Do you sell yourself short? Investing in your own experience provides great ROI
Golf coach Tim O’Connor explains that results come from trying and failing, not from a series of tips and instruction manuals. Your own experience is your best guide.
Tim O'Connor
Tim O'Connor is a golf coach, an award-winning writer, and speaker. Tim takes a holistic approach, coaching golfers in the physical and mental aspects of golf. He co-hosts the Swing Thoughts podcast, and is the author of The Feeling of Greatness: The Moe Norman Story and Getting Unstuck: Seven Transformational Practices for Golf Nerds. He plays bass in CID — a Guelph punk band!
The greatest golf improvement story ever told
It’s just a guess, but I’d wager that on your list of things you’d like to accomplish this season there’s a line about sending your index down a few floors.
How to out-run the four horsemen of the golf search apocalypse
The problem is that we’re looking in the wrong place; we’re in our heads trying to figure out a physical problem. We’re thinking about trying to solve something that is based on natural and involuntary movement.
Quiet Mind Golf – a very clean golf lesson
If you’d like to explore what concentration feels like, I invite you to just pay full attention as you engage in an everyday activity, such as washing the dishes, driving your car, or unloading the dryer.
Winter is half over. Great! But I haven’t changed my swing yet
Now everyone and their dog has a podcast and you gotta change your swing by New Year’s Eve or you’re stuck with that push slice for another year.
I’m not really a goals guy
My trouble with goals is both personal and professional. As a coach, I see many people who name their goals, but chronically fail to meet them, and then beat the living crap out of themselves.
Sticking up for yourself
I’m inviting you to advocate for yourself, defend your boundaries, and speak your truth—when it’s appropriate. Living like a victim or in fear is no way to live. Brooding and feeling resentful sucks.
What should you think about over the ball?
It’s pretty weird—golf is about hitting a ball, a physical thing. But we spend so much time thinking about thinking. We’re in our heads!
Are you an earnest grinder?
Many of the people that come to me are more than simply frustrated. They often feel inept and demoralized. It’s no exaggeration to say some feel despair.
