It is imperative to carefully manage the type of training and input that the competitive athlete is given. This is especially true during the competitive season.
When a change or ‘tune up’ is required during the competitive season it is important to keep the ‘instructional static’ to a minimum.
Ideally, the training, drills and implementation that are required and agreed upon with the player/team quickly transition to feel based drills and exercises. This type of patterning keeps the ‘static’ of extraneous ‘swing thoughts’ to a minimum and allows the player to maintain an uncluttered, clear, confident and consistent ‘players mindset’.
Even the slightest whisper of technical thought or an additional component to the player’s process and routine can result in an adverse change in the focus, feel, tempo and rhythm of the player
“Let the player play.”
Charles Kallassy©
Charles Kallassy has trained, coached and worked with numerous PGA, LPGA, Nationwide Tour (now Korn Ferry Tour) tour professionals, world champion and top ranked long drivers, collegiate, junior and physically and intellectually challenged golfers. He has taught clinics, workshops and swing exhibitions to golf instructors, men, woman and juniors throughout the United States and around the world. Charles began instructing and training elite and professional athletes in 1981. His unique approach to his craft combines effort/shape movement analysis and individually tailored training, conditioning, swing and game development programs. In addition to his work with players from the PGA and LPGA he has trained and worked with athletes from the ATP (Association of Professional Tennis), NFL, NBA and US Olympic teams. In 1983, Charles began working extensively with professional golfers in the sports therapy and fitness department at Las Colinas Sports Club, then home of the Byron Nelson Golf Classic. Charles worked with many of the game’s legendary players and instructors and has developed keen insights into the challenges of analyzing, refining and maintaining peak golf and athletic performance. Charles’ unyielding pursuit of knowledge related to golf instruction and training has evolved into his unique and comprehensive approach to golf instruction and training. His approach to patterning the golf swing, through rigorous training, from putting to driving, allows the player to abandon complex and distracting thoughts while developing competition/tour ready mindset and confidence.
