Teaching Golf Skills Is Only One Piece of Being a Good Teacher or Coach
I spend a fair amount of time talking with clients about their teachers and coaches and their impact on the clients’ performances. Outside of golf, it’s sad to say, many athletes do not have positive experiences with teachers and coaches. Why? Teachers and coaches aren’t necessarily chosen to teach and coach because of their fabulous people skills. Similar to other jobs, where people are hired to do a job for their technical skill and...
2014 Canadian Golf Teachers Cup ® – All WGTF Members Welcome!
September 21-23, 2014 Bay of Quinte Golf & Country Club, Belleville, Ontario The Bay of Quinte Country Club will be hosting the 2014 Canadian Golf Teachers Cup. The Bay of Quinte has a long history of hosting prestigious championships in its 90-plus years. One interesting fact about the course is that more provincial championships have been played there than at any other golf course in Ontario. The course is full of subtle...
Teaching Analogies from Other Sports
Golf, by far, is the most technique-oriented sport around. Although other athletic endeavors have technical models that they follow forbest performance, no sport like golf is dissected to the nth degree. One of the reasons is that a correct golf swing is an involved process. In other sports, the number of exact mechanical movements are not as many as there are in golf. This is not to say that golf demands precise conformity to a swing...
Top Tips on How Golfers Can Build and Keep Confidence for Peak Performance
Having the ability to be confident is really one of the building blocks to life. Without it, there is no belief that we can succeed. Success is what keeps us motivated to participate in golf and in life. The hard part about confidence is that it seems to hinge on so many things: Success, never losing or making a mistake, how others talk about us, and the expectations of coaches, parents, spouse, kids, and friends. The even more...
The Rhythm of Golf
As golf teachers and coaches, we often talk about the mechanics of the game and the mental side of competing, but sometimes we forget one aspect that may be among the most critical – the rhythm of the game. When most golfers think of rhythm, they think of it purely in terms of their swings, i.e., the ratio of the speed of the backswing compared to the speed of the forward swing. While we will discuss this in this article, we also...
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