TOUR COACH with Tony Ruggiero

Round table discussion with Dr Greg Cartin, Mark Hackett, Dan Terlescki, Lynn Valentine, Morgan Hale, Josh Bialowans! The instruction staff discusses how to practice, how to improve and how to coach players of all skill levels as well as helping and mentoring teachers and coaches ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Carr and Tony talk about his past year; the mistakes and lessons that led to finishing as runner-up at the U.S. Amateur Championship. They share what they did to get him back on track, such as blocking out external pressures, getting back to fundamentals, understanding his swing, and what are the next steps in leveling up his game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Ruggiero and Jackson Koert talk with Peter Knade and Emilio Gonzalez about this year's Q School, and getting their korn ferry cards, after missing it last year. They discuss the differences and process that lead to their growth and success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony is hanging out with Donald Cooper and Vaughn Taylor at RSM, for the last tour event of the year. They talk about what the best players do with practicing and practice rounds. Coop shares how practice rounds are to adapt to the conditions, not to work on your swing or your game. Cooper and Taylor share what they focus on the days before the tournament, what he needs to get out of practice at home vs. a tournament. Cooper shares the best practices he's ever seen, and why he studies divets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Parsons is Tony’s guest this week. They discuss the cyclical patterns that come with coaching and managing those ups and downs. Justin's advice is to be realistic about your players within the plan you would like for them and where they are in their lives and physical ability. He also emphasizes the value to committing to the process and appreciating even little gains. Justin shares the blueprint of his players' success and how he’s helped one from being a mediocre iron player to one of the best in the world. They also discuss the value of helping their players understand the bigger picture - one week off their game is a small sample in their overall career. If they commit with their heart, the outcome will take care of itself. He talks about the upcoming short off season, focusing on 3D, using blueprints and diagnostics for his players, He also uses it as a time to ask the important questions about direction, planning for the season ahead and discussing what needs to change in a casual environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony hosts a round table with Mark Hackett, Dan Terlescki, Lynn Valentine, Richard Terga, and Tim Jankowsski to discuss the many ways to help cut handicaps by 20%. Everyone weighs in on what to focus on to make that happen. From understanding how far you carry the ball, your numbers, using technology, important fundamentals, short game, and course management. They discuss how to navigate the challenges and help players from recreational to advanced improve their game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean Foley joins Tony Ruggiero and Jackson Koert to answer questions and share his coach development journey. You’ll hear what and who he credits from when he started playing at 10 years old to creating his own Elite Journey Program. Over the course of his life he’s always been curious and willing to out work everyone. He also shared how social media has alleviated some difficulty for coaches which helped his success. He recommends his favorite resources for coach development and advice regarding limitations, the benefit of frustration, the most successful coaches understand their market and are competent at their skill and what he does to stay competent and successful. Tons of insight in this episode, make sure to listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Ruggiero, Jackson Koert & Morgan Hale hold a Q&A with their players before heading into a training program. You’ll hear their team philosophy and plan for the training program. Each of them weigh in on how to coach recreational players, advanced players returning to the game, their advice for players transitioning from high school to college. They explain the foundations of golf, how not to overcomplicate practice and why they often find themselves coaching players on how to unlearn behaviors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They kick off with Josh’s journey from playing in college and on Tour to coaching some of the best players today. The most important factor for him is having a personal connection and relationship. He shares past mistakes and how he’s developed his simple and effective approach. You’ll hear how he helps his players get out of learned tendencies, bringing technical feels onto the course, and how he focuses 99% of short game training on and why. This episode is full of advice on how to get your players to find their own identity and with a plan to playing better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Ruggiero is joined by Paul Schempp, Steve Moore, Robert Campbell and Jackson Koert to discuss the differences between good and great coaches and define what novice coaches do compared to confident coaches. This episode is full of great advice on how to get your players to owning the information you teach them. Each of them share significant coaching moments that will help every player and coach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Tony Ruggiero and Smylie Kaufman reflect on their years working together – Smylie was one of the best students Tony ever had. Smylie shares the secret to his success was his understanding of his swing and kept it very simple, by having three to four things he’d monitor. They dive into specific techniques and approaches, as well as the best advice he’s ever received, what the best players can do and how his greatest strengths as a player have helped him in broadcasting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zack Sucher, Eric Brunner and Tony talk about getting Zack ready for Q School - mentally, physically and technically. They dive into the biggest factors that have improved his short game, full swing and how to get back to the habits that work best. For Zack, refocusing his priorities was crucial. For some time he was chasing speed, but he had to go back to focusing on hitting the ball solid all the time first, before working on distance and speed. They also discuss the lessons learned during the season and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ralph