1 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,360 Keeping in touch with our touch. One of the things that I would encourage 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:10,400 golfers to create a little bit of space at home to work on the putting. 3 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:15,080 Statistically, we know this right at minimum forty or more of our strokes 4 00:00:15,199 --> 00:00:19,280 are had on the green. Not enough time is spent on the green in 5 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,320 particular. And the great news is that you can work on putting because you 6 00:00:22,359 --> 00:00:27,440 can work on that motion very efficiently at home. So if it's snow outside, 7 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,480 you can work on it. And a lot of my players will tell 8 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:34,240 me in doing that being intentional about that during the off season or the winter 9 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:38,039 months, they come on to the greens once spring arrives as a better player 10 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:43,119 shooting better scores because they've been spending that time doing those little things to work 11 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:46,479 on that touch. Right, as we say, not losing touch with the 12 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,920 touch. Hi did the sky Thompson from Walsrom, British Columbia, and I've 13 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,920 played to Walton Springs Golf Course. Is it the golf Martyern number nine hundred 14 00:00:54,960 --> 00:01:02,719 and thirty three and keeping in touch with touch during your off season featuring doctor 15 00:01:02,759 --> 00:01:08,040 Greta Anderson. This is Golf Smarter, sharing stories, tips and insights from 16 00:01:08,159 --> 00:01:12,560 great golf Minds to help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ. 17 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:18,840 There's your host, Fred Green. Welcome back to the Golf Smarter Podcast, 18 00:01:18,879 --> 00:01:23,200 Doctor Greta. Hello, how are you. I'm doing wellsposed to be here 19 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:27,480 and it's great to see you again. Thank you. I'm very excited about 20 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:34,200 being able to have this conversation. And so let's talk about something. You 21 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,719 know in our setup are like, what do you want to talk about? 22 00:01:36,719 --> 00:01:40,319 It's like, let's talk about golf. Oh, okay, anything golf. 23 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:46,519 We can do it, love it great. So let's talk about winter, 24 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,319 how to get through winter. I mean, you and I both live in 25 00:01:49,359 --> 00:01:56,439 climates that allow us to play mostly twelve months a year. But I've taken 26 00:01:56,439 --> 00:02:02,560 the winter off due to physical limitations, and most of North America has to 27 00:02:02,599 --> 00:02:08,120 take most of the winter off because of the weather. And I just I'm 28 00:02:08,159 --> 00:02:16,439 feeling so compassionate to those folks because I couldn't imagine taking four or five months 29 00:02:16,479 --> 00:02:22,159 off of the game and then picking it up where I left off. Well, 30 00:02:22,319 --> 00:02:25,800 that really doesn't happen, right, None of us take four or five 31 00:02:25,879 --> 00:02:30,319 months off and pick up where we left off. I mean, even when 32 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:34,840 we listen to you know, the world's elite players. If they take a 33 00:02:34,879 --> 00:02:38,000 month or so off that what do they come back When we're watching a tournament 34 00:02:38,039 --> 00:02:40,039 on TV or whatever the case, maybe we hear them in an interview, 35 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:46,080 what's the first thing they say, I'm rusty. Yeah, it's just not 36 00:02:46,199 --> 00:02:50,120 the way you know, human performance works. We don't just come back. 37 00:02:50,199 --> 00:02:53,240 So, you know, we kind of all have that in common. That's 38 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,520 I guess that's the good news about being off. We're all off, yeah, 39 00:02:55,560 --> 00:03:00,719 and so it's a little bit of a difference there. Oh, but 40 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:02,759 what is it that gets rusty? I mean, we know in our head 41 00:03:04,159 --> 00:03:07,439 what our swing is supposed to feel like, you know, and stop tweaking 42 00:03:07,479 --> 00:03:09,439 and stop doing these things. But just if you know, with our eyes 43 00:03:09,479 --> 00:03:13,319 closed, we just feel the swing. We know what it's supposed to feel 44 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:19,400 like, you know what elements of the game, because they're multiple, sure, 45 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,840 are the things that really jump out of being rusty. Sure, for 46 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:25,199 some of us it's those very things. It's the movement. The motion. 47 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:31,919 For many golfers, golf is a big part of their physical activity, and 48 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:37,479 so if they're not getting out onto the course, they're not moving that way. 49 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:42,159 So for them, those reps in terms of moving, rotation, swinging, 50 00:03:42,199 --> 00:03:46,439 whatever the case may be. That's what's been missing for four or five 51 00:03:46,439 --> 00:03:49,719 months if they're off. But for all of us, if we're not playing 52 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:58,199 between the ears, the discipline of making those shots over and over, that 53 00:03:58,719 --> 00:04:00,039 goes away, right, four or five months is a long time, even 54 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,919 if you're off for a short period of time like here, you know in 55 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,639 the southern you know, southeastern you know section of the states where you know 56 00:04:08,439 --> 00:04:12,439 it's really about three months where it's just really kind of uh, and you're 57 00:04:12,719 --> 00:04:16,639 more inclined to not play. Even with that, you're gonna you're gonna be 58 00:04:17,199 --> 00:04:21,519 I will, I will use the word a little bit sloppy from a from 59 00:04:21,519 --> 00:04:25,879 a mental standpoint. You know, you can maybe for example, you might 60 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,519 hit a great T shot, but we all know it's that second shot that's 61 00:04:29,959 --> 00:04:32,800 really important. Right, But you've hit the T shot and now you're kind 62 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:39,439 of being lazy over the ball and boom a poor second shot. But three 63 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:45,480 months into the season, you're not gonna behave that way right, right, 64 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:50,560 right? So yeah, the mental game, you know that that is just 65 00:04:50,759 --> 00:04:57,279 repetitions and stuff. And I guess so the swing is too. But you 66 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,360 know, so many people talk about touch, whether whether it's your short game 67 00:05:00,439 --> 00:05:10,000 or you're putting. That is something that we could kind of practice during that 68 00:05:10,079 --> 00:05:15,160 offseason to keep that not fine tuned, but not get fat on it. 69 00:05:15,439 --> 00:05:21,040 You can keep in touch with touch. And so as a coach, I 70 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:26,279 will say this, I always tell people this is the one thing that touch 71 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,600 that you're talking about, that feel. It doesn't have to be the most 72 00:05:29,639 --> 00:05:32,639 fancy of a setup, right, but you can work on that consistently at 73 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:36,879 home a very basic setup. Obviously, if you have a putter, and 74 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:41,399 if you golf balls, all you need is a strip of land, you 75 00:05:41,439 --> 00:05:44,040 know, a strip of space. If you have a hallway, which you 76 00:05:44,079 --> 00:05:47,000 have lived somewhere, you probably have a hallway or corridor, corridor, a 77 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,920 corner of a room or an office. To work on that stroke of timing 78 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:55,959 right, that two to one ration. You can consistently work on that. 79 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:00,199 You don't even have to have a ball to you know, be striking the 80 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:04,399 ball to do that. I mean there's technology. Tons of the technology allows 81 00:06:04,439 --> 00:06:09,000 for that. For example, with blast motion, that's one of the things 82 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:14,680 you can literally work on your swing with air swings and get quantifiable data to 83 00:06:14,879 --> 00:06:18,879 consistently work on your swing indoor, so they're the way to do things. 