Golf Performance | NSCA-CSCS | NASM-Golf Fitness Specialist | Helping Golfers Move Better, Swing Faster, Play Longer

Grand Rapids, MI
Joined May 2009
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2nd on the PGA Tour in Driving Distance (326.1 yds). 2nd in Ball Speed (126.27 mph). Let's take a quick look at Michael Brennan's training: RFE Split Squats → Single-leg strength RFE Split Squat Jumps → Single-leg power Lateral Sled Pull → Strength in the frontal plane MB Shot Put + Band Rotations → Rotational power Single Leg/Single Arm Snatch → Power, coordination, balance (aka athleticism) Key takeaway: Train strength, power, and athleticism. Do it on one leg, and in all 3 planes of motion.
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Golfers: Want more club head speed? Stop guessing what to train The science literally tells us what physical traits drive CHS the most Here is what the research says, and how to test/train for it 🧵
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7 players increased their bat speed by at least 1mph and their Sq Up/Swing% by at least 2% from 2024 to 2025 Average wOBA increase was 0.035 for these players Only Adley Rutschman had a decrease in wOBA from the year before
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Top 10 bat speed increases from 2024 to 2025 Avg wOBA - ⬆️ .018 Avg Hard Hit % - ⬆️ 7.5 % Avg Barrel % - ⬆️ 3.9 %
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Rules-based constraints are elite for competitive practice across sports, pitchers included. 🚩 Can’t land a slider with a hitter in the box? ➡️ Every hitter-count pitch in your next lives HAS to be a slider. Sink or swim.
Mike Leach would have entire practices where he only called 4 Verts. No matter what the coverage or situation, they had to find a way to execute.
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Baseball Coaches! I made a FREE web app Game Changer wasn't giving me all the hitting stats that I wanted so I built an app that would. Diamond Stats tracks and grades your hitters in these 4 skills/categories (Core Four) - Power - Bat To Ball - Swing Decisions - Ball Flight The main goal behind this was to track my players skills in these 4 areas, so we could identify a hitters strengths and weaknesses and work on them accordingly If this is something that interests you, sign up for free using the link below. Feel free to DM with questions or suggestions for the app diamond-stats-5d78acd6.base4…
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Final holiday giveaway! Tickets to ANY Pgatour event. Players, WM Phx open, Pebble, you name it, I’ll get you 4 tickets to the event. You can even caddie for me in the pro am IF you want. Comment which event you might want to go to (not final), repost, like to enter.
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Should you do "Recovery Workouts?" Or are they more harm than good? I have a free case study how to supercharge your recovery work without going overboard With a sample in-season week Do these 3 steps: 1. Retweet this 2. Reply “RECOVERY” below 3. Follow me I’ll DM it
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You know you need to do Plyometrics But you don’t know how And you feel like you’re failing your athletes by not using them I have a free 12 week Plyo Progression you can run right now To get it: 1. Follow me 2. Retweet this 3. Reply “PLYOS” below I’ll DM it (must be open)
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❗️FREE Med Ball Training Program❗️ Sports are played in multiple planes of motion, and require a variety of different movements. Typical training in the weight room ignores most of these planes of motions and movements. This program is built to bridge the gap between training in the weight room and performance in the court or field. It will use med balls and movements in all planes of motion to help develop movement quality, coordination, stability and athleticism. This product includes 8 weeks of programmed med ball training. Each movement comes with a video link of the exercises so that athletes can perform the movement properly. Best part is it’s FREE! Link to program 5621065390568.gumroad.com/l/…
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This phenomenon is what happens when you try to teach kids moves that big leaguers are making. One of the biggest misconceptions is that you should pattern movement as early as possible based on what big leaguers are doing. Big leaguers went through an entire process in their lives of trial and error, development, success and failure to get to the point they are at. I would call “staying back” something like “taming your forward move”. But if a kid never develops a forward move bc he’s mimicking a big leaguer he loses a piece of development. There are countless examples of this. People always say, “if it’s good enough for <insert MLB player name> then it’s good enough for you.” You can’t skip stages of development and trial and error for kids on and off the field.
“Every time I thought stay back, I feel like it naturally brought me out of like an attack position…It was like, okay, you know, I’m in this stance, I’m in this posture. I’m just going to physically go attack the baseball….And it’s the exact opposite thought got those same things that I was searching for so long to show up.”🤯 Listen to Brewers Catcher Eric Haase talk about how attaching the baseball got him in attack posture and feel vs real🗣️ #the108way
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Rapid fire band rotations The increased force required to stop and immediate reverse the bands rotation back forward, makes this an excellent exercise for golfers or any rotational athlete
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🏡 RIGGS EXPERIENCE GIVEAWAY 🏡 One winner and their friend will get a FREE round trip to Pinehurst for 2 nights & 2 rounds of golf, PLUS fully scripted travel outfits from @PeterMillar. 5 other winners will be selected to receive scripting golf outfits from Peter Millar & a Barstool Prize Pack. To enter: -Follow @petermillar & @foreplaypod -Retweet -Tag the friend you’d bring to Pinehurst
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🔥FREE SPEED ECCENTRICS🔥 Major part of performance training. Also very important for motor recruitment This is why it’s the FIRST phase of my Super Set program. I have a unique spin on application, more info below If you want it free- Like, Retweet and DM me your email
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Is your warm up not doing anything? Jumping jacks and hamstring stretches alone won't cut it I have a free guide explaining the how and why to prime your athletes with your own warm ups Do these 3 steps to get it: 1. Retweet this 2. Reply “WARMUP” below 3. Follow I’ll DM it
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Travel Baseball is like going to Disney World - You want to believe it makes your dreams come true - So you play along and pretend it will - But deep down, you're not sure So what do you do?
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Travel sports are a leading cause in over use injuries in youth athletes. ONLY BECAUSE OF POOR MODELS OF HOW THEY ARE RUN. To much playing with little recovery, training, and time away from it. Travel sports could be a benefit but it’s made into a negative due to poor design!
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This ain’t it, folks. I love baseball and have spent my life on a field and this is so hard to watch. We have to do better for our kids. Make it engaging, make it fun, keep them wanting to come back to the field every day. ⁦@CoachDavidKlein⁩
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You think this guy would be better if he just rotated his hips more? 😉
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