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TOUR COACH with Tony Ruggiero

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Go behind the scenes, inside the ropes and on the road with Golf Digest Top 50\Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor Tony Ruggiero as he sits and chats with the players, teachers, coaches and influences he works with and runs into teaching and developing the best players at the highest levels! Top rated teacher and long time Dewsweeper Jackson Koert joins the Tour Coach squad to provide mini interviews for more help and perspective on how you can get better! If you like The Tour Coach please comment and let us know! Also follow our content on Dewsweeper Tv on YouTube!
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Episodes

Old Palm round table

Tony is joined by Dr. Scott Lynn, Mark Hackett, Dan Terlescki and members of Palm Golf Club to talk about what exercises and areas to focus on for injuries, or adjusting training to accommodate changes in physical ability. They share a variety a ways to improve balance, strength training and how to use your hands and arms to alleviate pressure. They also discuss technology, focusing on movement, setup, screening and so much more as they take questions from members of the club. Learn more about y...

Sep 08, 202236 min

Coaching Roundtable: Best Advice, Training Drills and Paying it Forward

Tony Ruggiero is joined by Callaghan Elzey, Jackson Koert and Mark Hackett. Callahan is a teaching pro, who joined the group for a weekend to observe and work on his own game. He shares how Tony’s approach to coaching inspired him to reach out to learn directly from the source. Each coach passes on their best advice to Callaghan. Tony and Emilio talk training for Q School, and the importance of having a hyper focused practice plan in place is key to training. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Sep 01, 202233 min

How to use social media as a teacher and a golfer to improve

Tony is joined by Luke Kerr Dineen, Jackson Koert, Justin Parsons and Wayne Flint to discuss how coaches can develop their influence with social media and improving player’s performance. Luke shares his experience as a player and Golf Magazine/GOLF.com Editor, to give tips on what’s impactful to their audience and the average golfer, that can build traction for teachers. You’ll also hear from each of the coaches on keeping your coaching SIMPLE because being complicated is NOT a compliment. Every...

Aug 12, 202232 min

Lee Trevino's #1 fan talks how he's improved through research

Tony sits down with Armando, from Lee Trevino's #1 fan page, to talk about how he decided to research Trevino and how it's improved his game. He shares his journey becoming a better recreational golfer, the less traditional information he's discovered. They get into the nitty gritty of training. This episode is full of interesting tips on weekend warrior transforming his game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 04, 202231 min

Chris Mayson: How coaches learn from great players

Tony is joined by Chris Mayson to talk about all things coaching, from juniors to tour players. Chris shares how he started coaching, and what’s changed since he first started. He shares the challenges and solutions that he uses with teaching players at different levels, as well as the essential tools a coach should have. This episode is full of excellent advice for coaches who teach players at all levels! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 21, 202235 min

Peter Sanders: Understanding your every shot

Peter Sanders joins Tony on the podcast to share how he created Shot by Shot, now called Strokes Gained analysis. Peter's expertise in analyzing data and stats through the years, he shares the commonalities he’s found amongst players at each level, the stats of average players on Tour, the similarities of winner’s data and the direct correlations of data and the outcome. Jam-packed with stats, you’ll learn great information for improving you or your players’ game. Learn more about your ad choice...

Jul 15, 202236 min

Commitment To The Plan

Tony sits down with Kolby and Greg to discuss the US Open, the level of commitment it takes for players to compete at the highest level, the value of consistency over time, and how any player is vulnerable to settling into comfort zones after stretches of success. Their conversation is full of insight for all coaches and players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 23, 202230 min

Effective Practice - Doral Round Table

Effective Practice - Doral Round Table by Tony Ruggiero [powered by Golf Science Lab] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 14, 202238 min

Justin Parsons: Coaching Human Beings

Justin Parsons joins Tony Ruggiero, to talk about how to understand the individuality of your players and their tendencies. They share unique challenges with players, as well as coaching from a point of view that is holistic, including aspects outside of golf and their performance. Justin shares how he coaches on Tour, uncovers his players’ success and how he believes that by adding changes can also mean taking away from areas that are working. This episode is great for teachers and players who ...