84 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:27,439 Wait, what is blast motion? Blast motion great technology that allows you a 85 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,079 couple of things. So it is a simple almost like a little coin. 86 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:35,439 It goes right onto the top of the club. Similar technology to arcos. 87 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:39,079 A lot of people have heard of arcos. Sure, the similar same, 88 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:42,879 basically the same technology, very simple and use it friendly, sits right on 89 00:06:42,959 --> 00:06:46,000 top of there, and it works with the gyroscope and the other you know, 90 00:06:46,079 --> 00:06:54,160 fancy technology, simple but fancy technology to manage tempo and create awareness for 91 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:59,120 you using a very simple system that shows up on your phone red, yellow, 92 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,519 green, right, where's your swing? In order? It uses it 93 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:10,639 establishes a baseline, you give it data. It's great, simple setup, 94 00:07:10,759 --> 00:07:16,000 and many coaches like myself use that with their some you know, select clients 95 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:20,360 who choose to use it to then they're able to transmit that data to me. 96 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:24,759 I give them homework, assignments, all of those types of things. 97 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:30,120 So back to your question, some rust is going to happen because of whether 98 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:31,759 and that type of thing, But on the putting and that type of thing, 99 00:07:32,639 --> 00:07:38,800 we can work toward not having that with some simple some simple is blast 100 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:43,639 motion a consumer product or product absolutely, it's both, but it's definitely a 101 00:07:43,639 --> 00:07:46,720 consumer product. You can you can pick it up and buy and and and 102 00:07:46,759 --> 00:07:51,519 purchase it in most retail outlets if they carry golf technology. And one of 103 00:07:51,519 --> 00:07:58,000 the things as a value add in a coaching relationship is again, wherever you 104 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:01,160 are, whether you're on the other side of the planet from your coach, 105 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:07,560 you can you can uh that data can be transmitted to the coach and we 106 00:08:07,639 --> 00:08:09,720 can work on things. So if I can go like, okay, we 107 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:15,040 can see fred, I can see that that backswing is off tempo. It's 108 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:18,399 not so much about how it looks, it's the temple. The data tell 109 00:08:18,439 --> 00:08:20,800 me the truth, right, Okay, this club is coming way too far 110 00:08:20,879 --> 00:08:24,480 back, which is affecting you know, time to impact, which is so 111 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,720 on and so forth, and causing issues or working for you, whatever the 112 00:08:28,759 --> 00:08:33,159 case may be. But yep, it's totally available and very very reasonably priced. 113 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:37,120 Oh I. That's one of the things I love about being not being 114 00:08:37,159 --> 00:08:41,159 a professional in golf is learning about new things like that going I've never heard 115 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,879 of that. I can't wait to see what that is. Let's get them 116 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:48,120 on the show. Let's do a show. Yay, it's a great great 117 00:08:48,159 --> 00:08:54,360 technology. Yeah, super cool. Awesome. Okay, I'm gonna have to 118 00:08:54,399 --> 00:08:56,960 find them and see what we can do and talk about that. Wow. 119 00:08:58,279 --> 00:09:03,679 Okay, your base oh even better, even better. Now you mentioned the 120 00:09:03,759 --> 00:09:07,679 two to one ratio. Yeah, was that on putting or is that full 121 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:09,399 swing? That was putting? Putting? Yeah, talk to me about that. 122 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:15,279 Yeah. So a lot of times people are a little bit too fast 123 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:16,799 or too slow. Right, It's all about tempo, right, and so 124 00:09:16,879 --> 00:09:20,480 everyone may look a little bit differently, but the putting motion is a very 125 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:26,320 you know, less is more right, back and through, and so we 126 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,840 get a little bit too fast, we get a little bit too slow, 127 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:33,919 it's going to affect the you know, the impact. But more importantly or 128 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,120 equally importantly, we want to create that role, right, We want the 129 00:09:37,159 --> 00:09:41,480 club to come up and create that top spin. So you're rolling the ball, 130 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,279 not hitting the ball. So it's all about tempo, and so we 131 00:09:43,399 --> 00:09:48,120 just want that to be correct and appropriate for your setup, for the club 132 00:09:48,159 --> 00:09:50,360 that you have, the putter that you've chosen, you the loft of your 133 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:56,120 putter to create that role consistent roll right, the consistent that we talked about 134 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:00,879 the consistency that we all strive for and desire. We go out onto the 135 00:10:00,879 --> 00:10:03,840 course and we want to you know, get the final the frontal part of 136 00:10:03,879 --> 00:10:11,159 the journey right into the hole. Wow. I recently found you know that 137 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:16,799 for shorter putts. This is working for me so far. But for shorter 138 00:10:16,879 --> 00:10:22,440 putts, if I have a shorter backstroke on my putt and then follow through 139 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:24,279 all the way, yes, I seem to be a little more consistent on 140 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,919 the you know, the four or five footers. And I'm like, ah, 141 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:31,080 keep missing those left give whatever it is. But with a short backstroke 142 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:35,679 and then follow through with it, I seemed to be making more correct That's 143 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:39,519 a good one that works. Yeah, and think about this. So it 144 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:43,039 was because your backswing is shorter, you're probably being more consistent with the tempo. 