Elite Golf

In this episode Ed and I discuss the following topics:

-Incorporating life lessons into golf

-Different programs that have helped junior golfers

-Practice games

-Kvest

https://www.connecthumanperformance.com

Mike is a fitness and performance coach.

He is TPI Golf Fitness Level 2 Certified. Mike is pursuing his masters degree in Biomechanics.

Mike has 3 services that he offers:

1. semi private training with adults/athletes

2. Online coaching (https://www.connecthumanperformance.com/)

3. Consulting for large groups seeking fitness training.

We talk about movement today and how it is important to strive towards this movement in the gym and not just strengthen or work on a certain area or muscle group.

We talk about Bryson Dechambeau and how his work in the gym has paid off this year.

Nate Lashley has an incredible story that includes tragedy, bouncing back, and success.

Nate played collegiate golf at the university of Arizona and suffered a horrible tragedy during his college years.

He turned professional and played several years before giving up golf to sell real estate in 2012. He reconnected to his passion and started playing again and accomplished a life long goal by getting to the PGA Tour. He accomplished another life long goal by winning on the PGA Tour in 2019 at the Rocket Mortgage.

Today I interview Brady Schnell. Brady currently has Korn Ferry Tour status. He has been a touring professional since 2007.

Brady was a high level player as a junior- he won the Western Junior Amateur

He played college golf at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. In college, he won the North South Amateur.

In 2018 he won on an event on the Korn Ferry Tour and finished in the top 25 earning status on the PGA Tour for the 2019 season.

Brady shares with us his experiences as a touring professional and some of his keys to playing at a high level.

Leo is currently one of the top players in collegiate golf.

He will be a junior at Oklahoma State University next season.

He recently won The Prestige presented by Charles Schwab (which is one of the biggest events in college golf)

Gary Gilchrist is a Golf Digest Top 50 coach in the world. He has worked with many PGA and LPGA players over the years, including Yani Tseng, Lydia KO, Charles Howell, Sean O’hare to name a few.

He has taken three different junior academies and grown them to the top of the industry (IMG Academy, International Junior Golf Academy, and Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy).

Today he shared with us his experiences and wisdom with golf and what it takes to improve. Golf is about developing confidence and your self-image. If you want to be great, look at what the best players are doing and copy them. Make sure that your team around you are supporting you and making you better.

To get in touch with Gary or to visit his academy visit IJGA.com.

Take your time and read your lie before selecting the shot you want to hit.

Some things we cover with reading your lie:

Grain- is it growing into you or with you?

Is it sitting down or up on the grass?

Is your ball on a slope?

When to hit high soft shots vs a bump and run?

To get a visual of some of these things watch this videos I created on Youtube: https://youtu.be/5gqGnHBiBlo

In this segment I explain some important factors in getting the most out of your driver.

The optimal launch conditions for someone who swings their driver around 100 mph is to have the ball launch somewhere 12-15 degrees and have 2,500 spin.

I layout three areas to focus on to help with this- equipment, set up position, and important factors in-swing.

I mentioned a Youtube video for a drill to help hit more up on the driver https://youtu.be/iXaqx8ykgd8

Brant and I in this episode go over some common limitations that golfers tend to have

We talk about the three most important factors in cleaning up these limitations- mobility, stability, and speed

Brant explains what a golfer must do first in order to gain speed and power in their golf swing

We then talk about junior golfers and windows of development (chronological age vs biological age)

Brant talks about the Canadian Sports Long Term Development- visit this website for more information https://sportforlife.ca/long-term-development/

Brant also talked about growmetry.com which is a site where you can put in your child's information and it will help you keep track of their biological age.

I generally see amateur players swing too hard when playing golf into the wind. This causes the ball to spin too much and get up in the air and make it difficult to control distance and direction.

When playing in the wind it is important to keep the launch and spin down.

In cross wind scenarios take a little more club and make solid contact, also move your swing direction a little more in the opposite direction of the wind to help start the ball away from the target to help bring it back to the planned target.