The ability to swing a club with power and control is a result of mastering swing movements through proper coaching and repetition. In addition, many physical factors work together in order to maximize swing power and efficiency. Through proper year long physical training, we can focus on each of these physical factors in order to increase performance, minimize injury and take your game to a new level!

Here are the key physical components needed to build a complete golfer:

STRENGTH – Increasing muscular strength helps to fortify our joints, which significantly helps in reduction of injury risk. In addition, increased strength allows for increased club speed and swing power.

POWER – Power development results in the ability to swing the club as quickly and as forcefully as possible. The more powerful of a golfer you are, the more distance you can get out of your clubs.

BALANCE – Balance training is a very important way to practice the ability to control our body through a range of motion and in a particular still position. An increase in balance allows for increased swing control and fluidity, which means longer and more accurate shots.

FLEXIBILITY – Through proper stretching techniques, we can increase the elasticity of our muscles, resulting in decreased injury risk and faster recovery times.

MOBILITY – Different from flexibility, mobility is how we increase our range of motion throughout a given movement. The more range of motion we can achieve, the more acceleration and velocity we can get out of our golf swing.

Every one of these components is trained year long. However, depending on where we are in the calendar year, the way we train differs.

OFF-SEASON – Objective: Development of athletic skills – In the off-season, we look to bring out the athlete in each golfer. We focus on general strength, power, balance, flexibility and mobility to build a good and solid base for our transition into the pre-season.

PRE-SEASON – Objective: Transition towards more sport-specific movement – In pre-season, we take our increased athletic ability and place even more focus on applying it towards golf-specific movement patterns. This is the best way to prepare for the upcoming season.

IN-SEASON – Objectives: Skill maintenance and injury prevention – When the courses open for the season, each golfer will have achieved optimal athletic development in preparation. The main focus of in-season is to maintain this optimal level of performance, while placing increased focus on muscle and joint recovery, as a result of frequent competition/play.

For any questions or to set up your initial consultation, feel free to contact me:   jrabe@thewac.com (262) 544-4111 Ext: 161