C.H.E.K Golf Performance Specialist
Golf is one of the fastest rising participation sports in the world. The fact is golfers will do anything to hit the ball longer and lower their handicap! Golfers regularly spend substantial amounts of money on a set of clubs, hoping for an extra few meters on their drive. The golf industry generates billions of dollars in sales every year!
But despite all the technological improvements in golf equipment, the average handicap for both males and females has not dropped in the past 16 years. Fifty-five years ago, golfers were winning tournaments such as the US Masters Championships with a score of 279; a score that would win many major tournaments around the world today! So much for golf technology.
What golfers are now discovering is that the clubs don’t play the game, the golfer does! The only way to achieve a lower handicap is to improve the function of the golfer: the person who actually swings the club!
The Corrective High-performance Exercise Kinesiology (C.H.E.K) system of golf conditioning develops optimal biomechanical and neuromechanical relationships in a golfer’s body. This allows for effective transfer of learning, improved swing consistency and the ability to play the best golf possible.
The C.H.E.K Golf Performance concept is based upon the principles of functional exercise:
- Restore muscle balance - length/tension relationships
- Functionally integrated strength development
- Development of improved coordination - motor skill
- Optimize joint health
- Optimal nutrition
- Optimal psychological development
The system will develop the golfing athlete’s physical conditioning by following the best practice progression through the four bio-abilities of Flexibility, Stability, Strength, and then Power.
If a golfer wants longevity in the game and general functional ability it is essential to attain the best physical condition possible. This is in addition to having superb ball flight control skills and swing mechanics.
Most golfers, however, have physical limitations in the areas of flexibility and stability. This leads to lack of strength development and therefore power limitations in their ability to execute a biomechanically efficient golf swing.
Power leaks in the kinetic chain and the inability to transfer forces from the ground up through the entire kinetic chain to the club, through a core which should be strong but is usually inefficient, leads to compensation patterns, swing faults and eventually injury.
Contact Adam of ACR Movement to see how he can help you improve on and off the fairway.
