Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan

This week our guest is Nick Tumminello fitness expert from Fort Lauderdale Florida. Nick is not a golfer but understands what it takes to train golfers to play their best. Here is a little bit about Nick.

Nick's hybrid approach to training allows him to leverage the tools, knowledge and skills of many disciplines and methods to help his clients and to educate other trainers how to deliver results.

As early as his teenage years Nick knew that he wanted to be a trainer. His early influence came from his mother, growing up in a gym watching her prepare for bodybuilding competitions. She'll tell you that "Nick grew up on iron and sweat."

As a way to connect Nick and his mother attended fitness events and conferences from the time he was 16 years old.

Personal training is the only 'real job' nick's ever known. But, his story isn't common. Not being one to fall in line with the crowd Nick never attended college or got a degree. He graduated high school as an average student. He worked hard to accumulate a lot of on the job experience and despite his distaste for structured education Nick was very interested in learning.

After being fired from his first two personal training jobs due to his independent thinking and lack of needing to 'fit in' he went off on his own to start a business.

Training and fitness aren't a hobby to Nick. This is a profession that he's very passionate about.

It would be easy to confuse Nick as a 'science guy' due to his ability to challenge thoughts and ideas, the way he respects the scientific process and critical thinking. However, he's most excited by the application and end results that the information he learns and the ideas he creates can produce. "Studies and research are great, but if there is no practical application there is no need"

Nick's approach to many things can be described in three words…

Hustle and Muscle.

This is applied in training, business and intellectually for Nick.

Training:

Nick's hybrid, mixed approach to training allows for the possibility that you can look great and perform great at the same time with a calculated and specific approach to training.

Contact Nick-http://nicktumminello.com/

RICH HAS… 28+ years experience and is a certified adaptive golf instructor who works specifically with disabled golfers. On September 25 2000, he was in a life changing accident when he was ejected from a moving golf cart. Despite his injuries, he has made an amazing recovery and is now a scratchplayer. Today, he continues to share his passion for the game, coaching all levels of ability from touring professionals to disabled golfers.

RICH'S BACKGROUND HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE…

'Growing the Game' columnist Advises on www.golfisforeveryonemd.com Co-author of 'Half Paralyzed, Twice Strong' Set up a 5,000+ member 'Golf Therapy' facebook group Regular 'Golf Therapy' columnist for Charleston Golf News Contributes advice to numerous print and online magazines Certified adaptive golf instructor and mental performance coach.

Get Rich's Book on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Half-Paralyzed-Twice-Strong-OBrien/dp/1540732533/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1497879011&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=Half+Paralized+Twice+strong

Contact Rich- https://www.facebook.com/richobriengolf/

Phone - 843-826-0837

Michael Napoleon | President and Founder [email protected]

Inspired by the belief that all golfers can achieve more enjoyment from the game by enhancing their performance, Michael is in constant search for the newest and best ways to help golfers improve. SuperSpeed Golf has come into existence out of many years of coaching expertise and looking for simple ways to help golfers increase power in the golf swing. Michael continues to coach in the Chicago area and across the US with his team at Catalyst Golf Performance.

The SuperSpeed Experience

Come spend a day with the team at SuperSpeed Golf! We'll conduct a full diagnostic of everything that affects your swing speed and create a detailed and personalized action plan for you. During this program, we will look at the following areas of your game:

• Power specific swing mechanics
• Driver impact conditions and ball flight with the TrackMan Launch Monitor System
• 3D Biomechanics and energy transfer
• Optimizing the fit of your driver
• Orthopedic joint mobility screening
• Stability, balance, coordination, and movement patterns
• Strength and Power assessment

After we finish assessing all of these areas of your game, we will create your personalized swing mechanics program, golf-specific fitness program, and SuperSpeed Golf overspeed training program. We'll also go over many useful tactics to help increase the efficiency of your program such as nutritional recommendations and recovery methods. This program will truly leave no stone unturned in the quest to help you Unleash your Speed!

SuperSpeed Experience – Chicago at Catalyst Golf Performance

• $2500/Individual
• $1500/player for groups

SuperSpeed Experience – On the Road!

This program can be held at your club or a variety of our partner sites around the world.

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SuperSpeed Corporate Programs

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FEATURED PRODUCTS Men's SuperSpeed Golf Training System

$199.

