to be inconsistent if you have the energy to do so.

Consistency conserves energy.

Topic Covered:

• Method coaching, gurus and Stack and Tilt

• Being proud of changing your mind

• Being proud of developing new ideas

John Stoszkowski

Think Space - https://thinkspace.academy/

Being Well Book - https://www.beingwell.pro/

Book mentioned in the Podcast

Golf Beneath the Surface - https://amzn.eu/d/hHQJBdF

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Swing Like Tiger - Tiger Play with Ian Renshaw

In this Podcast Ian Renshaw, an Associate Professor at QUT, Ian and I discuss the fifth chapter of our book and how the research on play shows us that playing more makes us smarter, because we solve more problems in a consequence free environment.

Topic Covered:

• Becoming a smarter golfer through play.

• Embracing competition and challenge.

• Examples of Tiger playing even in his prime.

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Swing Like Tiger - Tiger Par with Ian Renshaw

In this Podcast Ian Renshaw, an Associate Professor at QUT, Ian and I discuss the fourth chapter of our book and how Ian believes that anyone involved in creating practice environments, be that your own or for others, should understand these key principles.

Topic Covered:

• Matching the practice task to the current ability

• Task Simplification = Green Back, Tiger Par + Course Length

• Skill learning, Practice design & Psychology are complimentary

More info at:

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Swing Like Tiger Chapter 3 - Tiger's Eye with Ian Renshaw

In this Podcast Ian Renshaw, an Associate Professor at QUT, Ian and I discuss the third chapter of our book and how Tiger learnt a lot from others and how you can too.

Topic Covered:

• Learning by watching is built into us.

• The dangers of copying what everyone else does.

• A copy, edit and paste strategy to use when learning from others.

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Swing Like Tiger - At one with the club and ball with Ian Renshaw

In this Podcast Ian Renshaw, an Associate Professor at QUT, Ian and I discuss Tiger's practice history and what we can learn from studying expertise.

Topic Covered:

• Becoming one with the club and ball.

• The Games Tiger played and you can play too to heighten your awareness of what the club and ball can do.

• Ultimately so that you can self coach yourself.

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Swing Like Tiger - Consistency with Ian Renshaw

In this Podcast Ian Renshaw, an Associate Professor at QUT, Ian and I discuss Tiger's practice history and what we can learn from study expertise.

Topic Covered:

• What is consistency in golf?
• Embracing variability in your practice.
• We discuss a famous Tiger's quote and what it means to your golf.

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Tiger Practice History with Ian Renshaw

In this Podcast Ian Renshaw, an Associate Professor at QUT, Ian and I discuss Tiger's practice history and what we can learn from studying expertise.

Topic Covered:

• Learning from Tiger and others and making it your own.
• The myth of the repeatable swing.
• What we can learn from the legendary cricketer Don Bradman.

Follow Ian Renshaw on Twitter here:

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Jon Rahm Talking about his physical limitations effecting his swing.

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/677449158

Ian's Paper on Don Bradman - Uncovering the secrets of The Don: Bradman reassessed

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul-Glazier/publication/255738095_Uncovering_the_secrets_of_'the_Don'_Bradman_reassessed/links/02e7e5209c8cac8815000000/Uncovering-the-secrets-of-the-Don-Bradman-reassessed.pdf

Free 30 Minute Practice Consultation with Pete

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