Bauer and Tony talk all things putting. He explains where he starts when work with tour players, it’s changing their perspective to understanding how they missed is due to misreading instead of pushing or pulling. He talks about his new app, and how it solves the missing part to putting better is reading the greens better. The technology accelerates what would take years into weeks. They also discuss which grip is best for your putting, and the data he found from testing twelve tour players on left to righters and right to lefters. This episode is full of ways to improve your putting, and stories from Ralph and Tony on how they’ve helped players improve over the years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hal Sutton joins Tony to talk about what he learned from his success of playing on Tour and how he transitioned into instruction. Hal shares how instruction has taking away his feel for the game, and what he would tell his younger self about goals, who to work with and how to navigate success. He gives his best advice to college players wanting to pro, how to gain experience, the necessity of being honest, disciplined and playing with freedom. This is episode is full of great insight, stories and what it takes to become a great player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony is joined by Dr. Scott Lynn, Mark Hackett, Dan Terlescki and members of Palm Golf Club to talk about what exercises and areas to focus on for injuries, or adjusting training to accommodate changes in physical ability. They share a variety a ways to improve balance, strength training and how to use your hands and arms to alleviate pressure. They also discuss technology, focusing on movement, setup, screening and so much more as they take questions from members of the club. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Ruggiero is joined by Callaghan Elzey, Jackson Koert and Mark Hackett. Callahan is a teaching pro, who joined the group for a weekend to observe and work on his own game. He shares how Tony’s approach to coaching inspired him to reach out to learn directly from the source. Each coach passes on their best advice to Callaghan. Tony and Emilio talk training for Q School, and the importance of having a hyper focused practice plan in place is key to training. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony is joined by Luke Kerr Dineen, Jackson Koert, Justin Parsons and Wayne Flint to discuss how coaches can develop their influence with social media and improving player’s performance. Luke shares his experience as a player and Golf Magazine/GOLF.com Editor, to give tips on what’s impactful to their audience and the average golfer, that can build traction for teachers. You’ll also hear from each of the coaches on keeping your coaching SIMPLE because being complicated is NOT a compliment. Every part of this episode is rich with tips to further develop your coaching and media presence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony sits down with Armando, from Lee Trevino's #1 fan page, to talk about how he decided to research Trevino and how it's improved his game. He shares his journey becoming a better recreational golfer, the less traditional information he's discovered. They get into the nitty gritty of training. This episode is full of interesting tips on weekend warrior transforming his game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony is joined by Chris Mayson to talk about all things coaching, from juniors to tour players. Chris shares how he started coaching, and what’s changed since he first started. He shares the challenges and solutions that he uses with teaching players at different levels, as well as the essential tools a coach should have. This episode is full of excellent advice for coaches who teach players at all levels! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Sanders joins Tony on the podcast to share how he created Shot by Shot, now called Strokes Gained analysis. Peter's expertise in analyzing data and stats through the years, he shares the commonalities he’s found amongst players at each level, the stats of average players on Tour, the similarities of winner’s data and the direct correlations of data and the outcome. Jam-packed with stats, you’ll learn great information for improving you or your players’ game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony sits down with Kolby and Greg to discuss the US Open, the level of commitment it takes for players to compete at the highest level, the value of consistency over time, and how any player is vulnerable to settling into comfort zones after stretches of success. Their conversation is full of insight for all coaches and players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Effective Practice - Doral Round Table by Tony Ruggiero [powered by Golf Science Lab] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Parsons joins Tony Ruggiero, to talk about how to understand the individuality of your players and their tendencies. They share unique challenges with players, as well as coaching from a point of view that is holistic, including aspects outside of golf and their performance. Justin shares how he coaches on Tour, uncovers his players’ success and how he believes that by adding changes can also mean taking away from areas that are working. This episode is great for teachers and players who want to look outside the box to improve your game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Ruggeiro has Adam Schriber on the podcast, he shares his secrets on developing young players, the key to understanding their patterns developed in a specific age windows, learning movement patterns. They also talk about their ways of solving players' problems, how they keep their players on the track of getting better. This episode is filled with tons of great stories and advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Ruggiero and Brady Riggs talk about how their coaching perspectives have changed in the past two years, and their greatest means to keep learning along with the best advice they received throughout their careers. They talk about the benefit of challenging your own coaching and being wrong, as well as getting fired for being right. This episode is full of great stories, and practical insights. Brady Riggs has more than 30 years of experience in golf instruction, Riggs has been named as one of GOLF Magazine’s prestigious Top 100 Teachers in America, and GOLF.com regularly features him in their training and instruction videos online. He has also published more