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When coaches and sport psychs recommend that their golfers fire their caddies......
Interestingly enough someone I know has just been fired from his boss (a professional tour golfer) because the sport psych of the player decided that her performance had decreased since he'd been on her bag! He was being "too positive"was the reason being cited. Furthermore a couple of years ago I know of another caddy who got fired from his player because of similar reasons - the coach decided that the player needed to be more independent.
From my 7 years of work on the Ladies European Tour with over 55 players - I have NEVER recommended that a player fire their caddy! Is this ethical? Should it not be the decision of the player - that they come to for themselves?
From our research in the compiliation of our book "Caddy-Talk: Psychology of Being a Great Golf Caddy" - the relationship between the player and golfer is looked into in great detail. Potentially if the player gets on well with the caddy - and that the working dynamic is good ie successful - then it could be an opportunity for the player to learn to be the "boss" to assert their leadership in the role as player! And it could be a good way for the player in the first example to manage her sources of positive feedback - and if needed be realistic and look at the negative only to learn from it - from time to time as well.
I'm interested in everyone else's thoughts on this.....
(1) Would you recommend such a thing? If so under what circumstances? If not why not?
(2) Do you think that there is room for a player to grow in these circumstances? Or are they better to move on?
From my 7 years of work on the Ladies European Tour with over 55 players - I have NEVER recommended that a player fire their caddy! Is this ethical? Should it not be the decision of the player - that they come to for themselves?
From our research in the compiliation of our book "Caddy-Talk: Psychology of Being a Great Golf Caddy" - the relationship between the player and golfer is looked into in great detail. Potentially if the player gets on well with the caddy - and that the working dynamic is good ie successful - then it could be an opportunity for the player to learn to be the "boss" to assert their leadership in the role as player! And it could be a good way for the player in the first example to manage her sources of positive feedback - and if needed be realistic and look at the negative only to learn from it - from time to time as well.
I'm interested in everyone else's thoughts on this.....
(1) Would you recommend such a thing? If so under what circumstances? If not why not?
(2) Do you think that there is room for a player to grow in these circumstances? Or are they better to move on?
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In any case, these things can be changed. It doesn't necessarily take a change in personnel to bring about change. It strikes me that the sport psychologist should consider the strengths of the relationship too, and bring those out while helping to address the issues. Simply advising a change in caddy strikes me as being a bit too convenient, particularly if the real issues lie with the player...
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