This is our first episode of 2017. Katherine Roberts of Yoga for Golfers
For over 15 years, Katherine has been a leader and an innovator in the world of golf fitness. Her unique and highly effective approach blends yoga, science, and proprietary golf-specific conditioning strategies into one powerful methodology – Yoga For Golfers (YFG). YFG harnesses and integrates power of the body with power of the mind to increase and enhance performance, enabling golfers at all levels to play better, play stronger, and play longer.
Katherine’s work in golf has been profiled by USA TODAY, The NY and LA Times, The National Post (Canada), Golf Magazine, Golfweek, Golf Tips Magazine, US Airways Magazine, Asian Golf Monthly, and notable regional golf publications including AZ Golf Insider Magazine, New York Golfing Magazine, Florida Golf Central Magazine, and Golf Arizona, a PGA of America-Southwest Section publication. Among her many appearances across a number of The Golf Channel’s prominent TV shows, she is most recognized as co-host of the popular The Big Break. Katherine is the producer of nine DVDs and author of the ground-breaking book Yoga for Golfers (McGraw-Hill). Her second book, Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes, was co-authored with Top-100 Golf Instructor and then-Tiger Woods' Coach, Hank Haney. Katherine continues to incorporate innovative, new scientific technology – developing and providing the most up-to-date, cutting-edge YFG methodology for golfers, golf professionals, and industry-leading golf organizations and publications.
Katherine is dedicated to helping people achieve maximum performance and balance both on-and-off the course. Her leading-edge yoga and sports fitness company, has Certified Yoga For Golfers Instructors in 15 countries on 4 continents and teams up regularly with golf organizations around the world, conducting YFG training, workshops, clinics at private, public, and resort facilities. Katherine is also a recognized speaker and instructor at golf industry conferences and events across the globe.
In addition to her fitness and performance work in golf, Katherine has been working in Major League Baseball (MLB) for more than a decade, serving as the Yoga Performance Coach for MLB teams including the Oakland As, LA Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, and Milwaukee Brewers. Katherine also travels the country training serious athletes across all sports with her cutting-edge methodology, Roberts’ Kinetic Yoga For Sports