145 00:10:43,759 --> 00:10:48,840 Mmm. And so I would also guess that so if if as your 146 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:52,360 as your the link shortens, so is your stance. I mean you're not 147 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:56,720 having you're not having a super wide stance when you're working to make a three 148 00:10:56,799 --> 00:11:03,360 or four foot foot So really the tempo is consistent with your stands right back 149 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:07,240 and through. Awesome, Let's take time out. We'll be back right after 150 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:18,519 this. With doctor Greta Anderson in sixty seconds. One of the other things 151 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:22,679 that happens for all of us during that winter time when we're not playing as 152 00:11:22,759 --> 00:11:26,879 much golf. We're kind of lazy, right We're not. We're not. 153 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:35,879 We're not doing anything to increase our flexibility, increase our mobility, increase our 154 00:11:35,039 --> 00:11:43,000 arm strength, chest strength, because if you want more yards, sitting around 155 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:48,080 watching football is not going to get it for you. No, not at 156 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:52,480 all. Although fun, it is fun. It is for me right now, 157 00:11:52,519 --> 00:11:56,399 but it is a huge fun I'm a huge football fan. However, 158 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:01,159 You're right, we've got it. You've got to incorporate some movement, into 159 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:09,159 some consistent movement into our our daily lives if we want to create success for 160 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:13,480 ourselves out there on the fairways. Right. So I'm a big I'm a 161 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:18,200 huge fan of movement, and you know, mobility. It doesn't have to 162 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:24,360 be this, you know, arduous, super intense, you know, you 163 00:12:24,399 --> 00:12:28,320 know, gym rat kind of thing, right, but we do have to 164 00:12:28,399 --> 00:12:35,240 move and move consistently and really work on that flexibility and that mobility. I'm 165 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:41,759 a huge fan of that. I work hard to to maintain that for myself 166 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:45,399 and I really do encourage others. I even put it in a lot of 167 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:50,799 my programs, for my my executive and custom programs. We partner with a 168 00:12:50,879 --> 00:12:56,200 mobility specialist for that because it's so important. H yeah, But I can 169 00:12:56,240 --> 00:13:03,080 hear the thirty plus audience going, I'm good man, I'm in great shape. 170 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:07,080 I'm fine, and the forty you going yeah, maybe I should think 171 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:11,240 about that sometime, and then the audience fifties going, I think I should 172 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:15,399 start doing some stretching. And then there's those of us in our sixties who 173 00:13:15,399 --> 00:13:18,600 are going, no, I do this every day. Yes, I have 174 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,399 to, because I want to be able to maintain you know, some semblance 175 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:28,879 of staying away from pain, looking at talking, but being able to play 176 00:13:28,879 --> 00:13:33,879 around of eighteen holes and feel okay afterwards. Right right, I mean that's 177 00:13:33,039 --> 00:13:37,200 part of the process of aging well, right, and being able to enjoy 178 00:13:37,519 --> 00:13:41,559 many aspects of life, to be you know, functionally fit, right, 179 00:13:41,919 --> 00:13:46,320 but also in terms off you're a golfer, that's part of being functionally fit. 180 00:13:46,399 --> 00:13:50,679 I need to be able to function and move and rotate and walk and 181 00:13:50,759 --> 00:13:54,720 all of those things to enjoy this great sport. So what do you do? 182 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:01,080 So? I do do lots of little things. I love yoga I 183 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:07,600 always have, so I practice yoga. I'm huge. As I mentioned one 184 00:14:07,639 --> 00:14:13,639 of longtime partners that I really I refer tons of people too. But I 185 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,519 do that because they've worked wonders for me and continue to be a great partner. 186 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:20,000 Here. We're here based in Atlanta, Georgia, of course, and 187 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:26,519 so our good friends over at Atlanta sports recovery unbelievable and so I listen to 188 00:14:26,559 --> 00:14:30,960 them closely. When they tell me what to do, I do it. 189 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:35,679 But more importantly, it's about maintenance. It's about consistently working on mobility. 190 00:14:35,759 --> 00:14:41,080 It's not something that you can just it's not a one and done and that 191 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:46,039 is what's really important for us, and understanding that it's just a lifelong thing. 192 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:50,679 Just as you get up and you know, do all the other things 193 00:14:50,679 --> 00:14:54,240 in life. It has to become a part of my life, particularly for 194 00:14:54,360 --> 00:15:01,639 me as you know, as a successful hip replacement person. Stretching is just 195 00:15:01,679 --> 00:15:05,320 an important part of life. I mean, it's non negotiable. And so 196 00:15:05,399 --> 00:15:09,120 taking care of myself that and eating well and hydrating that's a big one. 197 00:15:09,159 --> 00:15:13,080 I mean I do, I drink a ton of water. I think with 198 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,639 people spend time with me and they've never seen their shocked at how much water 199 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:20,759 I drink, but this makes a huge difference. I mean I was always 200 00:15:20,799 --> 00:15:26,039 a good water drinker, but I don't really know when I something trigger. 201 00:15:26,279 --> 00:15:31,720 Was something triggered, like me drinking more, the importance of drinking even more, 202 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,480 and it's really a game changer. So those are the big ones. 203 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:37,039 I just try to eat well, drink well, and do a lot of 204 00:15:37,039 --> 00:15:39,679 stretching and mobility work along with the other fun stuff in the gym. But 205 00:15:39,799 --> 00:15:43,240 really, as I've gotten older, I'm in my early fifties, those are 206 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:50,639 the biggiest. Yeah yeah. And then water on the golf course, stay 207 00:15:50,639 --> 00:15:54,320 away from the sugary drinks, stay away from alcohol. You know, it's 208 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,000 like I'm just an old guy, you know, like you're no fun. 209 00:15:56,399 --> 00:16:00,279 Yeah, I'm not. I want to play better golf. Yeah. Yeah. 210 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,799 A few years ago we kind of ran, I say we my team, 211 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:10,399 we ran a little bit of a study there about hydration and the different 212 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:15,679 all the different items on the market, and we ended up partnering with Golf 213 00:16:15,679 --> 00:16:19,519 Magazine and golf dot Com to kind of republish that and do some things because 214 00:16:19,559 --> 00:16:26,799 it was really kind of interesting and it's just so important to read the label 215 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:30,480 and understand so for example, I'm not here brand bashing at all, So 216 00:16:30,559 --> 00:16:33,879 all the aids and that type of nobody comes sue me or anything like that. 217 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:38,440 But a lot of times people have no clue at how much sugar and 218 00:16:38,519 --> 00:16:42,279 other stuff they're ingesting in the name of hydration. So you know, if 219 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,519 you if you're at the turn and you pick up a bottle of let's just 220 00:16:45,559 --> 00:16:49,360 say, you know one of these brands that ends with AID, right, 221 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:53,679 let's just say that. And if you're not careful and you're like, you 222 00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:56,200 know, you're thirsty, you've been playing good golf, you've been working, 223 00:16:56,360 --> 00:17:00,159 and you've got this bittle that seems to be a reasonable size, like one 224 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:04,160 serving, Well really that bottle might be three serving. So when you're reading 225 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:07,440 all that stuff on the back and it's talking about how great this is, 226 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:11,880 and you know how much this and that and ass along with how much sugar 227 00:17:11,039 --> 00:17:15,400 and other stuff is in there, and how many hundreds of millions they've spent 228 00:17:15,519 --> 00:17:22,000 on advertising that part, right, you have just taken down so much sugar. 