Rob Strano Interview Episode 121

 Rob Strano Interview 121 Breaking Par  with Bernard Sheridan

 

Rob Strano is a Golf Channel Academy Lead Instructor and is based out of Destin, Florida. He combines his unique experiences as a player on professional golf tours and teacher into a training program for golfers at all levels of ability. Early in his professional career he was an instructor/Lead Instructor with the golf schools at Pine Needles Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Rob’s training program is an accumulation of experience as a teacher, student and player competing against the best players in the world.

 

Rob is a native of St. Louis, MO where he grew up at the same country club as 1968 Masters Champion Bob Goalby and touring professionals Jay and Jerry Haas and Frank Connor. At the age of six he began playing and was aided by a putting green his father installed in the backyard of their home. Previous to coming to Kelly Plantation he played professional golf for 15 years. Rob played tournaments on the three major US Tours (PGA, Nationwide, NGA/Hooters). As a player, he won 5 times with his last at the 1999 Energizer Invitational. Rob also earned his reputation as one of the "nicest players on tour" by donating a significant amount of his time to share his expertise at numerous charity events and outings. In 2003 Rob developed a national deaf youth instruction program and he currently travels the country teaching deaf children how to play golf in sign language at PGA/LPGA Tour events. He is the only professional in the world actively teaching out to the deaf kids in the United States.

Along with the individual instruction that is available he also does corporate and charity clinics and outings during the year that are tailored to the needs of the client and the group. Rob coaches players of all levels including several Touring Professionals from the PGA Tour and mini-tours as well as the top boys and girls high school players in the panhandle of Florida. Rob was named an honorable mention Top 50 Youth Golf Instructor by US Kids Golf in 2010, 2011, and 2012 and his nationally recognized junior golf program produces numerous tournament winners throughout the year. 

Rob is widely considered one of the top putting instructors in the country. His new putting training aid, Fuzion Dyn-A-line, has been an incredible success at helping players execute a better stroke and make more putts (www.FuzionPutting.com). Rob is part of the prestigious advisory board for FlightScope and a featured instruction writer for GolfWRX online. 

 

The Strano Academy motto of "Leave Your Mark" is a saying that Rob's players hear at the end of every lesson and pertains to the amount of work necessary to be a top level player as well as a top level person. Rob has the goal of making golf easier to understand and play. To teach you as an individual; and give you a golf swing that fits your body build and helps you make as athletic a golf swing as possible. A lesson objective is to have an enjoyable experience and see improvement. 

 

Contact Rob - http://www.stranogolf.com/Home.aspx

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Breaking par with Bernard Sheridan Episode 120 Peter Egazarian

Peter Egazarian Interview

During Peter's 15 years as a PGA Professional he has enjoyed sharing his knowledge with every golfer regardless of age, gender, or ability level. He believes that one of life’s most rewarding experiences is helping other be successful. Peter is continuously learning from some of the greatest minds in both golf, science, and motor learning to be the best inform teaching professional. Peter has been fortunate to spend time on the professional staffs of The John’s Island Club, Hartford Golf Club, Baker Hill Golf Club, The Carnegie Abbey Club, and most recently served as the Head Professional of Wahconah Country Club. Peter, his wife Mary, along with their son William (2) currently reside in Pittsfield, and look forward to joining the Williamstown community shortly.

Contact Peter - dailygolfcoach@gmail.com

 

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Evan Kussoff Interview Episode 119

 

While attending Penn State University, majoring in Kinesiology, I had an opportunity to move to Jupiter, FL and intern under PGA Tour Biomechanics expert, Coach Joey Diovisalvi. While at Joey D Golf,coach to Dustin Johnson and Ricky Fowler, I experienced first hand what goes into training players of all ages, including some of the most elite players on tour. Upon graduating with my bachelor’s degree in 2014, I went on to work alongside Coach Joey D for two seasons as a Biomechanics Coach. During those seasons, I had the opportunity to train competitive amateurs, long drive competitors, and professionals from numerous tours, helping them all understand the importance of knowing their golf body in order to prevent injury and improve their game.

Contact info http://www.impactzonegolf.com

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Breaking Par Episode 118 Steven Yellin

Steven Yellin is our guest from Fluid Motion Factor.

A little bit about Steven Yellin.

Steven Yellin began his athletic career playing tennis at the age of 12. He competed locally and nationally and won the Florida state high school singles championship in 1971 and was a member of the winning championship team. Recruited heavily, he chose the University of Pennsylvania where he was the number one player on the team. He was a member of the All-Ivy League tennis team in 1973 and had a win over John McEnroe in a dual match during his college career.

