The Kendall Academy, along with Great Lakes Golf Center, provides both new and experienced players with top quality instruction, environment, facilities, and excellent customer service.

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Professional Golf Instruction offered by
The KENDALL ACADEMY

Our instructors are PGA members or apprentices. All are trained, experienced, and qualified to provide excellent individual instruction.

	Jeff Goble Kendall Academy Director of Instruction »Information & Rates		Tom Harding PGA Teaching Professional »Information & Rates
	Evan "Big Cat" Williams PGA »Information & Rates		Bob Menzies PGA »Information & Rates

Junior Golf Programs

Junior Tour Players

This program will meet two days a week for three hours each day and runs for 8 weeks. Each day will have a specific topic of discussion; each student will go through designed drills and scoring stations. Then based on performance on the course and tournament play, players will work on technique for improved play. Each player will be accountable to report quality of playing and practice sessions by completing stat sheets. It is not a requirement to attend each session or stay to entire time, but the class assignments must be met to stay in the program. The cost of the program is $750 at the time of enrollment. The fee does not include the cost of range balls. A discount will be extended to the participants from Great Lakes Golf Center for range balls.

Included in the price

• Over 48 hours of supervised instruction time
• 3 half hour private lessons
• Practice on the grass tees, short game area and in the dome
• The use of the Flightscope Doppler Radar ball-tracking device
• Focus band mental training.
• TPI fitness Exam
• TPI 3d Speed Training
• Excel stat tracking work sheet.
• On-Course work sheet.
• Awards banquette
• Shirt, hat, golf balls, and rule book

Program Starts June 22 @ 10 AM

Junior Summer Camp This program is for players of all skill levels we meet once a week for 8 weeks. The class is 1.5 hours the course will cover rules, etiquette, fundamentals, course management. The cost is $300 for all eight weeks. Thursday's 12 -1:30 Starts June 23 More classes can be made available Beginner Junior Camp This program is for juniors ages 6-13. The classes run one and a half hours and meet once a week for four weeks. A club will be provided to any student who does not have equipment. The class will cover fundamentals in putting, chipping, bunkers and full swing. The cost of this program is $100. This program’s # 1 goal is fun and #2 is to get your kids to love golf. Thursdays 2-3:30 Starts June 23 more classes will be available as needed

Adult Golf Programs

Beginner Class, Level 1 includes 5 one hour sessions, meeting once a week for five weeks.  Class covers introduction to golf etiquette, fundamentals of the full swing, putting, chipping and bunker play along with the rules of golf.  Cost is $100 per student. This is a great introduction to a game you can play for a lifetime and a cost effective way to get help with game if you have been playing for years. Parents with children 13 or over are welcome. Max. Student to teacher ratio is 10:1.

Beginner Class, Level 2 includes 4 one hour sessions. Meeting once a week for four weeks and covers in detail the full swing and short game with more personal attention.  Cost is $100.00 per student, with a maximum of 6 students.  This is an ideal transition from the level 1 class and prepares golfers for on course play. This is also a great way for experience players to get quality instruction at a low cost.

Short Game School is a four hour school covering Putting, chipping, pitching and bunker play. The short game school will show you the tour tested technique to lower your score. I will show you your tendencies and give you a correction drills and how to practice. The cost is $225 per student and has a 4 to 1 student teacher ratio. Starts in April and will be Saturday’s from 9-1 P.M. Note books will be provided for notes.

On-course lessons is a two hour session covers pre round warm up, course management, pre shot routine and rules you must know. Each student will receive a rulebook and notebook, cost is $100 per student plus the course fee (at a reduced rate) 4 to 1 student teacher ratio. 

TPI Physical Analysis

Factors like strength, flexibility, balance, endurance, nutrition, stability, power, vision and posture all influence the body's mechanics.

Utilizing our physical screening process, we measure your ability to generate and transfer speed and determine the most efficient energy transfer throughout your body. We will isolate any physical limitations, correlate these findings to your swing technique and prescribe a custom-conditioning program.

The program is created for you to do in your own home or in the gym if you prefer. A total of 18 workouts are custom tailored to your personal needs. Each exercise has a video demonstration as well as a written description with pictures.

After you complete the first program we will re-test you and see your progress and continue with another program.

Students have seen remarkable results with gains of over 25 yards in distance and more consistent ball striking. If you have struggled making improvements in your swing or want to reach a high level of play, this is for you.

