Mental Golf Type®

Certification for Coaches

Get your certification in the fastest growing mental game system.

Achieve results through a personalized approach.

Elevate Your Coaching with Mental Golf Type

Unlock the full potential of your coaching with the Mental Golf Type (MGT) framework. Here’s how MGT can transform your approach and drive unparalleled success for both you and your students.

Deepen Student Connections

With MGT, you’ll resonate with every student on a profound level. Understand their unique personality type to tailor your teaching methods, ensuring each student feels understood and supported.

Maximize Teaching Effectiveness

Coaches who adopt MGT quickly realize its power. By aligning your strategies with each student's Mental Golf Type, you enhance teaching effectiveness in practice and on the course, fostering greater student satisfaction.

Boost Student Engagement

MGT provides the insights needed to keep students motivated and progressing consistently. A personalized approach ensures that each student remains engaged and enthusiastic about their development.

Achieve Greater Financial Success

By implementing MGT, you can reduce student turnover and ensure a steady income. Your success is directly linked to your students' success, and MGT helps you achieve consistent, positive results, producing raving fans about your work.

Why Choose Mental Golf Type?

The MGT framework aligns your coaching strategies with each student's unique personality type, resulting in:

  • Enhanced Student Satisfaction: Tailor your approach to individual learning styles and approaches to the game.
  • Increased Student Retention: Meet each student's needs to keep them engaged and loving their lessons.
  • Financial Stability: Ensure your methods resonate, leading to consistent success and more business.

Integrate Mental Golf Type into your coaching to elevate your effectiveness, increase student satisfaction, and foster a thriving coaching business. Embrace the opportunity to transform your coaching and achieve new heights of success.

 

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Continuing Education Points Provider:

LPGA Professionals

The Mental Golf Type Coach Certification provides LPGA Pros 10 CEU's upon completion and 1 CEU for each video community call.

PGA of America

The Mental Golf Type coach certification course provides PGA of America members 10 continuing education units. 

Partnership Discounts Available

We are proud to be a Approved Education Partner of the LPGA Professionals as well as proud partners of the Proponent Group.  If you are a LPGA Professional or a Proponent Group member contact us to receive a special discount on the certification course. 

Welcome to the MGT Coach Certification

 

Learn the "Rosetta Stone" for understanding and communicating with your players.

Position Yourself Above the Competition


Turn Lessons Into High Performance Master Classes

Incorporate Mental Game Into Every Lesson Seamlessly

Make your lessons exponentially more effective with Mental Golf Type:

  • Understand Personality: Master the four facets of personality to tailor your coaching effectively.
  • Optimal Performance Mindset: Teach players to reach their peak performance mindset at address.
  • Effective Decision-Making: Help them learn to make reliable, effective decisions.
  • Customized Focus Training: Train their optimal focus style, whether player-side or target-side dominant.

Have A Blueprint For Each Player

Strengthen your coaching relationships with a personalized approach:

  • Practice Methods: Know how each player prefers to practice.
  • Technical Development: Tailor technique development to individual needs.
  • Communication Styles: Improve communication by understanding each player’s unique style.
  • Goal Achievement: Assist players in setting and reaching their goals.
  • Tournament Preparation: Prepare players effectively for tournaments.

Personalize Everything To The Individual

Unlock each player’s potential by understanding their Mental Golf Type:

  • Optimal State Thinking: Learn how each MGT thinks optimally.
  • Sabotage Prevention: Identify thoughts that instantly sabotage performance.
  • Stress Diffusion: Provide instant stress diffusers tailored to each player.
  • Trackable Processes: Implement specific shot processes that can be tracked and measured.
  • And much more: Personalize every aspect of their mental game.
Get Certified in Mental Golf Type

Self-Reflection Quiz:

Are You Ready to Transform Your Coaching with MGT?

1. Understanding Your Coaching Style

  • How do you currently tailor your coaching to different players' needs?
    • A. Same approach for all players.
    • B. Slight adjustments based on observation.
    • C. Detailed understanding of each player's personality.