As a senior at Penn, Yellin had an extraordinary Zone experience that radically changed his understanding of sports. It was an experience unlike anything he ever experienced on the court before. Though he played on a level never before attained, he realized that the factors that precipitated this experience was something that was not taught in any lesson he had ever taken (and he had taken quite a few!), and for that matter not taught in sports anywhere.

For the next 35 years, he worked on developing a systematic program that allow athletes in every sport to set up the very subtle experience in their mind that allows for Zone experiences. Though he teaches something from a mental level, his program is not based on sports psychology, but rather on a crucial neurophysiological experience that has to occur in an athletes mind in order to play on an exceptionally high level. The inner feeling when athletes have this experience is that time slows down, the intellect becomes quiet and the motion becomes effortless.

Yellin's program is not based on sports psychology because it does not involve emotions, beliefs, attitudes, self-confidence or any type of visualization. Though all these elements are crucial for the development of an athlete, these attributes develop naturally and holistically when they learn his program. This is one of the reasons why the program is so revolutionary and successful. Its uniqueness lies in although it is a mental program and is based on the mind, it does not fall under the rubric of sports psychology. Essentially, the program teaches a golfer how to systematically access the muscle memory they already have.

Yellin's program takes the mystery out of that hit or miss affair and explains what needs to occur in order to play well. He considers himself a 'motion expert', a title that is opening up a new field in sports. A motion expert is someone that understands motion from the most fundamental level and teaches a program that allows someone to consistently repeat where motion originates.

The reason for the lengthy time needed to develop Yellin's program is that when an athlete does go into the Zone, it is a very subtle experience. Athletes, for the most part, are not too sure why they slip into the Zone and hence they have a difficult time replicating it. It is a very subtle dance during a Zone experience and Yellin had to examine that experience from every conceivable angle in order to replicate it successfully and ensure it stays for an extended time.

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Episode 117 Peter Weisel Interview

 

Peter is the Junior Golf Coordinator at Roanoke Country Club in Roanoke, VA. A life long athlete, Peter has been playing golf since he was in high school in New Jersey. After playing college golf for Roanoke College (Salem, VA), Peter began teaching at Roanoke Country Club. Peter is a US Kids and TPI Certified Level 2 Junior Coach who has enjoyed sharing the game of golf at clubs in New Jersey and Virginia for the past ten years. He draws from his previous athletic and competitive experiences to create a unique learning environment for students of all ages and abilities.

Contact Peter - www.peterweiselgolf.com

 

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Episode 116 Eric Cogorno Interview

Meet Eric Cogorno 

I love every single thing about coaching golfers of all levels! I was born and raised in the Lehigh Valley and I am excited about the pursuit to bring the best possible coaching to everyone in our area. I try to mix and match the art and science of golf to provide a simple message that is unique to each individual player. I believe in working on, improving and building skills in all areas. I think preparation is what separates mediocre from good, good from great and great from the best. There are so many different ways to accomplish your golf goals; picking and implementing the most efficient game plan is the key. I truly believe there is so much that golf can do for everyone on and off the course that I hope everyone takes advantage of it. Let's get to know each other and have some fun!

Contact Eric - http://www.ecgolfcoaching.com

 

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Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan 115

 

Cathy Schmidt is the owner and operator of The Golf Boot Camp. – A golf school started in 1994. Cathy played the “Futures Tour” 4 years. She then became the first ex-tour player to earn her masters level with “THE GOLFING MACHINE” along with becoming an LPGA Class “A”.

Cathy is the Director of Golf for Terra Ceia Bay GC. Cathy has been a pro player and teaching golf lessons for over 25 years.

Cathy re-qualified for the Symetra Tour at 51 years of age in 2011. She is certified with The Impact Zone Golf, taught along side of the great Bobby Clampett at his private schools. Cathy also worked directly with Lynn Blake and became a Master Certified instructor for Lynn Blake Alignment Golf. Cathy mentored Charlie King due to his wonderful technique to teach without complicating a lesson. Cathy was asked to teach for the PGA at their National Championship in Atlanta Georgia “The Atlanta Athletic Club”.

Cathy’s passion to see the game of golf grow drove her to develop golf in Physical Education for all the schools in the County that she resides.

Cathy is recognized by the LPGA as a lead instructor and a member mentor.

Cathy has built four Golf Boot Camp Schools over the past 20 years.

Contact Cathy - http://thegolfbootcamp.com/contact-for-golf-lessons/

 

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