Welcome to the Golf Athlete

Latest Seminar Schedule for Early 2010 - NOW POSTED!

The TGA Level I and II and specialist seminar dates for both England and Belfast have now been confirmed. Point your browser to the Schedules Page for specific information for participants. The Golf Athlete staff and convenors around the world will be involved in presenting some specialist seminars over this time for PGA Professional/Golf Coaches and the spectrum of allied health staff. For more information email the convenors or contact TGA - all those who have registered there interest in seminars be assured that details of seminars and how to register will be forthcoming over the next few weeks. Please ensure that you have registered as a member (it's free) to ensure that you receive the upcoming email newsletters that will provide more information concerning timing, presenters and venues in your area of the world.

Become a MyTGA Member - and its Free!!

With the launch of the Stage I redevelopment of the TGA website the MyTGA membership was formulated to provide members of the site with the access to the latest information regarding TGA seminars, educational opportunities, endorsed products with scientific credibility and articles on interest areas for YOU, our members. Please log into the site if you are a new member. If you believe that you maybe on our database, lodge your email address and register that you have no password access. Once you receive your generated password then update your profile to ensure that we can keep you abreast of our latest developments. Watch for our newsletters of general interest as well as those in specific areas for coaches, physiotherapists (or physical therapies), biomechanics and strength and conditioning (athletic development and personal training).

Look for the latest developments in TGA, the website and with its staff in our Latest News section.

Michael Dalgleish Instructing Participants on Shoulder to Torso Connection

Private client testing in your part of the World.....

In 2010, Rob Neal, Michael Dalgleish and many of the TGA Team members will be testing private clients in many countries around the world. If you are interested in participating, referring any of your current clients or just wanting to observe the process for your own benefit please don't hesitate to contact the TGA Directors regarding the current available times.........

Many of the Team Members are also licensees of Golf Biodynamics and thus can provide 3D real time kinematic assessments and biofeedback for you or your clients. This service is second to none in the depth of information regarding how the golfer moves during the golf swing. the accuracy of movement of the pelvis (hips), torso (shoulders), head and hands is around a sixth of a degree in rotation and less than one millimetre in translation in all three planes instantanously. Rob Neal is the CEO of Golf Biodynamics and he endorses the use of this technology in accelerating swing technique improvement.

Graph of X-Factor and X-Factor Stretch for a Golfer using GBD 3D kinematic assessment

To find the nearest PGA Professional or Allied Health staff member who is providing this service or for more information regarding the specifics of the equipment and how it might assist you, either contact the TGA Admin or point your browser to the Golf Biodynamics Website.

Graph of Excellent Body Segment Sequencing while swinging the Golf - How good are your players?

What is The Golf Athlete?........ Who started the company? ......How is its philosophy unique?....

The Golf Athlete is a network of leading sport science and sport medicine practitioners working together to provide a completely integrated service to the golfer. We operate under a coach driven model of performance enhancement whereby the coach and athlete are the focus.

Our network provides clear lines of communication back to the coach and around the network thus providing the highest possible level of service and results for the players and PGA/Golf Coaches.

The Golf Athlete also provides educational lectures and workshops to golfers of all levels focussing on performance enhancement and injury prevention. In addition, seminars are also available for all members of the sports medicine and science team to assist with increasing specific skills in dealing with PGA professionals and their clients. If you are keen to attend or convene a seminar in your part of the world - please don't hesitate to contact the TGA Directors.

The Golf Athlete provides this integrated service for all golfers at all playing levels, including amateur golfers, touring professionals and golf coaches. The interventions provided are designed to lead to enhanced playing performance, decreased injury rates, decreased injury recurrence and greater enjoyment. The Golf Athlete has developed specific strategies to enable golf coaches to effectively apply sports science principles in their coaching for all players.

The Golf Athlete has a unique philosophy regarding the coach and athlete relationship. Many of the tenets it respects are those that were the underpinning of the original Australian Institute of Sport. Read more about this and how is affects how we relate to our players and coaches...........

The Golf Athlete's relaunched website with the new logo colours...

The TGA Directors and the design team at Abovocreative have been working to provide an easy to use navigation around the new site. If it is your first time to the site, please take the time to become a member. The future will see a number of initiatives that will allow you the member or visitor the latest and most reliable information regarding physical interventions for performance improvement........

Latest News on website content direction for 2010 and beyond....

As you can see TGA is in the process of developing one of the world's foremost online resources to help golfers improve through better understanding their physical limitations and how to accelerate their physical and technical change. We will at all times look to provide evidence based interventions and strategies to assist the player, the PGA Professional and the all members of the allied health team. Let us know if there are any topics that you would like to have us explore over the coming months.


Physiotherapy	Biomechanics	Athletic Development

Physical Screening for Golfers....who to see and what provides reliable outcomes....

The TGA staff are currently developing an online screening process which will allow players, coaches and physiotherapists to complete questionnaires about their players abilities. This will result in a tailored report highlighting physical restrictions that are limiting technical improvement. Further developments by TGA will include linking this report in to a program of exercises specific to the individual - See Screening for more information.