EGTF Diploma Course 1 – 7 July 2012, UK
L – R: Bill Abbott, Sarot Sun Pantong, James Attwood, Matt Bacon, Graeme Mattocks, Mike Graf, Pascale Bon, Riccardo Valoti
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Quintic Ball Roll Software
I have been lucky enough to witness the new Quintic Ball Roll Software up close and see the benefits of the kind of information that it produces, which has not been available to golf coaches before.
Quintic Ball Roll was designed by Dr Paul Hurrion, European Tour Coach and biomechanics expert, to allow us to see what the ball was doing when struck by the putter. Obviously the naked eye doesn’t give anywhere near the full picture, so Paul developed the analysis software to help improve the mechanics of the stroke through the information it produces and also to help fit putters properly.
Quintic Ball Roll is currently being used on Tour by most of the major putter manufacturers to test their putters in the hands of the Tour Pro’s and trying to find the optimum balance of stroke mechanics and putter to create the best roll possible.
The system can calculate initial launch angle of the ball, hook and cut spin, when true roll occurs, whether the ball will go in the hole at certain lengths of putt through the push/pull data and much more. Although the cost is around £5,000, the package includes everything you would need to start a Putting Academy and set yourself above others in the golf teaching field. I would highly recommend this to anyone who wants to take teaching putting to the highest level.
A recent trip to Germany for the Masters Course allowed me to put the EGTF students through the ball roll system and allow them to see what actually needs to be changed to ensure they make more putts. EGTF Pro, Marvin Buschmann brought his system along for the guys to try, and after speaking to Marvin it was clear that the purchase of the Quintic Ball Roll Software has really helped him create a niche market that most Pro’s don’t seem interested in.
The results were as always, quite eye opening and with a better understanding of what is actually going on at impact when putting, along with some excellent high speed video from the Casio EX-F1, we were able to put the guys onto the correct path to holing more putts.
For more information on the Quintic Ball Roll Software, take a look on http://www.quinticballroll.com/ or contact the Quintic Head Office on 01676 535 666
Rory McIlroy using Quintic Ball Roll
Dr Paul Hurrion and his Quintic Analysis Software
Quintic in action at the EGTF Masters Course in Germany
Putting fitting at the Masters Course
A summary of each putt can be viewed
Push/Pull Data
EGTF Diploma Course 20 – 26 May 2012, UK
L – R: Jeremy Creffield, Barry O’Flanagan, Bill Abbott, Ashley Morrisson, Jamie Robinson, Lewis Ainsworth
EGTF Diploma Course 22 – 28 April 2012, UK
L – R: Len Stanley, Anthony Coghlan, Bill Abbott, Douglas Moore, George Nicholson
EGTF Diploma Course 1 – 7 April 2012, UK
L – R: Andrew Price, Bill Abbott, Matthew Neal
ON COURSE FOUNDATION
GOLF SONPARC MENORCA S.L.
EGTF golf teaching Professional, Danny Duffain, recently arranged for 10 ex-soldiers to come out for a week’s golf instruction and competitions at Golf Son Parc in Menorca. All the guys had either lost limbs or been wounded in some way, and they were all part of the On Course Foundation which has been formed simply to give something back to our injured soldiers.
For more information on the Foundation, please go to http://www.oncoursefoundation.com/ It is truly inspiring.
EGTF Pro Am Spain 2012
Murcia – 20-24 February 2012
The annual EGTF Pro Am took place down in sunny Murcia at the end of February this year and it was another lovely affair, with golf, good weather and great people.
For many, being able to play golf at this time of year is a real bonus, and probably the reason we see the same faces each year, all desperate to get out onto the fairways.
This year we chose to play mainly on Las Collinas Golf Course, which was voted best new course in Europe last year, and it always lives up to its billing, being a firm but fair test.
On the Tuesday we played a Texas Scramble, which is always a great way to start any golf week. You can make some birdies and play from some areas not normally associated with many peoples’ games!!
My team scored a very respectable 61 (10 under par gross), which we thought was great. Unfortunately we came second from bottom with this score!! I knew it was going to be a tough school this week! The winning team was lead by EGTF Pro Joe Smith, whose team scored a magnificent 53.5 (17.5 under par).
The main competition was held over three days and always provides a true test of who is playing the best golf. We had an EGTF Pro’s tournament, an Amateur tournament and a Team event, to keep everyone in with a chance of winning something.
Day 1 witnessed some excellent golf in all competitions, with Ryan Boal shooting a level par round of 71, followed by Stewart Craig with a 72 to top the Pro’s board. There were also a number of good scores in the Amateur section, with Willie Stewart leading after the first round with 40 points. The Team title had Montrose LK just edging things on Day 1 with a score of 119 points.
Scenes from Las Collinas Golf Course
Day 2 was held at the lovely Mar Menor Golf Resort, designed by Jack Nicklaus. As they say on tour it was moving day, with Stewart Craig getting himself into the lead of the Pro event with another solid round of level par 72, along with Martin Park who posted an excellent -1 under par score of 71. Ryman Smith shot a fantastic best of the week round of -4 under par 68 to take the lead in the Amateur event (Ryman was playing off 3 handicap). Montrose LK continued their lead with more solid play and a score of 108 points.
