The FOUR ‘types’ of coaching and what is MOST effective – Fred Shoemaker #284

<p class="MsoNormal">Today we are joined on the Brain Booster by the biggest influence in my coaching career Fred Shoemaker.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Download Mind Caddie for hundreds of short audio lessons and exercises produced by Karl and start improving your mental game the same way as six major champions:</strong> <a title="Download Mind Caddie" href= "https://urlgeni.us/mindcaddie" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://urlgeni.us/mindcaddie</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I first went out to Fred’s school in Carmel Valley, California over 25 years ago.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The experience had a deep and lasting impression on me and opened up a whole new world of enquiry and thought about the coaching process.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Fred has continued to influence many coaches and players with his ability to look at the game in a way that really gets you to think about what the game truly MEANS to you</p> <p class="MsoNormal">What is your PURPOSE for playing the game?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">What is really important to you about the experience?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">In today’s show amongst many topics we managed to really drill down into the FOUR types of coaching.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The ‘DO’ instruction. The model for 90% of todays golf coaching whereby a teacher ‘tells’ you what to do in your swing based on his or her belief about how the golf swing SHOULD function</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The ‘awareness’ instruction which is much more of a coaching based approach where a coach simply asks you to pay attention to what is ACTUALLY happening in your experience of swinging a club. This leads to a much stronger learning experience.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The BE instruction</p> <p class="MsoNormal">This is where the coach helps you explore the PERSON you are when you swing the golf club. Are you going to play as a courageous golfer perhaps? At the heart of this instruction is your own COMMITMENT</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The fourth type of instruction is to challenge HOW the world ‘occurs