Dr Nicky Lumb

Nicky has a PhD in Optimising Practice for Peak Performance in Professional Golf, as well as an MSc in Sports Coaching where she specialised in Elite Performance. Nicky is also a PGA Golf professional, ASQ Level 3 Golf Coach, TPI Level 3 Golf Coach, TPI Level 3 Junior Coach, TrackMan Level 2 Coach, NLP Practitioner and Golf Machine Authorised Instructor (GSEB), to name just a few of her additional qualifications. Specialising in research based coaching methods, Nicky combines the science of motor learning, skill acquisition, golf statistics, mind-set and performance with the art of coaching to help players develop their skills and transfer them from the practice ground onto the golf course and into competition. Nicky coaches players of all ages and abilities including juniors, seniors, beginners, club golfers, elite amateurs and tour professionals. With elite players, Nicky often works as a specialist performance and practice coach and works as part of a team, complementing the work of her clients swing coaches, fitness professionals and sports psychologists. Nicky continually strives to find ways to help players develop their skills and crucially transfer them from practice onto the golf course and into competition. In some of her research, Nicky was able to help players improve their shot accuracy 4 times faster than conventional methods. Nicky has presented some of her research at the World Scientific Congress of Golf and the World Golf Fitness Summit. Nicky is the author of Better Practice Better Golf, The Ultimate Guide to Golf Practice and Playing Your Best Golf on the Course, which she wrote with world renowned performance expert Dr Dave Alred MBE. Nicky has also written a series of Performance and Practice Workbooks which compliment Better Practice Better Golf. These include: Better Practice Better Golf Putting Practice Workbook, Short Game Practice Workbook, Long Game Practice Workbook, On the Course Practice Workbook, Pre and Post Shot Routine Workbook and Performance and Playing Statistics Workbook. All of these books are available from Amazon. Nicky is based in Bristol, UK and coaches at 3 different venues across the city. This enables her to offer the best facilities for her clients needs (golf course, grass practice ground, putting and short game area, floodlit under cover driving range). She offers putting, short game, long game, on the course coaching and tournament support. Nicky also travels all over the world to coach players. Nicky firmly believes that every golfer can always get better.