024: Kiel Alderink – Mental Golf Type, Coaching Junior Golfers for Performance

In this episode, Kiel Alderink (@KielAlderink) shares with us his knowledge about coaching players to become the best they can be. Kiel is a Mental Golf Type certified coach, which is a personality test made for golfers to help them figure out how they think and perform better. Kiel is also the director of instruction at The Academy at Black Creek in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Kiel has been named a Top Teacher Under 40 in America and the Top Teacher in Tennessee by Golf Digest.

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(02:14) - how Kiel got into golf

(08:02) - getting exposed to high level of competition

(10:04) - getting into golf coaching

(13:50) - breakthrough moment in coaching

(22:46) - evaluating stats

(31:18) - mental golf type

(36:33) - extroverts vs. introverts

(38:14) - intuitives vs. sensors

(42:13) - thinkers vs. feelers

(42:43) - judgers vs. perceivers

(53:04) - off the course during tournament weeks

(58:28) - what Kiel would tell himself as a junior