229 00:17:22,039 --> 00:17:26,359 So by the eleventh hole, when you go up here and then you 230 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,160 crash, you're thinking, like, I've been hydrating, Well, you took 231 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:34,960 in a lot of sugar too, you know, so understanding what you really 232 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:40,720 need. You really need the hydration, you really need the minerals. You 233 00:17:40,799 --> 00:17:42,960 really don't need all that sugar, and you certainly don't need those dyes and 234 00:17:44,039 --> 00:17:48,759 all of those other additives. So you know, understanding that, so I'm 235 00:17:48,799 --> 00:17:51,680 a big fan of lots of the things that come in, you know, 236 00:17:51,759 --> 00:17:55,519 the little pouches that you can just easily stick in your bag. I don't 237 00:17:55,559 --> 00:17:57,960 have to go in and drop five bucks on a Gatorade or power Aide or 238 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:03,960 whatever other aid there is, is you know, sugar free in my water 239 00:18:03,279 --> 00:18:07,480 at my own time to get what I need to keep the brain sharp, 240 00:18:07,519 --> 00:18:11,599 because that hydration is a game changer. We've all been out there on the 241 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:15,400 fairway, right and you're playing along fine and then you hit a stroke, 242 00:18:15,599 --> 00:18:21,720 you hit a shot, and you're like, what possessed me to do that? 243 00:18:22,279 --> 00:18:23,720 You know, not even that it was an errant shot. It was 244 00:18:23,759 --> 00:18:27,920 just a poor decision, right, A lot of times is what it is. 245 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:34,839 You know, our mental capacity is adversely affected by dehydration and poor nutrition 246 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:38,279 in that type of thing. So you know, it's interesting, Well, 247 00:18:38,559 --> 00:18:42,480 you talked about when you you know, after eleventh hole and then twelve thirteen, 248 00:18:42,599 --> 00:18:47,279 then all of a sudden, the crash happens from that sugar. That 249 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:53,079 also is a factor that happens if you eat during year round, right, 250 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:59,640 going stopping at the turn and having a sandwich and chips and all that. 251 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:03,759 That's that hurts me every single time. So I just kind of graze through 252 00:19:03,799 --> 00:19:07,000 the round. I'll just do a bag of nuts and just little bits all 253 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:11,559 through the round. But I've noticed every single time that I was like, 254 00:19:11,599 --> 00:19:14,920 oh, yeah, I'm really hungry, so I'm gonna have yeah, you 255 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,519 know, a tuna sandwich or something at the turn, or turkey sandwich turkey. 256 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:25,599 But then I'll have three or four holes that I just cannot figure out 257 00:19:25,599 --> 00:19:30,640 what's going wrong. Correct. The reality is that most things that are sold 258 00:19:30,839 --> 00:19:34,799 in at the turn or in the in the in the clubhouse, they're not 259 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:40,400 so great for you when you're Some of it period, right, but a 260 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:44,720 lot of it during your round it's just not that good for me. There's 261 00:19:44,799 --> 00:19:49,200 nothing great about you know, a hot dog for sure. Right, as 262 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:55,039 you mentioned, you know, all sandwiches are not created equally. We do 263 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:57,759 so much better when we're grazing. If you look at even again, if 264 00:19:57,759 --> 00:20:02,200 you look if you have a chain to you know, attend a professional event 265 00:20:02,519 --> 00:20:04,160 for you know, everyone has not, but if you have, if you 266 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:08,279 notice and you watch the tour players, what a lot they're snacking along. 267 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:11,920 They're grazing, right, might be a sandwich. It might be a peanut 268 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,640 butter sandwich and lots of fruit, lots of nut. They're just grazing, 269 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,759 as you said, you do, Fred, They're just grazing along, versus 270 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:23,440 they're not waiting until they get to eleven and then scarfing down, you know, 271 00:20:23,519 --> 00:20:29,480 a sandwich. It's keeping the brain shark, keeping the levels, you 272 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:33,799 know, our blood levels, all that good stuff, hydration, mineral count, 273 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:37,759 all that stuff at a good level so that you can make so you 274 00:20:37,799 --> 00:20:41,359 can physically perform, but also make sound decisions, because golf is a game 275 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:47,240 of decision making, right, yeah, yes, I mean I have to 276 00:20:47,279 --> 00:20:53,079 make rational decisions despite my emotions. Right. As I like to say, 277 00:20:53,079 --> 00:20:56,960 when I'm working with my players out on the course, one of the things 278 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:02,039 they'll say that I tend to like, you got to stay out of your 279 00:21:02,039 --> 00:21:07,960 feelings. This is this is these are these These are numerical decisions based on 280 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,480 the factors as they sit right now, right, So get out of your 281 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:17,920 feelings, get off your ego. What are the facts telling us we need 282 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:25,000 to do? And that's when we play our best golf. Yep. I 283 00:21:25,039 --> 00:21:26,960 can hear be like, well, no, I have to finish the sandwich 284 00:21:27,039 --> 00:21:30,160 quickly or the squirrels are going to come either the birds are going to steal 285 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:34,319 my food. It's like, well, what is you That is true? 286 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,720 It will happen. I've had that happen more than a few times. We've 287 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:41,160 all had that happen. You're like, hey, there's a squirrel on the 288 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:45,160 golf cart. Yeah, you got food open. Yeah. Oh the blackbirds 289 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:49,119 are coming here they are the crows. Yeah, yeah, that's harder than 290 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:56,680 came after my put a hole in the tubbleware. Oh wha yeah, big 291 00:21:56,759 --> 00:22:00,240 crow, that one. He was about us all this my forearm. He 292 00:22:00,279 --> 00:22:07,720 was a big boy. Scared me. I just you can have it. 293 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:11,599 It's yours. I bought one extra just for you. This guy came, 294 00:22:11,759 --> 00:22:14,799 you know, I finished putting out and I got walking back to the cart. 295 00:22:14,839 --> 00:22:18,279 This guy was had taken it from the you know, the the little 296 00:22:18,319 --> 00:22:22,640 recess and was sitting on the on the seat in the cart and was just 297 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:26,680 take I was going, like you walk up to it and it turns and 298 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,720 looks you like, can I help you? Hey? I was just glad 299 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,640 that I had a putter and like, I don't know, five or six 300 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:37,440 iron or something, because I was just like, it was big. It 301 00:22:37,559 --> 00:22:41,200 was a big guy. It's all you, buddy. That and the chips, 302 00:22:41,559 --> 00:22:47,119 the chips to pull them up, put them in your pocket. Here, 303 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,519 here's an apple. Yeah, right, all right, we're gonna take 304 00:22:49,559 --> 00:23:00,839 a sixty second lunch break. We'll be back right after you. I love 305 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,119 what you said earlier about keep in touch with touch. It's probably going to 306 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:07,240 be the name of this episode. I love it. Let's let's flush it 307 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:11,519 out some more. Let's talk more about keep in touch with touch for your 308 00:23:11,519 --> 00:23:21,480 off season regimen. Okay, go, what do we yeah, what do 309 00:23:21,519 --> 00:23:26,839 we give us for the off season? So keeping in touch with our touch 310 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:33,559 one of the things that I would encourage golfers to create a little bit of 311 00:23:33,599 --> 00:23:37,039 space at home to work on the putting. I mean we know that, 312 00:23:37,279 --> 00:23:42,960 you know, statistically we know this, right, are at minimum forty percent 313 00:23:44,279 --> 00:23:48,839 or more of our strokes are held had on the green right, And so 314 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,519 I think many instructors would agree with this, and coaches would agree with this. 315 00:23:55,400 --> 00:24:02,160 Not enough time is spent on the short on the green in particular. 