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5 Mental Habits of Elite Golfers That Competitive Amateurs Can Start Using Now

You’re looking for the performance advantage. That edge, even a one-percent improvement, that could change how you compete. Before you look for it in a new driver or another swing adjustment, consider taking a page from the world’s top players. The mental habits of top-tier professionals are not secrets. They are studied, consistent, and crucially […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: Consistency, Golf, Mindset

Why the Quality of Your Pre-Shot Routine Is Quietly Costing You Strokes

As competitive golfers, we often underestimate the power of a consistent, high-quality pre-shot routine. Many of us fall into one of three patterns: believing we have an effective routine when we don’t, going through the motions without real focus, or, and this is the one I see most often, reserving our best mental preparation for […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: Golf Mindset · Tagged: competitive golf performance, golf consistency, golf mental game tips, golf pre-shot routine, golf routine under pressure, improve pre-shot routine golf

Golf Commitment: The Mental Discipline That Transforms Every Shot

When you approach each shot, commitment is everything. Without it, even the most technically sound swing or putt can fall apart, not due to poor mechanics, but due to hesitation, second-guessing, or a quiet fear of what might go wrong. True confidence comes from committing fully to your decision and executing with purpose. When you […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: Golf Mindset · Tagged: competitive golf, mental game, pre-shot routine

How Fear Shows Up in Your Golf Game — And the Switch That Changes Everything

Fear doesn’t always look like fear on the golf course. Sports psychologist Dr. Shannon Reece reveals the subtle ways fear undermines your game — and the mindset shift that lets you play free.

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: Golf Mindset, Mindset · Tagged: competitive golf, mental game, mindset

#021 – How PXG Is Using Golf to Positively Transform the Lives of Our Military Veterans

She Talks Birdie podcast episode 21

Welcome to Season 2 of the She Talks Birdie Podcast! I am excited to share a special episode I created in partnership with PXG to launch the new season. Have you ever thought of golf as more than just a game? Perhaps it’s hard to consider the far-reaching benefits of golf when you feel as […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: She Talks Birdie · Tagged: Bob Parsons, golf, golf therapy, golf training, pxg, PXG Heroes Squad, veterans

#020 – 3 Tools You Need to Pave the Road to a Golf Game You Love

What’s the point of playing golf if you don’t love your game. If “love” isn’t the word you’d use to describe your current feelings about your game then I can help. In this episode, I share the 3 tools you need to pave the road to a golf game you love. Are you in? In […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: She Talks Birdie · Tagged: golf, golf focus, golf mental game, golf mindset, golf tips, imagination, instinct, self-talk

#019 – The One Thing That Separates You from the Greatest Golfers

There is one incredible quality the best players possess that you can too. It’s not a technically better swing, the ability to hole more putts, or even a longer drive. The one thing that separates you from the greatest golfers starts in your mind and works its way into your performance. I’m talking about your […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: She Talks Birdie · Tagged: golf, golf belief, golf mental game, golf podcast, golf psychology, golf tips, golfer, self-image, she talks birdie

#018 – How to Infuse Your Rounds with the Kind of Thoughts that Improve Scores

When you aren’t playing as well as you’d like it is easy to focus on the things that are causing you frustration. You don’t have to be a club-thrower to have challenges with negative thinking. But a little bit of negativity can take a toll on a big portion of your game. Honestly, there’s no […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: She Talks Birdie · Tagged: golf, golf focus, golf instruction, golf mindset, golf scores, golf tips, golfer, negative self-talk, positive thoughts

#017 – How to Improve and Maintain a Successful Pace of Play in Golf

One of the biggest complaints golfers I hear golfers express about the game is how long it can take to play. But the last thing you want to do in response to slow play is to rush because that strategy can actually add time to your round. The strategies in this episode are practical and […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: She Talks Birdie · Tagged: golf, golf mental game, golf mindset, golf tips, pace of play

#016 – 5 Rules for a Good Round When You’re in the Midst of a Swing Change

As I talked about in part one of this episode, there is a time to train your swing and a time to maintain your swing. And there are different rules for each approach. You cannot be in both phases at the same time. You are either working on your swing, or you are working to […]

Written by drshannonreece · Categorized: She Talks Birdie · Tagged: golf, golf instruction, golf mental game, golf mindset, golf swing, golf tips, swing change, swing coach

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