What Golf Taught Me About... with Christian Smith, Senior Mental Conditioning Coach at IMG Academy

How do you focus better? how do you build your confidence and sustain it for long periods of time...even if you don't feel confidence about your game? What is our approach in addressing failure and the fear behind it?

In this episode, I had the unique opportunity to unpack the mind of Christian Smith, who is currently the Senior Mental Conditioning Coach at the IMG Academy in Florida specializing on mental conditioning for golfers.

Christian addresses some critical aspects to the mental side of golf. You will hear us talk about confidence and managing expectations for younger athletes and embracing more of an improving mindset rather than a proving mindset. As a mental conditioning coach, we preach the phrase "focus on the process..." but what does that really mean? You'll hear a phrase that Christian uses with all of his elite junior athletes that he trains day in and day out on building successful experiences into their games. This is an incredible episode loaded with valuable content so I encourage you to get your pen and papers out because I believe you'll be writing down some notes that will help improve your mind as it relates to golf. Let's dive into the conversation with Christian Smith over at the IMG Academy in Florida.

Show notes:

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Christian Smith Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christianajsmith/

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