Episodes

  • "Unstuck Yourself" and Unlock Your Full Potential with Paul Salter
    Aug 28 2024

    Paul Salter is a mindset coach and hypnotherapist who helps golfers overcome the mental and emotional hazards of their mind in order to play to their full potential.

    With an extensive background working with elite Collegiate, Professional, and Olympic athletes as a Sports Dietitian, his unique coaching system leverages 15+ years of coaching with an emphasis on Hypnosis, Subconscious Reprogramming, Mindset Shift Training, and other proven strategies to help you "unstuck yourself."

    Paul joins #OntheMark to discuss his coaching approach and how the use of hypnotherapy can help you get out of your own way by stopping self-sabotage at its source. He discusses various topics including:

    • Overcoming the Mental and Emotional Hazards of Your Mind
    • An overview of what Hypnosis is not and is, as well as how it works
    • Shifting from Unconscious Reactions to Conscious Responses
    • Identifying and dismantling Destructive Mindset Programs (DMP's) and how they negatively affect you
    • How to begin dismantling and defusing Toxic Emotions
    • How Negative Emotions (and your inability to manage them) wreak havoc on your swing, score, and life off the course
    • The "Fear JAR" (judgment, abandonment, and rejection) and how fear shows up on the golf course and what to do about it, and
    • Cultivating Confidence on-demand.

    Break through your imiting beliefs, overcome mental roadblocks, and conquer the fears holding you back from unlocking your full potential. Download this podcast or watch it as a vodcast on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

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    52 mins
  • TJ Katherineberg on How to Hit More Flushers
    Aug 19 2024

    Formerly the Director of Virtual Instruction at Elite Golf Schools of Arizona, TJ Katherineberg is one of the bright young minds in golf instruction. He played NCAA Collegiate golf and turned professional, but his passion for helping people to enjoy what he calls "golf - the purest form of competition" led him to golf instruction.

    TJ has a wide following of golfers who take virtual and personal lessons from him and he joins #OntheMark to help you to "flush it" and hit more quality golf-shots.

    TJ describes a few elements vital to striking the ball consistently well, and he shares drills to help you achieve those moves correctly and appropriately:

    • Loading properly and maintaining Space in the golf-swing
    • How the Lead Arm works in an efficient golf-swing
    • The Stretching Sequence of the Body (and the lead arm) in the golf-swing
    • A proper and well-sequenced Transition and how to "Stack the Lead Side"
    • Proper Pelvic Tilts for more Vertical Force
    • Handle-dragging and how to avoid it in the downswing
    • Hand-action and the appropriate amount in the golf-swing
    • Shifting Pressure and Mass properly in the golf-swing, and
    • TJ also teaches about the "Chi Line" and how to achieve it for more power and accuracy.

    This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman,

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    54 mins
  • Lance Reader (Krank Golf) on Long Driving and Gaining More Ball Speed for More Power
    Aug 13 2024

    Lance Reader is a former World Long Drive contestant and the Founder and President of Krank Golf. Krank Golf hand manufactures Drivers and Fairway Metals with multiple, variable Face Thicknesses for longer tee-shots at the Professional and Amateur levels.

    Lance joins Mark Immelman on the #OntheMark podcast to discuss Krank Golf and their approach to crafting and building Drivers that generate more ball compression (at impact) and ball-speed.

    Lance discusses the importance of distance off the tee. He also elaborates on the importance of accuracy and finding fairways to shoot lower scores, and how finding the correct Driver make-up can improve both distance and accuracy.

    Furthermore, Lance elaborates on various elements that enhance a golfer's chance of gaining more ball-speed and distance off the tee:

    • Paying attention to shot dispersion
    • Optimizing practice time on the range
    • Driver shaft length
    • The Trampoline Effect of the correct Driver face for more speed
    • The performance of Carbon-faced Drivers in contrast to Titanium-faced Drivers (Krank), and
    • Understanding Coefficient of Restitution (C.O.R.) and how it can be exploited for more distance.

    This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

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    49 mins
  • Trent Griessel on Taking Your Game to the Next Level
    Aug 5 2024

    Trent Griessel is a Division I golfer at The University of Texas Arlington. Born in South Africa and raised in the America, Trent is a product of the IMG Academy. He is a tournament-winner at various levels whose goal is to parlay his successful NCAA College Golf career into a career on the PGA TOUR.

    Trent has started giving authentic, holistic game improvement insights and lessons on his Instagram channel, and he joins #OntheMark to share a few tips to help you take your game to the next level.

    He discusses:

    1. The Most Underrated Skill in Golf - Self Coaching
    2. Hitting Intimidating Shots Successfully
    3. Caveman Golf Advice
    4. Stopping the Downward Spiral, and
    5. Comparison to other Players and its Adverse Effect on Play

    He also talks about a few tips that will help with on-course performance, including:

    • Golf's Rollercoaster nature
    • Attitudes for Success
    • The Mental Game
    • Aiming and Focus Points
    • Keeping Things Simple
    • Eliminating One Side of the Course (with Scottie Scheffler insights)
    • Breathing for Focus and Re-centering
    • Problem-solving
    • Playing to Improve and Be Great, and
    • Expectation Management
    • This podcast is also available on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

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    56 mins
  • Jim McLean on his 25% Theory to Golf Instruction, The X-Factor for Power, and Lessons from the Greats
    Jul 29 2024

    Jim McLean is one of the foremost golf instructors in the history of the game. He has been a Top Three Instructor in America for 25 years, and he has taught a number of the greats in the game ranging from Gary Player and Bernhard Langer to Gary Woodland, Greg Norman, Keegan Bradley and Lexi Thompson.

