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Martin's
Instruction Gains National Recognition
The reputation
of the Martin Green Golf Academy continues to grow, not only through
the successes of Green’s famous students, but from the many
students who continue to show improvement long after leaving the
school.
Recently, the
Martin Green Golf Academy was voted as one of the TOP UP & COMING
golf schools in the Annual GOLF Magazine TOP 25 GOLF SCHOOLS issue.
It stated “...that the Martin Green Golf Academy was one of
the few schools that, while relatively new, has generated a solid
reputation and certainly deserves a closer look if you are considering
attending a golf school...”
GOLF & TRAVEL
Magazine named it one of the country’s top schools and said
for pure ball striking break throughs there is no better school.
The PLAYERS JOURNAL cited the Academy for its “Quality of Instruction”
and “Overall Student Improvement” and ranked it one of
the TOP TWO schools in the country.
Green has a
solid professional background, coming to America in 1996
from Europe where he played the European PGA TOUR for many years.
His philosophies are somewhat different from most of todays’
instructors in that he teaches a pushing of the clubhead through
the ball rather than the traditional thought of pulling the clubhead
through. He teaches function rather than aesthetics and believes
that the hands are the source of control during the swing, not the
big muscle of the back, which so many modern teachers are preaching.
One of Henry-Griffitts'
most successful clubfitters, Martin Green, is swiftly turning the
Martin Green Golf Academy into one of the region's most respected
centers of golf instruction. Green's teaching philosophy dovetails
neatly with the basic HG principle of promoting balance in the golf
swing. "We talk a lot about maintaining a stable base," says Green.
"But we emphasize that doesn't mean a still or static base. In other
words, your feet and legs aren't motionless, but throughout the swing
the necessary power to create solid shots is always provided by the
base." Among Green's other fundamental concepts are "establishing
momentum for the clubhead and retaining that momentum as the clubhead
squares to the target line. It's hard to trust a swing in which the
player is coming toward the ball without momentum and needing to fire
his wrist and hands to create power".
“People
who come here really improve” said Mark Cowart, Director of
Marketing for the Martin Green Golf Academy. Because Martin’s
instruction is drill based, you can’t move from one drill to
the next until you’ve mastered the previous one.”
Green says the
number of women attending schools has increased significantly over
the past two years and he has noticed differences in learning styles
between genders. “In our profession, if you have the right
information and teaching tools, you can sometimes achieve amazingly
swift progress. That’s a great feeling for teacher and student.”
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