Gail Smirthwaite is a leading GOLF CONFIDENCE COACH. She currently writes for Lady Golfer Magazine and is the new ‘Golf Agony Aunt’ in National Club Golfer. Gail also trains on the PGA Continual Assessment Programme for UK Professional Golf Coaches and she also coaches Alison Nicholas, US Open Champion and Captain for the Solheim Cup 2009.
Recent Activity
Here Gail shows golf players how their style of learning can make a real difference in how they learn new skills. She explains the difference between Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic learning styles.
Here Gail helps golf players to combat negative visualisation with tips to help them use positive visual imagery to work towards their goals - not away from the hazards.
Here Gail helps golf players to keep a positive mental attitude that will, in turn, help them to achieve excellence in their play.
Here Gail shows golf players a tool that highlights the areas that need focus, in order to achieve greater consistency in their game of golf.
Here Gail helps golf players to understand that everyone’s values are different, and she helps them to avoid letting this difference affect their mindset when playing golf.
Here Gail helps golf players to combat negative self-talk with tips to help them clear their minds and focus on their game of golf.
Here Gail Helps Golf Players Understand the Link Between our Trust in Ourselves and How it Affects our Confidence and Ultimately our Game.
The Golf Mind Guru Shows You How To Use Your Mind To Improve Your Golf .... Of all the articles I have written in this series this is perhaps one of the most simplest concepts to talk about, but possibly the most difficult to grasp. One of the main reasons for this is the fact that the human brain is predisposed to flitting all over the place – it is sometimes referred to as the butterfly effect.
The Golf Mind Guru talks about Golfing Luck ... If you practise your golf enough - both the physical and mental skills -(preparation) and you turn up to play (opportunity) then you are well on the road to increasing your luck. You know how it is there are some people in life that just seem to breeze through it ‘landing on their feet everytime’ with seemingly no effort. Apparently with little or no talent or expertise, but still they manage to be great golfers, fantastic at business and just p
The Golf Mind Guru talks about Golfing Kinaesthetics. It is difficult for me to talk about having ‘Kinaesthetic’ (feeling) qualities and how these will affect how you play golf without referencing the visual and auditory preferences that are also as equally important. So for those who have been with me for a while you may remember in one of my early newsletter I talked about V.H.F and gave you the questions to test which are and in what order. The reason why knowing the best way for you to re

