Mental Performance Training for
Golfers
Mental performance coaching for golfers looking to play freely, trust their swing, recover from mistakes, and compete with confidence.
Why golf is such a mental game:
Golf gives you something many sports don't. And that’s a time to think.
Between every shot, there's an opportunity to replay the last mistake, worry about the next one, or get caught up in your score. One bad swing can quickly turn into several if your mind doesn't recover with it.
While developing your physical game is essential, your ability to manage your thoughts, emotions, and focus often determines how consistently you perform. Learning to stay present, trust your preparation, and respond well to adversity is the difference that turns good golf athletes into great ones.
You may struggle with…
✓ Overthinking your swing before every shot
✓ Struggling to let go of bad shots
✓ Playing great in practice but not tournaments
✓ Losing confidence after one mistake
✓ Obsessing over your score
✓ Feeling pressure on the first tee
✓ Fear of messing up
✓ Emotional reactions that affect the next hole
✓ Uncertainty with how to train your mental game
These are incredibly common challenges. AND, they’re trainable.
Mental performance is a skill that can be built,
not just a mindset.
How mental performance training helps
Through mental performance training, we’ll learn how to:
✓ Reset after bad shots
✓ Stay focused one shot at a time
✓ Build lasting confidence
✓ Play aggressively instead of protectively
✓ Separate your identity from your score
✓ Trust your preparation
✓ Create a consistent pre-shot or pre-tournament routine
✓ Handle tournament pressure
Skills we build
We help athletes develop:
✓ Confidence
✓ Reset routines
✓ Self-talk
✓ Focus cues
✓ Mindfulness
✓ Breathing techniques
✓ Imagery
✓ Process-focused thinking
✓ Pre-performance routines
✓ Emotional regulation
FAQs
What do sessions look like?Every athlete is different, so sessions are tailored to your goals and challenges. Some athletes come in wanting to stop overthinking, while others want to rebuild confidence after injury or perform better in competition. Together, we'll create individualized practical mental skills you can use during practices and competitions.
Logistically, our initial intake session is 50-minutes and follow-ups are 40-minutes.
Why do individual sport athletes benefit from mental performance training?Individual sports place a unique mental load on athletes.
There are no teammates to hide behind, every performance feels personal, mistakes can feel like they define you, and success or failure often feels entirely on your shoulders.
Mental performance training helps athletes learn how to compete with confidence, resilience, and trust in themselves, regardless of the outcome.
How do I get started?Contact us or schedule a call to get connected with Kiley to hop on a phone to start discussing your game plan!
Meet Kiley, CMPC
Kiley Smith is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) with a Master's degree in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology who specializes in helping individual sport athletes perform with greater confidence, consistency, and enjoyment. As a lifelong athlete herself with experience in tennis, running, golf, and other individual sports, she understands the unique mental demands that come with competing when all eyes are on you. Kiley works with individual sport athletes to develop practical mental skills that help them manage pressure, overcome setbacks, trust their preparation, and compete with confidence so they can perform at their best. She has worked with athletes across a variety of individual sports, including golf, tennis, swimming, gymnastics, dance, running, archery and more.