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In this episode of Mind Caddie, Carl Morris is joined by Feldenkrais teacher Dr Jeff Haller to explore the powerful relationship between movement, awareness, balance and performance. Jeff explains how the Feldenkrais Method can help golfers become more aware of their bodies, escape habitual movement patterns and access greater freedom and creativity in their game.

In this episode:

• The Feldenkrais Method explained — how curiosity, questions and awareness can reveal physical and neurological possibilities we didn't know we had.

• Why balance comes first — Jeff explains why the brain will always prioritise stability and safety, potentially overriding your conscious intention during the golf swing.

• Moving beyond technique — how golfers can become trapped trying to use technique to overcome anxiety, rather than developing greater awareness and freedom of movement.

• What happens at address — an intriguing look at posture, breathing, balance and the way golfers organise themselves before the club even moves.

• The importance of sensation — Jeff distinguishes between thinking, feeling, sensing and intention, and explains how reliable sensory experiences can help golfers discover new possibilities.

• From effort to exploration — why reducing effort and becoming genuinely curious about movement can help players escape old habits and find a more composed, spontaneous way of playing.

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John Dunigan thinks improving your golf swing is not actually the key to improving your golf?

In this episode of The Mind Caddie, Karl Morris is joined by renowned golf coach and skill-acquisition specialist John Dunigan for a conversation that challenges one of the biggest assumptions in modern golf coaching: that the swing itself is the skill.

John's simple but powerful phrase — "The swing is not the skill" — becomes the starting point for a much deeper discussion about how golfers actually learn to play better. Instead of obsessing over positions, mechanics and what the golf swing looks like, Karl and John explore what really matters: what you are trying to make the golf ball do, your awareness of the clubface, intention, feel, feedback and your ability to develop adaptable skills on the course.

PGA Tour Coach and Master Coach - John Dunigan explains why watching the steering wheel while driving would be just as strange as watching your putter during a stroke, and why golfers can become trapped trying to control movements rather than learning to control outcomes. The conversation moves into putting, clubface awareness, shot shaping, practice design and the importance of experimenting with different outcomes rather than treating every mistake as failure.

There is also a fascinating discussion about curiosity rather than judgment — using errors as information and learning from your own patterns and experience. As John puts it, golf can become an ongoing scientific experiment: see the shot, feel the movement, do it, review it, and learn from what happened.

For golfers heading into the winter practice season, this episode offers a very different way of thinking about golf improvement, practice, swing mechanics and performance under pressure.

If you've ever stood on the range trying desperately to perfect your swing, only to discover that the beautiful swing doesn't necessarily produce better scores, this conversation could change the way you practise.

The swing is not the skill. The swing is there to serve the shot.

• 🏌️ Why the golf swing should serve the shot — rather than become the goal itself

• 🎯 Clubface awareness, intention and why learning to control the ball matters more than perfect positions

• 🧠 How curiosity, experimentation and learning from mistakes can transform your practice and performance

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Karl Morris welcomes Will Stubbs, Head of Performance at Zen Golf, for an in-depth conversation about one of the biggest scoring opportunities in golf—putting.

Drawing on the latest research in motor learning, ecological psychology and performance coaching, Will explains why most golfers practise the wrong way and how understanding green reading, pace control and the Zero Break Line can dramatically improve your scores.

Rather than chasing perfect mechanics, this episode explores how elite golfers develop adaptability, awareness and feel on the greens. If you've ever struggled to read putts, judge pace or wondered why putting practice doesn't transfer to the course, this episode is packed with practical ideas you can use immediately.

• ⛳ Why the Zero Break Line is the foundation of better green reading.
• ⛳ How a simple clock face system makes reading slopes far easier.
• ⛳ Why pace control is even more important than start line.
• ⛳ How the world's best golfers solve putting problems through adaptability—not perfect technique.
• ⛳ Practical ways to make your putting practice far more representative of real golf.
• ⛳ How understanding gravity, water flow and green contours transforms your confidence.
• ⛳ Why "playful practice" leads to faster improvement than repetitive drills.
• ⛳ An exclusive look at the future of Zen Golf, augmented reality green reading and representative practice.

Whether you're a weekend golfer, club player or elite competitor, this fascinating conversation will change the way you look at every putt.

Listen now to discover how better green reading, smarter practice and improved pace control could save you more shots than any swing change.

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