Golfing Skills: Golfer Versus Course - The Ultimate Challenge
Video Podcast with Charlie Krenkel
Part of the game of golf is NOT letting the course get the best of you, here's some ideas you can use that will help you keep your cool and make your shots.
Golfing Skills: Golfer Vesus Course - The Ultimate Challenge - Golf Course Management
Golf Course Management - Does a player who hits the ball farther have an advantage over others? Usually the better the golf course the more thought you have to put into club selection. How important is it for golfers to stay within their game? Golf is each person against the course. How do link courses differ from others? One of the beauties of golf - every day is different - weather, conditions, course, not as controlled as other sports.
Golf Course Management - Wind is the most difficult factor golfers face. How do your thought processes change when playing in windy conditions? Movement of the golfball in wind and the style of the player. How do hills affect the distance the golfball travels? What are some thoughts to keep in mind when playing a hilly course? It's a little bit different depth perception Generalized rules of thumbs but in golf can overcompensate, everything needs to be tempered with the proper knowledge. How do you prepare for play in extreme conditions. Preparing for heat easier than preparing for cold. Clubs - changing doesnt come into play. Heat - pleanty of liquids. These things affect mental abiltiy before physical ability. Dressing for the cold, advances in clothing make it a lot easier. The turtle neck dickies not full turtle neck shirt are good. Head wear impt in both
Golf Course Management - How much equipment should a player keep in his bag to avoid making it too heavy? You can only weight that bag up too much before it becomes drudgery. How much does dew on the grass affect your game in early morning rounds? Has a lot of affect but not always negative. Usually easiest time on tour event is early before a lot of traffic on the greens. Dew slows down the roll of the ball and distance off the tee. How does elevation affect the flight of the golf ball? Higher elevation ball going to fly farther. Can the diff types of grass affect the golf ball? Time of year definitely affects the grasses. Impacts how fast the ball rolls. Grains versus bent grasses. All grasses ave some sort of change with the temp and the weather. Bent grass mmore consisitent thru yr. How much better can the technology in golf equipment make a player be? Can be over-rated in certain ways. 3 things make up persons golf game - clubs, equipment, and knowledge:mental and physical
Golf Course Management - How do you handle yourself when you've hit a bad shot? Emotional control so important. Score better than guys that can't control themselves. Once gone have to get over it. Can you practice the control you have over yor emotions? Yes, that's how you learn it. How do coaches adapt to the different personalities on their golf team? Takes special attention to pick out what each student needs. How important is it to know the rules of golf? Very impt part of golf. Can come up and bite you at the wrong time. Most have to recognize that owe it to rest of field to take care of the rest of the field. If see infraction, need to know how to point out, even if own teammate. Rules only way to control competition and keep fair.
Golf Course Management - Take the parts of the game that are a wekness and practic those, Continue to work on the strengths but work on the weaknesses as well. During practice, should a player spend more time on the driving range or on the course? When learn on range have to learn to apply on the course . Are there ways to spice up a practice to make practice more fun? Make it so different every day, every way. Is the mental side as important as the physical side of golf? Mental is at least 90% of the game. One shot at a time don't look back.
Golf Course Management - Chipping putting from- 70 yds in because that is your scoring game. Do you think players should spend most of their time pracitincing their short game? Chipping and putting is nothing put techinical skill. As a coach is it imprtant to exert some control over the emotion of your players? Standard of beahvior that you need to lay down. Temper is not always destructive. Don't want to squelch emotion totally. Would you ever tell a player to take a few days off if he is struggling and can't fix a problem? How important is it for a player to visualize his shot before he hits the ball? Alot is very subconscious.
Golf Course Management - Recovering from a bad shot. Different strategies for recovering from the same bad shot. Based on the golfer's abilities. Experiment on the range with the visualization process. Their focus becomes more easily concentrated in area with the trees