Dr. Debbie Crews Workshops
Dr. Debbie Crews, rock star scientist, mental
game master, and expert yips researcher - and solution finder (and friend!) -
will be at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club with me for the day on Thursday, March 30.
Dr. Crews is an Adjunct
Faculty in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering and sport
psychology consultant at Arizona State University where she has worked with the
Men’s and Women’s golf teams since 1979. She has conducted over 30 years of research on attention in sport,
primarily golf, and is the Chair of the World Scientific Congress of Golf. She was the founding Editor of the
International Journal of Golf Science. Her research has been published in
scientific journals and in popular golf magazines as well as being featured on
Scientific America Frontier and NBC Dateline. Debbie is a Class A LPGA instructor and serves on the LPGA Education and
Research Advisory Board. She was ranked
in the Golf Digest Top 50 Women Golf Instructors and she won the Golf Digest
Best Science in Golf Award in 2001. Currently she is the CEO and Founder of
Opti International, a feedback company for performance optimization.
The Yips (Yes, I Play Successfully)
Ooh. Ahh. Yuck... Denial. "Don't say that word. I don't want to talk about it. I don't want to look at that." She's heard it all - now it's time for you to
come hear one of the foremost experts in the world (Dr. Crews has been part of
multiple studies on the yips at the Mayo Clinic) speak to the truth of what the
yips are (did you know there are categories of yips?), how to identify them -
and most importantly - how to deal with and play with (yep, that's right, play
with) the yips.
When: Thursday,
March 30 from 1-3 PM (refreshments available)
Where: Sunset
Ballroom at Ghost Creek Golf Course at Pumpkin Ridge
Cost: $100 per
person, $75 for juniors
Better Your Best (BYB) + Opti Intro
You want to be more consistent, you say? I (and Dr. Crews) respectively disagree. You want to be BETTER! Better than your best, in fact. In this gathering, Dr. Crews will share her
three + decades of findings and her work as a mental game consultant for PGA
Tour & LPGA Tour players, as well as to recreational players of all
levels. Mental toughness. Mental integrity. Mentally better. So you can play better.
The last hour of this workshop will be dedicated to the
phenomenal Opti System developed by Dr. Crews. Built from "performance backwards" (not just what the science
says it's 'supposed to do...') through 30 years of research, this technology
helps players optimize performance through training the brain to find a state
of balance, harmony and equanimity. Synchrony in Dr. Crews' terms. The state of flow we are all looking for ("the zone" is at the
top of this ladder) - unique & individual to us all, like a fingerprint
(sorry, no blueprints here...) - before stepping onto the golf course, or into
a shot.
When: Thursday,
March 30 from 4-7 PM (healthy snacks & bevs provided)
Where: Sunset
Ballroom at Ghost Creek Golf Course at Pumpkin Ridge
Cost: $125 per
person, $100 for juniors
Please let me know at your earliest convenience if you'd
like to partake, space is limited.
Christopher@ChristopherSmithGolf.com
Brad Kearns & Christopher Smith:
Health and Wellness for Golf & Life Performance
October 8, 2016, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Ghost Creek at Pumpkin
Ridge Golf Club
Cost is $125 per person - send me a note to secure a spot.
SUPER excited to welcome my pal and
rock star in the realm of better living (yes, that means better golf as well, peeps) to my
hood, Brad Kearns. Brad and I will present a golf/health/peak performance
'retreat' to help fine tune your mind and body for greatness not only on the
golf course - but in all areas and aspects of your life. We'll blend
hands on athletic & golf instruction with interactive discussions that
address real-life challenges in pursuit of common goals, and how to overcome
them.
Brad will discuss diet, exercise, and lifestyle habits designed to deliver peak
performance, improve health, and delay aging. He will show you some quick, fun,
exercises to break up prolonged sedentary periods during your workday, and
prevent injuries caused by imbalances or overuse. Christopher will discuss optimizing practice
habits to combat present-day time constraints, as well as scientific-based
concepts on accessing flow during a round of golf.
Brad has been an author, speaker and coach in the health and fitness world for
three decades. He is a former two-time national champion and #3 world-ranked
professional triathlete, with 30 wins worldwide over his nine-year career on
the professional circuit. As President of Primal Blueprint Publishing, Brad
writes and publishes books promoting the primal/paleo lifestyle. Brad's philosophy is to cultivate a pure
motivation for peak performance while balancing stress and rest in hectic
modern life.
BodiTrak Sessions with Tim Mitchell, PGA
Sunday, September 11, 2016
Ghost Creek at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club
Shoot me a note for details, pricing and scheduling
Come join Tim and myself for a two-hour session on the BodiTrak, a
pressure mat system that gives you real-time data on how your body and
feet interact with the ground, and insight on how to improve. BodiTrak
is the industry leader for ground force-sensing mats and associated
educational insight.
"Can't Miss Putting Clinics" with Dr. Craig Farnsworth
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Ghost Creek at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club
Come join Doc Farnsworth, author of "See It And Sink It" and "The Putting Prescription" and myself, for three different putting sessions designed to help your performance on the greens:
- 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM. "Set-Up for Success."
Alignment and getting the ball to start on line - consistently.
- 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM. "Speed Control & The Mental Side of Performance."
- 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM. AimPoint Express
Cost is $200 per session, or all three for $550.
Space is limited, so let me know ASAP if you'd like to join!
K-Vest 3D Motion Capture sessions with Tim Suzor, PGA
June 18 & 19, 2016
Ghost Creek at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club
Cost: $400 for the 2.5 hour session
Space is extremely limited - shoot me a note at your earliest convenience to secure a space.
K- Vest is a complete "learning loop" designed for golf coaches, movement and fitness professionals, and medical professionals, empowering them to build athletic skills, abilities, and health. It’s the industry's only human motion learning system. The all-in-one wireless system that instantaneously measures players’ power signatures
and 3D data. The system that assesses player characteristics and generates insightful reports. The system that automatically flows those reports into a powerful coaching and training program builder.
Tim Suzor Tim Suzor is the Founder and CEO of THINQ Sports, (www.thinqsports.com), partner
of K-Motion Interactive (www.k-vest.com) and Opti International
(www.optiinternational.com). Tim is a Class A PGA Golf Professional who is trained and certified across a wide spectrum of mental and physical disciplines. Tim graduated from Ferris State University with a Bachelor of Arts in
Marketing and an emphasis on Professional Golf Management. After
spending 14 years with the Marriott Corporation Tim decided to embark on his own venture in the sports technology sector. Tim has been with
K-VEST since inception as both a certification director and Director of
Business development. In 2013 the vision for THINQ Sports started when
realizing there was a void in the mental game space for training
athletes.
"Athletes need objective tools to measure and improve performance and if
I can be part of technology companies that deliver that experience than
I have fulfilled my obligations as a performance coach, CEO and
Advisory Board member "