COURSE DETAIL
Strength and Conditioning for Golf
Golfers at all levels benefit from golf-specific training. This expert program begins with evaluation and moves through targeted strength, power, core, and flexibility exercises. This is a comprehensive program to help you in these areas:
- Generate Explosive power for increased drive distance.
- Improve flexibility for a more fluid and precise swing.
- Build muscular endurance for greater shot control through the final hole.
- Maintain strength and flexibility from round to round and throughout the year.
- Prevent common injuries.
- Return to the course quickly with modified rehab exercises.
Location: Online
Duration: 120 hours
Cost:
Qualification: Certified personal trainer or Golf player
Curriculum
- Golf Fitness Tests-
- Hip Mobility
- Upper Back Mobility
- Weight Bearing Upper Body Rotation
- Weight Bearing Lower Body Rotation
- Non weight Bearing Rotation
- Abdominal Strength
- Flexibility for a Full Swing Arc-
- Standing Wall Twist
- Extension Ball Rolls
- Side Bending Ball Rolls
- Climber With Reach and Glute Squeeze
- Preround Warm-Up-
- Cuff Activator
- Reach and Scuds
- Windmills
- Upper on Lowers
- Lowers under Uppers
- Standing Knee Pull
- Standing Double-Hamstring Release
- Pyramid Lunge
- Toe-Touch Hip Lunge
- Wide-Grip Swings to Full Swings
- Accelerated Torso
- Full Swings
- Weight Training for Maximum Distance-
a. Strength Training Program
b. Free Weight Exercises
c. Muscle Memory
- Balance Training
- Stabilization Exercises
- Program Design
- Core Training for Postural Stability-
- Posture Means Power
- Balance
- Strengthening Your Postural Muscle
- Postural Strength and Endurance
- Unloaded Program Alternating
- Cuff Training For a Solid Back Swing
- Hip and Shoulder Analogy
- Cuff Programs
- Exercise Essentials
- Hip Cuff Program
- Shoulder Cuff Program
- Motor Memory for Power Transfer and Skill Execution
- Overview of Motor Training
- Muscular Awareness and Abdominal Bracing
- Muscular Awareness
- Separation Control
- Separation Control and Balance
- Body segment Coordination
- Linear and Rotational Weight Transfer
- Combating Common Flaws
- Application to Fitness Programming
- Nutrition and Supplements for Golf Energy Needs
- Smart Carbohydrate
- Proper Hydration
- Preround Nutrition
- Midround Nutrition
- PostRound Nutrition
- Nutrition for Muscle Building and Recovery
- Performance Enhancing Drugs
- Advanced Power Development
- Advanced Training Program for Power
- Aerobic and Anaerobic Warm-Up
- Dynamic Warm-Up
- Weight Shift
- Medicine Ball Program
- Lower body Exercises
- 15 Minute Weekly Maintenance
- DBS Balance Board Drills
- Rehabilitation and Recovery from Injury
- Gender and Age Differences
- Shoulder Injuries
- Hip Injuries
- Back Injuries
- Elbow, Rib, And Neck Pain
- Treatment
- Conclusions