Golf Fitness Exercises for Performance after the Age of Fifty
 Golf fitness training can be beneficial for everyone including mature golfers. There is no doubt the aging process affects the body and in turn adversely affects the golf swing. Learn which steps can limit and even reverse the effects age can have on your game.
Full Game and Fitness Assessment Fees starting at $125
Call today for an assessment with Suzanne, a Level 3 TPI fitness trainer at (865) 777 GOLF.
Testimonial from Dwayne Cecil
Hi Suzanne,
I really saw some results this weekend… My ball striking was soooo much better… I shot 85 at Willow Creek and 84 at Bear Trace… My biggest challenge was the slow green speeds. I came up short on some of my chips which cost me a few pars…. I was very pleased with my driving. I did not slice one drive the entire weekend… I hit the fairway on all of my dreaded holes at Willow Creek (even the water hole).
This TPI & Karate training is really paying dividends… My body did not get tired which keep my mind sharp… I made sure to follow my routines on every shot... It was a good start to the season.
Thanks for all your help… Things are beginning to take shape.
Dwayne
Fairways & Greens TPI Junior Development Program
modeled on the TPI Junior Performance Center which is the world's authority on youth golf health and fitness.
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Hello all!
This is a quick note to introduce you to the TPI Junior Development Program, here at Fairways & Greens Golf Center we bringing a Junior golf development & athletic program unlike any other.
The TPI Junior Performance program is foremost a junior golf school. Ten to 15 years from now, we want to see the athletes who reach the highest levels of the Junior Performance alumni on the PGA and LPGA Tours. We are not trying to help create good golfers. We're trying to create AMAZING golfers. We believe that should be the goal of every junior golf program.
However, the way we will go about creating those amazing golfers is vastly different from what is available in most junior golf programs. Too many junior golf schools were developed with an adult mindset. But when creating a program for kids, it is apropos to think like a kid. Too many junior programs select drills and activities that instructors or developers think are fun. But those activities rarely are fun for kids. Today's junior golf schools focus primarily on the golf swing, a one-dimensional approach to teaching. There is a failure to understand that sports-specific skills are built around fundamental athletic skills.
So, we will not have the children standing on a range hitting golf balls for 90 minutes. Most 5- to 10-year-olds would not last six minutes before expressing boredom if we did that. Rest assured, they will get on the golf course. But they will get on using our unique style.
Our philosophy is simple: "Junior Golf Schools need to develop fundamental movement skills (FMS), establish functional movement patterns, develop sports specific skills, teach golf-specific skills and most importantly, create a love for the game."
Many parents who watch our classes for the first time are often surprised by how much time we spend playing games that are seemingly unrelated to golf. Our method is by design. Children should be well balanced, agile and coordinated. They should possess well-developed kicking, striking, throwing and catching skills. They should understand spatial and body awareness. And they should have all of those characteristics before they specifically start learning to play golf.
The activities we will use, share rotational velocity "DNA" with golf. For instance, a baseball swing and a tennis forehand both require a weight shift, trunk rotation, wrist hinge and a strike. All of those are found in the golf swing. Cross training allows us to teach the basic movement of golf, without talking about them.
By the time an athlete finishes this program that athlete will have learned Olympic weightlifting movements, proper chipping techniques, sprinting mechanics, how to read a green, golf rules, human anatomy, athletic nutrition, playing strategies and much more.
Again, the children who go through this program will build a love for golf and physical activity. Be sure to take note of the kids' faces as they go through the program. Watch the smiles. Watch the laughter. Watch the determination. Watch how their bodies move. Because of the varying physical nature of this program and its cross training, the athletes who play other sports will see increased skill levels in those sports.
We expect the children who make it to the highest levels of this program to be winning local, national and international junior events. In fact, I'll be severely disappointed if we fail to produce champions.
I look forward to meeting you and your young athletes!
Program Starting DATE: April 5
Class Times:
Monday & Wednesdays
330p - 415p Junior beginners age 5-7
430p - 520p Junior Intermediates age 8-11
530p - 630p Junior Advanced age 12-15
*Every other Saturday in calendar month
1000a - 1100a All Skill Types age 5-15
Program Cost:
$125 per 4 - Week cycle to end of 2010 program.
$35 per skills assessment for hat grading.
*Program ends December 20th 2010
$75 cancelation fee
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Junior Cyclone & Smash Zone
S.M.A.S.H. Stands For:
S-tability
M-obility
A-BC’s (Agility, Balance, Coordination, Speed)
S-port Skills
H-one your Golf Skills
The SMASH Zone focuses on mastery of the fundamental movement skills, developing all sport skills and introducing golf specific skills.
