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How Ryan Moore rehabbed his ankle with a TPI Certified team
By Brian Chandler
After Ryan Moore won the John Deere Classic, he credited TPI Certified Brian Chandler with helping him overcome a nagging ankle issue which had bothered him for five years.
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The Role of the Shoulder Girdle in the Golf Swing
By Clinton Shum
TPI Certified strength and conditioning specialist Clinton Shum discusses how common limitations in the shoulder girdle effect the golf swing.
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Mark Blackburn Discusses Movement Screening On The Golf Guru Podcast
By TPI
TPI instructor Mark Blackburn shares how he got his start as a golf professional and his introduction to TPI.
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What Performance Therapy Looks Like For Top Golfers
By Tom Feeney
A behind the scenes look at how professional golfers like Jordan Spieth, Zach Johnson, Rickie Fowler, Nick Watney and Shane Lowry maximize their athleticism through chiropractic care.
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When to Come Back?
By Dr. Peter Mackay
To get back in the game, ramp it up slowly!
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Adjustments in the Swing for Maintaining Posture for Seniors
By Dr. Greg Rose
Champions Tour player Tom Kite discusses some of the swing changes that he has had to make to help him maintain a stable posture and a good turn.
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Matching Up Thoracic Spine and Shoulders Blades in an Unstable Student
By Richard Woodhouse
TPI Certified instructor Richard Woodhouse discusses the relationship between posture in set up and the quality of movement in the swing.
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5 Key Fundamentals
By Dave Phillips
What are the key fundamentals to a great golf swing? Is it a straight left arm, a big shoulder turn, a flat left wrist, a stable right leg, or maybe just a good left hand at impact?
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Training the Senior Player
By Rich Freedman
With the advent of TPI functional fitness screening, fitness trainers have a valuable tool to identify and correct many of the swing flaws plaguing the senior player.
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The Top 6 Physical Attributes of Elite Golfers
By Nick Buchan
One of my major roles in working with a golfer is to identify and fix physical limitations that might interfere with an athlete’s ability to best “acquire” the swing mechanics for them. As such when I’m watching the top golfers in the world I’m often looking to identify the physical attributes they share. Here are six physical attributes I’ve noticed in most longer hitters and elite golfers:
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Free Level 1 Preview: Analyzing the New "Hiking" Swing Characteristic
By TPI
Hiking is one of the three new swing characteristics we introduce in our updated Level 1 course. It refers to the excessive lifting of the trail hip at the top of the backswing (or “launching” in transition).
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Practice with a Purpose
By Bill O'Neill
How you practice can be just as important as how much you practice.
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Improve Your Teaching by Incorporating Other Sports
By Liam Mucklow
Sometimes the best way to get results is to draw upon a player's prior athletic experience
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5 Potential Causes of Lower Back Pain for Golfers (And What to Do About It)
By Jon Hodginkson
It’s no secret that lower back pain is a big problem in golf, but that doesn’t mean that injury and pain are inevitable. Here are a few things we can do to minimize that risk.
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Increase your driving distance !!
By Dave Phillips
Three simple tips that will help you to maximize your driving distance.
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Mark Blackburn Shares Max Homa's Body-Swing Connection
By TPI
Terrific insight from Mark Blackburn into the swing modifications that preceded Max Homa's win at the Genesis.
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Understanding and Assessing Pelvic Tilt in the Golf Swing
By TPI
The pelvic tilt is one of the most overlooked and underappreciated movement patterns in the golf swing. While it might not be something that a coach cues in their student’s swing, it should be something that a coach is aware of in their student’s swing.
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Treating Motor Pattern Dysfunction: Are Your Corrective Exercises Correcting?
By Paul Gozbekian
How do you prepare your body for training, activity and performance? More importantly, how are you dealing with muscle tightness, joint immobility, chronic pain and injury that are limiting your potential in these areas?
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How Throwing a Frisbee Can Help Your Swing Sequence
By Liam Mucklow
Over the years I have found that it can be a lot easier to address kinematic sequence issues by using multisport modalities as a vehicle for the golfer to acquire a new pattern.
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Walk The Line
By Gray Cook
If you have issues with balance is it a mobility problem or a stability problem.
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