316 00:24:02,279 --> 00:24:06,599 The great news is that winter, spring, summer, fall, darkness, 317 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:10,079 you know, sunshine, you can work on putting because you can work on 318 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:15,039 that motion very efficiently at home. Right, So if it's snow outside, 319 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,119 you can work on it. And oftentimes a lot of my players will tell 320 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:22,400 me in doing that being intentional about that during the off season or the winter 321 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:26,160 months, they come on to the greens when spring arrives as a better player, 322 00:24:26,599 --> 00:24:32,079 shooting better scores because they've been spending that time doing those little things to 323 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,720 work on that touch. Right you said, as we say, like not 324 00:24:34,839 --> 00:24:40,920 losing touch with the touch. It's so important, you know, experimenting with 325 00:24:41,519 --> 00:24:45,640 and getting comfortable with their putter, different types of grips because things changed, 326 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:49,599 body changes. We talked about mature golfers. Things happen, Life happens. 327 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:53,519 Is you say, live long enough, life happens. It's okay to experiment, 328 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,599 to explore, and the off season is a great time to do that. 329 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:03,720 Yep. What do you or do you even recommend to your students a 330 00:25:03,839 --> 00:25:07,640 grip for putting or is it just what's ever most comfortable with? You, 331 00:25:07,759 --> 00:25:11,079 let's just work on this struck. So one of the things that I do 332 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:15,640 love about putting is and I often when I start with beginners, particularly in 333 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,440 my classes, we start on the putting green. I'd like to say, 334 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,799 like in life, a lot of times you begin with the end in mind, 335 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:26,839 right, were working back. So if you understand the power of putting, 336 00:25:26,319 --> 00:25:30,920 that's very it's empowering for miny golfers. Right, So okay, I 337 00:25:30,039 --> 00:25:34,599 know that I can perform here pretty well, pretty quickly, and so that 338 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,880 they can build upon that. So with that, as I like to say, 339 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:42,759 this is the one place where we're not gonna be asked uptight about your 340 00:25:42,799 --> 00:25:47,480 grip. We have a couple of rules that we can violate. We need 341 00:25:47,559 --> 00:25:49,640 the cutter to be positioned squarely right. We don't want it open, we 342 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:53,000 don't want it closed with all, as you can hold it in a manner 343 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,960 where the putter face will be square, if it's comfortable for you, we 344 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,799 can begin there. But most of the time we start with the good old 345 00:26:00,839 --> 00:26:07,559 fashioned traditional grip. But very early on I will introduce options to them so 346 00:26:07,599 --> 00:26:10,880 that they can see what's comfortable to them, or at least have some options. 347 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:15,960 So as they're out practicing and playing, they can go like, oh, 348 00:26:15,079 --> 00:26:18,400 this is a little bit different because again we're all built a little bit 349 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:23,000 differently, our equipment's a little bit different, and you know, as circumstances 350 00:26:23,079 --> 00:26:27,039 change and they explore that watch they're watching more golf on TV and in person, 351 00:26:27,079 --> 00:26:30,319 they're seeing different things. So I like to expose them to it because 352 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:36,680 I'm not wet to any grip. I want what works best for the golfer 353 00:26:36,799 --> 00:26:40,359 to work well for them. And one of the things that I typically will 354 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:45,599 show them, which which most of my clients have found to be an I 355 00:26:45,759 --> 00:26:48,680 high moment, is that I'm a I'm a huge fan of, you know, 356 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:53,000 the reverse grip. So I will help you show hand low, right, 357 00:26:53,039 --> 00:26:56,799 hand low, whatever the case may be for you very quickly. But 358 00:26:56,839 --> 00:27:02,359 also because from an instructional standpoint, it shows you how much you may or 359 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:04,720 may not have your wrists involved in the putting stroke. So they go like, 360 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:08,200 hold it, I can't flip exactly, you can't flip that thing around. 361 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:14,559 So all that to say, I start with one place, but I'm 362 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:18,559 very open to allowing people to explore it, and it's all about what works 363 00:27:18,599 --> 00:27:22,440 for them and their body. Because everyone's just a little bit different. But 364 00:27:22,759 --> 00:27:26,240 we need the fundamental We need the principles to be consistent. I need the 365 00:27:26,319 --> 00:27:33,039 putter to remain square so that when we come through, we're rolling on a 366 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:45,599 nice line. And Hunt, I'm gonna cut that part out, and what 367 00:27:45,799 --> 00:27:52,359 about them when I cut this part out too, I'll get this question out 368 00:27:52,359 --> 00:28:00,519 of that promise when you say, get the wrist involved. Okay, I've 369 00:28:00,559 --> 00:28:04,480 noticed, you know, I have some friends who take a beautiful practice stroke 370 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,839 when they're getting ready to make their putt, and then they come up and 371 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,799 make the putt, and all of a sudden, it's just it's a different 372 00:28:11,839 --> 00:28:18,759 looking stroke, and then the putter face is not necessarily where it was when 373 00:28:18,759 --> 00:28:25,279 they were taking the practice strokes. What issues should we be watching on our 374 00:28:25,319 --> 00:28:32,839 wrists as we're putting? Well, when our wrists are involved, you know, 375 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:36,960 as i'd like to say, when we get risty, the chances are 376 00:28:37,759 --> 00:28:45,000 high that the putter is not going to move. It's not going to stay 377 00:28:45,039 --> 00:28:48,759 online, right, the face is going to open or close, which is 378 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:55,599 essentially going to put the ball on a line that's inconsistent with the desired line. 379 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:56,960 Right, it's not going to be down the path as you want it, 380 00:28:57,359 --> 00:29:00,839 and so I like to keep things very simple. I often use I 381 00:29:00,839 --> 00:29:06,039 mean, we have a plethora of technology and tools at our disposal during instruction, 382 00:29:06,119 --> 00:29:08,400 but I like to keep things very simple. So I will use the 383 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:12,359 good old fashioned alignment sticks, right, you know, two bucks at the 384 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:17,319 golf store, right, one here, one there, to help and illustrate 385 00:29:17,359 --> 00:29:19,319 that, to just make it clear for people, Like our objective is very 386 00:29:19,319 --> 00:29:23,640 simple. We need this putter to move down this path so that the ball 387 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:29,440 moves down this path when we violate or come across these lanes, these lane 388 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:33,440 markings, just like in traffic, we're gonna have some problems. We don't 389 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:37,319 want that. Keeping it simple to help people understand the movement, the motion. 