Jun 02, 202231 min

Adam Schriber: what you need to do to be good at playing and coaching

Tony Ruggeiro has Adam Schriber on the podcast, he shares his secrets on developing young players, the key to understanding their patterns developed in a specific age windows, learning movement patterns. They also talk about their ways of solving players' problems, how they keep their players on the track of getting better. This episode is filled with tons of great stories and advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 27, 202231 min

Brady Riggs: Owning your swing and teaching in our 50s

Tony Ruggiero and Brady Riggs talk about how their coaching perspectives have changed in the past two years, and their greatest means to keep learning along with the best advice they received throughout their careers. They talk about the benefit of challenging your own coaching and being wrong, as well as getting fired for being right. This episode is full of great stories, and practical insights. Brady Riggs has more than 30 years of experience in golf instruction, Riggs has been named as one o...

May 19, 202232 min

John Tillery: Managing the Challenges of Coaching on Tour

John Tillery, PGA Tour Coach works with Scott Brown, Roberto Castro, Brice Garnett, Kevin Kisner, Rick Lamb, Will McGirt, and Brandt Snedeker as well as mini-tour professionals and up-and-coming collegiate athletes. He’s previously been selected as one of Golf Digest’s Best Young Teachers in America, Golf Digest’s #6 Best Teacher in the state of Georgia and the Georgia PGA Teacher of the Year. Tony and John discuss the many factors of coaching Tour Players, where he starts when working with some...

May 10, 202233 min

The Relentless Pursuit of Better Coaching

Tony Ruggiero sits down with Kevin Kirk and Jackson Koert hold a Q&A to talk about the pursuit of better coaching. Kevin transitioned into coaching after playing professional for six years. He explains what he's learned at looking back to his time as a player, becoming a good teacher, and why he believes the next ground breaking ideas for golf will come from outside of the insdustry. He also shares his greatest advice on staying curious, building a network, and why taking pauses to reconside...

Apr 22, 202246 min

The Process of Improving: Q&A with Dr. Scott Lynn and Eric Brunner

Tony Ruggiero, Dr. Scott Lynn and Eric Brunner answer questions from club golfers at a weekend retreat. They share their insights on topics about consistency, different disciplines ever coach should know, overestimating how good tour players are, learning strategies on how to deal with your bad shots, dealing with mental blocks, the drills they use, why you should separate your training and so much more. Packed with great advice! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 08, 202238 min

Rick Lamb: Monday Mindset

Tony and Rick Lamb talk about his training the past two and a half years. Rick talks about what he learned from the choices he's made for and how they've impacted his game. He also shares how communication is the most important factor working with his team, his thought process going forward, focusing on Monday qualifiers and all his takeaways from the Honda Classic and US Open. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 24, 202234 min

Richard Lee: the Journey from Player to Coach

Tony sits down with Richard Lee, to hear how he transitioned from playing on Tour to Coaching. He speaks candid about his biggest challenges post injury as a player, uncertainty of making the pivot to teaching and finding his unique way of communication and coaching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 18, 202230 min

Zack Sucher: The process of getting better!

Tony and Zack Sucher sit down to talk about a year that didn't get the results that Zack had hoped for. He shares how he took responsibility and what drills and focus to change his performance. Amazing episode on his process of the changes he's made and how it's impacted his game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 04, 202230 min

Team Coaching: its future and how to make it work

Coming off a weekend program for developing Juniors, Tony Ruggiero sits down with Kevin Kirk, Kevin Sprecher and Ian Highfield to talk about all things coaching. From the mistakes that young teachers make, how to make learning stick and what they've learned from personal experience. They discuss Team Coaching in depth; its benefits, how to manage it, and its potential detriments, if it's missing vital factors, such as discipline, and structure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

Feb 25, 202235 min

Social Media, Getting Fired, Developing Players and Measuring

Tony is joined by Brady Riggs, Oscar Sachs, John Ray Leary for a candid and thorough conversation of current events happening in golf to the many ways to develop players, how social media conveys a singular message but isn't a holistic insight into instruction, the timeless styles of coaching, and an all-around engaging discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 18, 202242 min

Claude Harmon III: A family legacy of teaching and pushing instruction forward

This episode is a forum with Claude Harmon III. He shares what he gained from growing up in a golf family, and being on tour from a very early age with them. He has tons of great stories and the most important lessons that he learned from watching his father teach, and how it influenced his mentoring approach. They talk about how to keep pushing and self-development, teachers who are pushing golf forward now and your responsibility as a coach. Also make sure to listen out for our GIVEAWAY! 1. Le...