2. Communication Effectiveness

  • How confident are you in communicating with different personalities?
    • A. Not confident.
    • B. Somewhat confident.
    • C. Very confident.

3. Handling Stress and Pressure

  • How do you help your players manage stress during tournaments?
    • A. Little focus on this.
    • B. General advice on stress management.
    • C. Specific, tailored strategies

 

4. Implementing Mental Strategies

  • How often do you integrate mental performance strategies into your sessions?
    • A. Rarely.
    • B. Occasionally.
    • C. Regularly with personalized techniques.

5. Seeking Continuous Improvement

  • How proactive are you in seeking new coaching methods and tools?
    • A. Stick to what I know.
    • B. Explore new methods occasionally.
    • C. Actively seek and implement new strategies.

Reflection:

  • Mostly A’s: You have a lot of potential to unlock with MGT.
  • Mostly B’s: You’re on the right track but could benefit from deeper insights.
  • Mostly C’s: You’re well-positioned to leverage MGT for greater success.

Hear From Coaches Like You:

Justin Tang

Elite Golf Swing, Singapore

Meet Justin Tang, a high performance coach and co-host of The Flag Hunters Golf Podcast with over 300k followers. Justin is a newly certified coach and in this video shares his rave review of the Mental Golf Type Certification course, calling it "the ultimate toolkit for the mental game." He explains how the program's comprehensive approach has revolutionized his coaching methods, benefiting players at all levels. Watch the video to discover how the certification can elevate your coaching effectiveness and transform your approach to the mental game.

 

Ben Esposito

In The Golf Zone, North Carolina

Ben Esposito is a prime example of how the MGT framework can propel a career in mental performance coaching. As a player, MGT helped Ben secure a D1 scholarship and play professional golf. Inspired by its impact, Ben dedicated himself to sharing this knowledge with more players.

In just over a year, Ben has built a nationwide client base, with winners in more than 13 states. He sponsors a junior tour and founded his own company, In The Golf Zone. Ben's expertise has been featured on several podcasts, showcasing this innovative approach and solidifying his status as a rising star in mental performance coaching.

 

Aimee Ponte

University of Cincinnati Head Women's Golf Coach

Aimee Ponte, formerly at UIW, credits the Mental Golf Type (MGT) framework for leading her team to the best season in the program’s history. Under her guidance, the team achieved several wins, a runner-up finish in the conference, and an individual conference champion. Aimee was honored as Coach of the Year for her conference.

Aimee highlights how MGT enhanced her ability to communicate effectively with each player, coach them based on their strengths, and align strategies with what each player does best. MGT not only helps players perform better but also improves team communication, enables effective conflict resolution, and drives overall team success.

 

 

Unlock Your Coaching Potential with MGT Certification

The MGT Lv1 Certification Course

Elevate your coaching with the Mental Golf Type (MGT) Coach Certification. Gain essential tools and insights to transform your approach and drive player success:

  • 🔍 Understand Personality: Master the four facets of personality to tailor your coaching effectively.
  • 🗣️ Improve Communication: Utilize communication matrices to connect deeply and communicate clearly with each player.
  • 🌐 Virtual Coaching: Conduct impactful mental performance sessions and evaluations online.
  • 🏌️ On-Range and On-Course Strategies: Apply personalized lesson formats and challenges to develop players for tournament success.
  • 📚 Comprehensive Resources: Access detailed profiles, cheat sheets, FAQs, and receive free content updates.

Achieve consistent peak performance and enhance player enjoyment with MGT. Unlock your coaching potential today!

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What You Will Learn

The MGT Lv1 Certification Course offers comprehensive training to enhance your coaching. Click the tabs below to explore the detailed modules and discover the transformative skills and strategies you'll gain inside the course.

Understand The 4 Facets of Personality

Transform your coaching with Mental Golf Type by mastering these four essential facets of player personality:

  • Mental Energy: Tailor your coaching to optimize each player's performance based on how they manage their mental energy.
  • Perception & Focus: Design strategies that align with players' natural focus patterns, enhancing their attention and performance.
  • Evaluation & Decision Making: Guide players to make confident, effective decisions by understanding their unique evaluation styles.
  • Goal Achievement: Help players structure their approach to goals, stay motivated, and reach their objectives efficiently.