390 00:29:37,559 --> 00:29:42,599 But if I'm here coming out or in or out, I'm all over 391 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:47,799 in the traffic. And so keeping it very simple like that. We know 392 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:51,839 that you know, some motions are more back and through. Some people will 393 00:29:51,839 --> 00:29:57,160 have a bit of an opening and closing. But the reality is that the 394 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:02,960 way humans are designed, it's not either or. And a lot of putting 395 00:30:03,039 --> 00:30:06,119 and putter and marketing says you're going to be one of the other, it's 396 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,279 not really the case. You're every human is a little bit of both, 397 00:30:08,599 --> 00:30:12,079 so it's kind of whatever their stroke works out to be. And of course 398 00:30:12,119 --> 00:30:15,480 there's going to be some refinement as we as you know, every everybody is 399 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:19,359 built just a bit differently, so we can generalize, but then it's going 400 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:23,079 to be a little bit tweaking for that individual. But it's a it's a 401 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:27,160 it's a simple motion. If we understand that we need the ball to be 402 00:30:27,319 --> 00:30:30,079 just a little bit forward so that we can get it on the upstroke to 403 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:36,039 create the role. That simplifies everything. When you say a little bit forward, 404 00:30:36,079 --> 00:30:38,119 you mean in your stance. Yeah, So where should the ball be 405 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:42,759 sitting? You know, if your if your feet are shoulder with a part, 406 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:48,640 where should the ball be I do this for students, help them understand. 407 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,279 If we start, if we start with the ball right right, right 408 00:30:51,279 --> 00:30:53,480 in the middle, right right at the balls obviously on the ground, and 409 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,559 it's at the tip of your nose right that would be in the middle of 410 00:30:56,599 --> 00:31:02,640 you. If the club comes back and through an even you know, pendulum 411 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:07,519 motion, right TikTok, as the club putter is descending down right at the 412 00:31:07,519 --> 00:31:11,759 middle right, what's gonna happen there is the putter is going to strike down 413 00:31:11,839 --> 00:31:15,599 on the ball. Well, in this instance, that's not our desired effect, 414 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:19,440 right, because I want to put top spin on the ball. With 415 00:31:19,599 --> 00:31:26,200 that being said, the ball would need to be forward of center so that 416 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:32,759 on the upstroke, I'm creating the role the top spin. So very simple. 417 00:31:32,839 --> 00:31:34,799 I keep it simple in the beginning. Right, this is the nose. 418 00:31:34,839 --> 00:31:38,240 This is the center of the nose. If you are again, I'm 419 00:31:38,279 --> 00:31:42,559 a left handed golfer, right correct, So I need the ball forward. 420 00:31:42,599 --> 00:31:45,559 So for me, I just think about, hey, instead of being at 421 00:31:45,559 --> 00:31:49,039 the point of my nose, I need it at this in front of this 422 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:52,960 right nostril. It's not a big moat movement, just a little bit just 423 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,880 to help them understand that. And so that will vary maybe if I'm a 424 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:00,359 little bit upheill or downhill on that green, but understand and conceptually what I 425 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:05,960 want, what I want the putter to ultimately do I want upstroke, not 426 00:32:06,319 --> 00:32:09,799 bashing down and certainly not bashing the ground back here, and so helping people 427 00:32:09,799 --> 00:32:14,720 with that is is where I start. And it usually works very well. 428 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:21,039 And there are putters that claim to get the ball rolling faster than others. 429 00:32:21,359 --> 00:32:25,720 Is that marketing hype? Or do they really help that a lot of times, 430 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:30,720 you know, it's I won't say that it's marketing hype, but I 431 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:36,960 don't teach from a brand perspective. I teach from a science perspective, and 432 00:32:37,039 --> 00:32:39,480 so we focus on what do we want the ball to do? How, 433 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:45,079 you know, how will this uh, this thing, this ball react if 434 00:32:45,119 --> 00:32:49,599 we if it is struck in a certain way. So I won't say it 435 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:53,119 is not true, but I just teach by the science and because you know, 436 00:32:54,200 --> 00:33:00,559 and staying brand agnostic in terms of instruction health, because you don't know 437 00:33:00,559 --> 00:33:02,640 what equipment someone's going to come up with, what they're going to change into. 438 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,640 You don't know, No, you do not. What we do know 439 00:33:07,799 --> 00:33:12,000 is we're going to take a break here and we'll be back in sixty seconds. 440 00:33:16,799 --> 00:33:21,519 Now, let's talk about short game practice for the off season. Putting 441 00:33:21,599 --> 00:33:24,240 is the first step, but then there's always that talk about the touch. 442 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:30,880 Yeah, the short game from around the green, from ten yards off the 443 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:36,200 green, from thirty yards off the green. How do we work on that 444 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,359 in the off season. What do you recommend? Well, that's one of 445 00:33:39,359 --> 00:33:43,000 the things. So if we have the space, you know some of us, 446 00:33:43,039 --> 00:33:45,200 do you know you have you may have, you know, space in 447 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,440 the backyard. And again you may have a space in the backyard, but 448 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:52,720 your backbar might have be full of snow, so that's not always a good 449 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:55,519 thing. So again, if we want to talk about motion and movement, 450 00:33:55,599 --> 00:34:00,839 there are a lot of great teaching age that you can use at home. 451 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:07,800 I'm a big fan of my balance board to help people. It's simple. 452 00:34:08,079 --> 00:34:10,719 I don't I don't even remember how much it costs, but I have two 453 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,320 or three of them around. Of course, I know, I'm a golf 454 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,320 teacher, so I've got all kind of wacky stuff like that, but they're 455 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:22,320 really good because a lot of times what people, again not practicing and playing 456 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:29,239 for several months, what people lose is an awareness about where the body weight 457 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,199 needs to be, what it needs to feel like in the feet. So 458 00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:37,280 I found that for myself, but more importantly among many many of my clients 459 00:34:37,599 --> 00:34:42,320 is that if I keep them in touch no pun intended there with the feeling 460 00:34:42,519 --> 00:34:46,840 of where the body weight needs to be, positioning of the body, that 461 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:52,480 goes a long way right, Because again I can work on those things in 462 00:34:52,519 --> 00:34:55,960 a room just like this on the board, feeling it, weighting the feet 463 00:34:57,039 --> 00:35:00,599 because again in the spring. When I'm helping do a