Following Through is Easy – Making Excuses is Harder
Making a commitment to quiet the mind. Like many people who follow my work you probably find my ideas interesting and think there is some validity in student and client feedback about my simple, proven and trusted Performance Practice to quieten the mind, regulate the breathing and develop relaxed power.
Golf, Meditation and AI – Part 2
Continuing my commentary on a student’s exchange with ChatGPT, this sequence on “intent-to-execution” is particularly interesting. Pat: I’m looking at how the brain processes the
Golf, Meditation and AI – Part 1
Does AI understand meditation and the role of the quiet mind in peak performance? The short answer is “Not really”, as a recent exchange between
The Effort to Performance Ratio
In this podcast, Paul Crick from GRACEWorks interviews me about my unique perspective on performance, encouraging you to go beyond the mental game to uncover
The Deeper Dimensions of Golf and Sport
I really enjoyed sitting down with Josh Nichols, host of the Mental Golf Show, for a deep conversation about golf, performance, and the inner life
The Zone; An Experience of Relaxed Concentration
The late, great Arthur Ashe, American World No. 1 tennis-player and winner of three Grand Slam titles is reportedly one of the first athletes to
Q: Can the mind have a positive influence on sporting movement? A: Only when it gets out of the way.
The mind usually interferes with the release of your movement skills in sport, even if you’ve trained them thousands of times. Why is this and
Knowing Is Not Enough
Love sport? Struggling to perform under pressure? Learn to overcome nerves, anxiety and mental interference, the three main stumbling blocks to peak performance by adding
Reflections on Scheffler – As Good As It Gets?
Given his recent admission to feeling a sense of emptiness in victory, where do golf and sport go after Scheffler’s Open win? A few people
It’s Not the Mental Game that Makes a Difference
“Everyone talks about the mental game. It’s not the mental game it’s the emotional game which to me makes the difference in being a champion.
Silencing ‘Control Freak Mind’
Here’s a message I received last week from one of my students in Canada, who has kindly allowed me to share how his Performance Practice
Advice from a Jedi Master
One of my favourite quotes is “Try Not. Do or Do Not” uttered by Yoda (of Star Wars fame) – and I feel it really
Mental Toughness or a Quiet Mind?
Earlier this week, I saw a post on a business networking site promoting yet another book on how to ‘master’ the flow-state for so-called ‘mental
Flow is not a Mindset
Flow is a more feeling state than a mental one, it’s full of calm, quiet, joy, peace and a sense that something higher than the
Coaching Session Notes
A client in Texas wrote to me recently after a coaching session and his notes might help you take your performance practice to the next
Keeping it Simple
Here’s a ‘progress report’ I received recently from one of my personal clients in Ireland. I think you’ll find it interesting as he explains so
Opening to the Flow-State
Some useful “do’s and don’ts” to consider when searching for this elusive yet ideal performance state in sport. At Chi Performance things are done a
Benefits of a Sports Performance Practice
Learn more about our Performance Practice for golf and sport in this final free excerpt from The Athlete’s Ascent – Jayne Storey’s latest book, due
Overcoming Performance Anxiety in Sport
Read the next excerpt from Jayne Storey’s forthcoming book, The Athlete’s Ascent. Chapter Two; Overcoming Performance Anxiety Here are a few of the praise quotes
The Athlete’s Ascent; Deep Practice and High Performance
Read the first chapter of Jayne Storey’s forthcoming book – The Athlete’s Ascent; Deep Practice and High Performance. Publication date w/c 8th April (Rethink Press).
Relaxed Readiness
Training the state of “relaxed readiness” is something all those involved in meditation and the martial arts understand. So why aren’t we doing this in
