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PGA of Europe - European Coaching Conference - CANCELLED!!

Notification has just arrived to us that the October 2009 European Coaching Conference in Birmingham has been cancelled. The organising committee made the tough decision following a very poor response from sponsor for the event. The Golf Athlete staff and members would like to pass on their continuing support for any future initiative that the PGAE may take to re-run the Teaching Conference. We will keep all visitors to the TGA website abreast of any further developments in this area.

Dr Rob Neal to speak with Jim McLean at the European Coaching Conference in Birmingham, October 2009

Confirmation had been recently received for Rob Neal to do a joint podium presentation with Jim McLean at the European PGA's Coaching Conference in Birmingham in late October 2009. With the cancelling of this important golf coaching event, Rob and Jim will be running a series of two day seminars for PGA Professionals commencing in the USA. For more details of the seminar series and the outlines, direct your browser to the Golf Biodynamics Website or email Karen Harrison for more details.

TGA and GBD staff in Denmark and Turkey - February 2009

After successful completion of Level I & II seminars in Selsdon Park, Surrey and specialist seminars for the UKPGA at the Belfry with Kelvin Giles (Golf Specific Exercise from 6 to 60+ - turning theory into practice) and Stewart Corstorphine/Mark Bull (Applied Biomechanics for Golf Coaches), the team iundertook work with the Danish Golf Union. After a day trip to Munich to speak to Professor Jurgen Beckmann, Dr Rob Neal joined Michael Dalgleish and Karen Harrison for four days of testing and education with the Danish Junior Golf Academy (David Dickmeis and Peter Thompson) in Ikast before travelling to Copenhagen for work with the National Squads. The team then travelled to the 2012 Eisenhower Trophy venue at the Nick Faldo designed course within the Cornelia Resort in Antalya, Turkey.

Details concerning TGA Seminars for Late 2009 and 2010 - Confirmation is Close at Hand.

The TGA team have almost finalised the schedule for seminars for 2009 and early 2010. The centres that have expressed an interest in convening TGA seminars include Hamburg, Stockholm, Zurich, Belfast, Dublin Surrey and Manchester in England. All MyTGA members will be notified of the final schedule via our newsletter. For those who are not members, please keep an eye on the schedules page of the website.

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.

GBD and TGA Directors at The World Golf Fitness Summit November 2008 - New Material on Rate of Stretch and Rate of Recoil in the Golf Swing

Dr Rob Neal and Michael Dalgleish presented their paper on Rates of Stretch and Rates of Recoil and the Implications for Training at the WGFS on Friday afternoon, 17th October 2008. The paper provided a new insight into another important component of the power source of the golf swing, in addition to the concept of X-factor (and X-Factor Stretch). High levels of RoS and RoR characterise the longer hitters and many of the quality ball strikers on the leading tours around the World. For those that are interested in the content of this presentation click on the link to download a PDF file of the presentation slides.

The Golf Athlete and Golf Biodynamics would like to thank Greg Rose, Dave Phillips and the Titleist Performance Institute for their support and their kind invitation to speak at the 3rd World Golf Fitness Summit in Anaheim, California. We are sure that the Summit was a resounding success and great opportunity to promote the benefits of physical development in the accelerated technique change for all levels of golfers. All who attended are looking forward to WGFS 2010 and the information it is likely to provide to all those who attend from the fitness, physical therapy and coaching industries around the globe.

Michael Dalgleish Instructing Participants on Shoulder to Torso Connection

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

In 2009, 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 2009 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.