Founded by two of golf’s leading teaching professionals and coaches, Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson, COACH54
®is an innovative and comprehensive coaching approach to golf education.
Lynn Marriott |
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Pia Nilsson |
The COACH54
® philosophy encompasses the technical, mental, physical, emotional, and social aspects of the game. COACH54® is designed to help golfers unlock their potential and become their own best coaches. In this program, Lynn and Pia demonstrate COACH54
® principles in action in four exercises that create an environment where golfers can develop their confidence and competence:
Al Petitpas, Ed.D. (Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Youth Development and Research through Sport at Springfield College) hosts the video, engaging Lynn and Pia in a lively discussion of the rationale and methods of the COACH54® approach.
Feedback on COACH54®: Golf Fundamentals for the Future
"Overall, I found that the video included a number of useful ideas. The teaching techniques incorporated a number of well-known principles of applied sport psychology including self-monitoring, practice with feedback, and goal setting. This brief video leaves the viewer wanting more….Perhaps a multiple DVD expanded offering will be available in the future. On a final note, the DVD has professional polish, and the chapter selection feature is especially well-suited for later review of specific instruction clips.”
Thad R. Leffingwell, Ph.D., Exercise & Sport Psychology Newsletter, Fall 2004
"Traditional golf culture posits a path to improvement that focuses upon equipment changes and the search for the perfect swing. While occasionally successful, this approach is incomplete and has led many golfers to experience an endless cycle of frustration and disappointment.
The DVD…by Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson… proposes an alternative path toward performance that makes the teaching process more complete.
The DVD…describes a unique approach that coaches and performance enhancement consultants should add to their applied work with athletes. |
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Generally, the DVD is a good introduction, albeit simplified, to the self-discovery process for the development of a golfer’s internal feedback awareness. Because golf is a closed loop sport, with ample time between shots to allow interfering thoughts to materialize, it is ripe for any process that will arm the internal feedback system with ammunition for automatic play. COACH54 provides quality ammunition."
Dr. Glen Albaugh and Kevin Sverduk, The Sport Psychologist, June 2005
