TOUR COACH with Tony Ruggiero

This week,Tony talks with Rick Silva, from Movement 3 Golf, about implementing golf research and biomechanics into better coaching. Rick was one of the first teachers in the USA to build his own 3d-capable studio and study advance biomechanics for golf performance.

Tony and Justin Parsons break down the vast difference from having a lot of knowledge about the golf swing and actually teaching golf. This episode is full of amazing insight and examples on what it takes to coach Tour Players; such as knowing how to filter out information, and moving more towards simple adjustments. They also have great advice for every golfer in improving their own game and for all golf coaches. Justin Parsons is an Elite Golf Instructor at The Sea Island Golf Performance Center on St. Simons Island, Georgia. Originally from Northern Ireland, Justin turned professional at the age of 19 and began teaching. His coaching philosophy is influenced by extensive research across the worlds of golf, fitness and psychology. His current client list of PGA Tour players includes Louis Oosthuizen, Brian Harman, Harris English, Patton Kizzire, Michael Thompson and Seamus Power.

Tony Ruggiero and James Oh, share tons of advice to help you improve your game, where to put your focus in practice and what it takes to get better. They also explain the mindset of the best players, and what instruction looks like for helping all levels of players. James Oh is a former PGA Tour player, his track record consists of developing top tour professionals and amateurs for over two decades. James shares his philosophy on short game training and what's the best start in developing young players.

Tony Ruggiero and Rob Houlding discuss the ins and outs of developing Junior Players and coaching Tour Players. They have a shared passion for developing junior golf players - appreciating the significance of the process at that age. This episode is a gold mine of insight in creating and structuring programs, golf instruction overall and training. Since 1970, Rob Holding has been coaching; then in 1994, he began coaching golf full-time. He’s received PGA of Canada’s highest recognition, National Teacher of the Year, and awarded Top 75 International Teachers by Top 100 Golf Digest.

Tony Ruggiero has renowned coach, Dana Dahlquist as his guest this week. Dana is a Golf.com top 100 coach and Golf Digest top 50. They discuss their teaching mentality on and off tour, always evolving and how they get the best information for their players. Dana shares his greatest teaching influences through the years and the ideal things to see in a golf swing. This episode is full of amazing insights about being on tour, coaching players of all ages and what they've done to see success.

Brian Manzella and Tony Ruggiero talk in depth about information. Although accessibility is limitless now, they discuss how important it is to know the difference between which information can make your coaching and game better OR worse. They also discuss being the best teacher is having different approaches, and skeptical of uniformed instruction. Loaded with tons of insight and years of coaching wisdom, you’ll want to listen to this episode before you watch any other video!

One of the greatest teachers of all time, Pete Cowen, is our guest this week. A former Tour champion himself, Peter established his reputation as a first class coach - he's achieved over 250 main PGA Tour victories and 8 majors. This episode is full of great advice on how to coach players back from distraction, Pete's method "The Spiral Staircase", and how he tests and develops new coaching techniques plus much more.

Tony Ruggiero, Dr Greg Cartin and Mac Barnhardt discuss the biggest reason that Tour Players lose their careers or hit a slump - they change who they are, thinking they'll be able to win by copying how another player saw success. This episode is super interesting and has ton of great perspectives and insight into Tour Player mentality and performance.

Top 100 Teacher, Jim McLean joins Tony this week. Jim has incorporated biomechanics into his golf instruction since the mid 90's, and his own success as a player filling this episode with tons of insight for coaches and players at every level.

Former PGA Tour pro, Colt Knost is Tony's guest this week. This episode is entertaining and insightful - they discuss how distance has changed the Tour, training, recruiting, and the entire approach to golf. They also breakdown what works for the game's greatest players, and how they bring all of it into their coaching.

Brady Riggs is our guest this week. He’s been recognized as a Top 100 Teacher for the past 13 years, inducted into the Southern California PGA Teaching Hall of Fame, in 2017. Alongside of coaching Tour Players, he's added Director of Instruction at Hualalai Golf Hale. Tony and Brady talk in depth about his practice strategies - 'Combine-arama', and utilizing stress - as well as the evolution of teaching.

Rick Lamb is Tony’s guest this week. Rick shares what the past year has looked like for him, adjusting to COVID-19 and how he utilized the pause in the season, and what they’ve been focusing on and what the next three weeks will look like before starting the Tour.

Coming off of a week long Frederica Golf Retreat, Tony sits down with Dr. Greg Cartin, Dr. Scott Lynn, Michelle Winkler, and Debbie Doniger for a roundtable to discuss the environment, the learning experience, coaching effectively and what it takes to see long standing improvement in players. This discussion is jam-packed of great insights from five golf experts - don’t miss this episode.

Drew Steckel is our guest this week, he’s been recognized as one of the Best Young Coaches by Golf Digest - he shares his journey to coaching Tour Players and his keys to being a great coach. Tony and Drew talk in depth about being on tour, what’s the most effective ways of coaching and learning from everyone.

Tony sits down with Chuck Cook, one of golf's greatest coaches. Chuck shares candid stories on the start of his career, pointing to how he's remained at the forefront of golf instruction throughout. This episode is jam-packed of great stories and information.