Explanar Golf Blog

If you are a PGA Professional or Assistant Professional, we are looking for your help at the Scottish Golf Show at the end of March 2010.

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Explanar is the same as a set of training wheels or stabilisers on a bike. that's all you need to know.

Like a bike's seat, you adjust it according to the size of the person.

The more the person gets used to the stabilisers, the better they get at cycling/golfing without the stabilisers

When you teach a kid to swim, would you throw them in the swimming pool at the deep end and hope for the best ? No you would give them arm bands to support them then you would teach them the motion and the stroke.

The arm bands would support them and give them confidence.

Explanar is simply arm bands for golfers

When a golfer gets to their mid 50's the most common problem I have to fix  is "I am losing distance". Watch this short video on how to apply some "WD40" to those stiffening wrists and get some of that distance back for your students.

Click the image to watch this video

Four articles written by Luther Blacklock outlining how to improve your golf over the winter using Explanar. And this is important, you need to set yourself a goal.

http://www.explanar.com/improve-your-golf/index.htm

Some kind words from Bob Barnes, the proprietor of Cambridge Lakes Golf course, who recently attended an Explanar Training Day with his PGA Professional, James Burton.

What does the Explanar teach ?

Luther Blacklock, P.G.A. Master Professional and Inventor of the Explanar Golf Training System, answers today’s big question about teaching the golf swing.

http://www.explanar.com/one-plane-golf-swing-versus-two-plane-golf-swing.htm

Palaceriggs in Cumbernauld, Scotland have been investing heavily in the past 18 months in junior golf development. They have been working with North Lanarkshire Council to seek coaching advice and supporting equipment. Palaceriggs utilise the Explanar Junior System for the kids up to around 9 or 10 years of age and the Explanar Teaching System for the youth or teenagers.

Frank Anderson and his team are doing some great work with juniors.

Some images from back in March when Luther trained some of the coaches in North Lanarkshire.

This is the 4th teaching format you can utilise to teach with Explanar this winter.

One of the most dynamic Golf Professionals, at the forefront of Golf Retail and Coaching is Chris Potter. Based at the Norfolk Premier Driving Range, Chris operates a superb retail Golf Shop and also has one of the busiest Golf Academy’s in the country. Chris Potter was the first colleague of mine to introduce Explanar to his Driving Range; not one to do things by halves, he purchased TWO Professional Explanars. He quickly realised how busy the Explanar would be within his lessons so he needed the second Explanar to hire out to his pupils.

So, instead of it being £5 for a bucket of balls, it now became £10 to hire the Power Roller. Importantly, Chris would only permit pupils to hire the Power Roller after they had taken at least four ½ hour lessons and knew how to use the Explanar safely and correctly. Also, it ensured that Chris’s pupils would go away and practise correctly what they were shown in the lesson. Surprisingly, hiring the Power Roller also led to incremental sales of Explanar Home System as pupils recognised the benefit of regular short sessions daily.

Advertise free “taster” sessions of only 10 minutes: the instant improvement will almost certainly generate new revenue. Imagine investing 1 hour to give six 10-minute sessions; Sam Jarman, Head of Instruction at Collingtree Park Golf Club is confident that three of those six golfers will then book a full lesson. He finds it very easy to invite golfers on the Driving Range to step into his Explanar and feel it’s benefits.

Sell Group Coaching Sessions over an 8 to 12 week term to include Explanar instruction; pupils can continue to use Explanar as you work down the line to teach each pupil. Include a 7-iron club within the price, this is a very effective way to start pupils off with club purchasing. You can explain that custom fitting is especially important at the entry stage; it’s not just for established golfers. Remind them how much care is taken to ensure that a child’s first pair of shoes fit perfectly. In the same way, the “lie” of the golf club has the biggest effect on a golfer’s progress in learning their golf swing.

Hire the Power Roller alongside a bucket of balls. This way the pupil can alternate between hitting shots and swinging within Explanar.

Only permit Power Roller Hire after a golfer has had at least four ½ hour lessons on Explanar. Make sure they know their individual settings and the absolute need to swing the PowerRoller smoothly and very slowly.

Download our full Booklet on Teaching with Explanar this winter and the poster designs to promote your lessons within your facility. (just click the links and you will be prompted to "save as" and download)

Make Winter, Make Money (PDF)

Make Winter, Make Money (Powerpoint)

Winter Teaching Posters

Watch our Teaching DVD online for free. 70 minutes, 12 chapters on everything a golf professional or coach needs to know about adding Explanar to his teaching armoury and academy.

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