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Foam Roll Your Way to a Better Swing.

By Dave Phillips

A simple tool to increase your range of motion.

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How Lee Westwood changed his Body

By Dave Phillips

Lee Westwood has changed his body dramatically the last two years by working with English Strength and conditioning coach Steve McGregor. Learn some of the key areas that Lee attacked to help change his physic and his game.

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Stillpower

By Dave Phillips

A quick look at the new book "Stillpower" - The Inner Source of Athletic Excellence"

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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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Solving the Middle Man

By Max Prokopy

Why the Thoracic Spine is So Important

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A modern approach to training

By Kayleigh Franklin

TPI Certified (Level 2 Fitness, Level 2 Medical) explains how the marriage manual therapy and physical training will yield better results for your clients.

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14 Exercises For Generating Impulse and Separation - A Key To Increased Clubhead Velocity

By Dr. Ben Langdown and Jennifer Fleischer

These exercises will create further stability and strength in the legs, hips, glutes and trunk as well as the shoulders -- the key areas of transferring force through the kinetic chain.

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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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The Home Workout: How To Keep Your Golf Strength And Conditioning On Track

By Dr. Ben Langdown and Jennifer Fleischer

With some careful consideration about your S&C priorities, home workouts can be effective and also save time.

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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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Why the Glutes Matter

By Meredith Parker

Whether it’s a Saturday tee time with the guys, a regional tournament, or a corporate outing to entertain clients, there remains a desire to perform, and perform well.

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How To Improve Rotation While Protecting Your Lower Back

By Mike Boyle

Every golfer wants to improve rotation, but often they look to improve it in the wrong places. This article discusses why golfers should focus on rotation in the hips, thoracic spine and shoulders, and not the lumbar spine.

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How Tour Pros Prepare For A Round

By Ben Salisbury

Hint: It starts BEFORE the range.

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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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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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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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Five Observations From Watching TOUR Players Train

By Neal Hausch

Neal Hausch shares what he's learned from watching PGA TOUR players work out at his facility in Akron during the Bridgestone Invitational.

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How to Warm Up Before Your Workout

By Robbie Cannon

Shane Lowry's TPI Certified strength coach Robbie Cannon discusses the importance of warming up before a workout and shares his 10 minute routine.

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Mark Blackburn is Golf Digest's Top Teacher In America

By TPI

After over two decades at the top of the Golf Digest Best Teachers list, the legendary Butch Harmon is turning over his top spot to our instructor, advisory board member and friend, Mark Blackburn.

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The Importance of Process-Related Assessment of Golf Skills in Early Stage Junior Development

By Dr. Jean-François Richard

The development of physical literacy during childhood and adolescence has been shown to be of critical importance in children’s attitudes and motivation towards future participation in physical activity and sport.

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