26 | Rick Sessinghaus on Coaching Collin Morikawa, How Flow Follows Focus, and Achieving Peak Performance in the Game of Golf

Peak Performance
Written By Evan Burk
 

Dr. Rick Sessinghaus is a Mental Performance Coach, Author, Speaker, and Flow Trainer for high performance golfers. He has been a mental performance coach for some of the top amateur golfers and teams in college, and is currently the Swing and Mental coach for one of the top golfers in the world, PGA Tour winner Collin Morikawa.

In this conversation, Evan Burk talks with Rick about his coaching journey with top PGA golfer Collin Morikawa, the background and mental makeup that helped separate Collin to become one of the best golfers in the game, and what it takes to master peak performance on and off the golf course.

Tune into this episode to hear:

  • Rick’s journey from swing coach to mental performance coach

  • How peak performance at the highest levels of Golf has evolved in recent years

  • Rick’s coaching journey with Collin Morikawa

  • What separated Collin Morikawa from other golfers his age as an amateur

  • The influence of Collin’s parents on his development as a person and a player

  • How Rick helped Collin create a 4-5 year plan to become a Division 1 golfer by combining long-term focus with metrics along the way

  • The moment of defeat where Rick knew that Collin had a chance to be great

  • How Colin Morikawa prepares for the Masters

  • The importance of the people that surround you in an individual sport like golf

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Evan Burk

Evan Burk is a speaker, former NFL coach, and podcast host who uses the sports world as his backdrop to engage audiences with thought-provoking lessons of leadership, team-building, and creating championship cultures.

Evan Burk is not your typical football coach. Despite not playing football beyond high school and no network in the coaching profession, Evan's unlikely football journey began as a 4th grade coach, where he quickly worked his way to the NFL in just 6 years, and included coaching for teams such as the Miami Dolphins, UCLA, and SMU.

After spending fifteen-plus years working with the highest-performing athletes, coaches, and teams on the planet, Coach Burk uses his unique football coaching background to teach people how to utilize the same strategies in business and life that elite players and teams use to perform at a world-class level.

Evan received his B.S. in business management from the University of Colorado, and his Master of Liberal Studies degree from Southern Methodist University. He also hosts his own weekly sports leadership podcast, The Highest Level, where he reveals how championship team cultures are built and the keys to leadership excellence at the highest level.

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