In today's unpredictable and high-pressure world, mental resilience is no longer optional — it's a vital life skill.

In sport, especially golf, resilience is what separates good players from great ones. Bad shots, missed putts, poor rounds and stalled progress are inevitable. The difference is how you respond.

On this episode of The Mind Caddie, we're joined by Matt Caldaroni, a performance coach specialising in mental resilience, mindset, and elite performance.

Matt's journey into resilience began early. At just twelve years old, a coach tried to end his dream of becoming a professional football goalkeeper, telling him the sport "wasn't for him." Instead of quitting, Matt took control. From that moment, Molliteum was born — a mindset built on ownership, grit, and mental strength.

By weaponising adversity, Matt earned a football scholarship at seventeen and turned professional in Italy by nineteen. It was there he discovered a powerful truth: resilience isn't visible — but it can save careers, performances, and lives.

Whether it's sport, work, or everyday life, setbacks are unavoidable:

• We miss the shot

• We don't make the birdie

• We finish down the leaderboard

• Progress stalls

Resilience isn't about avoiding failure — it's about how you deal with it.

In this episode, Matt breaks down how to train resilience like a muscle and apply it on and off the course.

• The four cornerstones of mental resilience

• How to build a strong resilient identity

• Practical steps to developing mental toughness

• Training a resilient mind and body

• Why resilience is the hidden advantage in sport and life

If you want to improve your mindset, performance, and ability to bounce back stronger, this episode is for you.

Find out more about Matt:

https://www.molliteum.com

To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to

www.themindfactor.com

To join us on the Mind Caddie journey go to

www.mindcaddie.golf

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(revised repeat Aug 2022)

And how it could make a huge difference to the clarity, composure and timing in your game

Today we are joined on the show by the outstanding Canadian coach JS Legare

JS is a certified Mind Factor coach but also an expert on BREATHWORK

We had a fascinating conversation about how we can become more aware of the impact of our breathing on our physiology

• When our breathing is poor our access to our skills is compromised
• Just merely OBSERVING the breath can be a profoundly beneficial exercise
• We can down regulate our nervous system simply by observing our breath
• Think of the opportunities golf can provide to explore the impact that breath focus can have on your game

The ability to RESPOND instead of REACT

Breathing, the low hanging fruit to develop a better mindset on the golf course. Everyone has that tool, but not a lot of people know how to use it. It's free, it's always available and the effects are instantaneous. There's nothing "woowoo" about observing your breath. It's the first step and it's a skill, plain and simple.

To find out more about JS Legare go to

appnez.com

info@appnez.com

To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to

www.themindfactor.com

To join us on the Mind Caddie journey go to

www.mindcaddie.golf

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Today on the Mind Caddie we welcome back again my great friend Jim Waldron.

We have built this whole podcast around the legendary Ben Hogan.

For so long there has been an endless fascination about his golf swing and the supposed 'Hogan Secret'

Whilst there may have been some secrets around his incredible swing as we discuss there were also some amazing secrets around the way he played and approached the game.

Jim Waldron has studied Hogan for over 40 years and spent time with many people who worked with and for Hogan

He is currently writing a book called 'The Many Secrets of Ben Hogan'

We discussed:

• Hogans golden rules of the swing
• The importance of balance
• Good tension in the swing
• How Hogan worked out what to focus on to access his skills
• What he did when TARGET focus didn't work
• How he changed his swing
• How ACCEPTANCE allowed him to begin to WIN
• His joy at working on his game
• The path to self mastery
• The importance of researching your own experience

A brilliant thought provoking session with a great coach

To find out more about Jim Waldron go to

https://balancepointgolf.com/

To become a Certified Mind Factor coach go to

www.themindfactor.com

To join us on the Mind Caddie journey go to

www.mindcaddie.golf

Shop with code : MINDFACTOR10 at checkout for 10% OFF your next order at www.fenixxcell.com @fenixxcell