5 Elements Blog
Your daily dose of the 5 Elements of Success to strengthen
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The Journey of Clubfitting
Clubfitting has taken off in the past decade with better technology, more efficient fitting systems and more people having access to fitting centers than ever before. This combination has cultivated a custom fitting boom in the golf industry. There was a time where getting fit was something only for the guys on TV and everyone else bought clubs “off the rack”. In this era in golf equipme...
You become what you think!
Just because you think it, it doesn’t mean it’s true. The things we think about ourselves are just thoughts, they are not truths, or facts. If you make the mistake of believing the things that you say about yourself are facts, you can find yourself stuck in an identity that will guide your behavior in ways not helpful to your performance. For example, I played with someone recently, who after ...
The 2nd Major
From the sound of it you may be thinking I’m referring to the US Open that traditionally falls around the third week of June. Not so fast! At GPC we are excited to be starting our 2nd Major Testing Period next Wednesday! In order to best measure our athletes development we find that a full Player Development Index (PDI) Assessment should be scheduled every 12 weeks. This allows us to test the at...
Learning takes Discipline
Ok so you say you want to learn how to play better golf, but you are afraid to learn something different. Learning to play better golf takes time, hard work, a positive attitude and discipline. It will take all your abilities to be patient enough to allow learning to happen. That’s right learning doesn’t just take place when you are taking in the information. Misconception 101, when ...
Feedback
One of the most challenging endeavors in all of sport is to change an ingrained motor pattern in an effort to become better. Nowhere do we see this challenge greater than we do in the game of golf. Understanding what needs to be done is the first step and a critical one. After that, addressing any physical limitations and improving function is also vital to the improvement process. When phys...
