IMPROVE MY GAME
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Training the Senior Player
By Rich Freedman
With the advent of TPI functional fitness screening, fitness trainers have a valuable tool to identify and correct many of the swing flaws plaguing the senior player.
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Beware Of What You Stretch
By Jason Glass
So many of us have bought into the old adage that you need to stretch to stay supple and play your best. What if stretching actually had the opposite effect?
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Practice with a Purpose
By Bill O'Neill
How you practice can be just as important as how much you practice.
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5 Potential Causes of Lower Back Pain for Golfers (And What to Do About It)
By Jon Hodginkson
It’s no secret that lower back pain is a big problem in golf, but that doesn’t mean that injury and pain are inevitable. Here are a few things we can do to minimize that risk.
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Treating Motor Pattern Dysfunction: Are Your Corrective Exercises Correcting?
By Paul Gozbekian
How do you prepare your body for training, activity and performance? More importantly, how are you dealing with muscle tightness, joint immobility, chronic pain and injury that are limiting your potential in these areas?
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Walk The Line
By Gray Cook
If you have issues with balance is it a mobility problem or a stability problem.
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The Benefits of Single Leg Training for Golfers
By Jamie Greaves
TPI Certified strength coach Jamie Greaves outlines 5 reasons why single leg work should be a part of your lower body strength building program.
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How Fast Eddie Generates 150 mph Clubhead Speed over the age of 50
By TPI
We had the opportunity to evaluate one of the fastest golfers in the world ahead of his Masters division victory at the PLDA World Championship.
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Considerations for LTAD of an Elite, Early Specialized Golfer
By Liesbeth Pauwels
Sharing a few of the lessons learned from working with a future Division 1 golfer.
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Four Exercises for Stronger, More Powerful Glutes
By Dr. Ben Langdown and Jennifer Fleischer
Whether you’re looking to improve your golf game, or help prevent injuries and low back pain, focusing on glute strength is one of the most important things you can do in the gym.
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How Charley Hoffman's Data-Driven Approach Produced a Breakthrough in His Swing
By TPI
Charley's recent visit to TPI was a perfect example of a Body-Swing Connection, and how something as common as limited lower body rotation could affect club delivery, ball flight tendency and even grip.
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How I Use Dry Needling And My TPI Medical Certification To Help Golfers
By Catherine Hoell
Dry needling technique is not a panacea for all golf injuries, nor is it a modality that I use in exclusion of other evidenced-based physical therapy treatments, but it is a powerful tool to have in my practice.
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Winter Olympics and Golf
By Dave Phillips
If you’re a parent of a talented young golfer, pay attention to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The story of Mikaela Shiffrin may be just what you need to help support your child in golf.
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Hip speed good or bad?
By Dave Phillips
This article shares some thoughts on hip speed and how to control it.
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I-Vest
By Dave Phillips
I-Vest is an iPhone app that can give you bio feedback on your golf posture.
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4 Steps To More Rotational Power
By Nick Buchan
TPI Certified trainer Nick Buchan shares how to safely progress your medicine ball throws for more rotational power.
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How Jordan Does It
By Dave Phillips
Jordan Spieth is arguably the hottest player in golf and a favorite at the Masters, but his swing doesn't get as much credit as it deserves. Here are some things he does really well.
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Maximize On-Course Performance
By Sean Saunders
If you want to improve at golf, you have to be able to transfer skills from the range to the course. It sounds simple, but you'll find that many of your practice habits don't facilitate that transfer.
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Club Head Speed By Age Group: What Percentile Are You In?
By Chris Finn
With over 600 data points, Par4Success has been able to identify a number of top metrics in the physical realm that you should be striving for if you want to play at your highest level.
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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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