Feb 09, 202254 min

Round Table: Stats and Saber Metrics and Golf Development

Tony Ruggiero is joined by Kevin Kirk, Greg Cartin, Wayne Flint and Scott Lynn to talk about statistics, saber metrics and keys for development . They talk about how coaching data points matters if and only they actually make a difference in performance; and it’s player dependent. Technology gives a comprehensive, big picture but it requires pulling out the specific information for each individual player. They share how valuable experience and time is with getting to the point in knowing which i...

Feb 02, 202231 min

Ted Sheftic: 56 years of teaching and Ted’s secret move !

Golf Magazine’s Top 100 Teacher, Ted Sheftic, joins Tony Ruggiero to talk about what’s the same and what’s changed in his 56 years of teaching. They talk about the greats of golf instruction, and how instruction has changed over time. They discuss how even with advancing training technology, the information still points back to the importance of timeless fundamentals. Ted and Tony share their favorite training aid, talk about developing juniors and so much more. An amazing episode with a brillia...

Jan 28, 202232 min

Jason Baile: the journey to being a top teacher and teaching tour players and developing talent

Tony Ruggerio is joined by Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher, Jason Baile. Jason Baile is the PGA Director of Instruction at Jupiter Hills. He shares his coaching journey, and how he started coaching Tour Players, the greatest coaching lessons that helped him get there, and the foundations to creating the greatest team. He explains how a crucial part to being on the same page is as a team is using the same language. He also shares his philosophies with working with tour players, and shares specific ...

Jan 20, 202231 min

Use of 3D, Modern Trends & Old Seve Stories

Derwynne Honan, Wayne Flint and Tony talk about using 3D and applying it to help players. Derwynne has played in three British Opens, and has played with big players over the years. He’s learned a lot from them, and points out that they’re playing the game at a different level but in the same way, not over complicating it. They dive into how 3D has been around for 25 years but finding out its greatest benefits to players is not changing to become a number but focusing on maintaining the best aut...

Jan 05, 202243 min

TC094 Christmas Eve - Dream Team

Tony brings the Dewsweeper Dream Team together. Kolby Tullier and Dr. Greg Cartin join him to talk about how they all started working together. They describe the best parts, why it works, and how they push each other to get better. They also talk about the agility of improvement, the key components that they each bring to an athlete's success, and share how to build a team of experts on your own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 30, 202134 min

Talking the Dewsweeper Culture and Future of Instruction

Tony is joined by Cody McBride, from "No Laying Up", Wayne Flint and Ryan Smith, to talk about the unique culture of “The Dewsweeper” and the future of instruction. Tony’s guests share their Dewsweeper experience, from what their expectations from what they’ve seen on his Instagram to training in person. They also share what they’ve been focusing on with their players and what’s effective for instruction and players going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 21, 202137 min

Jimmy Johnson: Lessons from Great Players

Tony talks with Jimmy Johnson, a recent inductee to the Caddie Hall of Fame. Jimmy shares his past 25 years as a caddie, sharing stories from being around great players like Tiger Woods, Nick Price, Justin Thomas, Steve Stricker, and more. He passes along what made each of those players great and how junior players can learn from them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 08, 202128 min

Dr. Bhrett McCabe: You need to be connected to those you lead

Tony Ruggiero and Dr. Bhrett McCabe, a Clinical and Sports Psychologist, take a look at mental health, and the new pressures that players experience. He shares his thoughts on success, and incredible insight into success, doubts, and fears. Finding the Catalyst School, Dr. Bhrett McCabe offers training for managers, parents, coaches, everybody involved in a player's development. You'll hear seven key points that are crucial for you being an effective coach and learn from their personal experienc...

Dec 02, 202132 min

The Value of Adversity and Expectations for Development

Tony Ruggiero is joined by Kevin Kirk, Dr. Greg Cartin, Jackson Koert, Rick Lamb and Emilio Gonzalez to discuss the importance of managing adversity and expectations for long-term athlete development. They share the reasons for not talking about winning until a certain age, how fast tracking is the worst idea, and how longevity is more than winning. This episode is full of insight for developing juniors for a long career that they'll also enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

Nov 24, 202133 min
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