The Lesson Tee: Recent Episodes
Steve Riggs
35 yr veteran teaching professional talks golf swing with friends, national and international teaching professionals, and PGA/LPGA Tour legends without the fluff. The Lesson Tee Podcasts are taken from live interviews on the Radio/Internet Show of the same name. Year 7 of the show gets underway in January 2015 and can be heard on WNRI 1380AM radio in southern New England and at WNRI.COM online from 10-11am ET.
Henry Boulton joins me in this very special Podcast. Henry is co-founder with his father Graham of the FocusBand brain sensing/training headset.
FocusBand reads brainwaves in real time displaying the info on an avatar on any mobile device.
What sets FocusBand apart from other brainwave units is that if reads the brainwaves during actual motion.
FocusBand helps wearers learn to train their brain and body work together to achieve their very best and most consistent performances regardless of the venue. (We call this state; being in the Zone.)
Storing information in the FocusBand Cloud coaches can track their players practice and play. FocusBand is approved for use during play by the USGA.
A device that was designed for use by golfers is now used in every sports venue, business, medicine, physical therapy and meditation. FocusBand is quite literally changing lives around the world.
Enjoy this most interesting and comprehensive Podcast about how technology is impacting performance.
Dr. Carol Renaud Gaffney, PhD joins me in this Lesson Tee Podcast providing additional insight into what it takes to be a winner. Be it on the golf course, baseball, football or soccer field, it is often times the simple things that cause inconsistency in performance.
This Podcast is a continuation of our discussion with top performance coach Jason Goldsmith.
Dr. Gaffney provides important information every athlete who wants to excel in their sport needs to hear.
Jason Goldsmith, Performance Coach, works with top tier athletes in many sports including golf. He helped Jason Day ascend to become world #1 golfer and Justin Rose, and others, in the quest for the gold medal (which Rose won) in Rio at the Olympics.
If you are looking to take your game to the next level, Jason talks about doing just that.
Enjoy!
Among the top 50 & 100 teaching professionals since 1996, Michael Hebron stopped by the Lesson Tee Show.
In this first Podcast installment, Michael talks about his paradigm shift and difference between teaching and Learning....fascinating.
Perhaps the most knowledgeable teaching pros, listeners are sure to get a lot to 'chew on' while enjoying my chats with Michael Hebron.
This is the first of three podcasts with my dear friend Gregor Jamieson Director of Golf at the famed Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in Orlando.
In this first podcast Gregor chats is about the eveolution of the Lake Nona Club. Simply fascinating.
'Nona' is by far one of the most beautiful clubs anywhere.
Part 2 of my chat with Dir. of Golf, Lake Nona Club, Gregor Jamieson as we talk about perhaps the most unbelievable club fitting studio and system I have ever seen. You have to learn about True Spec.
Part 3 of my chat with Gregor Jamieson, Lake Nona Club, Gregor offers up some real wisdom for golfers when it comes to improvement.
Know as the 'teachers' teacher' Michael Hebron, PGA Master Professional joins us on the Lesson Tee Radio/Internet Show Friday 14 April 2017.
A PGA Hall of Fame member, Michael is highly regarded and known for his dedication to teaching and learning.
The Lesson Tee Show Friday at 11:05am EDT.
OPEN HOUSE this Sunday April 2nd from 2-4pm EDT is your chance to try the FocusBand mind sensing headband.
Be sure to bring your iPhone or Android for FREE FocusBand Android download
Neuro-Performance Studio is located inside the
Mike Harbour Indoor Golf Center
100 Federal Way
Johnston, RI
Part II with Performance Coach Jason Goldsmith who has worked with athletes around the world. We talk specifically about what FOCUS BAND does and how it can benefit every golfer, athlete and coach in every sport.
Now you can help your player(s) develop the their brain for top performance.
Jason’s clients include world #1 Jason Day, Olympic Gold medal winner Justin Rose among other PGA, LPGA, European and Web.Com tour players. He also works with top college players and other accomplished amateur players. Goldsmith’s resume includes that of a principal of the Focus Band mind sensing device company.
Focus Band is the first device that allows wears to view, in real time, what is going on in the brain during their (golf) swing.
