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How to Evaluate a Golf Swing - the right way!

By Lance Gill

Here is our philosophy at TPI on how to evaluate a player and determine what areas we should focus on for further development.

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The Top 6 Physical Attributes of Elite Golfers

By Nick Buchan

One of my major roles in working with a golfer is to identify and fix physical limitations that might interfere with an athlete’s ability to best “acquire” the swing mechanics for them. As such when I’m watching the top golfers in the world I’m often looking to identify the physical attributes they share. Here are six physical attributes I’ve noticed in most longer hitters and elite golfers:

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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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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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Why Club Head Speed Drops With Age And What You Can Do About it

By Michael Carroll

Unfortunately, we tend to lose speed and mobility with age. TPI Certified strength coach Michael Carroll explains why and shares tips for modifying your exercise program to compensate for it.

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Mark Blackburn Shares Max Homa's Body-Swing Connection

By TPI

Terrific insight from Mark Blackburn into the swing modifications that preceded Max Homa's win at the Genesis.

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Understanding and Assessing Pelvic Tilt in the Golf Swing

By TPI

The pelvic tilt is one of the most overlooked and underappreciated movement patterns in the golf swing. While it might not be something that a coach cues in their student’s swing, it should be something that a coach is aware of in their student’s swing.

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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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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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Cupping Therapy on the PGA TOUR: Considerations and Concerns

By Marc Wahl

A few reflections and considerations on the cupping demonstrations provided during the 2016 World Golf Fitness Summit.

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The Science Behind a Golf Warm Up

By Ben Langdown

Ben Langdown and Jack Wells studied the effect that a proper warm up had on golf performance. The results were astounding.

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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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Not All Yoga is Good for Golf But Proper Application Can Deliver Big Benefits

By Dana Santas

Yoga tends to be touted as the panacea for everything, but not all yoga is good for golfers. In fact, spending hours doing arbitrary yoga poses to increase your flexibility could actually impede your functional movement, power and control on the links. That isn’t to say that all yoga is bad for golfers…more like, not all yoga is created equal, and its effectiveness is dictated by the quality of its application to the movement and mental demands of the game.

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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 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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How Pro Golfers Stay Fit During Quarantine

By TPI

Whether in the gym or at home, there's no magic solution. Just hard work.

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How Weighted Carries Can Benefit Your Golf Game

By Bobby Dattero

Carries are tremendous exercises for improving work capacity, grip training, core strength, coordination, and shoulder health.

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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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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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