Episodes
Friday Oct 26, 2018
Leadership off the Court with Geno Auriemma
Friday Oct 26, 2018
Friday Oct 26, 2018
Geno Auriemma is an 11 time NCAA Champion, won eight national Naismith College Coach of the Year awards and was head coach of the United States women's national basketball team from 2009 through 2016, during which time his teams won the 2010 and 2014 World Championships. In this podcast, Geno sits down with PGA of Canada member Kate Weir to discuss millennial, trends in young athletes, getting the best out of our youth, and challenges over his tenure as one of the most successful coaches in college sport.
Friday Oct 26, 2018
The Mindset Behind Developing Highly Effective Junior Programs
Friday Oct 26, 2018
Friday Oct 26, 2018
If you feel like your members or students aren’t responding to your offers anymore, in this episode you’re going to learn an amazing set up for a workshop that anyone can implement and create a lot of buzz around your course.
It’s all about exposing your students to unique viewpoints or specialists outside of your own whether that’s fitness, mental game, short game, or just an instructor that works a little differently than yourself.
Instructor Tony Ruggiero shares his structure for a half day workshop, the pricing, and how it’s going for his students so far.
ABOUT TONY RUGGIERO
Tony is the Director of Instruction at the Country Club of Mobile as well as the Lead Instructor for The Dewsweepers Performance Academy at Sheraton Bay Point Resort in Panama City Beach Florida. Tony’s notable students include PGA Tour Players Smylie Kaufman, Lucas Glover, and Zack Sucher; Web.com Tour Players Sam Love, Tom Lovelady, Robby Shelton and Wilson McDonald. Tony has had students appear on the 2014 and 2016 US Walker Cup Teams, and he currently has 7 players playing in the Southeastern conference. Tony has been the host of the Dewsweepers Golf Show on XM/Sirius PGA tour radio as well as terrestrial radio stations throughout the South for over decade!
In 2017 Tony was named Golf Magazines “Top 100 Instructors in America” as well as Callaway’s Top 50 Elite Junior Coach in 2016 and 2015. In 2016 Tony was ranked the #2 teaching instructor in the state of Alabama by Golf Digest. In 2013 Edwin Watts recognized Tony as a Top Instructor.
Friday Oct 26, 2018
Doing Marketing Right - Best Practices with Strong Coffee Marketing
Friday Oct 26, 2018
Friday Oct 26, 2018
Tuesday Oct 16, 2018
Practical social media and marketing advice
Tuesday Oct 16, 2018
Tuesday Oct 16, 2018
We sit down to talk with Todd Halpen about his business, how he’s marketing, and what programs are working best for him in Calgary.
Todd uses a lot of Eduffi with his clients to build stronger relationships and help guide their learning process a bit more as a coach. He talks about how he’s creating more of a coaching atmosphere by using this piece of tech and it improve referrals from students.
Asking yourself why students aren’t talking about you on social media? Maybe you haven’t given them the content and stories to make posting and sharing easy. Todd talks about what kind of posts on Instagram have helped him best reach students and grow his business.
ABOUT TODD HALPEN
Todd has spent 27 years dedicated to the game of golf. With an extensive competitive, instruction and business career in the game, Todd’s experience is second to none. Having competed on the PGA Tour Canada, PGA Tour, international amateur events, his playing experience gives him an advantage over other teaching professionals that either don’t compete anymore, or never really did.
His work building the Swinkey (now Golfers Toolbox) from 2009-2013 has him more connected and researched than instructors twice his age. The Swinkey is the only training tool to receive a perfect score. He continues to train every day for competitive golf, and competes across Alberta and the rest of Canada every year. Not many other instructors can do this.
Thursday Sep 27, 2018
Getting Real About Launching Your Own Indoor Facility
Thursday Sep 27, 2018
Thursday Sep 27, 2018
Learn from 2013 teacher of the year, Rob Houlding as we walk through his evolution of indoor golf facilities and dive into all the details you need to know if you’re thinking of launching your own. We talk about everything from a set up to just get you started through Rob’s current facility and what his set up looks like today.
First Step: Know your audience! What do they want and will they be interested in training year round? Rob's market was (and still is) high performing juniors and elite performers and they were already practicing and playing year round, so adding the indoor facility was a no brainer.
Space and Environment: You control your environment and every aspect of the students experience, make sure to engage and inspire students with your space. In his first space Rob didn’t pay much attention to the environment and quickly realized it was pretty boring. After that he’s always place an emphasis on making things more “golf like” even though student are indoors.
Rob shares the exact dimensions and layouts he’s tried over the years and walks through his best suggestions for getting started (plus ideas on budgets as well).
Technology: We look at what the minimum amount tech Rob recommends and potential budget in place for just getting started with your first facility.
Business: There’s more revenue that can be generated besides just instruction with an indoor facility. Rob shares the top ideas that have worked at his different facilities over the years.
Finance: We run through the numbers and talk about how to make this all work in the real world.
Friday Jul 06, 2018
On the Practice Green with Paul Horton
Friday Jul 06, 2018
Friday Jul 06, 2018
Welcome to the third episode of "Hit your Second Shot First" with 2017 PGA Teacher of the Year Paul Horton and his close friend, Bruce Dowbiggen. In this episode, Paul and Bruce head to the practice green at Heritoage Pointe Golf Academy for a crash course on Aim Point Putting, Paul's latest news of being affiliated with Golf Channel Academy, a segment of Paul's Pointers, and so much more.
Friday May 18, 2018
Onto the Teaching Tee with Paul Horton
Friday May 18, 2018
Friday May 18, 2018
In this episode, Paul Horton and Bruce Dowbiggin head to the teaching tee - they talk about how to prepare for a season of teaching. Paul provides his insights as PGA professionals prepare for the peak season of providing the best lessons possible to your students. Knowing your student, their background, and who they are to mold your lessons over the summer months. Paul also lists the teachers and books who have influenced his teaching and what he recommends to fellow PGA professionals.
Monday Apr 23, 2018
A New Season Upon Us
Monday Apr 23, 2018
Monday Apr 23, 2018
In this episode, radio host in Calgary Bruce Dowbiggen sits down with 2017 PGA of Canada Teacher of the Year, Paul Horton. They discuss preparing for the new season - guideance on purchasing new equipment as a customer, assessing Canadian PGA and LPGA players, and much more.
Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
The State of Retail and Consumers with Alan Carter and Dionco
Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
This podcast will dive into business of retail and the impact on our business and gives us some ideas on how we can may changes to stay relevant and thrive. James will talk about business disrupters - why you should know who they are and what they are doing.
Tuesday Mar 27, 2018