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How Patrick Cantlay Changed His Swing to Protect His Lower Back
By TPI
Patrick Cantlay's career was temporarily derailed by a stress fracture in his lower back. Dr. Rose shares how a combination of physical screening and 3D analysis revealed what in his swing was responsible for causing the injury.
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How Improving Your Hip Hinge Can Increase Your Distance
By Natalie Lowe
The hip hinge is one of the most important movements as a golfer and as an athlete. Here are key exercise progressions for improving the pattern.
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Cupping Therapy on the PGA TOUR: Considerations and Concerns
By Marc Wahl
A few reflections and considerations on the cupping demonstrations provided during the 2016 World Golf Fitness Summit.
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5 Lessons Learned From Training Those With Low Back Pain
By Dean Somerset
Lower back pain is the most common injury in golf. According to some studies, lower back injuries account for roughly 1/3 of all golf injuries. Strength coach Dean Somerset shares his experience and observations from working with athletes who have lower back pain.
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Advice for Parents
By Dave Phillips
Here is some sound advice for any parent who has a talented young golfer in the family!
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Peanut Butter or Bananas - What is best for fuel on the course?
By Dr. Greg Rose
PGA Tour Player Adam Scott explains his eating habits on the course and our Advisory Board discusses the nutritional value of that meal.
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The Home Workout: How To Keep Your Golf Strength And Conditioning On Track
By Dr. Ben Langdown and Jennifer Fleischer
With some careful consideration about your S&C priorities, home workouts can be effective and also save time.
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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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Why Club Head Speed Drops With Age And What You Can Do About it
By Michael Carroll
Unfortunately, we tend to lose speed and mobility with age. TPI Certified strength coach Michael Carroll explains why and shares tips for modifying your exercise program to compensate for it.
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How FootJoy and BodiTrak Match Your Shoes to Your Swing
By TPI
Don't think of your footwear as equipment? Think again.
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The Golfer's Guide to Lower Back Pain – Part 1
By Dr. Greg Rose
TPI Cofounder Dr. Greg Rose reviews how he uses the Body-Swing Connection™ when assessing lower back injuries in golfers.
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Putting Practice with Jordan Spieth
By Cameron McCormick
TPI Certified Instructor Cameron McCormick shares a drill he recently incorporated into Jordan Spieth's practice routine.
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TPI Certified Expert Spotlight: Todd Kolb
By TPI
This Months Certified Spotlight
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10,000 hours of practice, really !!!
By Dave Phillips
This article revisits the 10,000 hour rule, five years later.
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Controlling your emotions.
By Dave Phillips
Practice programs that replicate play are the key to controlling your emotions.
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Jason Dufner - Competition
By Dave Phillips
Jason talks about being competitive as a key to success in golf.
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Hydration Basics
By Robert Yang
Optimal hydration can improve your golf game mentally and physically.
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Should all the body parts reach the top of backswing at the same time?
By Phil Cheetham
This is a question we get all the time - but the short answer is NO!
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How Lee Westwood changed his Body
By Dave Phillips
Lee Westwood has changed his body dramatically the last two years by working with English Strength and conditioning coach Steve McGregor. Learn some of the key areas that Lee attacked to help change his physic and his game.
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Sumo-Sized Perspective
By Tyler Ferrell
Common in fitness is the advice that you should eat 4-6 small meals per day because it helps maintain your metabolism and blood sugar levels. A view of a different population helps reinforce this concept. Recently I watched a documentary of a Sumo wrestler. You might think these hefties consume differently than you, but check out what I learned.
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