lot to clean up 464 00:35:00,639 --> 00:35:05,519 work and refresh work with my clients, Oftentimes the weight's too far back right, 465 00:35:05,599 --> 00:35:08,599 we're in our heels all these things. When just a little bit of 466 00:35:08,639 --> 00:35:14,239 reminding work, reminder work, we get back in position, which means we're 467 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,159 in a better position to strike the ball to create the tempo, to create 468 00:35:17,159 --> 00:35:21,719 the forward progress that we need versus chunking and thinning and all that good of 469 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:25,719 stuff. One of the things that I love to talk about with you is 470 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:30,119 because you have so much going on in your life. You do so many 471 00:35:30,159 --> 00:35:37,519 things other than just teaching golf. Yep, what's going on. Lots of 472 00:35:37,599 --> 00:35:40,079 cool stuff, lots of cool shit. Please. So you know, I've 473 00:35:40,119 --> 00:35:49,440 always been a fan of technology in golf and using it to really help broaden, 474 00:35:49,639 --> 00:35:55,360 broaden the exposure and the participation in golf. So loving really working harder, 475 00:35:55,400 --> 00:36:00,360 being really busy at that for this past year, so just really doubling 476 00:36:00,519 --> 00:36:07,679 down on using technology one to build golf community, but even more so to 477 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:15,360 really expand my instructional academy footprint. And so that's been super cool. So 478 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:20,960 really loving that because you know, it's so it's just so interesting. I 479 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:24,840 love that I have, you know, probably twenty five percent out of my 480 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:30,760 client base lives you know, literally on the other side of the earth. 481 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:34,719 For me, that's just me is just so cool. Yeah, being able 482 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,719 to do online lessons, yes, yes, yes, and building those relationships. 483 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:40,360 I mean, it's it's fun. Now. It's interesting because of course, 484 00:36:40,639 --> 00:36:44,599 you know, some of these people living places where it is hot, 485 00:36:44,679 --> 00:36:49,960 like fire right now, so you know, it makes for a complete cycle. 486 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,679 Whereas you know, I have clients here and they're like, oh, 487 00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:55,440 it's twelve degrees today, so I'm just gonna do a little bit work here 488 00:36:55,440 --> 00:37:00,840 on my matt here in the basement where someone else is like, well I'm 489 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:05,320 inside today because it's you know, forty degrees celsi. It's like it's on 490 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,880 fire, you know, So it's you know, so it's a great, 491 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:13,760 great, great thing. But also working hard to really ask my passion to 492 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:20,599 really expand golf and the accessibility of not just instruction, but great instruction instruction 493 00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:25,800 that encourages people of all types to really get into the game and enjoy it. 494 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:29,719 Awesome. So, you know, it's interesting that you talk about the 495 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:36,119 technology and as we're speaking right now, the PGA merchandise show is going on 496 00:37:36,199 --> 00:37:40,840 and neither of us are there. Yes, in spirit. I was actually 497 00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:44,880 there in spirit because I did a couple of presentations that were on video. 498 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:52,440 Oh really yeah, yeah, presentations on what community and technology? Those exactly 499 00:37:52,519 --> 00:37:59,760 those exact topics that I was scheduled to pres did participate in. Long story, 500 00:38:00,119 --> 00:38:01,719 I'm not in Florida, but yeah, but I was. I'm there 501 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:06,760 in participation in doing a lot of background work there with a couple of brands 502 00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:09,280 in fat Yeah. So what kind of technology are you talking about? Are 503 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:15,000 you talking about the stuff that makes coaching and teaching easier or are you talking 504 00:38:15,039 --> 00:38:19,800 about stuff that consumers can in your time? I'm sure you're talking about golf 505 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:25,440 technology. Golf technology, right, So from I was speaking from a perspective 506 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:30,559 of speaking to my colleagues as teaching professionals. But these tools are tools that 507 00:38:30,599 --> 00:38:34,920 I'm always a fan of. Are the tools that actually make golf instruction easier, 508 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,360 more effective, and fun for the consumer. Because at the end of 509 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:40,559 the day, if it's not good for the consumer, it's not going to 510 00:38:40,599 --> 00:38:45,880 play out well for us as professionals. It's just not right and it reflects 511 00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:51,159 on you. Yeah, So give me some examples of what you're digging these 512 00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:54,599 days. So number one that I'm digging, and I won't say any specific 513 00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:59,320 order below, I dig them all. I am on the Skillest platform and 514 00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:05,280 I absolutely love Skillest one because it's a marketplace. So you get a chance 515 00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:12,159 to skillest like skill and then est like the most skilled right skillest, and 516 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:16,719 on that platform, it's it's instructors just like me from all over. But 517 00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:23,920 I like it because it allows consumers one from from you know, from a 518 00:39:24,119 --> 00:39:29,320 from a shopping perspective, if you will, to learn about you and then 519 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,000 to work with you, so you really have to. One of the things 520 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:39,079 I enjoy about teaching remotely is that while you build relationships as an instructor, 521 00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:45,039 you have to you have to know what you're talking about, right, because 522 00:39:45,119 --> 00:39:49,480 in the beginning, that's what someone's coming to you about. It's not because 523 00:39:50,039 --> 00:39:52,800 you know you had on a great you know, sweater as you said on 524 00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:58,320 the range and they saw you. It's because you can add value to them, 525 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:04,000 and the relationship develops. They know and see that you can add value 526 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:07,519 and help them, and then you build a relationship. But I like that 527 00:40:07,599 --> 00:40:12,599 you get a chance from a from a from a teaching professional standpoint, it 528 00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:15,199 forces me and not that I didn't want to do it, but to really 529 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:21,840 keep my skills and to add some additional tools to my toolbox. So with 530 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:27,679 that, I'm really I'm I'm diving into UH sports box AI, which from 531 00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:31,280 that that's from a from an instructional standpoint, many many, many golfers may 532 00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:35,679 have heard of that, and it's super cool two D and three D technology 533 00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:40,559 to help us help golfers. So that's another of my favorites. In terms 534 00:40:40,639 --> 00:40:47,360 of community, I'm a big fan of UH professionals like myself building community that 535 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:53,719 allows our students and our clients to have a safe, safe spaces to really 536 00:40:54,079 --> 00:40:59,840 get to know each other and build their golf community and match and you know, 537 00:41:00,119 --> 00:41:06,559 match and create friendships and leagues and all that type of thing outside of 538 00:41:06,679 --> 00:41:10,920 the algorithms that are going to profit from their data. Okay, which means, 539 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:15,000 yes, you can have a Facebook group, but you're essentially when you 540 00:41:15,079 --> 00:41:20,079 do that, your data, your client's data is being used by others. 