Winter training

So what does one do to improve their golf during the winter months? As I write this, I am looking out the window to the snow blowing sideways, so I can relate to those of you who have a short golf season.

Take the off-season to plan!

Analyze your previous season (hopefully you kept your stats) and decide what you need to improve on! Do you need to improve your fairways hit per round, greens in regulation, putts per green, improve your fitness so that you do not get tired after 12 holes, etc...

Once you decide what you want to do, then it is time to meet with a coach. Hopefully your PGA professional will help you with goal setting and planning of the upcoming season. If not, here is a quick template to help you set up your goals:

(1) Decide what you want to do with your game! This should be pretty big like winning your club championship or lowering your handicap to single digits. This goal should motivate you enough to make you want to practice!!!!
(2) Decide 5 smaller goals that you need to improve on to accomplish your big goal. This could be hitting more fairways, hitting more greens, sinking more putts. Each one of these five should have a date as to WHEN you should accomplish them.
(3) Tack Action! Decide what are you going to do every month, every week and every day to accomplish your five smaller goals. This could be: Every month I am going to play one tournament to test myself. Every week I am going to meet with my coach. Every day I am going to practice my short game, every other day I am going to practice on the range and two days a week I am going to play 18 holes. I am also going to keep a journal so that I can report accurately to my coach!
(4) Measure. Every week with your coach, you should be measuring your goals. Are you moving toward the accomplishment of your goals or not? You and your coach are a team.
(5) Once your goals are part of your habits and routines, it is important to keep assessing your improvement, updating your goals and keep moving forward.

No one gets better by accident!!!!!!!!

Ok, this off-season our junior golfers at Tranås GK will be:

• Screened by our TPI certified professional
• Trained by our fitness expert
• Improving golf swing fundamentals
• Goal setting
• Keeping a golf journal
• Deciding what tournaments they will be playing 2011
• Testing their game at the FUNHOUSE

We who live in colder climates need the off-season to rest our golfing brains, but once January rolls around, it's back to work! We need to work harder to get ready for the golf season!

If you have any questions about how we develop our junior golfers, please leave a comment!

Steven