
Will Stubbs On Zen Golf and Purpose-filled Practice
About this episode
Will Stubbs (England) is the Managing Director of Zen Golf. He holds a BSc in Sports Development with Coaching and an MSc in Sports and Execise Science. His Masters thesis research identified how golf coaching paradigms must change from technique-driven practice to adhere to the dynamic nature where the performer is interacting with the ever-changing environment. This makes him one of the foremost minds in Skill Acquisition coaching
Based in England and established over 20 years ago, Zen is more than a ‘moving floor’. Their unique Adaptive Terrain Technology (ATT) instantly transforms the golf landscape and enjoyment of the game. Zen Golf gives you the world’s most true-to-life, most immersive indoor golf experience by recreating the slopes you find on a real golf course. Gradients of all kinds, on every shot and every putt, on the Zen Tour performance playing surfaces.
- How Technique changes given Undulation and Slope changes
- How Biomechanics change off varying Slopes
- How Practice should include work off Uneven lies
- The Skill of "reading" the game and the environment and making the requisite technique adjustments necessary for success
- Physical skill Acquistion vs Mental Skill Acquisition
- Building Confidence and Competence at the same time
- Using Uneven Lies to make Golf-swing Adjustments
- Using Zen Green Stages to Improve Green-reading
- Recreating Environments to Improve On-course Performance
- How to Create a completely Representative Learning Environment incl.: Gapping Clubs and Figuring Distances off Uneven Lies. Putting on Slopes. Learning Skills over Technique. Solving Environmental Challenges. Learning the Skill of Adaptability.
Will also descibes the types of Zen Green Stages and gives a green-reading lesson lesson on a Zen Putting Green. To watch this and see Will give a demonstration search and subscribe to Mark Immelman on YouTube.
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