Somewhere between freewheeling along at a task, and banging your head against a brick wall, is the optimal level of difficulty to tease...

If the goal is learning, enjoyment and improved performance, there is no harm in having a reality check every now and then. Re-setting...

On breaking putts, identify a point 2 feet in front of the ball over which the ball needs to roll at perfect pace. To hole a putt of over...

If your tendency is to lag putts short or dead weight, over the course of the year this alone could separate you from your current and...

This is closely linked to the theme of clear intention, but is a simply mental strategy to ensure you don't find yourself about to hit...

The human brain is notoriously poor at recording averages. We tend to notice the emotional highs and lows of the great and the awful....

Our helpful perspective on improvement naturally must include our brain and body. Understanding our strengths and limitations inform...

Part of the culture of golf (and particularly online instruction nowadays) is a tendency to put so much emphasis on the specifics of how...

In so many areas of human development, we are a product of our environment. Scottish coastal golfers tend to be quite handy at playing...

Letting off steam when the game is getting to you is a perfectly human response, and sometimes necessary to avoid internal combustion. ...

Linking cause and effect can be difficult on your own, and over time a gap between feel and real can cause what I call "anti-learning". ...

The curse of excessive explicit instruction in golf is that it creates mental clutter and no self-reliance. One of the joys of coaching...

Awareness (or feel) is critical to honing your golf skills. Whilst it can be informed and refined by extrinsic (external) feedback, it...

This mantra has possibly informed my coaching more than anything else. When I first qualified to coach, I was of a common coaching...

Watching children develop physical skills is breath-taking. Aside from the lack of ego or pride which allows them to persist in spite of...

By Alex Nicolson PGA Most established golfers' attempts to improve don't get proportionate rewards for the effort put in. This in fact,...

Few golfers could be accused of not trying. Synonymous with this sport, is the effort and the anguish we put in. However there is...

An important part of forming a clear perspective of the game, to ensure your priorities are rock solid, is to discuss Skill and...

This is basically how you move to deliver the club. Your existing swing (or stroke) is formed by a combination of your natural...

The iceberg principle is the theory that most of the information about a situation or subject is hidden from clear view. As the...