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Today I’m joined in the studio by my good friend Casey Cox.







Casey is a world-class golf instructor (Director of Instruction at Old Warson Country Club), biomechanist, and one of the co-founders of Sports Science Solutions, an institute whose mission is …







To provide world-class assessment and training solutions to help create a more healthy and sustainable next generation of athletes.







In today’s episode, Casey and I take a deep dive into the world of golf instruction through his eyes as a biomechanist that works with not just golfers, but high-level athletes of all sports, and a major emphasis on hockey.







#LIFTyourGame #NoMoreMulligans















Casey’s Background







* Co-Founder of the Sports Science Solutions Institute* Director of Instruction Old Warson Country Club







Highlights from this Episode







* Casey walks us through his experience in the hockey and golf world and how it led him to starting the Sports Science Solutions Institute* How 3D testing and other forms of assessment play a major role in the way he works with his golfers (and other athletes)* shares his analogy of learning the alphabet and how the motor control of the golf swing is much the same… you have to learn the letters before you can spell* How to make swing changes without the club and why this is the most effective way to make true movement pattern changes* How golf instruction and physical/fitness training can combine properly to produce results* The balance between making major changes to your swing and what the “costs” are to doing that.







Parting Questions:







Favorite Golf Movie?







Caddy Shack







What is your walk-up song to the first tee-box?







Welcome to the Jungle







Book Recommendation?







Golf is Not a Game of Perfect (Bob Rotella)







Simplicity (Steven Yellin)







What’s your dream foursome?







My Dad, Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer







If we could fly you to any golf course, where would you want to play?Augusta National or St. Andrews just before the Open Championship







Best piece of golf advice you’ve ever been given?His high school golf coach took all of his woods and through him in the trunk of his car and said “you’re gonna learn to hit your irons first!”







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It’s likely that you’ve never of this week’s podcast guest, Clint Ober and that’s a shame because it tells me that you likely don’t know about his mission.  Clint is a pioneer in health and performance, but one of the reasons that most of you haven’t heard of him is because he accidentally stumbled into being this pioneer of a health and fitness discovery that most people initially would write off as “a little out there.” In fact, many of the scientists and medical professionals that Clint talked too about this kind of blew him off a little bit initially.







Secondly is that Clint is not a salesperson in any way, shape, or form (you’ll find that out in this episode,) and the reason is that his solution to helping you get healthier, helping you reduce pain and improve your performance is COMPLETELY FREE and accessible to every single person on the planet.







Clint is the foremost expert and the face of the “Earthing” movement. If you haven’t heard of “Earthing” or “Grounding”, it’s the concept and phenomenon that by making bodily contact with the earth’s surface and its natural electric charge. So, think of the earth like a big battery: just like we ground every outlet and wire going into our house, when you touch your body to the earth’s natural electric charge it helps to stabilize our physiology by reducing pain, inflammation, improve blood flow, and improve your quality of sleep.







Clint is on a mission to spread this solution to as many people on the planet as possible!  I’m honored to have him on the show and for 18STRONG to play a small part in getting Clint’s message out to the golf and fitness world.







#LIFTyourGame #NoMoreMulligans















Clint Ober’s Background







* Clint grew up on a farm in Montana where daily life existed in balance with Mother Nature. His childhood days were spent chasing cows, baling hay, and walking the long rows of beets and beans pulling weeds while barefoot. * Clinton Ober is CEO of EarthFX Inc., a research and development company located in Palm Springs. He first learned of grounding when marketing and installing Cable TV systems in Billings, Montana in the early 1960s.*  A decade later, he formed Telecrafter Corporation and built it into the largest provider of cable installation services in the United States. This company specialized in the proper grounding of cable installations for safety and signal stability. In the 1980s, he turned his attention to the developing computer industry and partnered with McGraw-Hill to distribute live digital news services, via cable, to PCs.* Following a health challenge in 1995, he retired and embarked on a personal journey looking for a higher purpose in life.* Over the past eighteen years, he has supported a host of research studies that collectively demonstrate that grounding reduces inflammation and promotes normal functioning of all body systems.







Highlights from this Episode







* Clint starts out with the basic definition of earthing and grounding as well as his story that has led him to be this pioneer in a new methodology* How almost all health ailments come from inflammation or are a reaction to inflammation in the body and grounding and earthing’s effect on inflammation on the cellular level* He tells a story about the benefits that he had seen from grounding a buddy’s golf shoes including range of motion, more power and flexibility from reduced inflammation and pain







The questions that he typically gets in regards to grounding and the basic rules of thumb to getting started with grounding today.







