My name is Stephen Ladd (aka the Renegade Golf Mental Coach).

My educational background, like my approach to most things, has been a bit “unorthodox”. As an undergraduate student, I studied psychology, philosophy, and religion. After graduating summa cum laude (big friggin' deal) from Miami University, I continued my graduate work in East/West Psychology and Comparative Religion at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA.

I left before completing my dissertation, however, because I couldn't stand all the theoretical B.S. I'm a results-focused guy - screw "the process". Instead, I headed east.

And when I say east, I don't mean Pennsylvania. I'm talking about the Far East.

I eventually ended up at a Zen monastery. Let me tell you, this place was tougher to get into than rushing the most popular fraternity on campus while wearing a sign that read "please kick my ass."

Once I was finally allowed in, the treatment really didn't get much better. The days consisted of many hours of sitting meditation in front of a blank wall, hard manual labor (termed "working meditation"), and then going into the small village to beg for food.

The nights I spent sleeping on a hard floor with only a blanket.

Why, might you ask, did I endure this for seven months?

Because I saw in the Zen Master something that I wanted.

Actually, he didn't seem to want for anything.

No, he was able to create anything at any moment.

He had no clue what golf was, but he knew about using the mind to get unbelievable RESULTS.

My kind of mentor!

He really only ever taught me two lessons:

1) You must first clear out all of the crap you have "learned" before you can put anything useful back in

2) Pay attention

It took me seven months to "walk backwards" (unlearn) my formal education, and the Zen Master told me I had to go. He also told me to remember that when I coach others, the teacher always learns more than the student.

I have no idea what he might have learned from me, except maybe to never allow another psychology major into his monastery!

Upon my return to the US, I founded The Human Form - a Holistic Health, Fitness and Performance Institute in 1994. I successfully trained athletes from a wide variety of sports, with a particular passion for golfers.

I was utilizing the mental tools that I had learned in Japan with my golfers, and they were doing very well. However, the techniques could be cumbersome at times, and I just had a feeling that there had to be something more - some tool that was simple and powerful, and that produced dramatic results. This tool had to combine the best of both the East and the West, and would be the only mental game tool that a golfer would ever need.

That's when I met this odd guy who had studied engineering at Stanford University, but was now leading a small revolution in Alternative Psychology, using the latest findings from the field of Quantum Physics.

He showed me how he was able to shift energy within himself in a matter of minutes, and clear out the negative thoughts/feelings.

It was just like my Zen Master said - "Clear out the crap first."

Over the past several years I've developed a combination of these tools, and it has become my trademark system -- Renegade Mindset Techniques for Golf.

East meets West. Ancient Wisdom meets Cutting-Edge Science.

What it means for you is RESULTS.

A few final "qualifications":

• I love golf. It is my obsession/passion.
  
  
• I have been a coach for most of my life. It is also a passion. Very few things give me more joy than helping people like you discover that it is possible to easily and quickly play “out of your mind” golf.
  
  
• I know the information and products that are currently on the market to improve your mental game. Although there is some useful information, it usually never quite comes together to deliver the results you want and deserve. RMT can be used to improve upon the results you are getting from any current mental game strategy.
  
  
• I do not have a PhD. Although this may seem like an odd qualification to be listing, I find this to be quite an advantage over my coaching colleagues (no offense meant to any of those with advanced degrees. Hell, most of my friends are PhD’s!). I consider it an advantage because many academics seem to lose touch with the “real world”. The real world of golf is…LOWER SCORES. And in my humble opinion, that is the bottom line.