Archive for the Sports Performance

I was honored to be named the 2008 Southern California PGA Metro Chapter Teacher of the Year. I was very excited to learn I had been voted the top teacher in my Chapter. The Los Angeles and Orange County area has many top teachers and to be recognized as one of them is very satisfying. […]

Two weeks ago I went to the Fall PGA show in Las Vegas. I was there to see if there were any new training devices and meet with a couple companies. At this show the focus was on club technology, training aids, and clothing. I was a little disappointed in the lack of big name […]

Newly Ryder Cup pick Ian Poulter had a bad week at the PGA Tour stop in Boston. He needed to play another PGA Tour event to play the minimum events to keep his full-time card for next year. By playing in the PGA Tour event he was banking on being picked for the Ryder Cup […]

Watching the PGA Tour event in Boston reminds me of the shift from playing for par (majors) and having to go low or go home. The tour this year has set up courses more difficult than in recent years and this week it seems to have gone back to a few years ago when shooting […]

I love college football. I love the passion, the unpredictability, and the game itself. The team I cheer for is the UCLA Bruins and they had one hellava game on Monday night. The fascinating part of this game through my eyes as a mental coach had to do with the Bruins quarterback Kevin Craft. He […]

I thought on Labor Day I would revisit one of my pet peeves working with athletes, work ethic. I am amazed how many athletes think that pure talent will get them to reach the highest level of competition. In today’s sports landscape talent is maybe 50% of the success equation. There are many talented athletes, […]

I get a kick out of how each Ryder Cup captain for the United States the past 3 competitions has been so happy on how his team is shaping up. This year Paul Azinger is playing the optimistic, positive spin that his best players are on the team and he has so many great options […]

I remember when I first started teaching golf and how passionate I was to learn as much about teaching as possible. I would buy all the books, videos, and magazines to learn what the best instructors were teaching to their students. Debating swing theory with my good friend and fellow teacher Ted was always a […]

The second FED EX playoffs will officially began on Thursday. What was an interesting concept has now been viewed as a publicity stunt to create interest in a dead part of the golf calendar. There have been many in the media who have shunned these playoffs as anything but a true playoff. I would like […]

I encourage all my students to keep me updated on their progress. Of course I love to hear when my students achieve new personal bests and I am there when they have a bad day. It is funny with golf how most golfers want to just focus on their bad rounds and bad shots. They […]