About
Mark Walker is the Professional Mental Game Coach (Performance Coach) who is based in Paris, France with his family. He grew up around the famous links golf courses of the north-west of England and has been an avid golfer for over 45 years. He has had a single figure handicap for over 25 years and continues to play competitive golf in France. In his work as a Professional Golf Performance Coach, Mark combines two of his greatest passions in life, his love of golf and his love of helping people to optimise their performance in golf and in life. Mark Is passionate about helping his clients to play golf to their full potential in competition. He does this by facilitating an increased self-awareness about what helps each player to perform at their best as well as identifying the habitual negative patterns of thought and emotion that can get in the way of best performance. Mark encourages golfers to create their own unique tool kit of mental, emotional and physical state change skills. This gives them the power and the confidence to optimise their performance state throughout the whole round and competition. Happily, these skills transfer well into many other areas of a golfers life. Mark has worked with players worldwide and of all abilities from European Tour players, Challenge Tour players, Alps tour players, Collegiate players, Competitive youth golfers, Elite amateurs and Recreational players alike. Mark is known for creating a deep sense of trust with his clients which enables them to go deeper into what they really need to improve. He is always learning and loves sharing his vast knowledge and experience of the art and science of golf mental game coaching. He has over 20 years of coaching experience with hundreds of clients. He coaches each person differently depending on their needs so that each golfer is improving the specific skills that will best help them to move to improve their performance. His coaching process is structured, detailed but also flexible enough to accommodate the individual learning styles of his golfers.
Certifications & Training
- Certified Mental Game Coach Professional by Peak Performance Sports
- Certified Master Mind Factor Coach
- Certified International Trainer-ITS
- Certified N.L.P. Master Practitioner
- Certified A.A.M.E.T., E.F.T (Energy psychology) level 1, 2 ,3 practitioner
- Honours Degree in Pharmacy, Manchester University,1980-1984
- Option mentor training (work with core beliefs)
- Option institute Group facilitation training
- CTI coaching training
- Dr Karl Morris and the Mind Factor Coaching program.
- Dr Patrick Cohn and the MGCP mental game coaching pro program.
- Pia Nillson and Lynne Marriott and their Vision 54 system.
Mark's Message
’m passionate about supporting my clients and helping them become the best golfers they can be. I believe that everyone can learn the core skills that lead to becoming a mentally and emotionally strong golfer. I believe that every golfer has the ability to improve the quality of their golf game by becoming much more aware of themselves while competing We all experience a multitude of different thoughts and feelings while we play golf and that can greatly influence our performance state and thus our performance. Our state is always changing and this creates a challenge for us as golfers. How can we keep ourselves in our optimum performance state while we compete? Our beliefs, internal self-talk and external distractions can all impact on our state. I love helping golfers to understand and manage their golf performance state so they can get out of their own way and perform at their very best. At a practical level this involves sharing many different tools that each golfer learns and applies into their own golf game. Some examples of the tools I share include : How to breath to regulate your levels of energy and focus. How to use you body to regulate your emotional state. How you create your own effective pre-shot routine that prevents unhelpful thoughts from impacting your golf shots. How to manage your self talk so you stay confident what ever is happening on the golf course. How prepare yourself mentally and emotionally for competitions. How to stay calm enough to perform when in pressure situations.. I believe in coaching the “whole person” and this includes your mental, social, emotional, spiritual and physical aspects. Through a careful process of identifying what enables each golfer to perform at their very best and also by understanding how we can lose our way in competitive situations we are able to develop strategies to build on success. I help my clients to create a comprehensive tool box of skills that enable them to manage whatever happens on the golf course so they remain in their optimal performance state throughout each day of competition. Are ready to build your toolbox? Are you willing to start the journey to optimising your golfing potential? I look forward to helping you.