By mastering these facets, you’ll deliver personalized coaching that drives success for both you and your players. Elevate your effectiveness with Mental Golf Type and watch your players achieve new heights.

The Mental Golf Type Communication Matrices

Do you ever struggle to understand and communicate with your players? The MGT Coach Certification equips you with communication matrices to instantly improve your interactions.

  • Tailored Communication: Adapt your style based on each player's personality type for clearer, more effective communication.
  • Instant Connection: Build deeper connections, ensuring players feel understood and supported.
  • Conflict Resolution: Overcome communication barriers to prevent misunderstandings and resolve conflicts quickly.
  • Motivation and Feedback: Deliver feedback in ways that resonate with each player’s unique mental game type, boosting engagement and progress.

By mastering these communication strategies, you'll enhance your coaching effectiveness, foster stronger relationships, and elevate your players' performance.

How to do Mental Coaching in Lessons on the Range and Course

Enhance your coaching with MGT by applying personalized strategies on the range and course, challenging players and developing them for tournament play.

  • Customized Challenges: Learn to create challenges tailored to each player's mental golf type, pushing their limits and fostering growth.
  • Lesson Formats: Discover effective lesson formats that align with different mental game types, ensuring each session maximizes learning and engagement.
  • Personalized Lesson Plans: Master the art of personalizing lesson plans to cater to individual strengths and areas for improvement, optimizing player development.
  • Tournament Preparation: Equip your players with specific mental strategies and routines that prepare them for the pressures of tournament play, enhancing their competitive edge.

By integrating these tailored techniques into your coaching, you'll drive player development and readiness for competition, ensuring each player reaches their full potential.

Conduct Virtual Mental Performance Coaching with MGT

Expand your coaching capabilities with the MGT Coach Certification by mastering virtual mental performance coaching.

  • Verification Sessions: Learn how to conduct effective virtual verification sessions to assess each player's mental game type.
  • Mental Performance Lessons: Discover techniques for delivering impactful mental performance coaching lessons online.
  • Post-Round Evaluations: Gain skills in conducting detailed post-round evaluations virtually, providing immediate and valuable feedback.
  • Personalized Approach: Utilize MGT principles to tailor your virtual sessions to each player's unique mental game type.

By mastering these virtual coaching techniques with MGT, you can support and enhance your players' performance from anywhere, ensuring they continually improve and succeed.

Comprehensive Coaching Resources

Equip yourself with a full suite of resources to optimize your coaching effectiveness and ensure player success with Mental Golf Type. 

  • Verification Profiles: Access detailed profiles for all 16 personality types, allowing you to understand each player at a foundational level and tailor your coaching accordingly.
  • Coaching Cheat Sheets: Utilize quick-reference guides to efficiently implement MGT strategies during your sessions, ensuring you stay focused and effective.
  • FAQs and How to Answer Them: Get prepared with a comprehensive list of frequently asked questions and effective responses, enhancing your communication and addressing player concerns with confidence.
  • Free Content Updates: Stay ahead of the curve with regular updates and new content, ensuring your coaching methods remain current and cutting-edge.

By integrating these resources into your coaching, you'll enhance your ability to provide personalized, impactful sessions, driving both player development and your success as a coach.

How The Certification Process Works

  1. Sign Up: Register and gain instant access to the comprehensive online Lv1 Certification Course.
  2. Complete Self-Study Requirements: Dive into the course materials at your own pace, complete the required modules, and pass the exams to demonstrate your mastery.
  3. Join Monthly Live Trainings: Participate in free monthly live training sessions and support Zoom calls, where you can ask questions, get feedback, and stay connected with the MGT community.
  4. Access the Video Library: Enhance your understanding with our extensive video library of past live training sessions, available anytime for additional learning and insights.
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Constant Support In Your New Journey

Lifetime Access to Our Community of Coaches

Join a vibrant community of MGT coaches from around the world. Engage in discussions, ask questions, share insights, and continuously learn and grow together.

