TPI LIVE
Are you already Active Certified or in the process of getting Certified in one of the TPI courses and have questions on course material? No problem. Register for an upcoming TPI LIVE and ask TPI instructors directly!
Active TPI members can submit questions in advance or during the session on any topic relevant to the course, your business, practical application of curriculum or any other subject relating to TPI. On the day of the event, simply login to the portal via the link provided and watch TPI instructors answer questions from TPI members around the world.
Each TPI LIVE episode will then be posted to the archive below as a resource for all Active TPI members.
TPI Live Business Q&A
Hosted by Chris Finn
Thursday January 6th, 2022, 9:30 AM PT/12:30 PM ET
* This webinar is open to all Active TPI Certified members of any Certification level and will discuss subjects across any of the TPI Certification courses. Register today and submit a question in advance.
TPI LIVE ARCHIVE
Webinar | January 6th, 2022
How to introduce at-home training/coaching, steps to starting a TPI program within your medical practice, online marketing strategies and how to avoid undercutting your rate, basic equipment needs for a startup at a facility, how to increase revenue through group classes, what do you charge for screens, what is offered in an initial session, how to pitch yourself and your services, how to figure out what to charge for your services in your area…
Webinar | November 8th, 2021
Overview and walkthrough of all the features inside the new TPI PRO App, physical/golf swing limitations due to a torn oblique, golfers who roll the club open in their backswing, rehab for golfers with recent hernia repair, pelvic tilting and back health, root cause of muscle fatigue, how to educate others about “golf fitness”, how to address failure to deep squat due to knee problems, …
Webinar | October 29th, 2021
Educating potential clients on the benefits of TPI screens, how to approach a head golf pro, generating and retaining more clients, pricing recommendations for TPI screens and evaluations, do you charge more per certification, pricing structures for group sessions at a top ranked country club, what to do when a coach wants to do it all (and not use skillset of dedicated fitness/medical pro), Facebook ads
Webinar | September 23rd, 2021
Dave Live from the Ryder Cup, favorite full swing drills for junior golfers, balance and the golf swing, speed training before a round vs. before a workout, effective drills for golfers who cast, structuring small group fitness training sessions, drills for golfers with severe closed club faces and in-to-out paths, peak ground force timing, strategies to help activate and fire the glutes…
Webinar | August 10th, 2021
Optimal wrist angles in the 3D Graph, tips to maintain correct side bend through the shot, programming milestones for junior golfers, short game drills for putting and chipping, the keys to understanding pivot, best drills for shanking the ball, squats for golfers who weight train, can you retrain motor patterns, review of the TPI Power Matrix, strategies to develop body/kinesthetic awareness…
Webinar | June 29th, 2021
How to get inside golf clubs and network with golf pros, what to say when you get that meeting with a country club GM and Head Golf pro, how to market a menu of services when you have a wide and diverse client-base, getting golf pros to see your value/the value of a TPI Certification from the fitness/medical side, marketing and running fitness clinics for clubs in the area that don’t have gyms…
Webinar | June 1st, 2021
Practice: short game vs. hitting bombs, what golf pros expect from golf fitness trainers, integrating TPI into your medical/fitness practice, drills and exercises to help maintain posture, what to do if a client plateaus on progress, how long to wait between fitness screens, kinematic sequences that reveal casting/scooping issues, recommendation on strength training kids, pelvic mobility drills for SI joint dysfunction, the best money moves for the “Five Gangs”…
Webinar | May 25th, 2021 - The Business “Hot Seat” #1
Chris Finn sits down with attendees on their biggest business questions, including; how do you market at events, how to “make the jump” and leave a job to make golf performance a successful business, getting over the fear and discomfort of selling yourself and your services, how often to post on social channels…
Webinar | Apr 20th, 2021 - Systems for Marketing and Programming
Chris and Bryan present on using SYSTEMS to create a golf performance business that you can scale; defining your target market, getting a client's attention, mapping out your client experiences, facility flow, infrastructure (guidelines for coaches), staff training, creating a schedule and a plan that you can stick to…
Webinar | Mar 25th, 2021
Shot shaping, programming for strength vs power, early lead arm downswing transition, utilizing force plates into the assessment, definition of D-Plane, getting pelvic tilt correction to show up in the golf swing, what to work on after lockdown, thoracic mechanics: prioritize T-Spine extensions or thorax rotation…
Webinar | Mar 23rd, 2021 - Three Marketing Tricks To Grow Your Golf Performance Business
Chris presents three of his favorite marketing tricks/techniques that help increase leads, convert them to long term clients, and stay engaged with them. Then Chris and Bryan tackle questions covering Zoom workshop ideas, effectively promoting your business, what to do when competition has cheaper rates than you, variations on packaging and pricing, and integrating golf pros into the team...
