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An Osteopathic Approach to Performance
By Jelle Zandveld
An overview of Osteopathic principles and how they can be used to help your athlete’s performance.
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Working on Distance Control with Adrian Meronk
By TPI
New video featuring a session with two-time Olympian and four-time DP World Tour champ, Adrian Meronk. In this video, Dave and Greg work with Adrian to improve pelvis rotation in the backswing and minimize wrist hinge to improve distance control with his wedges.
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Rethinking the Path to a College Golf Scholarship
By Brendan Ryan
Malcolm Gladwell's book, Outliers, helped popularize the 10,000 hour rule. It's a great idea, but not as simple as many parents think. Time dedicated to a task is vitally important, but how we encourage young athletes to spend that time is equally critical.
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How Danny Willett matched his swing to his physical capabilities
By TPI
2016 Masters champion Danny Willett shares how physical limitations have forced him to make adjustments in his swing.
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More Sports = Better Development
By Mike Hansen
How you can hinder your child’s development by focusing exclusively on golf
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Can manual therapy fix your golf swing ?
By Dave Phillips
Manual therapy techniques like ART might be just what your golf swing and your body needs.
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Developing Young Golfers: They'll Need To Be FAST
By Oliver C. Morton
No matter which side of the distance debate you’re on, one thing that’s clear is that Speed has become essential to success at the highest levels.
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Improving from the Ground Up: How the Function of the Ankle and Foot Influence Your Swing
By Daniela Schellenberg
Did you know that your feet are often overlooked in golf? Why is the mobility of feet and ankles essential? We often talk about how ground mechanics can influence power and consistency in the golf swing, but we probably don't spend enough time talking about how the function of our feet and ankles affect so much of what we do in the golf swing.
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Christo Lamprecht: Under The Hood of One of The Fastest Swings in Golf
By TPI
Golfers come in all shapes and sizes, but South Africa’s rising star, Christo Lamprecht, is a definitely outlier. At 6’8”, he’s not only one of the tallest professional golfers in the world, he’s also one of the fastest.
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Active Recovery: An Important Day in Your Week
By Pam Owens
Recovery doesn't mean doing nothing.
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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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How Throwing a Frisbee Can Help Your Swing Sequence
By Liam Mucklow
Over the years I have found that it can be a lot easier to address kinematic sequence issues by using multisport modalities as a vehicle for the golfer to acquire a new pattern.
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How Ryan Moore rehabbed his ankle with a TPI Certified team
By Brian Chandler
After Ryan Moore won the John Deere Classic, he credited TPI Certified Brian Chandler with helping him overcome a nagging ankle issue which had bothered him for five years.
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Mental Game: Brain Training Study With UCLA Golf
By TPI
Study of performance brain training with Division I golfers showed a reduction of 3 putts per round by 9.7%, and an increase greens in regulation by 12%. But that’s not all.
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Better is More
By Dr. Bhrett McCabe
When More is Not Always Better, It is Time to Coach that Better is More
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Golf's True Competitive Edge
By K.C Craichy
Add the power of Superfood Nutrtion to your game;
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Maximize the Speed You Already Have
By Liam Mucklow
Every player wants to hit it further, but many golfers don't realize that they already have the physical tools to do it.
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10 Ways to Motivate our Young Athletes
By Milo Bryant
For some silly, inane reason, too many of us believe that learning can only take place in monotonous and analgesic environments conducive to most funerals. TPI instructor Milo Bryant shares why fun should be a priority.
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X-Factor Essentials: What it is and How to Train it
By Mike Carroll
TPI Certified fitness professional Michael Carroll (attended Level 1 in the UK in June) examines the relationship between x-factor and ball-striking performance in addition to discussing strength and conditioning strategies for golf.
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The Use of Neurokinetic Therapy (NKT) in Conjunction with TPI Physical Screen
By Michele Liew
Neurokinetic Therapy also known as NKT is a sophisticated assessment and treatment modality that addresses the causes of dysfunctional movement/coordination problems at their root in the motor control centre in the cerebellum.
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