K-vest TPI 3D

TPI 3D, developed by the Titleist Performance Institute, is a powerful 3D motion capture software platform that consistently and accurately analyzes the 3D motion of a golfer's swing. The software captures swing efficiency, via the kinematic sequence graph, and allows users to view key biomechanical information including posture and dynamic movements. Professionals can use TPI 3D to quickly compare a selected swing to the world's best PGA, LPGA, and Champions Tour players.

• Kinematic Sequence report instantly illustrates the cause of distance and accuracy issues.
• Provides critical information required for analyzing swings and helping each player achieve their goals.
• Instantly see movement from any angle without the need for multiple video cameras.

K-SWING Summary provides professionals with an easy-to-read swing analysis that automatically identifies swing faults from set up through impact. K-SWING Summary helps professionals and their clients understand complex 3D movements through simple numbers and visual representations. Find an area of weakness? No problem. One click provides real-time visual and auditory feedback to improve movement patterns.

K-VEST has emerged as the industry leader in golf performance training, contributing to the evolution of biofeedback to improve motor skill development. K-VEST's visual and auditory biofeedback provides golfers with immediate analysis of the accuracy of their movements. For example, when a player is in the desired position, they will see their 3D animation turn green while music plays in the background. As soon as they move out of the desired settings, the animation will turn red and the music will stop, providing the golfer with instant, real-time feedback. This feature accelerates motor learning and virtually eliminates communication barriers between the professional and the golfer.

Have you have tried "almost everything" to fix your game and are still asking yourself these questions?

• Why am I coming over the top?
• How do I get rid of this slice?
• Why are my drives lacking distance?
• Why is my ball flight so inconsistent?
• Can I ever stop popping pain relievers before I play?

The Answers Might Surprise You.

K-VEST uses 3 wireless sensors, located on your hips, shoulders, and golf glove to more effectively diagnose the true cause of accuracy and distance issues. Once a swing has been captured, we can analyze and communicate your swing efficiency or "power signature" to you. In other words, the system analyzes the specific areas of your address, backswing or downswing that are holding you back.

The best part of the K-VEST experience is we can then provide you with real-time visual and auditory feedback to reinforce correct movements. This feedback accelerates the learning process to get you playing better-in less time. This process builds repeatable skills and lasting results.

FocusBand

General

The FocusBand has three wireless sensors that transmit brain activity back to a PC for analysis and Bio feedback training. The FocusBand has been designed for the ruggedness of out-door sports including golf, baseball & cricket

Real-Time

The system is real-time so that if you blink, you will see the blink meter instantly follow you eye lids. Similarly if you scrunch your face up the Face Tension graphs will rise upwards. The same applies to Focus, Anxiety & Mushin.  Real Time is important as we need to see & measure brain activity during their pre-shot routine and right up to the point of execution.

What is the FocusBand used for

The FocusBand is used to locate “blockages” the athlete has when about to execute, especially under pressure condition  .In golf it is used to monitor the golfers Pre-shot routine, we then implement a series of Bio-feedback drills to attain an ideal state of mind in which golfers can perform to their optimum ability. The FocusBand is NOT obtrusive as we only measure data and it is self-regulating, that is, only you will understand what is happening with your mind.

FocusBand Philosophy

The FocusBand has moved away from the conventional methods sports psychologist use for assisting athletes. We have used intelligent application of ancient Asian principals to design and validate our methodology. We believe our approach is more results orientated, less confusing and frustrating for the athlete and coach, and the info can be quantified. Above all the FocusBand can be used out on the course, where it counts

What does it Measure: The FocusBand is designed to measure the following 5 levels of Brain Frequencies. (excluding our exclusive algorithm creating the Mushin state) The FocusBand is wireless EEG (electroencephalograph) see videos for more info

How to get into the Mushin State Focus - needs to come from Wide focus into Narrow Focus Anxiety - is controlled by breathing and needs to be low Face Tension - needs to be low - it filters down into tightness of the arms Once we get these under control you are then able to Switch to Right Brain or the "Mushin" State. "Mind of No mindedness"

We recognize that learning how to swing efficiently is a different skill set to learning how to play golf.

Many golfers have excellent swings on the range but their scores coming off the course often do not reflect their technical proficiency

The FocusBand will assist both the student and coach build consistent, repetitive and reliable mental routines designed specifically to reduce performance anxiety, enabling you to trust your technical training, while your focus of attention is on the target.

The key to developing a strong mental game is recognizing where your focus of attention is throughout your routines.

Now you are able to let go and let your swing happen, blocking out internal & external interferences. Ongoing training with the FocusBand will take your mental game to another level

More Information Coming Soon. If you have questions please call us at: 248.332.4653