Get Ongoing Support

Participate in monthly support calls with fellow MGT coaches. Stay updated, receive guidance, share your experiences, and find solutions to any challenges you may encounter.

LIMITED Time Bonus Offer: 

Bonus Course: The Complete Shot Process Formula for All Mental Golf Types

For a limited time, all coaches who sign up will receive a FREE bonus training! Access the Shot Process Formula Coach Manual and learn:

  • Universal Shot Process Structure and Success Keys: Master the foundational elements for consistent performance.
  • Blueprints for All 16 MGTs: Understand how each type navigates different zones at their best and under stress.
  • Stress to Success Strategies: Learn to help players shift from stress to optimal performance based on their unique wiring.
  • Effective Drills: Discover practical drills to develop the shot process on both the range and the course.

Unlock Exclusive Coaching Insights

The content in this course is invaluable, offering insights and blueprints for every type of golfer. These tools and strategies will become indispensable in your daily coaching practice, helping you elevate your effectiveness and drive player success. Sign up today and transform your approach with Mental Golf Type!

What You Get:

Lv1 Core Concepts Certification

Ongoing Support

Bonus Training

MGT Lv1 Coach Certification

  • Lv1 Core Concepts Certification Become a certified MGT coach and master the core concepts of each personality to enhance your coaching effectiveness. Improve lessons, performance, and communication.

Coach Community

  • Ongoing Support Gain lifetime access to our vibrant community of coaches. Engage, share insights, ask questions, and grow together.

Shot Process Formula Coach Manual

  • Bonus Training For a limited time, receive a FREE bonus training. Learn the universal shot process structure, discover blueprints for all 16 MGT types, and get strategies to help players shift from stress to peak performance.

One Time Investment: $1997


Ready to Transform Your Coaching?

Join the Mental Golf Type Coach Certification today and unlock the tools and insights needed to elevate your coaching. Enhance your effectiveness, boost player satisfaction, and drive success on and off the course.

*LPGA Professionals and Proponent Group members be sure to contact us for your special discount.

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Hear From Coaches Like You:

Christa Teno

Seminole State College Head Coach

In a recent LPGA Professionals webinar, Christa Teno shared her remarkable success story with Mental Golf Type (MGT). Since adopting the MGT framework in 2014, Seminole State College has secured five National Championships, including an impressive run of four consecutive titles, and consistently ranked #1 in the country.

Christa integrates MGT into all team decisions, from practice routines and shot processes to tournament preparation and even roommate pairings. This innovative approach has helped drive her team's unparalleled success, showcasing the power of MGT in competitive team coaching.

 

Julien Raya

Mental Performance Coach, France

In this video, Julien Raya, a mental golf coach from France, shares how the Mental Golf Type (MGT) Certification has revolutionized his coaching approach. Julien highlights his previous struggle with a one-size-fits-all method and how MGT provided tailored techniques that benefited both his game and his students'. He describes the certification process as comprehensive and transformative, giving him the confidence to coach golfers of all levels effectively. Julien strongly recommends the certification to other coaches for its impactful insights and practical application.

 

Chris Hill

Experienced NCAA Coach

Chris Hill, with a distinguished coaching career across NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, has successfully applied the Mental Golf Type (MGT) framework to elevate team performance. By integrating MGT principles, Chris tailored coaching strategies to each player's mental type, leading teams to record-breaking seasons and enhanced competitive success. This approach earned him accolades, including NCAA Assistant Coach of the Year and a coaching role for the Palmer Cup team. Chris’s journey showcases the transformative power of MGT in collegiate golf coaching.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Ready to Elevate Your Coaching?

Unlock the power of Mental Golf Type and transform your coaching effectiveness. Join the MGT Coach Certification today and gain invaluable insights, tools, and support to enhance your coaching practice.

  • Enhance Player Performance: Tailor your coaching to each player's unique mental game.
  • Improve Communication: Master communication strategies for all personality types.
  • Continuous Support: Access our coach community, monthly support calls, and extensive resources.
  • Get Results: Enhance your effectiveness and reach your goals.

Don't miss this opportunity to take your coaching to the next level. Click the button below to get started!

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