January 11th & 12th, 2010 -
Player & Teacher Development Forum, Radisson Hotel, Sacramento. Featured speakers/presenters:
1) Jim Hardy, PGA Class A Professional (180 minutes of Live instruction technique). Jim Hardy's 39 year career in Professional Golf includes; graduation from Oklahoma State University where he earned All-American honors in 1966. In 1968. Jim then passed the PGA Tour Q-School and played the Tour full time until March 1974. He was the 2007 PGA National Teacher of the Year Award and is currently ranked #7 in Golf Digest's 50 Greatest Teachers. Jim is consistently named in Golf Magazine's Top 100 Golf Teachers annual list.
2) Dr. Greg Rose & Dave Phillips - Founders of (TPI) The Titleist Performance Institute (180 minutes of discussion and interactive presentations). Focusing on the largest collection of golf-specific health and fitness information from the world's leading experts in the game, The Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) is the leader in elite player development.
3) Michael Breed, PGA Class A Professional (180 minutes of Live instruction technique, featuring audience Q&A participation). Host of 2009 & 2010 live show “The Golf Fix” on the Golf Channel (airs Live on Mondays at 7 p.m. ET). * Head Professional at Sunningdale Country Club in Scarsdale, NY from 2001 – Current. * 2009 Metropolitan PGA Teacher of the Year. * Number four teacher in the state of New York as ranked by GOLF DIGEST in 2007. * 2006 and 2007 Metropolitan PGA Horton Smith Award Winner. * GOLF MAGAZINE Top 100 Instructor since 2003.
* 2000 Metropolitan PGA Teacher of the Year.
4) Ben Doyle, PGA Lifetime Member (90 minutes of Live instruction technique). Known world-wide as one of golf's foremost instructors, Ben was named by Golf Digest as one of America's top 50 golf instructors for several years, his students routinely travel from as far away as Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, and Sweden. He was also named by Golf Magazine as one of the top 100 golf instructors.
May 17th, 2010 - Monterey Bay Area Chapter, Education Seminar
Quail Lodge Golf Club, Carmel, CA 2009
NCPGA Teacher of the Year, and Director of Golf @ Quail Lodge Golf Club, Katherine Marren gave a detailed demonstration of the TaylorMade MAT-T System, and explained the benefits of this exciting new technology as it relates to club-fitting and instruction.
Motion Analysis Technology by Taylormade (MAT-T) is an extraordinary tool that elevates swing analysis and club fitting to a new level. Previously available only to PGA Tour professional, the MAT-T system gathers vital swing information and statistics using multiple high-speed cameras. Using reflective markers placed on strategic parts of the body, the system creates a three-dimension image of the body and a remarkably sophisticated computer-animated image of the swing, viewable from any angle. Quail Lodge Golf Club is proud to be the only club in Northern California to offer this exciting system.
The MAT-T software system executes a multitude of calculations and measurements to develop data-driven personal club recommendation. The certified instructional team will analyze the data to identify each golfer's specific needs with remarkable precision. The objective of club-fitting is to provide the player with the proper equipment to maximize their performance in all facets of the game: Driving, Long-Game, Irons, Wedges, Putter and Golf Balls.
July 11th & 12th, 2010 - Reno, NV - NCPGA Semi-Annual Meeting,
and 4-Pro Scramble Tournament @ Sommerset GC
July 26th, 2010 - Monterey Bay Area Chapter Tournament - Tehama Golf Club, Carmel, CA
August 8th, 2010 - Monterey Bay Area Chapter Tournament - Del Monte Golf Club, Monterey, CA
September 20th, 2010 - Stockton, CA., Transfer of Training Workshop
Our Greatest Coaching And Performance Challenge, Unveiled
World renowned sports psychologist, Dr. Glen Albaugh, Author of "Winning The Battle Within," and Laird Small, Director of Golf @ The Pebble Beach Golf Academy and 2003 NCPGA Teacher of the year, combined their coaching and teaching experiences to de-mystify one of our greatest teaching challenges; "Teaching our students to make the walk from the practice tee to the first tee with a repeatable swing they can trust."
From 8:30am to 3:30pm, Dr Albaugh & Laird Small covered such topics as:
1) Understanding and Balancing Your Minds.
2) Transfer of Training / Motor Learning Stages
3) Feedback: It's Function in Skill Learning and Performance
4) Transfer of Training / Inner Game Drills
5) Development of A Consistent Pre and Post-Shot Concentration Routine
6) Quality Practice / Setting The Practice Environment
7) The Coaching & Teaching Process / Observation Imitation and Experimentation
8) Five Stages to Judgment
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