Webinar | Feb 23rd, 2021 - Sales & Marketing Training
Bryan breaks down how to sell and market the TPI Screen to grow your golf performance business, then Chris and Bryan answer questions on what to include in the initial evaluation, the "Dan Sullivan" Question, an overview of the Lv1 Business course, and what Chris includes in his Par4Success packages…
Webinar | Feb 16th, 2021
Exercises and drills for junior golfers who are "over the top," incorporating older juniors who are beginners, golfers with both C-posture and S-Posture, a preview of the TPI Pro App and power/fitness screens, implementing the 4x4 power matrix, best ELDOA exercise for sciatica pain, fitness movements detrimental to the golf swing, the rotary stool drill for generating rotational ground force…
Webinar | Jan 20th, 2021 - Business & Marketing
Getting started in the golf industry as a non-golf professional, the digital future of golf performance services post-COVID, determining price structures, golf market saturation, marketing the initial evaluation, golf workshop walkthrough as a medical/fitness provider, marketing to golfers when your golf game isn’t great, what an introductory email/phone call looks like, contracts and fine details of golf club relationships…
Webinar | Dec 15th, 2020
Determining right distance to the ball, Mike Weir’s resurgence, knee flexion/extension on the backswing, improving perturbations (“shake and bake”) in the pelvic tilt, drills and exercises to improve ground force reaction transfer, what separates elite tour players from amateurs, best programs for players and how to price them, block vs. random practice (putting), the most effective ways to communicate between the team (golfer, trainers, medical)…
Webinar | Dec 1st, 2020 - Business & Marketing
Effective ways to market to golf professionals, reaching golf pros in country club settings, what is the best form of marketing, introducing/selling golf training to clients who are unfamiliar with it, marketing yourself if you’re a better coach than a player, clients who consistently overextend your time, how to price online services, how to help an employee become better at sales, getting known in a new area…
Webinar | Nov 10th, 2020 - Business & Marketing
The best way to market yourself and stand out as a TPI Certified Pro, what kind of social media content works best, how to inspire a prospect to get a TPI screen, ideal pricing structure for starting your business, integrating the TPI Screen into your business, connecting to golf pros for fitness/medical professionals (and vice versa), taking your business online (especially during COVID), Facebook ads…
Webinar | Oct 26th, 2020
Dealing with casting, the immediate future of golf fitness, approaching evaluations from a medical perspective, in-season exercise programming, new TPI online courses, squaring the clubface for golfers who hook the ball, getting started with limited equipment and space, which screens are best for demonstrations, ankle inversion/eversion, "flat feet" and the golf swing, vision training for golf…
Webinar | August 27th, 2020
Putting distance control, grip strength, periodization training, fun games for juniors, restoring mobility to immobile areas, early sports specialization, can the hips move too fast, the best flow for utilizing multiple screens (Lv1, Med 2, Power 2), minimum age for power testing, general theory of ground force, left-sided back pain, optimal driver length for body dimensions, favorite drills for lead leg drive…
Webinar | July 28th, 2020
Training “Diesel Engine Players,” overload vs overspeed training, weight shift and early extension, hip deceleration at impact, marketing to golfers, open and closed clubfaces correlation to body position, soft lead elbow, training with medicine balls using golf swing movements, COVID-19 and coaching, activating glutes, centripetal vs centrifugal forces, reverse grip swings, working around thoracic limitation…
Webinar | June 24th, 2020
Coaching tour players, circuit training, seminars at new facilities, drills to shallow your swing, vertical jump vs. broad jump, practicing post-round, getting juniors back on course after time off, generating speed: Rory McIlroy vs. Bryson DeChambeau, opposite side strength, drills and exercises for balance/weight transfer, body weight circuit for seniors, how to improve reading 3D kinematic sequence graphs…
Webinar | May 26th, 2020
COVID-19 and the future of coaching, increasing rotational speed, best exercises to improve kinematic sequences, remote working with clients/teams, golf fitness training to improve putting, breath-hold test from Medical 3, regaining distance for senior golfers, coffee for wellness, drills for a player who blocks right or hooks left, lower back pain, hyper-mobile golfers, Crossfit for golf, 3D analysis and juniors
Webinar | May 7th, 2020
Special guests: *DAN HELLMAN* and *JASON ZUBACK*, lead grip vs. trail grip strength, prioritizing multiple Big 12 characteristics, correcting Reverse Spine Angle and Early Extension, drills for initiating the downswing, most common Big 12 characteristics, bending the lead arm in the backswing, COVID-19 and how it affects our industry, marketing your services, assistance for new Certified Pros…
Webinar | February 13th, 2020
