WEBVTT 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. 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