Champions Digest November 2016 | Page 4

TRAINING WITH FEEDBACK When it comes to golf training and player improvement, feedback is vital. Today’s junior golf athletes are excited and interested by newer technologies. Leveraging these technologies in coaching helps provide feedback in a way students and parents understand and enjoy, while providing detailed statistics and information on performance. K-VEST ALLOWS US TO DO JUST THAT! K-Vest is the world’s leading Human Motion Learning System. It is a wearable biofeedback • More productive training sessions system based off PGA Tour and LPGA Tour movement statistics. At GGGA, we use K-Vest on the golf range during technical training and in the gym during our strength and conditioning sessions. This allows coaches to • Supports training adjustments recommended by trainers give players instant feedback on their body motions and movements in addition to the following improvements: • Increased awareness of body motions Image Credit: K-VEST, www.k-vest.com Junior players thrive on competition and GGGA coaches ensure players leave practice with a great sense of achievement. Coaches use K-Vest to establish goals for the players to work on. These training programs enhanced with K-Vest help students reach individual goals to evolve their drills and have more successful training sessions. This high-tech integration has been extremely successful, proving results for players of all ages, including golf camp students as young as 6 years old to the golf professionals on the tour coached by Gary Gilchrist himself.