Dayne Gingrich started as a tennis Pro and became a instructor. Here then found the mental game was helping his students better then standard instruction and realized he had tapped into something big. He now teaches the 1% mental mind set not just for tennis but golf and life. This is a episode you don't want to miss to take your game and life to the next level. This program can help you have a mindset like the world's greatest players in their hay day. Like Tiger Woods Jack and Arnie!

http://coachdayne.com/

Jeff Smith joins us in conversation on episode 133 of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan. Voted by Golf Digest best Teacher in State 2015 -2016 .Jeff is Director of Instruction - Otter Creek Golf Course - Columbus, IN and the host of Those Weekend Golf Guys Podcast. His academy is Plane and Simple Golf and has taught over 18,500 lesson hours since 1994 and was the lead instructor for the PGA's Growth of the Game Jr. Golf Clinic at the 2010 PGA Professional National Championship in French Lick, Indiana, and was the Jr. Clinic Chairman at the 2014 PGA Championship Junior & Veteran Golf Clinic in Louisville, KY. and was an instructor at the Jr. Golf Clinic at the 2015 Sr. PGA Championship in French Lick, Indiana. Jeff brings his insight into the game in this weeks interview.

Contact Jeff -http://www.planeandsimplegolf.com/

David Brelow joins us to discuss his program to help golfers and people in life be the best they can be with his Wire to Win program.

Wired to Win–is based on the simple wisdom of centuries old laws and truths with provable modern science of human performance. Why? Because It offers you the simplest path. Simple. Accessible. Repeatable. It is a model that proves itself over and over again. It targets the truth with deadly accuracy and is a path that puts thee power so many of us "give away" back in your hands–where it always was! Why make it complicated?

David Breslow The Simplicity Coach Elevating One Life and Game at A Time www.davebreslow.com www.mentalgolfcoaching.com

This weeks guest has been playing in Pro events for 40 years and has been teaching for 25 years. He is the Director of Instruction at Lakewood Country Club He is here to share his journey in this wonderful game and give insight on his take on the golf swing. He has been a member of Golf Top 50 and Golf Digest Top 100.

Here are a few words from Wayne on the awards above directly from his website.

"In all the time I have spent as a teaching professional not one person has ever specifically observed my teaching in order to see if I were qualified for any list or award. All of these so-called "honors" are bestowed upon instructors for no real reason whatsoever other than reputation, political connectedness, or association with high profile players, either from the celebrity ranks or the PGA Tour. As far as I'm concerned, as soon as an instructor stops teaching beginners he or she ceases to be qualified for any honors or awards. And stop to consider exactly who it is that is bestowing the honor of being a "top" teacher: I'll tell you who- magazine editors. If you had the experience of working with them to try to get a decent article printed with any sort of detail or information beyond a 5th grade level you would better understand the ludicrous nature of teacher lists.

So, if you can't trust the national magazines, how do you know if a teacher has anything to offer? I would say that you have to look at the students and their successes, but then we fall into the trap of focusing on high profile players. It is certainly a skill to help the already great to become better. "

Wayne know that awards are not what makes a teacher great. It is their commitment to their craft and results.

Contact Wayne-https://waynedefrancesco.com/

Dan Connelly the developer of True Length technology club fitting joins us on episode 130 of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan.

• Dan spent 20 years employed as a high level Metrologist for General Motors in the Canadian Regional Engineering Centre in Oshawa ON. As a Precision Inspector, Dan operated CAD systems, coordinate measuring machines, and high level inspection tools on a daily basis. All part of holding the J.D. Powers "Best In Class" which has been awarded to General Motors on many occasions. I was proud to be a General Motors employee (now retired) and represent their complete line of quality cars and trucks from the quality side of Engineering.
• Dan's Custom Golf Shop is a family owned business, based out of a small shop at our home in Hampton, Ontario. My wife Marianne keeps the flowers in full bloom and is available to take messages. Our 2 sons Jay and Eric helped build the new addition to the shop, allowing us to now have a 'Fitting Studio.' The Fitting Studio is fully stocked with 16 sets of left and right handed fitting clubs (4 irons at 58* of lie, 7 irons at 61*, and a PW's at 64*). You will now be able to swing a test set that will be used as the fitting model to either correct your existing set or be the model for your new build.We all are True Length Technology® product testers, which has helped turn a theory into a reality.
• Contact Dan - http://danscustomgolfshop.com/contact-us/
• Website http://danscustomgolfshop.com/

Jason Sutton was the 2013 Carolinas section Teacher of the Year and a five time nominee for the Golf Magazine top 100 list. He has worked with The Dana Rader golf school and is now the director of instruction at Carmel Country Club. Jason shares his journey in golf and relates his experience working with his student to how it can apply to your game. Jason like to work on controlling the low point in the swing to improve his players.

Contact Jason - http://www.carmelcountryclub.org/

Bill's Philosophy

My coaching provides a results based, common sense, long term solutions to even the most nagging issues. We will discover your ability to play better in an accelerated manner.

I utilize a simple approach to allow players a consistent, repeatable swing and outstanding results. My teaching is results oriented and you will not be pushed into a cookie cutter, one size fits all approach. We will help you enjoy the emotions of hitting great shots and playing well.

It has been my great fortune to have been personally trained by my good friend Jimmy Ballard.

I will never tell you "You need to get worse before you get better."

http://billabramsgolf.com/contact/