Archive for April, 2008
Advanced Golf Training - Philip, Week 2
Monday, April 28th, 2008As Philip moves into week 3 of his 26 week advanced golf training here at the Australian High Performance Golf Academy AHPGA, it`s time to review week 2. Last week Philip continued on with his improvement programs in the critical to success training areas of high performance sport.
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Philip`s First Week of Advanced Golf Training at AHPGA
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008Philip Tan from Malaysia has just completed week one of a twenty six week advanced golf training program at the Australian High Performance Golf Academy AHPGA.
Last week we spent a lot of time observing and assessing Philip`s game through the use of video, swing analysis software and various skills assessment tests to identify the critical […]
Changing Golf Swing Technique Through Golf Ball Flight
Sunday, April 20th, 2008For the past two weeks I have had the pleasure of working with Zoie Cooper a fine young junior female golfer from Western Australia. After comprehensively testing and assessing Zoie`s golf game holistically last week through a series of technical skills and performance testing we were able to identify certain patterns in Zoie`s golf game. […]
Advanced Golf Training at AHPGA- Philip`s first day!
Monday, April 14th, 2008Today I spent the day working with Philip Tan for the first time. Philip is a 23 year old golfer from Malaysia who will be training with us at the Australian High Performance Golf Academy AHPGA for 26 weeks.
First up we comprehensively assessed Philip`s golf clubs. Philip`s golf club`s required some minor adjustments (inconsistency in […]
The Persistence, Self-Belief and Patience of Champion Golfers
Sunday, April 13th, 2008I was sitting down watching the television coverage of the third round of the US Masters Golf Tournament at Augusta National this morning and as usual I was marvelling at the precision ball striking, short game skills and strategy of today`s champions. But something that was extra special and really impressed me was the determination, […]
AHPGA Student Selected in Queensland Golf Squad
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008Australian High Performance Golf Academy AHPGA student Matthew Melrose has been selected in the Queensland Golf Union State Squad. Matthew currently sits in fifth position on the Angus Buchanan Trophy Queensland Order of Merit with a stroke average of 72.07 ( this is the calculated stroke average leaders).
Matthew has been performing consistently over the past […]