What is the PerformPKB platform?
One of the most frustrating parts for players and parents is understanding where you fit in the recruiting process and how your game will translate to the next level. The goal of the PerformPKB platform is to provide information from our Player & Physical Performance experts on what you can be doing to improve your game, your body and your mind to achieve at the next level.
Player Performance Consultant Robert Linville of Precision Golf School will provide guidance from the coaches prospective. His articles will talk about what coaches are looking for, how the evaluate talent, what are the metrics that you need to achieve to compete at the different levels. In addition, he will focus on the modern statistical revolution in golf and how you can improve your preparation and practice by utilizing shots gained in your playing & practice. The Precision Coaching Program will offer players the ability to utilize the methods to improve your preparation and better understand your game.
Physical Performance Consultant Chris Finn of Par4Success will provide guidance from the athletic development prospective. His articles will talk about how players need to prepare their bodies and minds for peak performance. In addition, he will highlight the physical traits of high performing golfers and provide the pathway for each player to apply these lessons to their own development. Each PKBGT member will receive a 30-day personalized training package for each player. Players can initiate and continue the program remotely OR IN PERSON so you can train like the professionals!
Where do I go from here?
IMPROVE YOUR PERFORMANCE BY LEARNING FROM OUR EXPERTS
Understand the things you can do to better prepare for excelling in tournaments and the next level
Read articles from our expert consultants » to find out what it takes to succeed at the highest levels
Read articles from our Player Performance Consultant Robert Linville » to improve your scores
Read articles from our Physical Performance Consultant Chris Finn » to develop and maintain peak performance
Attend a Seminar » to learn about what it takes and ask questions
Play Tournaments with the PKBGT » or others in your area »
Learn From Our Experts
RecruitPKB: Masters Takeaways
One of the best takeaways a young player can get from Masters week is to watch the Masters on the Range coverage. If you don't get a chance to watch, here are a few takeaways from how the pros warm up: 📌 Most aren’t going to get too technical the morning of a tournament round 📌 They focus on balance and tempo with their swings 📌 They give themselves different [...]
PerformPKB: How Should I Spend My Practice Time – Part 2
In Part 1, we analyzed how to measure your performance to provide context and data to develop a practice plan. Knowing what to practice and how much time to spend in the different facets of the game particular to your scoring and shot patterns sets you up for success. Now, you will need to understand the various different ways you can practice and what you can achieve with each type: [...]
PerformPKB: 7 Stages of Long Term Athletic Development for Golfers
Individuals can experience failed attempts to participate in organized sports when too much emphasis is placed on competition and not enough attention on developing proper athleticism (appropriate movement skills). If you have limited movement skills, you stop participating. This leads to decreased interest in physical activity and a failure to develop physical literacy (proper training to improve athleticism) in a sequential and progressive manner. Because of this, it is important [...]
PerformPKB: How Should I Spend My Practice Time – Part 1
Practice is essential in improving, but most players fail to practice effectively or efficiently. I look at data to help analyze how I can help improve a players practice. Every tournament player that I coach I suggest them to use ShotbyShot.com, a statistical analysis program designed by Peter Sanders. By tracking data, we receive similar data to what the PGA Tour players can get. Through analyzation, we can track tendencies, [...]
RecruitPKB: Are You an Athlete?
Are you an athlete or do you just play a sport? This is a question that I have struggled with honestly answering for a lot of my life. For a long time, I thought I was an athlete simply bc I had the physical ability to play sports. I grew up playing basketball, softball, volleyball, and golf. I only played basketball until my sophomore year of high school but continued playing volleyball and of [...]
PerformPKB: So Many Tournaments… Which Ones to Play in 2018?
by Chris Finn, MSPT, CSCS, TPIMP - Founder, Par4Success I had the recent honor of speaking to a large group of junior golfers and their parents down in Pinehurst and one of the topics we discussed was the all-important question of "what is the point of a tournament?" I was very pleasantly surprised at the answers I received from those in attendance as they ranged from having fun to [...]
RecruitPKB: Growth or Fixed Mindset?
How do you handle adversity, challenges, and setbacks? With a fixed mindset or a growth mindset? One of my favorite and most influential books is Carol Dweck's Mindset. She has conducted numerous studies and research on the difference in those who possess a fixed mindset and those who have a growth mindset. This past weekend I had the opportunity to sit down with a top 50 ranked DI college golf coach to [...]
RecruitPKB: Hula Hoops
Growing up I was a master hula hooper. I could keep a hula hoop going for hours if I had to, even two or three at a time. My hips don't move quite as fast as they use to so I've found a new purpose for hula hoops these days. They are awesome, inexpensive practice tools. You can use them for a number of different drills. Below are just a [...]
RecruitPKB: Ceiling of Improvement
"If you don't do the things you're not good at then you'll never get better" This doesn't just mean practicing or working on those things a little to say you did it, it means dedicating time to actually get better at those things! - One of the earlier years of being on Symetra tour, my college boyfriend, who was a pretty good golfer, was caddying for me and he noticed that [...]
RecruitPKB: Find Your WHY
Motivation can be tough at times for athletes of all levels. You can get tired, burned out, frustrated or simply just lose focus. To help make sure you stay motivated everyday take the time to figure out your "why". Why do you play golf? Why do you practice? Why do you play tournaments? There isn't necessarily a right or wrong reason but everybody needs to know their why. For some athletes it's more of an [...]
RecruitPKB: 6 Things to do Before the 1st Tee
Many times you may get to the first tee of a tournament round and be nervous and anxious to play. The last thing you want to worry about are the tedious things you could have done before you stepped onto the first tee. Here are 6 key tasks to remember to do before you get to the first tee so that you don’t forget and try to do them when [...]
PerformPKB: 5 Golf Fitness Myths
This article is part of a guest series to the RecruitPKB "Complete Golfer" program by Chris Finn, MSPT, CSCS, owner of Par4Success in Cary, North Carolina. 1. I'm not a football player, I don’t need to weight train? The golf swing is a fast, explosive, and powerful motion. Power is an application of force. You need to have force to be able to apply it. Force is developed by gaining [...]