Screening Is Essential for Success
Golf is not easy. Refusing to train your body to swing faster is not going to make it easier. Most golf simulation companies will gladly take your money while you learn nothing. Improving the body, improving the mind, and improving the game is all essential. Shoot For Par is here to make you a better golfer, beginning with improving your body. The ability to perform a movement takes precedence over improving a technique. Taught techniques that cannot be performed because the body cannot move as intended will result in a compensation. The root issue for poor golf begins with the golfer swinging the club. That is where Shoot For Par builds up from. If you play golf, you must train the body.
Your Performance Is Our Focus
Step 1 at Shoot For Par
TPI’s Assessment Screen
If you don’t assess, it’s just a guess.
To achieve an efficient swing, a golfer must first be screened. A proper screen involves an assessment of swing mechanics, biomechanics, physical fitness, movement quality, current health, and injury history.
The TPI movement screen is a simple test to quickly evaluate a player’s physical capabilities. The results of that assessment are used to determine how technical elements of the player’s swing could be related to what their body can or cannot do. Once this screen is finished, the results are used to create a plan unique for that golfer. The plan may include fitness training, physical therapy and treatment, coaching of swing mechanics and biomechanics, nutrition, mental strategy or all of the above.
There are an infinite number of ways to swing a golf club. However, there is one most-efficient way for each player to swing a club and it is based on what they can physically do.
Step 2 At Shoot For Par
ROTEXMotion
ROTEXMotion was invented in 2008. Since, Dr. Joe LaCaze has been granted three US Patents for both the method and device used for the ROTEXMotion system and is fully researched in both the medical and sports categories. The system is entirely produced in the United States – manufacturing, assembly and parts. ROTEXMotion products have now reached a worldwide status and are being used in over 20 countries on five continents. We take our Mission very seriously,
“Do the most good, for the greatest number of people, in the shortest time possible.“
On average at Shoot For Par, there is an increased range of motion of 66°.
Step 3 At Shoot For Par
Bag Mapping
Next, we evaluate your accuracy and distance based on the knowledge that we have from your physical assessment and review the intricacies of the following:
Pre- & Post- Shot Routine
Grip
Target
Shot Shape
Alignment
Intended Swing Path
The Swing Itself
The ultimate goal is for the mind and body to synchronize to where the thought of shot shape and carry distance become the actual shot shape and carry distance.
It is possible and repeatable!
Step 4 At Shoot For Par
Course Management
Finally at Shoot For Par, we want to understand your thought processes as you manage the golf course utilizing one of over 500 courses with GS Pro. It isn’t enough to just play a round. The best part of playing well is knowing the dangers of a hole and where your miss tendencies are. The questions that need answers are:
-Do you play the hole back to front or front to back?
-Are you leaving yourself the same yardage to the green each hole?
-Are you aligning to your general shot shape?
-Are you aware of your pitch distances with clubs 7 Iron through Lob Wedge?
-How do you play the slopes and undulations of the course?
-Can you put the ball consistently where you intend it to come to rest?
-What is your Fairway in Regulation percentage?
-What is your Greens in Regulation percentage?
-What is your temperament when things do not go as planned?
These questions will determine why you do not play the course as well as you should and provide you a means to realize what course designers are expecting the typical golfer to do. You can then plan each hole and each shot accordingly to maximize your game.
Screening In Depth
What is TPI®?
TPI® (Titleist Performance Institute) is the world’s leading educational organization dedicated to the study of how the human body functions in relation to the golf swing. For over twenty years, TPI® has gathered the world’s largest technical database of the game’s top Tour professionals as well as every-day golfers. TPI® collects 3D motion capture, force, pressure, launch monitor, strength, power, and movement data on every player that visits the TPI® campus. Using this data, TPI® discovered how a properly functioning body allows a player to swing a golf club in the most efficient way possible. Conversely, TPI® determined how physical limitations in a player’s body can adversely affect the golf swing and potentially lead to injury. This relationship is what TPI® calls The Body-Swing Connection and is the foundation of all professional Certification courses offered by TPI®.TPI’s Mission
TPI®’s mission is to educate golfers and industry professionals on the Body-Swing Connection through its one of a kind TPI® Certified educational program.TPI’s Philosophy
TPI® believes that golfers should match their swing style to their movement capabilities. The philosophy is simple: There are an infinite number of ways to swing a golf club. However, there is one most-efficient way for each player to swing a club and it is based on what they can physically do.
ROTEXMotion® Screening
Next, I place the client on ROTEXMotion®to increase hip, ankle, and torso range of motion, as well as increase stability of the lower back, pelvis, shoulder blades, knees, and feet.
This exercise builds potential speed of muscle contraction in rotation with isometric exercise.
Through the capturing of data from this exercise alone, I have seen an average 66º rotational increase on the transverse plane in as little as four minutes time.
What this means is when you swing a golf club after using ROTEXMotion®, the backswing and follow through both have less resistance because we have increased mobility. Though your range of motion has increased, it is not likely that you will utilize the maximum potential. You will however be able to swing as freely as you ever have.
Shot Screening
Lastly, the remainder of the screening is based on the golfer and how they swing the club. It is at this time that I identify characteristics of setup, pre- and post-shot routine, and provide guidance for improving overall performance. The goal is a baseline of average distances of each club, known as “bag mapping”, as seen above. This will conclude the screening with technique improvements based on what your body physically can do.