Danny is a keen recreational golfer and a huge golf fan. Through his personal experience and fascination with the psychology of golf, Danny understands that golf presents an almost uniquely difficult psychological challenge.
"Much of the game of golf takes place within one's conscious mind, and yet the margins for error are so small. Consequently, golfers are not only potentially more vulnerable than many other athletes to unwanted thoughts and emotions, but these intrusions are also likely to have a more destructive and debilitating effect".
Because of this, Danny understands that struggling golfers often need more than just superficial interventions, and instead require a deep and genuine understanding of how their own mind operates. In particular, what it likes and doesn't like, what triggers unwanted mental distractions, and what enables it to focus only on the execution of the next shot. To do this, Danny puts the latest research and understanding from the field of cognitive neuroscience into easily understandable models tailored to individual needs. This allows clients to truly see and understand why they can sometimes experience thoughts and emotions which they don't want to have, or that are detrimental to what they are trying to achieve. In what can often be an eye-opening experience, clients are then able to genuinely understand how to manage their thoughts effectively and take their golf game to a completely new level.
Alongside this, Danny has produced research and now specialises in a new cognitive aiming technique for golf putting known as the Quiet Eye. This technique doesn't require any psychological understanding, and works by helping to control attention networks in the brain, and allowing the optimum brain regions to programme and execute the golf putt more effectively under pressure. The Quiet Eye has already been demonstrated to produce marked improvements in competition putting averages in Danny's work with both amateur and professional golfers, and is an additional and proven technique for helping golfers to get rid of the putting yips.
Here are a few examples of specific areas Danny can help you with:
Initial consultations involving psychological profiling and immediate interventions for core issues, either face-to-face or online, and lasting anywhere from 1-3 hours, start at £60. Contact Danny for more details.
"Much of the game of golf takes place within one's conscious mind, and yet the margins for error are so small. Consequently, golfers are not only potentially more vulnerable than many other athletes to unwanted thoughts and emotions, but these intrusions are also likely to have a more destructive and debilitating effect".
Because of this, Danny understands that struggling golfers often need more than just superficial interventions, and instead require a deep and genuine understanding of how their own mind operates. In particular, what it likes and doesn't like, what triggers unwanted mental distractions, and what enables it to focus only on the execution of the next shot. To do this, Danny puts the latest research and understanding from the field of cognitive neuroscience into easily understandable models tailored to individual needs. This allows clients to truly see and understand why they can sometimes experience thoughts and emotions which they don't want to have, or that are detrimental to what they are trying to achieve. In what can often be an eye-opening experience, clients are then able to genuinely understand how to manage their thoughts effectively and take their golf game to a completely new level.
Alongside this, Danny has produced research and now specialises in a new cognitive aiming technique for golf putting known as the Quiet Eye. This technique doesn't require any psychological understanding, and works by helping to control attention networks in the brain, and allowing the optimum brain regions to programme and execute the golf putt more effectively under pressure. The Quiet Eye has already been demonstrated to produce marked improvements in competition putting averages in Danny's work with both amateur and professional golfers, and is an additional and proven technique for helping golfers to get rid of the putting yips.
Here are a few examples of specific areas Danny can help you with:
- Dealing with pressure and performance anxiety
- Managing and controlling emotions around a competition and during a round
- Increasing and maintaining focus on every shot
- Increasing resilience and your ability to recover from a bad shot
- Improving putting accuracy under pressure using the Quiet Eye
- Getting rid of the yips
- Removing performance blocks
- Effective stress management techniques
- Bringing enjoyment back to the game
Initial consultations involving psychological profiling and immediate interventions for core issues, either face-to-face or online, and lasting anywhere from 1-3 hours, start at £60. Contact Danny for more details.