Nutrition, running a seminar highlighting TPI, BMI and disc issues, creating SPACE in your swing, approach to reading graphs, new technologies connecting swing and fitness dynamics, improving pelvic tilt and rotation, choosing between fitness and golf tracks, one tip you wish you could give yourself starting out, biggest fitness gaps between collegiate golfers and professionals, speaker school details, marketing for Medical 3 pros, TPI client demographics, highlights of Power 2, tips to swing faster, teaching to improve attack angle and spin loft with driver, neuroscience training, how to correct “earthquake” (perturbations) in pelvic tilt, advice on reading kinematic sequences, junior app update, manual/exercise strategies for positive FABER tests, tips for group training with large group of onscreen golfers, drawing angles for swing paths, training hypermobile juniors, starting with a client that fails all screens, benefits of advanced certification for Fitness and Power tracks, advantage of stretching post-round, key areas of focus for power development, specific muscle areas to train for speed and rotational power, screens a senior golfer should pass before overspeed training, other preferred exercise science philosophies, recommended duration for TPI Lv1 assessment, best advice for slow swing speed players to help increase distance, favorite rotational power exercises, correlation of clubhead speed to vertical jump
Webinar | November 18th, 2019
Screening clients with severe limitations, building corrective exercise plans, lower quarter rotation test in depth, plantar fasciitis, marketing advice for new business leads, working with senior golfers, multi-segmental rotation (SFMA) and hip mobility issues, good overhead deep squat and early extension, deeper dives into Level 2 content, physiological differences between male vs. female golfers, passing the SFMA before strength training, lower crossed syndrome, foot insoles for golfers, 90/90 test and DB snatches, offseason programming for junior golfers, valgus vs. varus knees and the golf swing, junior injuries, junior speed training, causes of neck pain, "power" grip vs. strong grip, putting and Looper Characteristic, how release angles affect ball flight, correctives for single leg balance issues, favorite junior golf games, thoracic extension plateau, how much should I charge for advanced screening, RNT training for early extension, stretching, technology for hospital-based golf injury treatment, retaining clients, physicians and the teamp approach, 4x4 Matrix for SFMA, tendinitis in the legs, correctives for ASLR and toe touch, eye suppression, toe touch progressions having L5/S1 disc lesions, central nervous system response training.
Fitness | July 16th, 2019
Applying 4x4 Matrix for Hip Mobility, thoughts on SuperSpeed Speedsticks, right time for loading juniors for fitness, golf specific exercises vs general strength and conditioning, tpi staff bags, how long should a fitness screen take, pelvic tilt and loss of posture, app update, assessing growth rate for physical development, rehab for ruptured Achilles, lower crossed syndrome, launch monitor recommendations, which leg is more important on downswing
Medical | July 16th, 2019
App for goniometer measurements, benefits of cupping for TED, ideal weight transfer during the swing, is SuperSpeed training inappropriate for certain swing characteristics, mid-season mobility imbalances, addressing asymmetry in the (FMS) y-balance test, favorite SFMA MSR (multi-segmental rotation) corrective exercises, favorite exercises to improve hip internal rotation mobility, taking multiple Level 3s in the same year
Level 1 | July 15th, 2019
Solving shoulder external rotation limitations, marketing for chiropractors, pelvis orientation and the hip hinge test, marketing TPI at private clubs, video analysis for medical pros, swing characteristics for limited external hip rotation, the ROI (return on investment) of TPI, the myth of exercising in golf posture, 4x4 Matrix overview from Fitness 2, advice for starting a SuperSpeed/swing speed class as a physical therapist/medical
Golf | July 15th, 2019
International Golf 2s, steeps and shallows for pitching, drills to improve kinematic sequence, screening for spine extension, how center of gravity affects golf clubs, increasing launch angle without reducing wrist flexion, Golf Level 3 overview, golf biomechanics
Junior | July 15th, 2019
Scoring Junior power tests, Junior 3 overview vs Junior 2, juniors with leg power
Junior | April 24th, 2019
TPI Junior golfers vs. typical junior golfers, new motion patterns vs modifying old, junior club control drills, busy schedules and motivation, "real vs. feel" motor patterns, juniors and vertical jump, junior tournament pros vs cons, 2nd Best Bunker test, cultural differences and junior golf development, average TPI level relative to age, TPI Pro Site updates, PGA Junior Athletic Development Model
Fitness | April 24th, 2019
Strength and Power matrix progressions, Tommy Fleetwood kyphosis (c-posture) and his swing, exercise PDFs for study aids, MyTPO Pro Site updates, ELDOA Online Class, Traning Seniors, fixing faulty motor patterns, excessive head movement on backswing and downswing, ELDOA Workshops
Medical | April 24th, 2019
Post-surgery return, lumbar flexion dysfunction, foam rolling, fixing reverse spine, QL issues, knee replacement and TPI/SFMA-based rehab, speed vs. strength, marketing advice, sub-scapularis exercises, torque and reverse spine, "crossing the line", scapular "winging", respiration techniques, diaphragmatic breathing for motor control, thoracic mobility exercises, shoe recommendation for feet variations, occipit immobility treatment
Level 1 | April 23rd, 2019
Measuring tools, HIPAA and TPI screens, ELDOA, out-of-state licenses and business, screening mistakes, importance of toe touch, senior mobility, mobility screen priority, Tiger 2019 Masters, travel health, long drive swing vs. normal swing, disassociation on cable machines, warmups for amateurs, TPI Swing Breakdown 5 buckets
Golf | April 23rd, 2019
Lead leg buckle, prioritizing swing fixes, senior mobility, takeaway on the backswing, back problems and modern-day swings, core engagement drills/exercises, limited radial deviation workarounds, live Golf 2 seminar (in Madrid), posterior vs. neutral pelvis for poor hip rotation