Albert Einstein said: “You can’t solve a problem with the same mind that created it.”
One of the most fascinating Podcast we have done in eight years.
With the Phoenix Open history and Tiger Woods showed us all that he is, in fact human after all via his 2nd round debacle, posting a career high of 82.
Fluid Motion Factor creator Steven Yellin tells Tiger, and you, why the 'FMF' can and is changing how swing changes and development are viewed.
Just 4m:30s that promise to change your outlook when it comes to helping to get to the center where good golf swings and games are found.
Tiger do your golf swing and game a favor. Consider the 'next frontier' in golf that's being opened by the Fluid Motion Factor via Steven Yellin and a growing list of top teaching professionals worldwide.
In this short clip from our chat, tour legend and now World Golf Hall of Fame inductee talks about how to set the club on a good swing plane and a couple of things you really should consider when trying to improve your swing, your distance and/or your power.
Enjoy and once again, Congratulations to David Graham on being named to the 2015 class of inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
David stopped by the Lesson Tee Show just a few weeks before it was announced he is in the 2015 class of inductees to the World Golf Hall of Fame.
This first of two part Podcasts with Graham finds us talking about his tournament history, his contributions to golf, his health and more.
At just under 9 minutes, this might be the very first Podcast of a true golf legend who is long overdue and most deserving of World Golf Hall of Fame status.
Congratulations David and thank you for all you have done for golf.
Rick McCord has been teaching for over 40 years. In 1991, he was recognized on Golf Magazine's original Top 100 Teachers in America list. Rick has remained on that list for 24 years. Golf Digest magazine recognizes him on their best teachers list.
In addition to the Rick McCord Golf Academy at Orange Lake, in Orlando, over the years, Rick has taught, conducted golf schools and lectured on his teaching philosophy around the world. McCord has served as the Director of Instruction at the famed Canterbury Golf Club in Cleveland, Ohio over the past 20 years.
Like myself and David Leadbetter, Rick has fully embraced the Fluid Motion Factor. It was Mccord who made the formal introduction of creator Steven Yellin to famed teaching professional David Leadbetter. Today Yellin works with many of Leadbetter's top amateur and tour players at the Leadbetter World Headquarters' ChampionsGate facility outside of Orlando.
While the podcast is, at times, uneven-listening wise, the information Rick McCord shares regarding the Fluid Motion Factor when working with his students is well worth the listen at just over 8 minutes.
It is important to point out the Fluid Motion Factor doesn't replace traditional teaching but promises to be a major enhancement to conventional instruction. To that end, the popularity of 'FMF' is growing in golf instruction circles by the day.
Listen, learn and ponder the reality of creating a balanced, fluid, repeatable golf swing motion. Suggestion? Do your swing and game a service and spend your off season reading THE FLUID MOTION FACTOR, Understanding the Source of Exceptional Golf by Steven Yellin. If you need more insight consider reading THE 7 SECRETS OF WORLD CLASS ATHLETES by Steven Yellin and Buddy Biancalana, 1985 World Series Champion-(Kansas City Royals).
FMF creator Steven Yellin responds to my on air question; "I'm Tiger Woods. tell me-Tiger-why I should call you."
Yellin's response is so informative for golfers of all skill levels.
Two Top Teaching Professionals say of the Fluid Motion Factor;
David Leadbetter: "Very rarely does a program come along that will have a long and lasting impact in the game of golf. The Fluid Motion Factor is that kind of program. I call it a TechMental approach-allowing you to consistently access your best technique. It's revolutionary."
Rick McCord: " Steven Yellin has answered questions I have had for over forty years of teaching this great game. He has cracked the code of the missing element of teaching, learning and executing your best golf swing. This program is revolutionary to how the game is taught." Carol Mann, member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and LPGA Tour legend says, "The Fluid Motion Factor is the 'missing link' when it comes to the mind/body relationship in golf."
Carol Mann, LPGA TOUR legend, World Golf Hall of Fame member and teacher says:
"...it's the sliver that fits nicely between swing mechanics and sports psychology."
Questions? Contact; New England Fluid Motion Factor on Face Book or leave a comment here. Enjoy and learn.
