Improve your game

Be your own best teacher

Our private five-day golf camps are limited to 1-4 players, and can be scheduled year-round at our facility near San Francisco. Our camps are perfect for a foursome or a family, and for adults who want to teach themselves or their children how to play better golf. 

Our camps are unique in that we teach you how to teach yourself. 

By learning how to videotape, analyze and measure your swing and putting mechanics, you will learn a life-long method of swing and putting improvement.  You will uncover and correct many hidden errors in your swing and putting stroke.

The basis for any progress in golf is an accurate measurement of your swing mechanics. Many teachers analyze the golf swing. At our camp, you will learn how to measure it. 

Many teachers will teach you new swing patterns. At our camp, you will learn how to teach yourself.

Our camp is based on the material in The Efficient Golfer, the first golf book to show you how to videotape, analyze and measure your swing and putting mechanics. We recommend you purchase and read the book prior to your camp.

Camp Structure

Each day is three hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon.  There is time during the lunch break and in the evening to practice your new skills on a local range or course.  

Here is a detailed list of all camp instruction and activities

Day One--Videotaping and Measuring Swing Mechanics

On the first day of camp, you will learn how to tape your swing from the front and down the line, and then measure your RSSSA (Range, Sequence, Separation, Speed and Alignment).  

        1. Range is the range of motion your joints go through while swinging your club.         

        2. Sequence is the sequence you use to move your body segments (legs, hips, shoulders, arms and hands) during your downswing. 

        3. Separation is the amount of separation between the movement of each body segment.  

        4. Speed is the speed at which you move your hips. 

        5. Alignment is the alignment of your spine and club during your swing.  

You will also learn how to tape and analyze your putting motion, both from the front (to measure the motion of your putter) and from the back (to analyze the motion of your spine).

Before you analyze and measure your swing, we analyze and measure the most efficient golfers we have been able to find so that you can see what efficient motion looks like.  Then, as you measure your swing characteristics, you will come to a better, clearer understanding of your swing. You will discover many problems that are keeping your from an enjoyable and successful round of golf.

Day Two--Range and Flexibility  

There are two physical characteristics that will determine how well you hit the golf ball: your flexibility and the strength of your hips.  Your flexibility will determine your 

1. Range

2. Sequence

3. Separation

4. Speed

5. Alignment 

In the afternoon session, you will learn our special stretches for golf, concentrating on the seven core ranges of 

1. Arm flexion

2. Neck rotation,

3. Trunk rotation

4. Internal hip rotation

5. Breathing—Abdomen, Diaphragm and Chest 

After stretching, you will measure the improvement in your ranges, using your camcorder, protractor and measuring tape. 

You will then learn our special Tension Reduction exercises.  These three-minute exercises are perfect for warming up prior to playing a round of golf, as they reduce tension and increase blood flow in specific muscle groups.

As you improve your Range, you will improve your distance.

Day Three--Sequence, Separation and Speed 

In the morning and afternoon sessions, you will learn how to use our Power Hip Trainer (PHT) (the first aerobic exercise machine to increase the strength and speed of hip rotation for golf) to improve your Sequence, Separation and Speed. 

Before we start with the PHT, you will measure your hip and trunk rotation strength. During the time you spend on your individual PHT, you will learn to use your legs and hips more effectively in your swing.  You will also feel the aerobic effect as you exercise your heart as well as your swing. Golfers who have trained with our hip trainer have lost as much as 4" off their waist and have added as much as 50 yards to their drive.

As a large part of the golf swing is habit, you will learn some of our Habit Reduction exercises.  These exercises will help you with Sequence, Separation and Speed during your swing.

After you have improved the use of your legs and hips, you will tape your swing again so that you can see the improvement. You will see an increase in distance and consistency.

Day Four--Alignment

The next step is to help you improve your Alignment.  While improving your Range and Speed will help with distance, and improving Sequence and Separation will help improve your consistency, improving Alignment will improve your accuracy.  

You will learn how to keep your spine angles constant, and keep your club on plane.

Day Five--Putting

You will learn improve your putting motion. We have found that the best putters use their stomach muscles to putt. We will show you how to do this and how to develop a truly pendulum putt.  The result will be fewer putts per round.

It is said that golf is a mental game.  Well, now you can do something about it. We will teach all participants our Stress Reduction system.  You can overcome bad habits, speed up learning new habits, reduce first tee jitters, recover faster from poor shots, practice better course management and increase your enjoyment of golf by reducing stress.  Golfers who have used our Stress Reduction system report that they are much more relaxed playing a round, whether for pleasure or in competition.

Microfiber Reduction

The first two days of the camp will consist of a three-hour morning session and three-hour afternoon session.  For the remaining days, the morning and afternoon sessions will each be two hours of instruction. The third hour will be devoted to Microfiber Reduction, our special form of connective tissue massage that increases flexibility far beyond what stretching alone can do, or Tension Reduction, our special exercises to relax tense muscles.  Examples of the improvement possible with Microfiber and Tension Reduction can be found under Clients and Testimonials. 

At the end of the camp, you will tape your swing again so that you can see the improvements you have been able to accomplish in just five days.  We will also present some of the latest information on lower back pain in golfers, and how to overcome it.

Practice

There are nearby golf courses and ranges where you can practice your new swing mechanics.

Accommodations

All participants will stay at our designated hotel located near our headquarters.  

Equipment

You will need to bring your driver, five iron, putter and six golf balls.  You will want to wear a tee shirt and shorts for your Microfiber Reduction sessions.

You will also need a camcorder that has a high-speed shutter and frame-advance.  We will teach you how to use this invaluable tool as a follow up after your camp. 

A complete list of equipment is here.

Fees 

The fee for the entire camp (for one to four participants) is $16,000, which is non-refundable.  Camp fee includes all camp instruction, stretches and strength training exercises. Your food, travel and lodging are extra.

Registration

To register for this camp, please call us at 1-800-227-6629 or contact us by email.  We will mail you some forms to fill out and return before the camp. Fees are due at the time of registration.