Golf Progress Radio

A continuation of last episode, we dive deeper into the issues facing the parent of a junior golfer. What are the DO’s and DONT’s for parents?

Something happens to otherwise progressive parents when their kid starts playing golf competitively that changes them. What happens and what do we do about it? Lance has the answers for the parents out there.

At GolfMDs we roll deep when it comes to golf teaching professionals. Many, many thousand and dozens more are on the platform, but they don’t all operate the same in their focus nor should they. Lance helps Nick to understand the lay of the land in the world of golf performance coaching, swing instruction, lessons [...]

Part 4 of Practice, the finale, concerns the secret sauce to success, the magic F word that is not fear, but most of us are afraid of it. It is the missing element of your practice routine. Fight for the freedom to fulfill your fantasies. Find fairways frequently, fellow friends.

"People play golf for fun". Nick calls BS in this, the 3rd installment on practice. Sure in the grand sense yes, golf is to to be fun, but the vast percentage of golfers who practice are looking to improve, and they want to hit it good so bad it hurts. But they end up as [...]

Continuing with Part 2 covering practice, Nick and Lance unravel the onion that is the answer to the age old question “what do we actually do with those golf balls in our bucket?” Along with “how do we avoid squandering the limited practice time available to us?

Part 1 of a 4 part mega-episodic saga on the topic of golf practice. Lance and Nick take a shallow dive into comfort zones, performance vs training mindset, fishbowls, and pitfalls of despair typically associated with amateurs practicing alone at a public facility.

The Seven Deadly Sins of Golf Coaching – Part 2. Nick and Lance continue talking about the seven deadly sins of golf coaching, which include all actions and attitudes you need to avoid so you can be a good golf pro.

Nick and Lance talk about the seven sins of Golf Coaching, everything you DON’T need to be in order to be a good golf coach or golf player. They start with Sloth, Greed, and Gluttony.

Many golfers who don’t move as well as they’d like face challenges in their golf swing which are rooted in physical dysfunction. Tension replaces stability and compensations made to try to get the club on the golf ball reduce speed and consistency. Just listen and let us explain what the hell we’re talking about. [...]

There is mass confusion in the marketplace around the term golf fitness. Find out what we’re talking about in this episode focused on fallacies, false beliefs and misunderstandings related to the term "golf fitness".

Biomechanics has emerged in the last decade as a hot topic in golf instruction. What makes the golf club do what it does? How do body movements relate to golf swings? The answers are in the field of golf biomechanics. Lance and Nick touch on various aspects of the field.

Coach Glass joins Lance for a one on one in depth look into his coaching philosophy. Jason is well known as a stand up comedian with huge calves who sometimes trains golfers to "Load and Explode".

Does the GolfMDs podcast promote gambling? Find out in this interesting episode where Nick and Lance discuss gambling and how it relates to golf. Hint: We’re in Nevada for this episode.

Golf poses unique physical challenges. Starting with the fact that we have to hit a ball that’s sitting on the ground. The entire game is played bent over. What does this mean for a golfer looking to improve their play?

There’s a revolution going on right now in the world of golf statistics. But what is the point of all of it? And isn’t even relevant to the average golfer doesn’t have the benefit of shotlink and new exotic computations like strokes gained. In what ways are the traditional stats potentially misleading?

How does a parent of a junior golfer or just anyone serious about their game go about choosing a golf coach? Top 100 Coach Mark Blackburn helped us break down the decision into three categories.

Lance and Nick debate the role of talent for the developing Golfer. Books have been written on this topic and opinions vary but our cohosts arrive at a similar conclusion. Can being naturally talented have a downside? Is there even such thing as innate ability in golf?

The world of golf performance has been moving in the direction of specialization for decades now. The world of the swing coach is very different from the world of the trainer and the medical professional and the sports psychologist and the equipment guru and the list goes on. The trend today is for players to [...]

Speed. Everyone in golf wants more of it. How do kids and adults need to be thinking about the process of developing speed? What are speed windows and why are they important for parents to understand?

If you run into people from the muggle world (non-golfers), you’ll do well to arm yourself with this list of benefits of the game. Nick listed out these categories on a napkin: Health, Family, Social, Business, and Spiritual. We hope you enjoy this 24 minute conversation that ends with us revealing the secret of happiness. [...]

The professionals on tour play at a level with which the club golfer is unfamiliar. But golfers still look for inspiration by observing what the best players in the world are doing. Let’s take a look at five tour trends circa 2015-2016. Topics include green reading, Dustin Johnson standing on a swiss ball swinging a [...]

Lance and Nick point out the elephant in the room: Improving at golf has to be fun or the golfer quits trying to get better or worse, quits the game altogether. This applies not just to children but adults as well. They talk about games, competition, self-organization, movement patterns, and thrills.

Lance Gill and Nick Chertock give listeners a preview of what to expect in the coming months and explain what makes the show unique.  This podcast is your new home for golf improvement related discussion.  On this introductory episode, you’ll learn who Lance and Nick are and what motivates them.