This Podcast is a very specific/targeted chat about the Fluid Motion Factor with creator Steven Yellin currently at David Leadbetter's World Headquarters.
To those who have heard my privious chats with Steven about the Fluid Motion Factor, I guarentee THIS is a very targeted piece that promises to change how you view your golf swing.
The 9 minute Podcast covers:
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Why a golf swing can't break down
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Why Muscle Memory is like having money in the bank
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Mind/Body relationship: Specifically what takes place to produce a swing. Good or bad
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Guaging your swing based on the Fluid Motion Factor
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Weekend Warriors: A 'Tip'
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How a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame discribes the Fluid Motion Factor
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How to find out more about the Fluid Motion Factor
With Adam Scott's collapse at Bay Hill a few weeks ago, the question is: will he find his Zone and be able to stay in that place as he defends his Masters title this week?
This Podcast is critical for any golfer, or athlete who wants to learn what goes on between the mind and body. The FMF shows golfers how to call up and maintain that special place known as the Zone instead of wishing and waiting for it to happen.
FMF or the Fluid Motion Factor, formally Quiet Mind Golf, has been called golf's missing link.
Creator Steven Yellin and I chat about the FMF that has been recognized across the golf world, (and other sports), as a major discovery in the mind body relationship when it comes to swing and game management.
Using the Fluid Motion Factor players of all skill levels can learn to manage that relationship and improve their play.
FMF Examples: 1.) A golfer hitting a 2nd ball to 5 feet of the pin after dumping the 1st shot in the water. 2.) Playing the first 3 or 4 holes of a new season and hitting every shot perfectly only to have the wheels fall off reverting to normal bogey golf. 3.) Playing an almost magically winning a golf tournament where every swing/shot was perfectly struck and on target only to be unable to recreate the same level again no matter how much work is done.
Yellin is currently working out of endorser David Leadbetter's world headquarters coaching many of David's national/international players to develop the ability to call up FMF.
All Lesson Tee Podcasts are taken from interviews on The Lesson Tee Show heard Wednesdays 10-11am ET online at WNRI. In RI and southeast MASS the Tee is heard on 1380AM WNRI New/Talk Radio.
Peter Murphy, intenational teacher/Hank Haney veteran Director of Instruction in Dallas, TX area, and Gary Cordoza, Director of Instruction for Joe and Leighs Golf Performance Center, Easton, Mass chat about Henrik Stenson and the help he has recieved from Pete Cowen his coach.
Murphy knows Cowen and is familier with his work with many international tour players including Stenson, Graeme McDowell, Louis Oosthuizen and Padrig Harrington to name just a few of his clients.
If you have tried everything in your efforts to improve your swing and game without success, this podcast just may be your anwser. This particular podcast is loaded with 'nuggets' of swing insight and is surely one you do not want to miss.
This could be our best in 5 years so if you are serious about helping yourself and/or making the most from your experience with your teaching professional, this podcast could be the best thing you do for yourself.
Listen, consider, apply and learn.
Note: As we have finished our 5th year, we are putting together our Holiday shows so stay tuned.
ALSO: The Lesson Tee App is almost ready for roll out so you can download our podcasts to your mobile devices. Our goal doing this is to offer our quality golf swing information available across all platforms. Stay tuned!
Good Golfing!!
Peter Murphy, Director of Instruction at the Hank Haney Golf Ranch outside of Dallas, TX and renown International Teaching Pro working with players on all tours across the world chatted with me about the lower body, footwork and getting the club started correctly.
Peter's understanding of the mechanics of the golf swing is well known world wide. He's served as the coach for such international golf teams as Japan, China, India, Venezuela and Morocco to name a few.
This Podcast with Peter and Part 1 with Gary Cardoza offer alot of insight for golfers of all skill levels when it comes to the lower body. As Peter indicates; one component is how the lower body, (feet), can affect the take away. Something many golfers may not have considered. Your lower body is critical to building and maintaining a consistent swing.
Peter Murphy can be heard every few weeks on the LESSON TEE SHOW , so tune in every Wednesday 10-11am ET by clicking on the link then AGAIN on the flashing ON AIR button.
Special ALERT: Peter and Gary join me, post Tour Championship on the TEE Wednesday Sept. 25th!
