Golf OTEC Community
What is it for?
This community discussion board is to support your continuous learning through and beyond any of the training or education packages you have experienced with Golf OTEC.
What is it?
We are continually asked about what the best resources are for learning how to practice, coach or to assess your own practice environments.
Instead of sharing these individually with you, we thought, why not get some of our friends, expert practitioners and researchers in sport who get asked the same questions, all together in one community.
A community where we can all learn from each other, ask specific questions, share practice examples, share the latest research, learn from other sports, learn from other coach’s, learn from other golfers.
A community where we talk about 'HOW' golfers learn.
Who is it for?
All levels of coach. We are a community that creates content that answers all levels of inquiry on practice transfer.
All levels of golfer. We are a community of practitioners and researchers. We apply the latest research in learning to our coaching practice and have taught beginners to Olympic champions. We as a community will share these experiences and answer any questions you have.
Answering your questions, such as:
- I am a beginner coach, where is the best place to start learning about learning?
- I am doing this (insert details) with a player I coach, is there anyways I could refine what I do with this player?
- My practice environment is this (insert details) at the moment and my competitive scores are not getting any better. Why?
- What is the best way to use video analysis?
- How do I use Technology to get the best transfer to performance?
- How often should I give feedback to a golfer?
- How do I recreate the emotions I feel during competitions in practice?
However the aim of this community is not to just give you the answers, it is to elevate the level of education and understanding of golf coaches and golfers so that you understand and can create your own effective practice or learning environments.
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Graeme has an MPhil in Sports Coaching from the University of Birmingham and is a full-time Golf and Sports Coaching lecturer at the SRUC in Scotland. He is also an associate lecturer and a PhD researcher at the University of Abertay Dundee.
His main area of research is skill acquisition in sport and as well as being a practitioner in this area with the high-performance golf programme at the SRUC, he has worked with coaches in rugby and football. Graeme is currently involved with some of the world’s leading experts in non-linear pedagogy, in a project aimed to bring coaches, academics and education professionals together to raise standards in player development.
Graeme has an MPhil in Sports Coaching Education from the University of Birmingham and is a fully qualified member of The Professional Golfers Association of Great Britain.
Graeme has an MPhil in Sports Coaching Education from the University of Birmingham and is a fully qualified member of The Professional Golfers Association of Great Britain.
He is a full-time Golf and Sports Coaching lecturer at the SRUC in Scotland and an Associate Lecturer with the Open University. He is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Abertay Dundee.
His main area of research is skill acquisition in sport and as well as being a practitioner in this area with the high-performance golf programme at the SRUC Graeme has delivered numerous skill acquisition presentations at key industry events during the past 10 years. Graeme has shared his knowledge of skill acquisition with many of the world’s leading golf coaches.
Through years of practical application and research, Peter's views are radically different to the mainstream golf industries and may challenge some long-held beliefs.
He fuses the ‘The Science of Learning’ and real-life coaching to help you discover a clear understanding of how to practically apply information shared together.
He is currently just about to finish an MRes in Skill Acquisition & Motor Learning, interviewing current European Tour Players on their experiences, enabling him to share these experiences with players of all levels.
He has coached players of all levels, from complete beginner to European Tour player. He also advises and mentor coaches all over the world and has recently branched into other sports, such as the Rio 2016 Gold winning field hockey U.K. Women’s team on effective practice & technique change. He has also spoken at the English Institute of Sport, World Scientific Golf Conference & several universities on how he practically applies ‘The Science of Learning’ to golf.
Through years of practical application and research, Peter's views are radically different to the mainstream golf industries and may challenge some long-held beliefs.
Through years of practical application and research, Peter's views are radically different to the mainstream golf industries and may challenge some long-held beliefs.
Peter fuses the ‘The Science of Learning’ and real-life coaching to help you discover a clear understanding of how to practically apply research into practice.
Peter has a Masters by Research (in viva stage) in Skill Acquisition & Motor Learning primarily examing, via a constraints-led framework, the experiences of current and former European Tour Players, enabling Peter to share these experiences with players of all levels.
He has coached players of all levels, from complete beginner to European Tour player. He also advises and mentors coaches all over the world and has recently branched into other sports, such as the Rio 2016 Gold winning field hockey U.K. Women’s team on effective practice & technique change. He has also spoken at the English Institute of Sport, World Scientific Golf Conference & several universities on how he practically applies the 'Constraints-led framework' in golf.
