Michael Carroll is a long, long way from home, working with golfers in California. “In Ireland golf is popular but it’s still a niche, whereas there are huge numbers playing it in America.”There are three main things that strength and conditioning coaches can help golfers with, he says. A really good way to help the weekend guy is to give them a good warm-up programme before they play. “And if they’re playing golf eight months a year, two or three times a week, that’s racking up exercise for them, and they’re getting more flexible. Carroll points out that video- and app-based training is likely to become more and more common in sports, not least because of costs.

Source: Irish Examiner October 29, 2019 06:00 UTC