{"id":9989,"date":"2022-06-16T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/?post_type=article&#038;p=9989"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:11:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:11:34","slug":"how-do-you-coach-jordan-spieth","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/how-do-you-coach-jordan-spieth\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do you Coach Jordan Spieth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1402921376-scaled.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                16 Jun 2022                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Articles<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">How Do you Coach Jordan Spieth?<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><h6>By Sarah Evans<\/h6>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6>Harness the athlete\u2019s internal drive, create a realistic vision.<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6>Encourage your athlete to be their own best coach.<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6>Create a belief that no matter what happens your athlete will rise from setbacks.<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cultivate a clear vision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cameron McCormick, who has coached an array of PGA and LPGA players, has been Spieth\u2019s coach since the latter was a 12-year-old dreaming of winning golf\u2019s most prestigious major, the Masters. He saw in Spieth \u201cthe drive and determination that fuels the necessary ability to do work,\u201d as he told <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/summit-session-making-best-better\/\">the 2016 Leaders Sport Performance Summit in New York<\/a>, and worked to support Spieth\u2019s goal of winning the Masters for almost a decade. Spieth possessed what McCormick called the \u201cinternal drive that sees a future reality,\u201d making the link between Spieth\u2019s drive and vision of the future. The youngster set his goal very high from a young age and, with the right support, was able to chase his Masters dream without being afraid to aim high. In 2015, aged 21, Spieth became the youngest player to win at Augusta since a 19-year-old Tiger Woods in 1997.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Self-belief and resilience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>McCormick explained that one key way of being able to bounce back from a defeat or bad performance is \u201ca self-belief that no matter what happens I will rise again\u201d. He emphasised the critical importance of self-talk, and \u201csignal-to-noise management\u201d, whereby the noise that exists has a decided advantage, i.e. taking in the jeers from Augusta or playing forward negative situations in your mind versus the signal that you want to control. \u201cBe a creator of the scene in your mind, not a viewer of what you are experiencing,\u201d he said. McCormick is able to measure this with the athletes by reframing the scenario and creating perspective. It is a centring process, and needs to be repeated and cultivated consistently over time.<\/p>\n<p>He then spoke about the round briefings he has with Spieth and how he uses these as an opportunity to \u201cpump his tyres\u201d and how Spieth is then able to build his self-belief. It is all about the principle of reinforcement, the more you think about and talk about something happening, you increase the probability of it taking place, which works, of course, both positively and negatively. Therefore, playing a highlight reel, remembering your strengths and building positive self-talk before competition is paramount.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Three C\u2019s \u2013 Collect, Correlate, Correct<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>McCormick\u2018s goal, although it seems counterintuitive, is to make himself redundant to the athlete. He fosters a sense of self sufficiency amongst the players, and sets out to educate them on how to be their own best coach. McCormick only wanted his players to come back to him when they really needed his help. He calls this process the three C\u2019s: <strong>collect<\/strong> the clues, attribute a <strong>correlation<\/strong> or causation, then close the loop with a <strong>correction<\/strong>. This ability for the athletes to figure it out themselves and \u201cdig it out of the dirt\u201d is critical when their contact time is at a minimum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get buy-in from key influences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Athletes rely upon a good support system and McCormick understands how important it is to filter his core coaching messages through the key influences in an athlete\u2019s life. Done well, those messages will resonate beyond the coaching session itself. McCormick called it \u201cthe rule of 168\u201d. There are 168 hours in a week and he might only get one hour with an athlete. \u201cTherefore that hour needs to be high octane and have longevity over a week or two-week period so when they come back, you\u2019re not in the same place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col visibly-hidden col--flex-align-right\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":9990,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[22],"pathway":[304],"topic":[335,331],"sport":[319],"class_list":["post-9989","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaching-development-performance","pathway-technical-excellence","topic-coach-development","topic-coaching","sport-golf"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Do you Coach Jordan Spieth? - Performance Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/how-do-you-coach-jordan-spieth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Do you Coach Jordan Spieth? - Performance Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/how-do-you-coach-jordan-spieth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Performance Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-15T05:11:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1012196212.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2040\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1093\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1402921376-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/how-do-you-coach-jordan-spieth\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/how-do-you-coach-jordan-spieth\/\",\"name\":\"How Do you Coach Jordan Spieth? - Performance Institute\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/how-do-you-coach-jordan-spieth\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/how-do-you-coach-jordan-spieth\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1012196212.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-16T14:10:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-15T05:11:34+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/how-do-you-coach-jordan-spieth\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/how-do-you-coach-jordan-spieth\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/how-do-you-coach-jordan-spieth\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1012196212.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1012196212.jpg\",\"width\":2040,\"height\":1093,\"caption\":\"ST. 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