(1:01) Introduction – Zack hosts this podcast covering golf fitness and improving your game
(1:45) Personal golf game. Todd has played for 30 years and is a member at Burning Tree Country Club in Greenwich, CT.
(2:45) Average rounds per year for our clinicians and the coolest logo in golf
(3:07) Practice in the winters with the Trackman simulator in our New Canaan location.
(3:55) Benefits of getting outside and playing golf. Improving the body and strengthening the body will help golf game.
(5:02) Titleist Performance Institute certified professionals (TPI certified) in our clinic
(5:44) During COVID-19, golf being played is up as it’s a sport people can still socially distance and play golf.
(6:24) How to help clients who play golf. If golf is important to a client, then we find that out in the evaluation and we can help them improve their recovery and send them to our trackman simulator for improvement.
(8:07) professional golfer or more serious golfer versus amateur golfer or someone more new to the game
(8:46) Amateur golf injuries and Root cause of the injury golf related or not
(9:05) TPI (Titleist Performance Institute) and how you assess golf injuries and using the Trackman in conjunction with that
(10:10) Titleist Performance Institute is the benchmark for helping golfers improve their swing and body.
(10:45) Sports psychology, Golf and sports nutrition, Communicating the same language between the coach or pro, fitness pro and medical professional
(11:00) Mike’s game and how often he’s playing golf
(11:55) Exercises to fix your slice
(12:30) How to assess the golfer for their compensations
(12:45) TPI uses a team approach for the golfer
(13:30) Does the body move appropriately to make the most efficient golf swing possible?
(14:01) Golf professional uses their specialty and we use our specialty to improve the body so we have to collaborate to maximize results
(15:10) TPI or Titleist Performance Institute and what an evaluation with TPI looks like. Group of professionals who created a standard of evaluative care for a golfer and maximizing their potential
(16:30) you don’t have to be TPI certified to be a good coach or teacher
(17:45) Stretches or exercises to maximize golf swing and what golfers struggle with the most. Losing mobility and how to improve flexibility
(19:05) Swing plane gets shorter and golfers lose their posture and their swing becomes undone because a lack of flexibility. “Open book” stretch: laying on side and outstretched arms open and close and improve thoracic mobility.
(20:58) TPI or golf fitness can benefit any level of golfer. Handicap does not need to dictate an evaluation. Find an expert on TPI website. www.Mytpi.com
(23:00) Golf fitness evaluation and the commitment to the sport
(23:34) Fix the body rather than buy new clubs. Tiger Woods revolutionized golf and getting in shape with strength and mobility can improve your golf game.
(24:49) Golf fitness and programming can improve golf swing and power
(25:45) Trackman hitting bay and simulator and using that with our evaluations.
(26:06) Doesn’t have to be a golf injury but maybe it’s the End of rehabilitation and an injury in someone who plays golf can use it to improve and return to golf.
(27:50) Trackman can help visually demonstrate to a golfer what they are doing wrong/right and gives data points to improve the golf swing such as swing path, face angle, etc.
(29:01) Is the Performance Trackman simulator only available to our clients? No, it is open and available to anyone.
(30:15) Trackman can give metrics and can objectively show baseline and feedback to the golf swing.
(32:01) Amateur golfers and low back injuries. Joint evaluation above and below the injury.
(32:45) Golf in Fairfield county including Winged Foot, Shinnecock, and Bethpage. Golf fitness wrap up and how to improve your golf game.