*We are now going to start testing the golf specific skills, as well as physical strength and functional movements. Recommended class frequency is once per week.
Research has shown that junior golfers under the age of 9 should focus on developing all fundamental movement skills (FMS), not just golf. FMS are general patterns of movement that combine two or more body segments. They are “the basic vocabulary of sport,” according to Dr. Vern Seefeldt, director of Youth Sports Institute at Michigan State University.
FMS can be broken into four categories:
1. Locomotive Skills: Running, Jumping, Dodging, Skipping, Hopping, Bounding, Sprinting
2. Stability Skills (ABC’s of Athleticism): Agility, Balance, Coordination, Speed, Change of Direction, Disassociation
3. Manipulative/Object Control Skills (ABC’s of Athletics): Throw, Kick, Strike, Catch, Dribble, Dodge
4. Awareness: Space Awareness, Kinesthetic Awareness, Body Awareness, Rules
Most expert sources will say that a child who develops a better base of FMS will develop golf-skills at a faster rate and will peak at a higher level of expertise. At TPI, we set up twelve stations in a circular fashion (called our FUNdamental Cyclone) for our junior golfers. Be creative with the set up and make sure to space out each station with safety in mind. All stations should be demonstrated by the instructor first, and then kids should have a chance to ask questions about each station. We recommend having a free exploratory session first; where kids are free to choose which stations they want to try without feeling any pressure to perform.
The Fundamental Cyclone
Here is how we recommend laying out the full Cyclone Stations:
1. Agility
2. Kicking
3. Push/Pull
4. Striking
5. Locomotion
6. Catching
7. Balance
8. Jumping
9. Visualization/Awareness
10. Rotation
11. Core Strength
12. Throwing
Every child should cycle through every station. Each station should last for five minutes. After each station you should spend 1 minute asking the kids questions about the activity they just tried or maybe demonstrating a new skill at one of the stations. If you add in a 10 minute warm up, that would equal just over 80 minutes. That should leave you 9-10 minutes for games or contests at the end. If only 6 stations are used, have the kids go around the Cyclone two times and vary the activity in each station.
Equipment Used in the Cyclone
There is a wide variety of equipment that can be used in each station. When selecting equipment for the Cyclone, ask yourself four questions:
1. How mobile is it?
2. How durable is it?
3. How safe is it?
4. How much fun is it for a kid?
Here is a sample list of equipment to buy for a full Cyclone:
* Warm Up - Scooter Boards, Medicine Balls, 4kg Kettlebells
* Agility - Agility Ladder, Soft Skin Ball to Throw, Hula Hoop or SNAG Hoop Clock
* Kicking - Football on string, Soccer Ball on string, Soft Skin Kickball, Large Croquet Hoops
* Push/Pull - 30-45 cm Swiss Ball, Tug of War Rope, Monkey Bars, TRX
* Striking - 21” and 23” Tennis Racquets, Totem Tennis Set, Hit-A-Way, SNAG Golf Set, Kids Cricket Set, Baseball Batting * Tee, Foam Baseball Set, Flat Face Wood Bat, Filed Hockey Set, Foam Polo Set.
* Locomotion - Witches Hats or Cones
* Catching - Catchtail Balls, Koosh Balls, Basketball
* Balance - Multi-color Balance Beam, Tunnel, Balance Dots, Airex Balance Beam
* Jumping - Jump Ropes, Large Foam Matt, Jumping Bags
* Visualization/Awareness - Foam Bowling Set, Croquet Hoops
* Rotation - Hula Hoops, Soft Medicine Balls
* Core Strength - 30-45 cm Swiss Ball, Yoga Matt
* Throwing - Vortex Football, Tailgater Football, Frisbees, Rip-N-Grip Velcro Target, Bean Bags and Target, Tennis Balls
Learn techniques for working with kids from ages 5-11.
Warm Up:
* Jump Rope skipping lower body warm up and strength
* Vertical Throws, to develop energy from the ground up.
* Overhead Pass
* Side Bends, great for rotation in the golf swing.
* Razor Blades, Rotating body side to develop flexibility and strength.
* Hip Twister, helps to develop a key skill for starting the downswing correctly.
Developing Core Rotary Speed:
* Baseball swings, to highlight the eye hand coordination and rotary speed.
* Tennis swings, two enhance skills acquisition in the forearms and wrists.
* Throwing a football leg up for posture and balance.
Arm and Wrist Speed:
* Wrist Speed, Tennis swings for wrist release speed.
* Frisbee throws to teach proper wrist release mechanics.
Call Suzanne at (865) 777 GOLF.
To learn what this program can do to develop your kids' athletic skills, watch the video below.
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