CNS Activation and Central Nervous System Training for Speed & Power
If you want to swing a golf club faster, run more explosively, or lift heavier loads, you cannot rely entirely on the physical size of your muscle fibers. True athletic output is determined by something far more fundamental: your neurological firing rate. The central nervous system (CNS) acts as the command center for your entire […]
Hip Mechanics for Golfers
“Your handicap may lie, but your hips don’t.” -Shakira Okay, so maybe my memory of Shakira lyrics leaves a little bit to interpretation, but one thing is for sure, our golf swing starts from the ground up in more ways than one. The first large rotary center (very important thing) that we reach on our journey […]
Off the Cuff: Shoulder Mechanics
Can you shoulder the load out on the golf course? In today’s vastly sedentary lifestyle, the answer is: Not likely. “Sit up straight!” our parents and grandparents would bark at us when we were kids. But they were mostly concerned with our general health and well-being — they weren’t exactly worried about the way our […]
Hip Mobility: It’s All in the Hip
You can get more than just laughs from the movie “Happy Gilmore.” Take the character Chubbs, for instance, who imparts the following words of wisdom: “It’s all in the hips, it’s all in the hips. … Just easin’ the tension, baby. Just easin’ the tension!” Oh Chubbs, how right you are! It is always great to […]
Is Pelvic Tilting Wrong?
(Originally published by www.ptstrengthcoach.com April, 2016) An internal battle has been waging in my mind over this topic for the past month or so. I have polled the other coaches I work with, our interns and anyone I can find who I think might have an opinion. So I thought why not throw it out […]
Shoulder Mechanics
Athletes these days, including golfers, face unique problems that previous generations didn’t have. All athletes are asked to be more powerful, more accurate, and more consistent than ever while our environments fight relentlessly against us. We, and especially children, don’t play, climb trees, carry heavy objects, or move like we used to. We’ve traded these […]