Scenes from Mar Menor Golf Course
Day 3 – The final day of excitement, with a superb last day charge from Ryan Boal coming through with a fantastic round of -3 under par 68 at Las Collinas, taking the Pro event by 3 shots from Martin Park in second place. Ryman Smith continued to shine in the Amateur event shooting 36 points, and taking the Amateur event by 5 points from Mike Boyle in second. La Manga team, lead by Ryan Boal came through the rails and pinched the title from Montrose LK, with a last round of 122 points.
Pre and Post Game Scenes from Las Collinas on Day 3
The presentation evening was again a lovely affair, with the players all winding down at the end of an excellent week of golf, with a few drinks and stories.
Congratulations to the winners and a huge thankyou to everyone who turned up and made the week so entertaining.
The Winners
- Wyke Green – Texas Scramble Winners
Ryan Boal - EGTF Pro Winner
Ryman Smith - Amateur Winner
Team Winners - La Manga
My final thanks go to Gavin and Paula, who once again combined to run the tournament to their usual high standards and make sure everyone had an enjoyable time in Murcia.
A Small Selection of the Teams
Bill Abbott's Team
Stewart Craig's Team
Pete Stopford's Team
Mark Miller's Team
EGTF Diploma Course 12 – 18 February 2012, Spain
Back Row L-R: Paul Tolley, Terry Hydes, Michael Cernohuby, Ryan West, Dave Chapman, Adrien Vanhamme, Bill Abbott
Front Row L-R: Pavel Landa, Thilo Koessler, Ole Roemer, Mark Cato
EGTF China
The EGTF have been exploring new Countries for many years, making it a truly global golf teaching organisation.
China is a developing golf nation and we were asked to go there two years ago and help create golf teaching professionals for the new emerging golf population.
We have delivered three courses so far, all with great success, and as the golf boom takes off, we will continue to go back and help provide top quality golf teachers there.
We have some good partnerships forming in China with companies looking to get involved at the initial stages in the teaching and training aspects of golf. There are many potential new golfers looking for help, so it is inevitable that China will become the next major golf nation to emerge, obviously as long as there are enough golf teaching professionals to help at the grass roots level.
I look forward to continuing my association with the golfing people of China.
Gallery from our first few Courses in China
Feedback from our Members – CPD Days, Spain, 14-16 November 2011
I had the chance to take part in the November 2011 EGTF CPD Courses at Oliva Nova Resort, Spain. The Courses were delivered in such a great, professional and structured way from start to finish.
All three instructors (Bill, Martin and Paul) have a great personality and shared their immense knowledge in such a refreshing and professional way.
The three CPD Courses I attended showed me another side to golf and renewed my enthusiasm for the game and teaching it. The Courses were just amazing.
Thomas Cathomen
Therefore I would like to thank once again Bill, Martin and Paul for three unforgetable days that delivered to me far more than expected and made me proud to be an EGTF Member. I can only highly recommend the EGTF CPD Courses to others.
Thomas Cathomen
EGTF Professional
December 2011
An Appreciation – Bob Barnes, Proprietor, Cambridge Lakes Golf Course
Having completed the Diploma course at Oliva Nova in February, 2001 and attended other EGTF courses at Forthview and Darenth Valley, I was delighted to have the opportunity of returning to Spain for yet another EGTF learning experience.
Paul Tolley, Martin Park and Bill Abbott put together 3 incredible days, skilfully combining in-depth classroom work with invaluable sessions on Oliva Nova’s excellent practice facilities.
Paul Tolley’s “Vision Training for Golf” day explained how differently our eyes interpret information leading to errors in aiming and judging distances.
Paul has obviously studied this subject in great depth and we were fortunate to benefit from his knowledge and experience.
Practical exercises and tests revealed our own tendencies and numerous drills gave us ways to improve our ability to aim and judge distances especially on the putting green.
Martin Park’s “Studio 54 Performance Coaching” day was also a massive eye opener and covered literally dozens of practical, logical ways in which we can maximise our performance and that of our pupils with a much-reduced emphasis on making technical changes.
Using just a few of Martin’s ideas I have radically improved my own approach to practising and playing and have no doubt that our pupils will benefit from Studio 54’s extremely clear blueprint for improvement.
Incidentally, Martin made the long trip from his club in Denmark so many thanks for that too!
Bill Abbott’s Putting Improvement day was similarly revealing with the latest bio-mechanic analysis, challenging putting tests, before and after videos of our putting strokes and, as ever, high quality, state-of-the art information, all presented very clearly and professionally.
Bob Barnes
Throughout the day, Bill displayed his usual patience and enthusiasm for his subject as he took us through the various changes required to our putting strokes all of which showed great improvement in a remarkably short time.
All in all, 3 tremendous days made even better by a great group of guys, Daniel from Seville, Thomas from Switzerland (via Venezuela and Dubai!), Walter from Austria and Willem from Holland.
As on all the other EGTF courses I have attended, we worked very hard but with plenty of banter and good fun to keep the adrenaline flowing and the cortisol at bay.
As EGTF members we are uniquely fortunate to have senior coaches who are enthusiastic, knowledgeable and professional communicators and who, perhaps most importantly, have a keen desire to share all the information that they have gleaned over the years.
I would like to thank all those who made these 3 days possible and urge fellow EGTF members to sign up as soon as these courses are next available.
I guarantee you will learn more than you could ever imagine.