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You Already Have The Speed. You're Not Using It. - Mike Carroll (Ep. 40)
Description
Most golfers work on the wrong thing. They stretch when the problem is fear. They lift when the problem is transfer. They take a lesson when the problem is speed.
Mike Carroll trains PGA Tour players through Fit For Golf, and he gave four at-home checks that tell you which one is actually holding you back. Then he laid out the exact 20 minute, three days a week template for a guy with a job, kids, and no gym.
FREE: The 15 Minute Test (one page, four checks, your one thing this month)
https://playready.golf/20-yards
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Mike Carroll, Fit For Golf
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Mobility problem or technique problem? The three swing test
2:29 Four ways to find your real limiter
3:41 The 2 to 3 year strength rule
6:30 Technique vs skill: judge your best shots, not your average
7:38 The 15 minute test (free, first link)
8:11 The busy golfer: gym time or range time?
9:11 The calendar rule: tournament inside 3 months, skip the gym
14:07 Structure your year: winter builds capacity, spring transfers it
17:00 Strength benchmarks by age: pull up, push ups, jumps, split squats
26:34 Training 50,000 golfers from one app
27:46 Speed training: where a normal golfer starts
31:27 Your range speed vs your course speed
32:41 Transfer problem or capacity problem
35:22 When overload and underload tools earn their place
38:08 Four months out vs four weeks out
39:29 When speed stops being the lever
44:50 Play Ready Golf app
45:41 Isaak had 130 mph in college. It did not help.
49:40 The 20 minute template: Mon, Wed, Fri
52:20 Why power leaves first and almost nobody trains it
57:23 Speed work at the end of practice, not a separate session
59:48 Wrap up
Every number in this episode comes from Mike on the recording. Strokes gained references are from Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts.
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