Parting Questions:







Favorite Golf Movie?







Caddy Shack

Josh Gregory is a short game and performance coach to some of the greatest players on the PGA tour. His most notable client right now is Will Zalatoris but he works with a stable of golfers on the Tour including a friend of 18STRONG, Adam Long.







When Josh was coaching collegiately he won 2 national championships with a young Patrick Reed and he was also the coach that recruited Bryson DeChambeau to SMU.







In our chat Josh goes really deep on his philosophies, what it’s like to be a coach not just an instructor, and how he really works on individualized programs and what he calls “blueprints” for his players based on their DNA as a player.







We touch on what he sees us non-PGA golfers doing wrong and some simple fixes we can implement into our game and the fact that everything boils down to having a plan you can attack and work hard at and doing those things that will get you closer to your goals (sounds familiar here at 18STRONG 😉







#LIFTyourGame #NoMoreMulligans















Josh Gregory’s Background







* Played collegiately at SMU* Won 2 national championships as a coach at Augusta State where he worked with Patrick Reed* Recruited and coached Bryson DeChambaeu at SMU* Current short game and performance coach on the PGA Tour (notable clients include Will Zalatoris, Adam Long, Mackenzie Hughes, Henrik Norlander, and more)







Highlights from this Episode







* How his college and golf experience affected how he coaches his golfers now and why he tells his players they have to believe they are twice as good as they really are* How he keeps his players from deflating and giving up when they are putting in the work but not seeing the results they want and how he feels he is most needed as a coach when his golfers are at their best rather than at their worst.* How he differentiates his players on what makes them tick and tailors his coaching to the DNA of his individual golfers. He also dives into his past at SMU with Bryson and what brought them together.* His thoughts on LIV golf vs PGA golf and whether the golfers that are making a ton of money at LIV golf are going to stop trying as hard because of the large paychecks.* Who he thinks is at the top of the game in terms of the short game like chipping and putting like Patrick Reed.







Parting Questions:







Favorite Golf Movie?







Caddy Shack







What is your walk-up song to the first tee-box?







Signs by Tesla







Book Recommendation?







A Good Walk Spoiled by John Feinstien







What’s your dream foursome?







My dad, Ben Hogan and Moe Norman







If we could fly you to any golf course, where would you want to play?Pebble Beach







Best piece of golf advice?When something is wrong and it needs to be fixed, you better say It and you better say it with conviction







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If you recognize the name Dylan Meyer that’s because he was at the top of the golf world in 2016-2018 when he was playing golf for the University of Illinois under Mike Small, one of the top collegiate programs in all of the country.







At one point he was ranked at #1 Amateur Golfer in the World which is just a crazy, incredible feat in and of itself. He won several tournaments including the Western Amateur and the 3M Augusta Invitational twice (2017 & 2018). After that, his career was projected to go lights out crazy on the PGA tour. He played in the US Open (and made the cut), but as Dylan will tell you in this episode, his career did not continue on the same trajectory over the next couple of years and he finds himself now working his way back towards getting to the top of the game.







Dylan was awesome in this episode letting us go on a deep dive into where he has been, what his mindset was back in 2016-2018, and how it shifted over the next couple of years when he wasn’t playing his highest level of golf. He shares what his challenges were back then and what he has done to start to change his attitude toward the future. A conversation with Coach Small helped him refocus physically, and mentally and he has begun to fall in love with the process of working hard to get better.







This conversation is a great example of an 18STRONG golfer. When he wasn’t getting the results he wanted, he realized that he needed to get back to the basics and put in the work that will get him back on top.







Our CREW is rooting for Dylan. #LIFTyourGame #NoMoreMulligans















Dylan Meyer’s Background







* Dylan Meyer is an American professional golfer from Evansville, Indiana. He attended the University of Illinois before turning professional in 2018. As an amateur, he won the Western Amateur and is a two-time winner of the 3M Augusta Invitational. He made his professional debut at the 2018 U.S. Open.* Meyer began golfing at the age of 5 and would regularly practice with his father, Darren Meyer. He played baseball, basketball, and golf when he was younger, giving up the former two in favor of golf by the time he was 10. He attended Evansville Central High School before playing golf at the University of Illinois.* He won the 3M Augusta Invitational in 2017, earning a sponsor exemption to the 2018 Valspar Championship. He played in the Valspar Championship as an amateur, making the cut and finishing at 74th. This was his third professional tournament played as an amateur, previously finished T-63 at the 2017 Lincoln Land Charity Championship on the Web.com Tour and missing the cut at the 2017 John Deere Classic. His final win as an amateur came in 2018 when he defended his title at the 3M Augusta Invitational.  Overall, Meyer won six college tournaments.* Meyer began his professional career at the 2018 U.S. Open where he made the cut and finished 20th overall. During the 2018–19 season, he played in five events on the PGA Tour, with his best finish tied for 7th at the Sanderson Farms Championship and also played on the Korn Ferry Tour.







