Trackman - Smash Index, Spin Index and Performance Putting
Niklas Bergdahl, who heads up Trackman University and the Trackman IV product line, joined our member coaches to explain the latest analytics advancements to come from the company including Smash Index and Spin Index in the full swing and a new set of Performance Putting fundamentals debuting after years of research by the company. Recorded summer of 2025.
Coaching Indoors What's Hot and What's Next - Alex Yeazel
TrackMan's Alex Yeazel shares the transformative company's insights into the fast moving, ever changing world of indoor simulators and the coaching-related technology that can be tapped into when teaching in a studio setting. Here he shares what's hot and what's coming next.
Brian Manzella - How Trackman and 3D Data are Refining 21st Century Teaching Part 1
Brian Manzella - How Trackman and 3D Data are Refining 21st Century Teaching Part 2
How to Incorporate Sportsbox AI's Technology Into Your Coaching
Artificial intelligence, and all that this emerging technology can bring to professions and industries across the spectrum, is now part of the golf coaching world.
Proponent Group is active in this game-changing phenomenon through our partnership with Sportsbox AI. Lots of great information on the topic and how to incorporate it into your personal teaching style came to light this webinar featuring Ryan Crawley, who is Sportsbox AI’s Director of Education.
Jon Sinclair - Discovering the Difference Between 2D and 3D Motion Capture
Jon Sinclair, owner of Sinclair's Golf Training Center in Euless, TX, is a leader in 3D swing analysis. Here he explains the clear differences and advantages when being able to analyze a swing in three dimensions. Recorded at the 2016 PGA Show.
Mark Sheftic - Teaching with BodiTrak
Mark Sheftic provides his insights into Teaching with Boditrak.
Since 2008 he has been the teaching professional at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, PA, not too far from where he grew up in New Oxford.
Before Merion he had stints teaching at John"?™s Island in Vero Beach, Florida and Sunnybrook Golf Club in Pennsylvania.
As one of the younger generation pros who grew up with technology and computers, he has adapted well to all the new diagnostic tools in the game today and will share with you his thoughts on how you can best leverage force plate technology in your teaching in this session from the 2017 PGA Show.
Martin Hall and Vikki Vanderpool - How to Give a Great Lesson on the Internet
Martin Hall, 2008 PGA Teacher of the Year, and Vikki Vanderpool of Swing Pal explain the secrets to providing a high quality golf lesson over the internet. This is one of the fastest growing areas of student interaction in the instruction industry at this time.
PG Live - Piers Parnell, Clippd CEO, Episode 032
Piers Parnell, CEO of Clippd joins us on PG Live to talk about the unique way his company is aggregating data to create a unique and more complete look at an individual golfer's performance. The goal is to create a better context for actual performance and to put a clear understanding of that performance at the coaches' and students' fingertips whenever they want it.
Bernie Najar - Better Golf from the Ground Up
NOTE: Audio doesn't come in until the 6 minute mark. Our apologies.
Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher Bernie Najar has become a leader in teaching with ground reaction forces and, in this presentation from the 2016 Proponent Group Summit, he goes into a variety of examples of how to improve your teaching effectiveness by incorporating ground force data into your diagnostics.
Ann Marie Gildersleeve - From Little Red Book to Little Orange Box: How to Blend Traditional Student Relationships with Today's Technology
Director of Instruction at Austin Country Club since 1999 and both a PGA and LPGA Member Ann Marie shares how to blend the simplicity of her mentor Harvey Penick's instruction with today's technologies. Building relationships with students is an art that requires technical skill and a personal touch to ensure their trust. Ann Marie shares how to do both during her presentation at the 2018 PGA Show.
Martin Chuck - The Role of Technology in Development
Chuck relives his development in junior golf starting with his experiences shagging balls for Moe Norman and the mentorship George Knudsen provided. Chuck shares the simplicity of the technology his mentors utilized: A mirror and a weighted stick with a golf grip on it to his coaching environment today with iPad, TrackMan, Foresight Quad, physical screens, Coach Now and more.
Kevin Sprecher - Using Technology in Coaching
Kevin Sprecher of Sleepy Hollow Country Club in New York, shares how technology has evolved throughout his teaching career from early printouts with a medical printer to his current use of TrackMan. Sprecher also highlights how the technology he uses accelerates the learning curve for both student and the coach.
