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Part 1- Advanced Golfers Program Weekly Training Schedule
By Tony | September 22, 2008
Over the next five days I will take you through the weekly training schedule of one of our students enrolled in the Australian High Performance Golf Academy AHPGA Advanced Golfers Program. We divide our high performance instruction model up into five critical performance areas of Golf Swing - Short Game Skills - Mental Skills - Physical Skills - Golf Course Skills which are delivered over a prolonged time frame. We do this with a well thought out performance driven program with training/improvement cycles (similar to Olympic 4 year cycles) that concentrate coaching energy on systematically improving each of the areas mentioned above with a strong emphasis on continually measuring and testing results by varying frequency, duration, intensity and volume of work during golf training sessions through a stringent planning process that takes into account factors such as the goals of the student and their capacity to cope with the workloads required to become a high performance golfer.
MONDAY
8:00am- Arrival at AHPGA training facility
8:15am- EM Wave daily training session
Our students train 15 to 20 minutes daily on the Heart Math (EM Wave) Technology to improve and educate them in how to optimize their mental game`s/ emotional control and coherence level`s on course for improved performance.
8:30am- Stretching and warm up session
8:45am- Specific full swing technique improvement drills training
9:30am- Full swing 9 shot drill using a mid iron
In this drill our students hit a series of shots using three balls for each shot. The shots are a low fade, standard flighted fade, high fade, low draw, standard flighted draw, high draw, low straight, standard flighted straight and a high stright shot alternating daily between mid irons, long irons, fairway woods and the driver.
10:15am- Green side short game training with the `ladder drill`
We are currently concentrating on this particular students short game by introducing more skills testing in his practice sessions. Today we practiced the chipping ladder drill. In this drill we placed a series of golf clubs on the ground that are spaced approximately 2 metres apart in the formation of a ladder stretching up the green. The objective is to land 3 in a row in each step to progress up the ladder. When he misses a shot he comes back down a step. This drill adds a similar sort of pressure to that encountered on course and better prepares our students to focus on the shot at hand and in particuar the landing area.
11:00am- Putting training
In this session we worked on technique using an “AHPGA Straight Eyes Putting Mirror”, string line and golf tees for path correction training. After the technique session we worked on short putts from 3,4 and 5 feet. In this drill we use three balls and work our way around the clock. As an example place a tee, marker ( or similar object) three feet from the hole at the 12 o`clock position. Then place your first ball at 1 o`clock, the second ball at 2 o`clock and the third ball at 3 o`clock. Your objective is to hole all of these three putts. After this move the balls to 4,5 and 6 o`clock and continue as above. Continue around the clock until all 12 putts have been attempted. Next do the same, only this time from 4 feet and then again from 5 feet. Record your results.
12:00pm- Lunch and rest period
01:00pm- On course training 9 holes “2 ball worst ball”
This is great on course training exercise. The students playing in groups of two both hit two balls from the tee. Then they select each others `worst ball` from where they procede to play another two shots. They continue to choose the worst ball through the putting green, and the player has to hole two putts from the chosen position or their opponent will choose the one that misses. This is a great `mind on the game drill` and re-inforces the importance of consistency in high performance golf. No matter how good your first tee shot is, or if you hole out from 30 feet on the putting green, you have to repeat it for the score to count. Try this drill sometime, but make sure your golf course is not too busy on the day. Even tour players have a hard time shooting even par playing worst ball, so if you try it, don`t be surprised when your score is considerably higher than your usual score.
03:00pm- Self practice/
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