Highlights from this Episode







* Dylan kicks off the episode by talking about his most recent event and his history with golf from a promising start to having to go back to the drawing board on rebuilding his game. He also talks about the big takeaways he got from reconnecting with his college coach Coach Small that he is utilizing in his game and mentality around golf now* What rebuilding confidence in the game looks like from a boots-on-the-ground perspective of daily goals and activities to bounce back after hitting a slump. Dylan also talks about what fitness and mental goals he has set out for himself and what achievements he has already s...

Mike Boyle is not only one of the top strength and conditioning coaches in the world, but a pioneer in the field. Every coach that is listening to this most likely recognizes Mike’s name. You’ve probably heard Mike speak or read Mike’s stuff, but I want to make it clear: this episode is also for the golfers out there that are NOT coaches, fitness instructors or medical professionals because Mike works with not only super high-level athletes like Olympians, professional athletes from baseball to hockey, but also works with the general public in his facility in Massachusetts.







What I love about his facility and what they do is they treat everyone like an athlete so you might be a regular “Everyday Golfer” in there but you are training alongside professional athletes and you get to see what they are doing. Ultimately that environment allows a glimpse into the world of hard work and performance, which inspires everyone to get more out of themselves. And really, that’s what we try to do here at 18STRONG.







The average golfer will get as much out of this episode as the coaches do and for the coaches out there. You’re going to hear how Mike coaches, his philosophy, and how he doesn’t steer that differently for different athletes. We all tend to get very caught up in the mindset that our sport is very specific, but in the long run, the human body is all the same. There are basic ways to get stronger, faster, and more powerful. So we discuss a lot of these different principles and what differentiates the golfer from these other athletes but also what things are the same and so what you can implement into your own personal routine or what you can use with your clients if you’re a coach.















Highlights from this Episode







* His first experience working with golfers and how he unintentionally blazed the trail for powerful golfers.* How his definition of Functional Training is different than what you might imagine or see online from simple exercises you don’t need fancy equipment to get stronger for any sport.* Why he doesn’t tailor his training and system to specific sports like golf and believes that a wholesome approach to strength benefits not only any sport you want to play but your wellbeing. He also talks about the converse and how at a certain point there might be minute differences in how he looks at athletes based on injury patterns and avoiding them* How he is constantly questioning how things are done and how he does things to the point of having to admit when he has been wrong in the past.* How trying to tailor exercises to mimic the sport can be counterintuitive to the outcomes you want to see in an individual and the importance of keeping it simple and to the core principles of what you want to work on* He talks about the balance of strength vs power for the sport of golf and what we should be doing to focus on power development for recreational golf.* He touches on trends he has seen lately that he thinks are fads and won’t last like knees over toes split squats. He also talks about core training; what he sees people doing incorrectly and what we really should be focusing on in a rotary sport.







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Today I am especially excited to announce that we are bringing the podcast back with an awesome interview with PGA winner Adam Long about the 2021-22 season, the LIV Golf / the PGA Tour situation, and all of the drama that has fallen on the golf universe.







When it comes to LIV, Adam puts it best when he says “it’s the thing that we’re all tired of talking about, but at the same time we can’t stop talking about it.” He shares his thoughts on the ramifications of the situation and what it’s been like to be inside the ropes as a tour player. He discusses what all of this looks like for him and other tour players, as well as ultimately if LIV is something good or bad for golf as a whole. We also talk about what his career has been like the last couple years, what his upcoming goals are, and other exciting news he has coming up including having his second child pretty soon here.















Highlights from this Episode







* His perspective on the LIV golf vs PGA tour happenings and what he sees for the future of the game moving forward. He talks pros and cons as well as general tension with the game* Changes that the PGA tour is making that are for the benefit of tour players like fully exempt members getting $500,000, a stipend for others to cover expenses, and more events.* What his game is looking like these days, what he is working on and what his off-season looks like. He also talks about changes he has noticed in his golf game in the last couple of years like a better understanding of his game and the ability to adjust on the fly* What he does to internally push himself after the last years on the tour as well as keep a cool head at the tee.







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