Notes from the Summit - 5

Over the next few articles, I will be conveying information learned from attending the PGA Teaching & Coaching Summit in Orlando, Florida earlier this year.  There were many of the great’s among the top teachers on hand… enjoy the seminar highlights!

Notes from Peter Draovitch, PGA Teaching & Coaching Summit Presentation -Physical Therapist, Special Surgery

http://www.hss.edu/conditions_golf-tips-beginner-intermediate-player.asp

http://www.neseminars.com/instructor/Pete_Draovitch

• Internal hip rotation decreases with ages, lumbar spine pain increases with age
• If you have what works at the right time, check that out and make notes!
• Recreational golfers need to work on posture, trunk stability and movement. Functional Movement Skills are important before sport specific skills.

Notes from Coach Bobby Bowden, PGA Teaching & Coaching Summit Presentation -Popular FSU Football Coach and motivational speaker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Bowden

• Loyalty and knowing how to win make a great coach. A leader is a problem solver. If you’re good, you’re expecting something bad to happen. If you’re bad, you’re expecting something good to happen. It’s just going to happen. It’s the way life goes and is character building.  (Just play golf, good and bad will happen. Reduce expectation and just play).
• The repetitions one needs to get good are huge.
• Be a continuous learner. Instead of saying “What I should have done…”, say “What I learned that I’ll do from this experience…”
• Those who you are leading need to be self-motivated. Do they depend on you to practice or can they work on their own?