The Lesson Tee Radio/Internet Show, Wednesday 10-11am ET. Click link then again on the flashing ON AIR button of the WNRI.com radio website.
'See' you on the TEE!
This interview, taken from the Lesson Tee Radio/Internet Show, finds regular Peter Murphy discussing getting the club started in the back swing, transition or getting the club into the downswing from the top and offers some insight into the Stack and Tilt swing method.
Having worked with players on every major tour, Peter has successfully coached several international teams like China, Japan, India, Venezuela and Morocco. All of this including his work with Hank Haney for over 15 years and is currently Director of Instruction at the Haney Dallas facility.
Listen to Peter's bio in the opening of this Podcast and you will realize how insightful and important his advice and wisdom is to golfers.
You can hear Peter regularly on The Lesson Tee Radio/Internet Show each Wednesday, 10-11am ET. Simply click on the link then again on the flashing ON AIR button and you will be on the TEE. See you there!
Cheers!
Thie quite possibly could be one of THE MOST IMPORTANT Podcasts, teaching wise, we have edited from The Lesson Tee Show.
While every one of our guests and golf swing topics can provide important information for golfers, THIS interview with Steven Yellin, President Quiet Mind Golf finally uncovers what actually happens between the Mind and Boday during the golf swing motion.
Yellin and baseball great Buddy Biancalana, World Series hero for the Kansas City Royals 1985 winning team, have had ZONE experiences. They teamed up to prove what actually happens when an athlete has a ZONE experience.
This FIRST of a TWO part interview has Yelling sharing exactly what happens during the swing motion that can make the difference between a good swing motion and a bad one.
The information in these two Podcasts are FACTS not simple conjecture. The results of Yellin and Biancalana's researh around the world finally document the Mind/Body relationship in the golf swing as well as all sports.
This is a must listen by both seasoned players and beginners alike.
Listen to The Lesson Tee Show live every Wednesday 10-11am ET on WNRI. Simply click on the flashing ON AIR button and you will be 'On the Tee'.
Dean Reinmuth joined me on the myNEGM LESSON TEE Radio/Internet Show on Sept 14th.
Dean is a Top 50 Teaching Professional as designated by Golf Magazine and Golf Digest and a regular on the Golf Channel appearing on Golf Academy Live and Inside the PGA TOUR.
We spent over 30 minutes chatting about the golf swing and teaching. Dean also answered a few questions from the dozens I received in anticipation of his being on the show.
This Podcast was edited from the interview and while it is rather long at just over 22 minutes, literally every golfer from beginner to advanced will benefit from Dean's insight.
It is an interview between friends and teaching professionals. Dean's in depth comments you are not likely to hear anywhere else.
The myNEGM LESSON TEE Show streams live at wnri.com and mynegm.com every Wednesday from 10:05-11am ET.
A couple excerpts from my chat with Marius Filmalter, Putting Coach to the TOUR players as designated by the PGA TOUR, during his visit to the Lesson Tee Radio/Internet Show.
Marius talks about Mark O'Meara's 'Saw' putting grip and how changes can help your putting.
Listen very closely to Filmalter talk of the 4 stages of learning and how this process affects game.
Stuck inside waiting for Spring? Grab your Flat Stick, give Marius Filmater's words some thought, then work with the club that makes up 40-50% of your score! Think I'm kidding? Add it up.
Spring and golf is coming to a course near you.
This Irishman has a firm grasp on putting and has invented a device that, while making no guarentees, will help you improve your putting regardless of your skill level.
Dr. Gaffney discusses the mind and how to 'quiet' it to be able to play the game of golf. Most interesting interview.
Labor Day used to signal the end of (golf) swing work until Spring. Not anymore. Regardless of your swing method, Fall and Winter is the absolute best time to work on those nagging swing issues.
Gregor Jamieson, Dir. of golf at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club, Orlando, FL and home to 22 international tour players. A couple of Gregor's current students include Retief Goosen and Helen Alfredsson. In addition to Nona, Gregor was Dir. of Golf at the Isleworth Club for 7 years as well, sister club of Lake Nona.
This is a great interview with some insight into Gregor's work with clients. Enjoy!