than 200 articles for Golf Tips Magazine and has appeared on the cover more than 12 times. In 2017, Riggs was inducted into the Southern California PGA Teaching Hall of Fame. Currently he’s the Director of Instruction at Four Seasons Hualalai Resort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Tillery, PGA Tour Coach works with Scott Brown, Roberto Castro, Brice Garnett, Kevin Kisner, Rick Lamb, Will McGirt, and Brandt Snedeker as well as mini-tour professionals and up-and-coming collegiate athletes. He’s previously been selected as one of Golf Digest’s Best Young Teachers in America, Golf Digest’s #6 Best Teacher in the state of Georgia and the Georgia PGA Teacher of the Year. Tony and John discuss the many factors of coaching Tour Players, where he starts when working with someone new, how he communicates for effective results, some key factors when dealing with the challenges of the Tour Schedule, and the best way for a competitive player to work. You’ll hear great advice on how to adapt your strategy for the specific player you’re coaching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Ruggiero sits down with Kevin Kirk and Jackson Koert hold a Q&A to talk about the pursuit of better coaching. Kevin transitioned into coaching after playing professional for six years. He explains what he's learned at looking back to his time as a player, becoming a good teacher, and why he believes the next ground breaking ideas for golf will come from outside of the insdustry. He also shares his greatest advice on staying curious, building a network, and why taking pauses to reconsider is not a bad idea. This is an amazing episode full of wisdom on how to improve as a coach and player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Ruggiero, Dr. Scott Lynn and Eric Brunner answer questions from club golfers at a weekend retreat. They share their insights on topics about consistency, different disciplines ever coach should know, overestimating how good tour players are, learning strategies on how to deal with your bad shots, dealing with mental blocks, the drills they use, why you should separate your training and so much more. Packed with great advice! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Breed: his journey in teaching and helping others! by Tony Ruggiero [powered by Golf Science Lab] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony and Rick Lamb talk about his training the past two and a half years. Rick talks about what he learned from the choices he's made for and how they've impacted his game. He also shares how communication is the most important factor working with his team, his thought process going forward, focusing on Monday qualifiers and all his takeaways from the Honda Classic and US Open. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony sits down with Richard Lee, to hear how he transitioned from playing on Tour to Coaching. He speaks candid about his biggest challenges post injury as a player, uncertainty of making the pivot to teaching and finding his unique way of communication and coaching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony and Zack Sucher sit down to talk about a year that didn't get the results that Zack had hoped for. He shares how he took responsibility and what drills and focus to change his performance. Amazing episode on his process of the changes he's made and how it's impacted his game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coming off a weekend program for developing Juniors, Tony Ruggiero sits down with Kevin Kirk, Kevin Sprecher and Ian Highfield to talk about all things coaching. From the mistakes that young teachers make, how to make learning stick and what they've learned from personal experience. They discuss Team Coaching in depth; its benefits, how to manage it, and its potential detriments, if it's missing vital factors, such as discipline, and structure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony is joined by Brady Riggs, Oscar Sachs, John Ray Leary for a candid and thorough conversation of current events happening in golf to the many ways to develop players, how social media conveys a singular message but isn't a holistic insight into instruction, the timeless styles of coaching, and an all-around engaging discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is a forum with Claude Harmon III. He shares what he gained from growing up in a golf family, and being on tour from a very early age with them. He has tons of great stories and the most important lessons that he learned from watching his father teach, and how it influenced his mentoring approach. They talk about how to keep pushing and self-development, teachers who are pushing golf forward now and your responsibility as a coach. Also make sure to listen out for our GIVEAWAY! 1. Leave a review on our Apple iTunes page 2.Take a screenshot 3.Post to your socials and TAG Bushnell, Srixion and The Dew Sweeper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Ruggiero is joined by Kevin Kirk, Greg Cartin, Wayne Flint and Scott Lynn to talk about statistics, saber metrics and keys for development . They talk about how coaching data points matters if and only they actually make a difference in performance; and it’s player dependent. Technology gives a comprehensive, big picture but it requires pulling out the specific information for each individual player. They share how valuable experience and time is with getting to the point in knowing which information is valuable. They also talk about players’ mental expectations, how to create more freedom, establishing effective benchmarks and developing players from Pros, Juniors and Club Level. Also make sure to listen out for our GIVEAWAY! 1. Leave a review on our Apple iTunes page 2.Take a screenshot 3.Post to your socials and TAG Bushnell, Srixion and The Dew Sweeper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Golf Magazine’s Top 100 Teacher, Ted Sheftic, joins Tony Ruggiero to talk about what’s the same and what’s changed in his 56 years of teaching. They talk about the greats of golf instruction, and how instruction has changed over time. They discuss how even with advancing training technology, the information still points back to the importance of timeless fundamentals. Ted and Tony share their favorite training aid, talk about developing juniors and so much more. An amazing episode with a brilliant instructor! Don’t forget to participate in our giveaway! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Ruggerio is joined by Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher, Jason Baile. Jason Baile is the PGA Director of Instruction at Jupiter Hills. He shares his coaching journey, and how he started coaching Tour Players, the greatest coaching lessons that helped him get there, and the foundations to creating the greatest team. He explains how a crucial part to being on the same page is as a team is using the same language. He also shares his philosophies with working with tour players, and shares specific stories on how he's handle his player's unique tendencies. This episode is loaded with great insights! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Derwynne Honan, Wayne Flint and Tony talk about using 3D and applying it to help players. Derwynne has played in three British Opens, and has played with big players over the years. He’s learned a lot from them, and points out that they’re playing the game at a different level but in the same way, not over complicating it. They dive into how 3D has been around for 25 years but finding out its greatest benefits to players is not changing to become a number but focusing on maintaining the best automated movements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony brings the Dewsweeper Dream Team together. Kolby Tullier and Dr. Greg Cartin join him to talk about how they all started working together. They describe the best parts, why it works, and how they push each other to get better. They also talk about the agility of improvement, the key components that they each bring to an athlete's success, and share how to build a team of experts on your own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony is joined by Cody McBride, from "No Laying Up", Wayne Flint and Ryan Smith, to talk about the unique culture of “The Dewsweeper” and the future of instruction. Tony’s guests share their Dewsweeper experience, from what their expectations from what they’ve seen on his Instagram to training in person. They also share what they’ve been focusing on with their players and what’s effective for instruction and players going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony talks with Jimmy Johnson, a recent inductee to the Caddie Hall of Fame. Jimmy shares his past 25 years as a caddie, sharing stories from being around great players like Tiger Woods, Nick Price, Justin Thomas, Steve Stricker, and more. He passes along what made each of those players great and how junior players can learn from them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Ruggiero and Dr. Bhrett McCabe, a Clinical and Sports Psychologist, take a look at mental health, and the new pressures that players experience. He shares his thoughts on success, and incredible insight into success, doubts, and fears. Finding the Catalyst School, Dr. Bhrett McCabe offers training for managers, parents, coaches, everybody involved in a player's development. You'll hear seven key points that are crucial for you being an effective coach and learn from their personal experience in handling difficult situations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Ruggiero is joined by Kevin Kirk, Dr. Greg Cartin, Jackson Koert, Rick Lamb and Emilio Gonzalez to discuss the importance of managing adversity and expectations for long-term athlete development. They share the reasons for not talking about winning until a certain age, how fast tracking is the worst idea, and how longevity is more than winning. This episode is full of insight for developing juniors for a long career that they'll also enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony sits down with legendary instructors at the Golf.com Top 100 Teachers Summit. He’s joined by Tom Resendez, Rick Silva, Jackson Koert, Jake Thurm, Mark Hackett, Wayne Flint, Ted and Mark Sheftic. They all review what they’ve seen at the summit, the golf instruction business currently and where it's going; along with technology, the role of 3D, developing juniors, what is the model of a great teacher and so much more from nine incredible golf professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony is joined by Justin Parsons to talk about the 2021 season and what he does to get the most out of the off season for his instruction and his players. His current list of players includes: Harris English, Will Gordon, Brian Harman, Louis Oosthuizen, Michael Thompson and Gary Woodland. They discuss the many coaching benefits of working with the everyday golfer, the challenges that can follow a successful season, and how to manage if two players are performing polar opposite on tour. Listen to this episode for tons of wisdom on making the off-season as a time of significant improvement! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Pullin grew up around golf and from an early age he knew he wanted to become a golf professional. He never thought about becoming a teacher but as his career path evolved it became clear it was the right choice. Tony and Brad share their personal experience in understanding those pivotal moments in making professional changes. Tony and Brad share what they do to keep growing, what they would tell younger teachers and what they would've done differently. Brad shares his experience coaching Sam Burns from 15 years old, what they worked on then, how that’s built into what they do now and what they do in practice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Willy Wilcox joins Tony Ruggiero this week and talks candidly about his career. He shares the keys to his accomplishments, the mistakes he made and what he’d do differently. They talk about how being on Tour has changed, and with Willy recently becoming a teacher, they discuss teaching techniques and how to implement changes that won’t take away from what’s working. This episode is equally entertaining and insightful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Ruggiero and Dr. Greg Cartin discuss the adversities they've seen Tour Players and teachers face. They dive into how success follows the joy of the action and how balancing the three components of results, fulfillment and learning are intricately intertwined in preventing burnout and sustaining a long career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heading into Q School, Tony sits down with Rick Lamb and Emilio Gonzalez to talk about their mentality, process to getting where they are, what they’ve been doing to prepare and how that changes as they get closer. They also offer advice to younger golfers they learned from their own mistakes, other golfers and offer an inside look into what it takes to be compete at the optimum level. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices