中國國家隊教練吉姆-詹森吉姆
Golf Training Fundamentals
(Jim Johnson Coach of the
Lately, the China National Team members have struggled with their scoring in two competitive events, sparking negative comments on the internet regarding our training methods and our vision for building the skills and abilities of these talented players. Controversy can be good. It tests the players, the coaches and the institutions and provides an opportunity to measure the character and inner resolve of the individual golfers。
Golf is an Individual Sport:
Just as power moves from inside out, so does desire to play this game. If pressure from parents, family or institution is what drives the golfer, then I give that person little chance of succeeding at golf or life. We all want the golfers to play well, but I believe the way to achieve golfing success is to empower the individual golfer to be in control of his or her golf and life.
Golf is an individual sport. No team members are there to hit the shots for the players. If a player is having trouble putting, no other player can step in and help. Parents, friends, and supporters often do try, but this interference will only hurt the players scoring ability, never help. Team sports like basketball are different, if a player is having trouble, another player can step up and shoot the ball. Not in golf。
Golf is an up and down sport, some days everything goes well, some days it doesn't. Most golfers are not able to choose a quality training path and stick with it, because when the inevitable bad rounds come, they move on to some other trick, always looking for short term scoring secrets--quick fixes to help them get their feel back. A tip may work one day, then the next week, they're back to searching for the next tip that will help them find their game again. Great players do not train this way. Top golfers work on solid fundamentals and stick to them regardless of any one or series of poor performances.
I have seen hundreds of talented golfers go down this wrong path- largely due to the nature of the game. Most good golfers hit about 10% of their shots well; the rest are somewhere between pretty good and poor. Golfers panic because they realize they have no control over the outcome of any one shot. What the golfer does have control over is how they think and how they train. It's not that complicated, but it does take an incredible amount of determination, hard work and belief in ones God given abilities.
The fundamentals of our Training Program:
We approach golf training with a view to building a complete picture of the golfers' abilities in all of the areas below:
We have built our training program using research from the top golf testing and research center in the world, the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI). TPI uses 3-dimensional motion analysis to measure the swing efficiency of most of the top 100 golfers in the world. Researchers have concluded that the best swings in the world, though they may look very different, all generate power in similar patterns. That is, power is generated from the ground up, from the feet to the hips, then to the shoulders, hands, and finally to the club head. Like the cracking of a whip, the energy moves up through the body in a chain reaction that produces the maximum energy transfer to the club head.
In order to perform this move correctly, the human body must have certain ranges of motion, and the foundation of this efficient move comes from a strong and powerful core. The TPI method is based on the best long-term golf fitness research available and has helped many of the top PGA tour players to improve their games. For more information, see www.mytpi.com。
This is the course we're on, not because it's the only path, but because it is the path that the best players in the world are on.
What makes a great golfer?
More than anything else, great golf comes down to character—having the ability to stay the course, to reject fear, to commit to the fundamentals instead of seeking after quick fixes. I've seen a lot of talented players in the States make the same mistake, always changing their course, listening to every coach and every player for their opinion, trying to grasp at something that will help them play better the next day. Golf is uncertain and leads to this kind of behavior, but the great golfers rise above that. They stick with the fundamentals and keep working on them, over and over, knowing that time and commitment will bring better scores。
The fact is, most people do not have the character—the mental and emotional makeup to become a great long-term golfer. There are many golfers with short-term success, but few who develop the stamina and commitment to weather the ups and downs of competitive golf over the long-term. Time will show who has character and who doesn't.
Many players are just too afraid of looking bad to be able to stay the course when they aren't playing well. One thing is certain, golf will make every player, no matter how great they are, look bad at times. The great players are able to remain sure of themselves when everyone around them is doubtful, and they continue to work hard at the basics, motivated from the inside, rather than from fear of what others think。
The world's top golfers are those who think independently- those unafraid of looking bad. We want to help the team members grow into world class players, and in order to do that they are going to have to think like world class players, to train like world class players, and to develop an independence of mind that does not worry about their scores being negatively affected in the short term, or of the bad things that people say about them。
We are proud of the hard work and positive changes made by the players on the China National Team. We want to encourage
Let's strive to develop character—the ability to rise above concern about what others think in order make wise decisions about how to reach long-term, lasting results。
We are impressed with Mr. Zhang's leadership of the CGA. He has the vision and willingness to implement real, long-term changes for the development of golf in
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高爾夫國家隊球員在最近兩場比賽中不如意的表現，引起了網上對我們的訓練方式和我們建造這些極具潛力的球員的目標的批評。爭論，其實是一件好事。爭論可以檢測球員、教練和機構；爭論提供了一個考驗個人品格和決心的機會。
高爾夫：一項個體化運動
就像力量是由內至外自然而生，所以打高爾夫的欲望也應是自內而發的。如果打球的壓力來自父母、家庭或者某機構，那麼這位打球者在高爾夫或生活上成功的機率很低。我們當然希望球員都能打好球，但是我更相信，高爾夫運動真正的成功意味著讓球員獲得能力來控制他(或她)自己的高爾夫和人生。
高爾夫是一項極具個體化的運動，沒有其他人能夠代替球員去擊球，如果球員的推擊出了問題，他的隊友也不能介入幫忙。父母、朋友和支持者常常試著要幫忙；但這種打擾只會傷害球員的得分能力，切忌‘幫忙’。團體運動則不同，比如籃球，一名球員出現了問題，其他人可以協助完成扣籃得分，然而高爾夫卻不行。
高爾夫是有起伏的運動，有時一切都很順利，有時卻全然不是。很多球員沒有能力選擇一項高品質的訓練體系，並始終堅持著。因為當那些不可避免的壞成績來臨時，他們轉換到別的體系，總是在尋找一種迅速提高得分的秘訣，以便能找回好的感覺。一個技巧今天行得通；一個星期後他們又開始尋找下個技巧，目的就是能打好成績。優秀球員不會用這種方式訓練，儘管有一次或一系列的不好成績，頂級球員始終練習的是基本功。
我見過很多非常有潛力的球員走在這種錯誤道路上，主要原因是高爾夫這項運動的性質所決定的。大多數不錯的球員只會打出10%左右的好球，其餘90%則是在好與壞之間。高爾夫球員之所以恐懼，就是因為他們認識到他們根本不可能控制好自己的任意一個擊球。高爾夫球員能控制的就是他們如何思考和如何訓練。這個理念並不複雜，但需要一個人驚人的決心、努力和信心，就是相信上帝給予他的能力。
我們訓練體系的基本原則：
我們採用的訓練方法是基於一個藍圖，就是要在以下各個方面全面建造球員：
我們把球隊的訓練體系建立在當今世界上頂級的高爾夫測試研究中心TPI(Titleist研究院)提供的研究成果上。TPI訓練體系使用3D檢測儀，測量了世界上最優秀的100名高爾夫球員的揮杆有效性。研究者已得出結論：這些最好的揮杆雖然都看起來不一樣，但都以相似方式發力：從腳到臀，到肩再到手，最後才是杆頭。就像牛仔揮出的鞭子，能量在身體內運行，以連鎖反應的方式達到最大，最終實現在杆頭上。
為了使這個過程準確實現，人體必須確保能夠完成一定範圍的動作。這個有效的能量產生傳輸過程的基礎來自於一個強有力的核心。TPI訓練方法就是基於目前最好的對長期高爾夫訓練體系的研究。
TPI訓練體系已幫助許多頂級PGA職業球員提升他們競技水準。如果有興趣瞭解更詳細的內容，可以直接登陸TPI的官方網站：http://www.mytpi.com
這就是我們所採用的訓練課程，不是因為它是僅有一條路徑，而是因為現今世界頂級高爾夫球員們都在使用的這個訓練課程。
怎樣成為優秀的高爾夫球員？
優秀的高爾夫，比起別的行業，更需要追根溯源到品格：有能力呆在球場上，克服恐懼，執著於基本功，而不是找捷徑。 我見過美國很多球員犯同樣錯誤，總是不斷變換他們的訓練體系，聽從每個教練、每個球員的意見，總試著獲取什麼，以便第二天就能打得好。正是高爾夫的不確定性，引起了這種情況的普遍存在，但是優秀球員會克服這種行為。他們堅持基本原則，反復練習，始終如一，知道最終時間和委身會帶來更好的競賽成績。
事實上，很多人沒有成為優秀、長久的高爾夫球手，是因為不具備一定的品格，也就是從心理到情感的基本因素。有許多高爾夫球手有短暫的輝煌，但很少有具備耐力和委身，抗拒長期的競爭性高爾夫運動所帶來的起伏。時間最終會顯示出誰有這樣的品格，誰沒有。
很多球員在沒打好時，就會過分擔心難堪的表現，因此離開球場。 有一點是確定的，不管這位球員有多傑出，高爾夫會讓每一位球員經歷難堪。優秀球員會堅持他們的選擇，就算周圍每個人都持有懷疑意見。他們會在發自內心的動力驅使下，繼續努力進行基本功訓練，而不是源於懼怕他人的看法！
世界頂尖球員都能獨立思考，不怕丟臉。我們要幫助國家隊的球員們逐漸成長為像世界級球員。 國家隊球員們必須以世界級球員方式思考，訓練，以期具有獨立人格，不必擔心短期內他們的成績下降，或擔心人們會怎麼評論。
我們非常自豪國家隊隊員們的努力訓練和積極改變。 我們想鼓勵中國高爾夫球界，特別是這些有潛力的隊員們的父母親，能耐心、並以長遠的眼光思考真正的成功需要的付出。西方有這樣的諺語‘存心忍耐的，勝過居心驕傲的。’很多父母和球員為了保護臉面，急功近利；但優秀的球員需要堅持基本原則：反復訓練。
讓我們努力培養這樣的品格，就是有能力擺脫對別人看法的擔心，這樣才能做出具有長久持續效果的智慧決定。
CGA的張先生的領導力令我們欣賞，他有遠景目標，願意對中國的高爾夫球界產生真正的長期影響。我們期待著未來更多的成效，我們現在已看到中國球員在各個方面均有所提升，正成為能走上世界舞臺競技的球員。
