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May, 2011
Preserving Good Posture
Watch Tim and Ilhee Lee on Inside Texas Golf
Tim recommends
Tempo Teacher. A simple golf training aid that helps golfers of all
abilities hit longer, straighter shots.
Tempo Teacher recently received a 5 star review. Read it at the
Examiner.
Want
a perfect lesson? Find out how in this interview with Tim at the
Examiner.
Tim
talks about Rolex Junior Player of the Year Anthony Paolucci in this interview
with the
Examiner.
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you a great golf diagnostician? Test yourself with Tim's short golf
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return it to you!
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Current News:
Anthony Paolucci Named Rolex Junior Player of the Year
Paolucci Named Rolex Junior Player of the Year
Four Seasons Resort and Club Named Titleist Top 100 "Green Grass" Facility in U.S.
The
Four Seasons Resort and Club has been named by Titleist as a Top 100
"Green Grass" Fitting Facility in the United States. The Four
Seasons Resort and Club is the leading facility in the Dallas area (of only
three named to the list). The Top 100 list is determined based on
equipment sales volume at Titleist's more than 1,500 "green grass" fitting
facilities in the U.S.
Tim Selected to Titleist Leadership Advisory Staff
Tim Cusick has been a member of the Titleist Golf Staff since 2005. In 2009 he
was selected to the Titleist Leadership Advisory Staff.
This staff is made up of PGA Golf Professionals that have excelled at a very
high level in Teaching, Playing and promoting the game of golf at their clubs
and throughout their PGA Sections. Titleist recognizes this elite group of Golf
Professionals for their dedication and commitment to excellence in serving the
game of golf and their profession.
Tim Wins NTPGA Teacher of the Year
January 2010
Tim
was awarded the NTPGA Teacher of the Year award for 2009. He was also the
2005 recipient of this award for teaching excellence.
Recent and Coming Events:
Tim Cusick's Teaching the Teacher™
February 20-21, 2011
Teaching
the Teacher™ was held at the Four Seasons Resort and Club,
Irving TX, February 20-21, 2011.
Tim Cusick's Coaching Champions™ (formerly, Teaching the Teacher)
Learn the secrets of Tim Cusick's award winning teaching methods at Tim Cusick's Coaching Champions™ (formerly, Teaching the Teacher) seminars. In two days, Tim delivers his personal thoughts and ideas on teaching the game and demonstrates the teaching style that has helped both amateurs and professionals play better golf. Attendees will learn:
- To make your students their own best teachers by helping them to understand their faults and how to correct them.
- To use a combination of learning strategies to accelerate the
improvement process:
- Verbal - Describe the mistake and the correction.
- Visual - Demonstrate the mistake and the correction using video analysis or a mirror.
- Kinetic - Use a "hands on" approach to let the student feel the
correction.
- Tim's "hands on" technique allows the student to not only get the proper feel, but also allows the instructor to feel how ingrained the mistake is. This allows the instructor to exaggerate a movement to help the student feel the change more rapidly.
- To analyze the trajectory and curvature of the ball's flight and clubface impact to isolate the mistake that will provide the most immediate improvement for the student. This technique provides positive results for the student - and the instructor - in a short period of time.
Attendees also have the opportunity to observe live lessons and get an evaluation of their own golf swing. Attendance at the seminars contributes 8 hours toward educationsl requirements for PGA Professionals.
To find out more about how Tim's Coaching Champions™ (formerly, Teaching the Teacher) seminars can improve your skills - and your swing check out the sample agenda below and then Contact Us.
Tim will be in Germany for two Coaching Champions™ (formerly, Teaching the Teacher) seminars in September, 2011. For more information see: German Teaching the Teacher Facts
Two audio excerpts from Tim's seminars are available by clicking on the links below:
Coaching Champions - Four Components of Analyzing a Swing
Coaching Champions - Managing Frustration at a Lesson
Audio from Tim's appearances on KLIF 570 AM radio Golfer's Home show are also avilable below:
Quotes from recent attendees:
"If I could only attend one seminar this year, I would choose the "Coaching Champions" seminar by Tim Cusick. It is that good."
Klas Olsson, Head Professional, Royal Copenhagen Golf Club, Copenhagen, Denmark
"I consider Tim Cusick my mentor. I felt I had a pretty good grasp on how
to teach when I applied for an instructor postion at the Hank Haney Golf
Ranch in McKinney, TX in 2006. Tim was the Director of Instruction and his
job was to teach all new employees the Haney method. I learned so much more
about how to teach from Tim than I expected. He emphasized the swing plane,
the proper impact, how to move students into the proper position but more
importantly; how to properly analyze and correct a students swing problems.
Learning to teach is an ever changing proposition, that's why I sought out
Tim's two-day Teaching the Teacher Seminar this past February. It was a
good refresher class for me, but I also learned several new wrinkles that I
am applying in my lessons today."
Johnny Williams, PGA Assistant Golf Professional, Heritage Ranch Golf &
Country Club, NTPGA Board Member & NTPGA Education Chairman
"Tim's teaching philosophy and style make diagnosing and correcting swing
flaws quick and easy. His explainations of the swing were clear and easy to
translate into my own teaching style. His 'hands on' training was
very helpful to me as a teacher and I can see my students improving because
of it. The best part was that I learned how to teach my students about their
own swing, so they can correct their mistakes when I am not around."
Chad Moscovic, Prestonwood CC, PGA Level 3 Apprentice
Price:
- Seminars held at the Four Seasons Resort and Club/Dallas - $600 per student
- Custom, off-site seminars - $2,500 per day plus expenses
Sample Agenda
Day One
8:00-8:30 AM
Breakfast
8:30-9:00 AM
Opening
9:00-1100AM
Discussion of four components (impact curvature, trajectory, contact) for diagnosing golf swings. Discussion of the swing plane and how it relates to ball flight.
11:00-12:00 PM
Live lesson
12:00-1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30-2:30 PM
Importance of moving students into correct positions during a lesson, how it's done, followed by active participation.
2:30-4:30 PM
Participants work on their game with instruction from Tim Cusick.
Day Two
8:00-8:30 AM
Breakfast
8:30-9:00 AM
Question and answer from day one session
9:00-12:00 PM
Live lessons (video and ball flight) with a variety of golfers at different levels.
12:00-1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30-2:00 PM
Ideas to help market your business.
2:00-3:00 PM
Discussion on teaching the short game.
3:00-4:30 PM
Participants work on their full swing and short game with instruction from Tim Cusick.