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When you teach a kid to swim, would you throw them in the swimming pool at the deep end and hope for the best ? No you would give them arm bands to support them then you would teach them the motion and the stroke.

The arm bands would support them and give them confidence.

Explanar is simply arm bands for golfers

This is the 4th teaching format you can utilise to teach with Explanar this winter.

One of the most dynamic Golf Professionals, at the forefront of Golf Retail and Coaching is Chris Potter. Based at the Norfolk Premier Driving Range, Chris operates a superb retail Golf Shop and also has one of the busiest Golf Academy’s in the country. Chris Potter was the first colleague of mine to introduce Explanar to his Driving Range; not one to do things by halves, he purchased TWO Professional Explanars. He quickly realised how busy the Explanar would be within his lessons so he needed the second Explanar to hire out to his pupils.

So, instead of it being £5 for a bucket of balls, it now became £10 to hire the Power Roller. Importantly, Chris would only permit pupils to hire the Power Roller after they had taken at least four ½ hour lessons and knew how to use the Explanar safely and correctly. Also, it ensured that Chris’s pupils would go away and practise correctly what they were shown in the lesson. Surprisingly, hiring the Power Roller also led to incremental sales of Explanar Home System as pupils recognised the benefit of regular short sessions daily.

Advertise free “taster” sessions of only 10 minutes: the instant improvement will almost certainly generate new revenue. Imagine investing 1 hour to give six 10-minute sessions; Sam Jarman, Head of Instruction at Collingtree Park Golf Club is confident that three of those six golfers will then book a full lesson. He finds it very easy to invite golfers on the Driving Range to step into his Explanar and feel it’s benefits.

Sell Group Coaching Sessions over an 8 to 12 week term to include Explanar instruction; pupils can continue to use Explanar as you work down the line to teach each pupil. Include a 7-iron club within the price, this is a very effective way to start pupils off with club purchasing. You can explain that custom fitting is especially important at the entry stage; it’s not just for established golfers. Remind them how much care is taken to ensure that a child’s first pair of shoes fit perfectly. In the same way, the “lie” of the golf club has the biggest effect on a golfer’s progress in learning their golf swing.

Hire the Power Roller alongside a bucket of balls. This way the pupil can alternate between hitting shots and swinging within Explanar.

Only permit Power Roller Hire after a golfer has had at least four ½ hour lessons on Explanar. Make sure they know their individual settings and the absolute need to swing the PowerRoller smoothly and very slowly.

Download our full Booklet on Teaching with Explanar this winter and the poster designs to promote your lessons within your facility. (just click the links and you will be prompted to "save as" and download)

Make Winter, Make Money (PDF)

Make Winter, Make Money (Powerpoint)

Winter Teaching Posters

This is the 3rd lesson format for teaching with Explanar this winter.

How to teach with Explanar and your video camera equipment.

Introduce concept of Video+Explanar – See It! Feel It! Do It!  (10 mins)
Film pupil “Face-On” and “Down the Line” (5 mins).
Show pupil “Down the Line” at address: draw in the “Optimum Biomechanical Swing Plane with graphic line (more).
Freeze frame pupil at the Top of the Backswing.
Explain why Butt/Shaft/ Head/Face are out of or across OBSP. (5 mins)
Set Explanar correctly and work within machine (5 to 10 mins)
Film again “Down the Line” to show how much closer their swing has become to the OBSP. (5 mins.)
Finish by hitting more shots mixed with bursts of Explanar. (10 mins.)
Clarify the need to adjust the Explanar to suit the individual pupil AND to alter the setting to suit the club in use e.g. Flatter for Driver-Upright for Wedge.
UPSELL OPPORTUNITY- Burn a DVD of the Lesson for the pupil to take home.

Download our full Booklet on Teaching with Explanar this winter and the poster designs to promote your lessons within your facility. (just click the links and you will be prompted to "save as" and download)

Make Winter, Make Money (PDF)

Make Winter, Make Money (Powerpoint)

Winter Teaching Posters

This is the second lesson format for teaching with Explanar this winter.

Senior Golfers

The golfing population’s average age is increasing; at Woburn we have a group of forty to fifty Senior golfers who meet for a “swindle” twice a week. Explanar has radically improved my Senior pupils and many of them recognise the physical benefits of using it. Simply by supervising a Senior pupil on how best to use Explanar, they can get back significant distance they thought they had lost forever. I get a real buzz from using Explanar with these very keen golfers – it’s like soaking a rusty hinge in WD40 and seeing them move freely and effortlessly.

Groups of 6 works well – make sure you take the money up front! It is vital to the financial success of group coaching to sell the package as a series of 4. You could stretch these sessions to 8 for this type of coaching to make the price attractive to Seniors (or keep the extra for yourself because you’ll have to work quicker with 8!).
Use your Launch Monitor or simulator to demonstrate “Before and After”.
Anticipate increasing Club Head speed by at least 10% after the first session.
Mix freely by alternating from Explanar to real shot often – Explanar for 4 minutes then Driver/3 Wood for 10 minutes.

If you succeed in mixing good Shoulder Coil and “oily” wrists your Seniors should automatically keep their left arm in line in the Backswing. Never, tell a pupil to consciously “keep the Left arm straight” – it’s a disaster! If they try to do it, their wrists will seize up and the left arm will bend even more.
Go to my video link, “Explanar for Seniors” (3rd video down) to see how to fix a bent left arm correctly.

Download our full Booklet on Teaching with Explanar this winter and the poster designs to promote your lessons within your facility. (just click the links and you will be prompted to "save as" and download)

Make Winter, Make Money (PDF)

Make Winter, Make Money (Powerpoint)

Winter Teaching Posters

This is the first Explanar lesson format from our Booklet on teaching with Explanar this winter.

Offer coaching on specific areas of need and overcome the fear that “you’ll ruin me if you change everything”.
Run series of “troubleshooting” clinics. Advertise group lessons for 6 people over 4 sessions – if you normally charge £60 per hour- charge £120 for the four 2 hour sessions. They get 8 hours @ a rate of £30 – you earn £720 for 8 hours and earn £90 per hour.
 
Lesson 1 - Learn how to “DRAW” the ball with your swing today!
Lesson 2 - Learn how to hit a HIGH shot with your swing today!
Lesson 3 - Learn how to hit a LOW shot with your swing today!
Lesson 4 - Learn how to “FADE” the ball with your swing today!

Download our full Booklet on Teaching with Explanar this winter and the poster designs to promote your lessons within your facility. (just click the links and you will be prompted to "save as" and download)

Make Winter, Make Money (PDF)

Make Winter, Make Money (Powerpoint)

Winter Teaching Posters

... sup coffee.

Winter can be a mixed blessing for P.G.A. Professionals. On one hand it’s good to have a rest after a busy season, on the other, the downturn in business can prevent one relaxing and enjoying the break.
 
I believe that the clouds of winter can have a “silver lining” by capitalising on all the strengths that Explanar has to offer. Like us Pro’s, the amateur golfer is disappointed by the enforced break in golfing activity due to wet and cold weather. As the inventor of the Explanar Golf Training & Fitness System , I am confident that you can make more income in the winter, by motivating your pupils and engaging them in constructive coaching and practice. You will earn more money from increased lesson activity; your pupils will become loyal customers when you radically improve their game.
 
So, you have a choice! Stay in the shop, drink coffee and wish your life away, or, take control, motivate your pupils and get yourself ready for the spring so you hit the ground running.

The following blog posts will contain formats you can use to teach with Explanar over the winter. In addition, we have supporting poster material to promote your lessons at your facility.