Teaching-marries-fitness-series

Announcing Teaching marries Fitness

An  Holistic Approach to Game Improvement. Over the next 6 issues of the newsletter, we will show you by means of three separate case studies that a better golf game is inevitable when your physical abilities are addressed.In fact, game improvement occurs hand in hand with improving your golf fitness.Case Study 1Meet Anri Jonker, a lady golfer facing the common challenge to increase her club ...

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EXERCISES TO ADDRESS LIMITATIONS

EXERCISES TO ADDRESS LIMITATIONS...

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DRILLS TO ADDRESS TECHNICAL FAULTS

DRILLS TO ADDRESS TECHNICAL FAULTS...

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WARMING UP FOR PRACTICE

A CASE STUDY  IN A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO GAME IMPROVEMENT THE GOLF SWING AND GOLF FITNESS: A MATCH MADE IN GOLFING HEAVEN Presented by Ian Corbett, your fitness & conditioning specialist& Steph Spies, your AAA-class PGA and Gary Player teaching professionalNow that our students understand the necessary exercises to address their physical limitations, as well as the technical drills t...

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The Pre-shot routine

Exciting times have arrived, as our students are now ready to take their changes to the golf course! We explain that they need a repeatable and consistent pre-shot routine to help them execute their planned shots. It is important for them to understand the principles of best practice for the pre-shot routine, as follows: Firstly for golfers working on new swing techniques, focus should be on th...

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THE WRAP

Over the past 5 months we identified our players’ swing faults, physically screened them, prescribed exercises to improve their functional movement limitations, gave them corrective drills to fix the swing fault, taught them how to warm up and even offered them a prescription for a pre-shot routine.   Most importantly we helped them to understand that golf is a complex set of physical...

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A Case Study in a Holistic Approach to Game Improvement 3

The Golf Swing and Golf Fitness: A Match Made in Golfing HeavenPresented by Ian Corbett, your fitness & conditioning specialist & Steph Spies, your AAA-class PGA and Gary Player teaching professionalNow that our students understand the necessary exercises to address their physical limitations, as well as the technical drills to improve their swings, we focus this issue on physical preparat...

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A Case study in a holistic approach to game improvement 2

Now that we have begun to address our three intrepid golfers’ physical limitations with the exercises as described in July’s newsletter, we turn our attention this month to prescribing fault-correcting drills to help each of our students to correct their technical flaws…Case Study 1Recalling Anri’s technical challenge of over rotation of the hips during her backswing, whic...

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A Case study in a holistic approach to game improvement 1

“If you don’t test, it’s just a guess!” This month we will help you to understand how important it is to make a full diagnosis to determine the cause of your swing problem and whether the cause is technical, physical or both. As captain of your ship, your golf coach will be the first to determine your direction.Let’s take a look at the tests that your Gary Player prof...

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