Patience

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Perfect Practice

Any of you that I have taught have probably heard me talk about all facets of your game need to be addressed if you are going to compete at a high level.  One of these areas that is rarely addressed by junior’s is that of physical conditioning and weight lifting.  If you ever had doubts about the effectiveness look at the following case study I conducted.

Following are some before and after measurements of club head speed for some of my students.  These measurements were taken about two months apart.  In addition to weight training we also offer tour level Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) flexibility testing.  You can find more info on this on the “Golf Fitness” link.    C’mon you can do this!!!

Kelsey Kurtz, age 15 female            Nov “02                     Jan ’03

        Club head speed w/ 6 iron       70 mph                     77 mph

                                         Driver       72 mph                     84 mph

   ( This increase in her driver speed resulted in a 30 yard increase in distance!)

Vincent Nadeau, age 14 male           Nov ’02                    Jan  ’03

          Club head speed w/ 6 iron      81 mph                     85 mph

                                            Driver     97 mph                    100 mph

Glenn McCauley                                Nov ’02                     Jan ’03

          Club head speed  w/6 iron      99 mph                       102 mph 

                                           Driver      117 mph                      117 mph

   With the exception of Glenn’s driver speed ( it was high already!!) these are some very significant increases.  These workouts consisted of about 45 minutes for three times per week over a two month period.  You should think about getting on a program very seriously because IT WORKS.   The BEST WAY to do this is go through a TPI evaluation first then get with a good trainer.  Not all trainers are equally certified - I have some in the area that I am very comfortable with that I can put you in touch with so you get the best results!