541 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,639 I'm not personally a fan of that, and many of my clients do not 542 00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:28,960 want that, and so I think as a professional, if I'm providing service, 543 00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:36,320 then it's important to to provide a space where people don't feel compromised or 544 00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:39,519 uncomfortable with being there. So I'm big on those technologies. And so one 545 00:41:39,559 --> 00:41:44,280 of the brands that I that I've worked with and I'm a huge fan of 546 00:41:44,559 --> 00:41:51,800 called Coterie, and they design, they've designed and continue to evolve their technology 547 00:41:52,119 --> 00:41:55,519 just for that. It's it's it's you can It's basically building out your own 548 00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:00,960 community space and using it as a professional however you see fit, whether that's 549 00:42:01,079 --> 00:42:06,639 instructional, community building. You know, you want to have tips, you 550 00:42:07,159 --> 00:42:10,159 build it, it's branded, it's white labeled, it's great for a very 551 00:42:10,159 --> 00:42:15,719 affordable price point, and so I'm big on that. So those are kind 552 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:20,280 of the things that I've really been honed in on, you know, i'd 553 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:24,400 say probably in the last six months. But I am I believe in technology. 554 00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:29,079 I believe, as I've said before, if we're really going to grow 555 00:42:29,159 --> 00:42:31,880 the game, if we're truly passionate about growing the game, then we're gonna 556 00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:37,119 have to do some things very differently. And the use of technology is one 557 00:42:37,159 --> 00:42:40,480 of the ways that we're going to get to the democratization of golf. Everyone 558 00:42:40,559 --> 00:42:45,039 doesn't have the luxury or the access to get to a professional and stand in 559 00:42:45,039 --> 00:42:47,480 front of them. I mean, it's expensive to stand in front of people 560 00:42:47,559 --> 00:42:52,480 like me just candidly right on a daily or weekly basis. Many people cannot 561 00:42:52,519 --> 00:42:55,559 do that, But that doesn't mean that they don't want to and don't deserve 562 00:42:57,159 --> 00:43:04,199 access to great instruction and golf service. Yeah. Absolutely. It's so funny 563 00:43:04,199 --> 00:43:07,760 because twenty twenty three, probably the word of the year, if it wasn't 564 00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,559 announced, that should have been was AI. Right, Everyone's talking about AI 565 00:43:10,679 --> 00:43:14,320 and how they're going to lose their jobs and yeah, it's going to take 566 00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:17,519 away so many jobs and people you know, wherever, whatever you do, 567 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:23,239 yep, but not golf instruction and not golf, not golf instruction and not 568 00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:30,159 golf. But I will say this, it still demands the interpersonal contact absolutely 569 00:43:30,239 --> 00:43:34,599 if you are and I will say this my whole take on AI because in 570 00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:40,440 a previous another part of my life I do I still do consulting and work 571 00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:44,320 in that regard that doesn't necessarily have to do with golf. So it's the 572 00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:47,400 same thing. But it's very similar in this regard. If you are not 573 00:43:49,519 --> 00:43:53,079 in a position, or have not developed yourself to be in a position to 574 00:43:53,280 --> 00:44:00,000 add value to your respective genre industry, however you like to term it, 575 00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:06,039 then you will become obsolete. Right there are as I like to say, 576 00:44:06,199 --> 00:44:10,119 very simply, there is nothing about golf that you can't find on the internet. 577 00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:15,400 There's nothing about the swing. You can't find nothing about putting. That 578 00:44:15,519 --> 00:44:20,559 is not why people come to me. They come to me because they want 579 00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:28,119 the bypass right. They want to get directly to accurate information and the application 580 00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:32,079 of it, and they want to get there quicker than if they just tried 581 00:44:32,119 --> 00:44:36,679 to go around it. I mean, it happens all the time. Someone 582 00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:39,880 comes on your lesson to a new client and they're talking, and they might 583 00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:45,840 spend the first five minutes talking. They've told you about four YouTube videos they 584 00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:50,840 watched in the article they read about in Golf digests, and the podcast they 585 00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:53,880 listen to on the way there, and they've got all this stuff jumbled up. 586 00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:59,440 And I'm fine with that as we have conversation. But what I invite 587 00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:05,159 them to cons that or resist. And the reason you've landed here is because 588 00:45:05,559 --> 00:45:09,320 you have either gotten a referral or you know, in our conversation prior to 589 00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:14,599 this lesson, you understood that I can help you take all of those things, 590 00:45:14,599 --> 00:45:17,639 those you've learned whether they're correct or maybe a little bit flawed for you, 591 00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:22,519 and put them into a package that's going to work effectively for you. 592 00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:29,840 That's what that's value adding. So if you're not able to do that, 593 00:45:30,159 --> 00:45:36,800 you will kind of go by the wayside. Yeah, yeah, So how 594 00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:38,280 do people get in touch with you? How do they find you online? 595 00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:42,199 So if they want to take lessons from the other side of the planet, 596 00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:46,320 make sure sure so find me at You can find me at at doctor Greta 597 00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:50,920 Golf on most of the socials. If you're on LinkedIn, it's just doctor 598 00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:54,320 Greta, no golf on there, and then of course my website doctor gretagolf 599 00:45:54,519 --> 00:46:00,719 dot com. Awesome. So enjoy having these conversations with you and I look 600 00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:05,159 forward to doing it more and more. Yes, thank you for having me 601 00:46:07,559 --> 00:46:10,960 well. One of the great benefits of introducing our latest Golf Smarter Ambassadors is 602 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:15,719 that we get to learn about new cities and golf courses all over the world. 603 00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:21,239 This week's episode was introduced by Sky Thompson. Sky is one of my 604 00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:25,519 all time favorite names, by the way, and he's from Swasson, British 605 00:46:25,599 --> 00:46:30,360 Columbia, where he plays at the Swason Springs Golf Course, which is a 606 00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:42,280 winter wonderland just south of Vancouver. Swassen is spelled tsa ww a ss En. 607 00:46:43,119 --> 00:46:45,719 Thanks Guy for joining the team. Sky received a free link to Tony 608 00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:51,199 Manzoni's video of the Lost Fundamental Now. 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