Golf Instructor Interviews.

Mike Bender: His Story – part 1

Mike Bender Golf Instructor Interview

Mike Bender is one of the top instructors on the world.
Mike chats about where he currently spends most of his time and some details of his academy based out of Lake Mary FL. (4 juniors at their academy are ranked in the top 10)

We dive into Mike’s story. The early years, starting out in Waterloo Iowa, teaching while also trying to play professionally.
When Mike moved to Orlando who soon found a niche teaching mini tour players. (that has lead to working with players like Zach Johnson and Jonathan Byrd)

Mike shares some of his ideas behind growth – for instance he’s always added instructors and built better facilities based on demand from students.

mikebender.com

Dr Rick Jensen: Implementing coaching and attracting players – part 3

Dr Rick Jensen Golf Coach More coaching talk and the potential models you can run with. How long does it take? Why does it work?

We get back to the story of how Dr Rick started coaching on his Monday’s. We talk about attracting players and how to get players into programs. Dr. Rick walks through what works for him and what he has helped other instructors implement.

We get very practical about finances and why this matters over the long term.

Rick Jensen, Ph.D., is the founder of Dr. Rick Jensen’s Performance Center and a nationally recognized performance consultant and sport psychologist. He has been featured on ABC, ESPN, CNN, and the Golf Channel, and is also a contributing writer for the Majors of Golf Magazine, Golf Digest and GOLF Magazine.

Books and Links

Certified Golf Coaches
Dr Rick’s Website

Dr Rick Jensen: How to make $50,000 on your Mondays – part 2

Dr Rick Jensen make more money Golf Coaching

Why does coaching matter and makes sense not only financial but also from a results perspective.

Dr Rick shares how he grew a coaching program for players that helped him to make more in less time than he ever has. Specifically $9000 per month just on his Mondays. We walk through how he structured the program and how he attracted players.

We then walk through how YOU make $50,000 on your Monday.

Even a little help on how to better teach with groups of people. Here’s a hint. It’s not like a golf school.

In golf, Dr Rick’s clients include more than 50 touring pros on the PGA, LPGA and Champions Tours. Dr. Jensen’s clients have won a total of more than $65 million in career earnings and 199 tour victories. Fourteen of his clients have won at least one major championship and have combined to win a total of 33 majors.

Books and Links

Certified Golf Coaches
Dr Rick’s Website

Dr Rick Jensen: Where most instructors fall short – part 1

Dr Rick Jensen Golf Coach Dr Rick Jensen is an author, presenter and world-class coach, Rick Jensen, Ph.D., is the founder of Dr. Rick Jensen’s Performance Center and is an internationally recognized performance consultant and sport psychologist. In the first part of the interview he goes over his story of how he started in golf, developing into a sport physiologist helping professional players play their best on the PGA tour. (you might not know that he taught for a little while before this)

We talk about why tour players continually come to Dr Rick and he walks through where most instructors fall short and what specifically he does with students to get results. Here’s a hint – He’s known as the “practice guru”

If you’re an instructor… Dr Rick believes you’re missing some key elements in helping your students improve. Find out what they are in the interview.

Books and Links

Certified Golf Coaches
Dr Rick’s Website

Henry Brunton: Certified Golf Coach – part 2

Henry Brunton Golf Coaching Canada

Henry has written two very well received books on training high performance players. We talk a little bit about those and the impact it has had on his business.

Teaming up with Dr Rick Jensen; Henry is a part of the founders of the Certified Golf Coach training, a three level program will be conducted worldwide beginning in 2013. He tells a great story of someone who went through the program and has had success doing coaching in an environment you might not expect her to be successful in.

He shares a discount code at the end of the interview for any book purchases from his website.
henrybrunton.com/High-Performance-Golf.item

And his other book Journey to Excellence

Links Mentioned
henrybrunton.com/
certifiedgolfcoach.com/