Author: Nic Catterall
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It’s the final countdown
I cannot believe it’s the end of the second regular season and that we’re on our way to LIV Golf Jeddah. So much has happened since the league got off the ground in June 2022, and since my team, Ripper GC, began competing in the league in September last year. From a high-performance standpoint, it’s…
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2023!… New Year… New Me… New Resolutions… Same Old Bullshit…
The New Year Welcoming in a new year always comes with the idea that you can change your life for better. Or that you can magically attain what you couldn’t in previous years by setting new goals. Taking on a new direction. The Bullshit… For most, achieving these goals just isn’t going to happen. The…
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Hip Health! Exercises that help increase mobility and stability
ITS ALL IN THE HIPS! One of my favourite lines from Happy Gilmore is, “It’s all in the hips”. Chubbs, Happy’s coach, was onto something – our hips are incredibly important to the golf swing and hip health is a topic golfers should know more about. In this blog, I’ll take you through four key…
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Driving it Home! Cam Smith & the 150th Open Win
didn’t think I could celebrate any harder than the hours after my athlete, Cam Smith, won the 150th Open at St Andrews. To be part of a team and see a guy achieve his dream, at the Home of Golf, was a memory that will last a lifetime. But, as it turns out, my recent…
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Evaluating the LIV Golf Series from a Trainer’s Perspective
It might be the hottest topic in world sport: what’s going to happen to the PGA Tour as LIV Golf gains momentum? The opening event of Greg Norman’s rival golf league went off pretty smoothly in England and the second event is being held this week in Portland, Oregon. Everyone is interested to see how…
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What is takes to prepare golfers for the 150th Open Championship
Well, we’re at the business end of the 150th Open Championship and what an incredible week it’s been at St Andrews. Seeing my athlete, Cam Smith, at the top of the leaderboard after two rounds and in the final group for day three is why trainers like myself do what we do. I also have…
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Top 3 Warm-Up Methods On The PGA Tour
The reason for incorporating a warmup into a golfer’s routine is to physically prepare the body for the stresses it is about to endure. Even weekend players typically hit balls on the range as a warm up before a round so the body is somewhat ready to play the course ahead. On the PGA Tour,…
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Top 3 Recovery Methods For PGA Tour Pro’s
Trainers and physios on the travelling circus of the PGA Tour have to adapt to certain challenges in how we deliver recovery techniques for athletes. When I was working in team sports in Australia (Australian rugby league and cricket, for example), the trainers’ environment was always at a stadium or a high-performance center. Everything was…
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Movin’ It –> Hyper vs Hypo Mobility in Golfers
I want to talk about mobility. It is perhaps the most overlooked aspect of physiology on the PGA Tour – by the players themselves and perhaps by golf fans, too. But it’s so important. Mobility completely underpins the ability a golfer has to make a complete swing, consistently. Good golfers are generally blessed with mobility,…
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Feel Vs. Real
I was watching a fascinating video on YouTube the other day with former Masters champion, Adam Scott. In the video, Scott and his coach Brad Malone were discussing how Scotty has a tendency to develop a strong grip after several tournaments in a row, or if he hasn’t seen Malone in a while. When he…