IMPROVE MY GAME

A Guide to Needs Analysis and Program Design for Training Golfers

By Michael Carroll

TPI Certified strength coach Michael Carroll outlines how he evaluates golfers and designs training programs.

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The Golfer's Guide to Lower Back Pain – Part 1

By Dr. Greg Rose

TPI Cofounder Dr. Greg Rose reviews how he uses the Body-Swing Connection™ when assessing lower back injuries in golfers.

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Get a Lesson When You’re Playing Well

By Dave Phillips

When your playing your best you seldom seek help, but this is the time to have an expert look at your swing.

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Why is Change so Difficult?

By Dave Phillips

In this article we discuss two areas of your body that could affect your golf swing.

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Stracka Line App

By Dave Phillips

This app helps you read the green, I love it.

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The Seated Trunk Rotation Test

By Dr. Greg Rose

This a screen for thoracic spine rotational mobility.

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Your hips and your swing

By Dr. Greg Rose

Why hip mobility and strength are so important in your golf swing:

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Super Flex Bands

By Dave Phillips

Get a PGA tour style workout with some new exercise bands.

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How Important is Lower Body Power in Golf?

By Dr. Greg Rose

What is the most important area of the body to develop power in for long drives? Most experts would say one thing - the lower body!

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Rory's other sport.

By Dave Phillips

How Tennis helped Rory become the number one golfer in the world.

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What does club fitting mean to you?

By Dave Phillips

If you want to play better, then custom fit clubs are essential. But what should you consider when looking for new clubs?

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Tyler Duncan's TPI Assessment: Addressing Spine Angle and Spin Loft to Improve Wedge Performance

By TPI

Our assessment with PGA TOUR and KFT veteran, Tyler Duncan, revealed how limited thoracic spine mobility could be creating attack angle and spin loft issues with his wedges.

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Assessing One of the Best 13-Year-Olds in Junior Golf

By TPI

We were recently visited by 13-year-old Ananyaa Sood of Dubai, one of the more talented junior golfers we've assessed. If you coach, train or parent a competitive junior golfer, we think there are several lessons you can take from our experience with her.

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Helping a Tour Pro Differentiate Real from Feel

By TPI

One of the most powerful benefits of data is helping athletes distinguish between real and feel. Anders told us that he felt he was “hanging back” in his golf swing. When we put him on force plates, it was clear that almost the opposite was true.

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Rethinking the Path to a College Golf Scholarship

By Brendan Ryan

Malcolm Gladwell's book, Outliers, helped popularize the 10,000 hour rule. It's a great idea, but not as simple as many parents think. Time dedicated to a task is vitally important, but how we encourage young athletes to spend that time is equally critical.

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Making the Most of Your Offseason: Strength Training to Improve Your Game

By Paul Gozbekian

For any golfer, having the ability to increase force production with less effort will help you move the club faster.

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Highlights From Recent Guest Appearances at Level 1 Webinars

By TPI

We've been fortunate to have some of the best minds in golf dial in at our Level 1 Webinars.

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Dynamic Coaching Model for the Modern Golf Professional

By Jason Glass

Coaching shouldn't be about about fixing golfers, but about empowering them to meet the challenge that is presented for each shot.

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Catching Ping Pong Balls To Improve Quiet Eye For Golf

By Liam Mucklow

The Quiet Eye (QE) refers to the final fixation of eye movement at least 100 milliseconds prior to movement. Longer QE duration is exhibited by experts in comparison to non-experts.

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Matching Up Thoracic Spine and Shoulders Blades in an Unstable Student

By Richard Woodhouse

TPI Certified instructor Richard Woodhouse discusses the relationship between posture in set up and the quality of movement in the swing.

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