Ian has worked in sports coaching his whole life and combines that with his day job working at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia where he is the lead for the Sport, Health and Physical Education Discipline. As a coach, Ian has particularly specialized in cricket, but has also coached soccer and university level and junior representative level rugby union. Ian is one of the leaders in the field of constraints-led approach to coaching. He has written many articles on this subject and is currently leading a new book series that will focus on how to apply constraints approach is specific sports. Ian is passionate about improving coaching and has worked with many sports organisations in helping them develop more effective skill acquisition programmes, notably Cricket Australia and New Zealand High Performance Sport. Not sure you want this. (Ian is a keen golfer, having recently taken up the game after a 20 year break…he is enjoying the challenge of mastering this wonderful complex game.
Professor Ian Renshaw
Ian has worked in sports coaching his whole life and combines that with his day job working at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia where he is the lead for the Sport, Health and Physical Education Discipline.
Ian has worked in sports coaching his whole life and combines that with his day job working at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia where he is the lead for the Sport, Health and Physical Education Discipline. As a coach, Ian has particularly specialized in cricket, but has also coached soccer and university level and junior representative level rugby union. Ian is one of the leaders in the field of constraints-led approach to coaching. He has written many articles on this subject and is currently leading a new book series that will focus on how to apply the constraints approach in specific sports. Ian is passionate about improving coaching and has worked with many sports organisations in helping them develop more effective skill acquisition programmes, notably Cricket Australia and New Zealand High Performance Sport.
Ed qualified as a sport scientist before specialising on the concept of practice-transfer in his PhD research. Having grown up around golf, it is only in recent years that Ed has returned to the game as a practice coach. His work as a skill acquisition specialist with elite athletes across many sports heavily influences his coaching philosophy. Ed works to create stimulating practice environments that challenge players to engage and problem-solve as they would in competition. He works in professional golf as well as the elite amateur domain. His research interests at Cork Institute of Technology revolve around skill acquisition and coaching science.
Ed qualified as a sport scientist before specialising on the concept of practice-transfer in his PhD research. Having grown up around golf, it is only in recent years that Ed has returned to the game as a practice coach. His work as a skill acquisition specialist with elite athletes across many sports heavily influences his coaching philosophy.
Ed qualified as a sport scientist before specialising on the concept of practice-transfer in his PhD research. Having grown up around golf, it is only in recent years that Ed has returned to the game as a practice coach. His work as a skill acquisition specialist with elite athletes across many sports heavily influences his coaching philosophy. Ed works to create stimulating practice environments that challenge players to engage and problem-solve as they would in competition. He works in professional golf as well as the elite amateur domain. His research interests at Cork Institute of Technology revolve around skill acquisition and coaching science.
Through years of practical application and research my views are radically different to the main stream golf industries and may challenge some long held beliefs.
I fuse the ‘The Science of Learning’ and real life coaching to help you discover a clear understanding of how to practically apply information shared together.
I am currently just about to finish an MRes in Skill Acquisition & Motor Learning, interviewing current European Tour Players on their experiences, enabling me to share these experiences with players of all levels.
I have coached players of all levels, from complete beginner to European Tour player. I also advise and mentor coaches all over the world and have recently branched into other sports, such as the Rio 2016 Gold winning field hockey U.K. Women’s team on effective practice & technique change. I have also spoken at the English Institute of Sport, World Scientific Golf Conference & several universities on how I practically apply ‘The Science of Learning’ to golf.
Ross is an experienced practitioner focused on optimising the design of practice environments through the application of skill acquisition evidence and principles.
Ross is and experienced skill aquistion practitioner focused on optimising the design of practice environments through the application of skill acquisition evidence and principles. Since 2012, has worked with coaches across 15 Para-sports, supporting elite athletes with a wide range of physical, visual and intellectual impairments to achieve medal outcomes major international events, including the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, notably in Archery, Athletics, Table Tennis, Wheelchair Tennis and Wheelchair Rugby. Ross has held research, academic and applied roles, including consultancy across both Paralympic and professional sports. He is primarily interested in maximising learning and transfer of skills to competition through individualized and representative practice designs, and finding innovative methods to support and develop coach and athlete skills.
"Peter and Graeme are at the forefront of improving the way we practice and get better at golf. They're not only well versed in the research but some of the best at the practical application of motor learning research. A few years ago I spent a whole day training with Peter and Graeme and I was blown away with how much it felt like real competition. I had genuinely never felt like that before in practice. Whenever I have someone who asks me about improving their practice I recommend they talk with Peter and Graeme because I know they'll help that golfer practice more efficiently and get better faster."