    A TV and Radio personality, a published author, and a member of the World Golf Teachers Hall of Fame, McLean is a wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise and he joins #OntheMark to talk about golf, golf instruction and game improvement theories.

    He shares lessons from some greats of instruction and the PGA TOUR including:

    Homer Kelly and Ben Doyle - The Golfing Machine and Swing Positions and Lag

    Claude Harmon - Playing the Game and Anti-Hook maneuvers

    Ken Venturi - Being Tough and Competitive

    Jackie Burke - Playing Free and Visualization

    Sam Snead - Athleticism in the Golf Swing

    Lee Trevino - Swinging and Understanding Your Swing

    Jim also talks about his 25% Theory to Game Improvement - Long Game, Short Game, Mental Game, and Management.

    He talks about his "8 Step Swing" and the "Safety Zones" around each step, and he elaborates on his theory of the "X-Factor for Power."

    Learn about the golf-swing, how to understand, and remedy your swing, and how to play the game. Download and share this podcast, or search and subscribe to Mark Immelman on YouTube to watch the conversation.

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    58 mins
  • David Swan with the "Pur" Truth for Developing a Consistent Putting Stroke and Making More Putts
    Jul 23 2024

    David Swan is the founder and developer of the the PUR TRUTH™ Putting Training Aids - a complete system that addresses every component of putting while building all the fundamentals of the perfect putting stroke.

    He joins Mark Immelman to introduce his Pur Training Aids, The Pur Golf Truth Trainer and the Pur Golf Truth Prepare.

    David explains the inspiration behind the training aids and shares staggering statistics on how important putting is to score reduction, and how little putting is coached, taught and practiced.

    He illustrates and explains how each aid works, the elements they teach, and how they can be used to drill and galvanise strokes, while also "gamifying" practice by adding an element of pressure to preparation.

    The Aids will teach you how the following keys to putting success, feel and play:

    • Posture, Alignment and Aim
    • Eyeline at address and through the stroke
    • Stroke Shape and Path
    • Putter-face alignment through the stroke and at impact, and
    • Start line

    The Pur trainers make practice easy, fun and productive thanks to the immediate stroke, contact and start-line feedback. They also make home-work and practice easier and are guaranteed to improve your putting stroke, the quality of your putts, and your number of putts made.

    This podcast is also available on YouTube where David and Mark illustrate how the aids work.

    David and Pur Golf have also given #OntheMark listeners a discount code to get 25% off the purchase - use code Mark25.

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    53 mins
  • Rob Rea on Breathwork Fundamentals for Stress Reduction and High Performance under Pressure
    Jul 17 2024

    Known as "That Breath Guy," Rob Rea is originally from Belfast in Northern Ireland. Based in London, England he originally worked in Banking, but a trip to Bali changed the course of his life. The trip and the experiences led him to take in a range of different teachings and modalities of breathwork. From Pranayama, Somatic Experiencing, Qi Gung, Functional Breathwork, Breathwork for Performance, to Transformational Breathwork and Yoga Teacher Training, Rob dived into the dynamic world of stillness.

    He joins the #OntheMark podcast to help you to explore various breathwork practices and methodologies, and explore the connection between your physiological and psychological states.

    Rob shows how you can create a stillness within for a sanctuary for creativity, introspection and healing, and how you can reduce tension, anxiety and stress and improve your health, well-being and your performance on the golf course.

    You will learn about:

    Mindfulness and Meditation

    Nasal vs Mouth Breathing

    Various types of Breathing Patterns

    Controlling your Central Nervous System and getting into a Parasympathetic (Flow) State, and

    Vagus Nerve Stimulation.

    As Rob takes you through a lesson in Breathwork Fundamentals he will teach you how to develop "Ice in your mind with fire in your body" so you can maximize your performance under pressure.

    This podcast is also available as a vodcast - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman on YouTube.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Averee Dovsek with Tips to help You Gain More Clubhead Speed and Distance off the Tee
    Jul 8 2024

    Averee Dovsek is a professional golfer, a TV and Media personality, the host of her own podcast "Why You Suck at Golf" and a Women's Long Drive Contestant.

    She has made rapid strides in the Long Driving arena and since 2021 has improved her clubhead speed from an average of 103 mph to 116 mph. In other words she has gone from averaging around 280 yards off the tee to well over 300 yards.

    Averee joins #OntheMark to help you ramp up your clubhead and ball speed to get a little extra pop off the tee. She shares many insights to more powerful tee-shots including:

    • Productive, simple driving range work focussing on strike quality
    • Getting comfortable hitting a lot of balls
    • Building extension and width at the top of the swing
    • Ball position and Tee height for ascending strikes
    • The proper weight shift and body movement for power
    • Head stability and balance
    • Using your eyes properly for improved balance, and
    • Shaft lengths and flexes for maximizing clubhead speed.

    She also shares a few tips to help you suck less at golf - Dealing properly with information overload, Watching video for improvement, "Swallowing the pill" and realizing your mistakes, Better scoring from 100 yards and in, Gym workouts and mobility and flexibilty, Mental maturity and Dealing with nerves.

    This podcast is also available on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

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    55 mins