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11/12/2021

One of the 4 guiding principles for Long Term Athlete Development is Quality, per the Canadian Sport for Life model.

It says, every child, youth and adult deserve quality experience every time they participate in physical activity or sport. Quality means, good programs, in good places, delivered by good people.

In my experience, an athlete is best served if they have a team. The team should consist of someone from the medical profession, golf instruction, and fitness training.

These individuals, in conjunction with the athlete, and if a junior athlete is the subject, then both athlete and parents are to communicate and work together in the best interest of the athlete.

In my opinion, this team, is best present at all levels of an athlete’s stature to ensure the athlete is performing at optimal levels of health and wellness.

Does your junior golfer have a team? A team of professionals whom seek to ensure the longevity of their golfing livelihood? Quality individuals who produce good programs, in good places, which are easy to access?

I hope so!

07/14/2021

The Open! 149 years of links golf! What hole would you want to conquer at Royal St. George's?

Read all about each hole at Royal St George's in our guide to the host course for The 149th Open Championship

01/12/2021

The answer is, yes! How do you know? Let's find out! The term ‘practice makes perfect’ is true, but there is such a thing as too much practice which can be detrimental to performance. Children are still growing until the age of about eighteen and too much training can impair the growing process. With an emphasis in modern society on winning, coaches and parents are scheduling children to train too much each week....

The answer is, yes! How do you know? Let’s find out! The term ‘practice makes perfect’ is true, but there is such a thing as too much practice which can be detrimental to performance. Childre…

01/09/2021

Lower Crossed Syndrome is the combination of tight hip flexors and a tight lower back, paired with weak abdominals and weak glutes. Such a pattern leads to an arching or rounding of the lower back, a jutting abdomen, and a flat butt due to weakness in the glutes.

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01/07/2021

The hip clamshell exercise is a classic exercise emphasizing hip external rotation, focusing on the gluteus maximus and gluteus medius. It can be performed against resistance such as a mini-band as seen in this video, or without and just using gravity.

Take note in the video how after a few reps the hip angle changes.
During the first 5 reps the hip is in neutral, at 0 degrees. Next, the hip angle moves to roughly 45 degrees and finally 90 degrees.

In the neutral position, activation of the both glute muscles groups is achieved, however the hip flexors are relaxed, which is a positive since daily life has us in hip flexion, in addition to the golf swing.

But, in the flexed hip position there is likely less use of the glute medius, thus allowing more use of the glute maximus and deep external rotators.
Lastly, and my favorite hidden gem 💎of this exercise, especially as it relates to golf; the bottom leg stays in static external rotation when using the mini-band as it needs to provide the anchor for the top leg to do the work. This is exactly what occurs during the golf swing - lead hip in backswing and the trail hip in the downswing.

There are many variations of this exercise and all have there uses and benefits. AaI’d love to hear your thoughts! You know the drill, comment below👇🏼

01/03/2021

Mr Miyagi was a man of many sayings, mostly about life, honor and principles.

I will, however, apply this quote to golf.

In my opinion juniors, adults, and seniors are included in the Long-term Athlete Development (LTAD) model. I also believe golf is a sport that incorporates so many sport skills that athlete balance is of the utmost importance. And, when I speak of athlete balance in this regard I don’t mean ability to stand on 1 leg.

Athlete balance is made up of these components known as the FUNdamentals Cyclone:
•Agility
•Balance
•Striking
•Throwing
•Catching
•Kicking
•Jumping
•Locomotion
•Visualization/Awareness
•Rotation
•Push/Pull
•Core Strength

Now it may seem silly for adults to keep in check with throwing, catching, and kicking, however these are essential fundamental movement skills. These are the skills that keep us whole, a true athlete.

As I said, I think golf is one sport that incorporates a plethora of athletic skills, and if not considered and addressed can lead to imbalance, overuse, and potential injury.

So, if I change Mr. Miyagi’s quote around a little bit, it would go something like this.

“If golf athlete have balance, golf score be better.”

What’s your favorite Miyagi saying? I’d love to see it. 👇🏼

12/29/2020

If there is only one exercise that I would do that incorporates just about everything a golf swing does, it would be the Single Leg Dumbbell Rotational Sn**ch.

I’m fact I use it to assess golf clients.

This exercise incorporates balance (stability), internal/external hip rotation, glute strength, rotational core strength, shoulder stability and external rotation.

Oh, I forgot to mention the mental focus to perform it correctly with flow.

When using this as an assessment, it is not about how much weight you use to lift, it’s about performing the movement as a whole.

Go ahead, give it a shot! If you can do it give me a thumbs up below👇🏽

If you can’t give me wave 👋 👇🏽

Make this off-season about eliminating your physical limitations. See my ‘golf process’ quote in the “gym thoughts” highlight 👆🏽

12/22/2020

Following this simple checklist I created, you can easily monitor your progress. I use it with all my clients. The checklist uses the BACKWARDS CHAINING method.
1. Think of what you’re looking to improve – Take time, a few weeks, even a month. Identify what seems to continuously enter your mind as to what you want to improve. Even make note of what others are looking to improve upon, it may fit the bill for you!

2. Identify your timeline – By that, I mean, when do you want to have your ultimate goal complete? Start with the furthest point out. Take the amount of time between now and the completion date and split the time into four time periods. Is it the start of the next golf season, the end of next golf season, you decide, but make it realistic.

3. Identify what you need to do to get to your goal – Tests and assessments are the best to figure out the most efficient way to use your training time (contact me if you need help)! As technical and physical as golf is there are many ways to assess. In the off-season I’m a huge advocate with focusing on eliminating physical limitations, that is my specialty.

4. Next incorporate exercises and drills – Stability, mobility, strength training, explosive training, CORE, etc. Easy for me to say, it all comes down to what is identified in the test and assessments. Also, using what you have access to plays a huge part in what exercises you can do. Thankfully, there are a plethora of body-weight exercises one can do to hit all the areas mentioned at the beginning of this step.

5. Continuous evaluation – At each of the four time-line breakdown points, implement where you need to be with your goals, redo your initial tests or assessments to gauge your improvement and program design.

Using this method of Backwards Chaining, the end goal is always the pinnacle. You’ve set-up short-term, realistic goals, to enjoy success along the way. And, you have set-up a system that can be used for any goals you create for yourself.

12/19/2020

Golfers, why should you work towards Olympic lifting? Pretty simple, both require power and mobility.

It may seem as the two are completely different, but as mentioned above they both require skill, technique, practice, movement break down, technique, and involve a process to be successful.

Golfers, it doesn’t matter your age to begin the process, and it doesn’t matter how much weight you move. The off-season is the best time to start. Start now!

Want to know how to begin? Click link in bio, sign-up for the Fairway Club and get your copy of the Functional Golfer Blueprint! It begins there.