- More than 400,000 golfers licensed to the French Golf Federation are among the French confined due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- To allow them to continue to progress, the FFG Academy publishes a video tutorial every day.
- Riviera coach Laurène Uliviéri is one of the coaches who shares her tips.
They dream of golf courses all day long, swing in their living room and set up a driving range in their garden. Amateur golfers have been biting their clubs since the start of containment. To allow them to indulge their passion despite everything, the Academy of the French Golf Federation publishes a series of online videos daily under the hashtag #Golfezchezvous.
“Basically, we make videos that come out every week. During the confinement, we said to ourselves that it was important to keep practitioners busy every day with technical exercises, via the Duo Tips videos, and physical exercises, via the Muscle tone swing videos, "explains the Azurean Laurène. Uliviéri, coach at Riviera Golf de Barbossi.
For two years, the 39-year-old professional has been collaborating with the French golf authority. “I am a Paca league coach and my husband is at the Pôle Espoirs. Patrice Amadieu, my husband's boss and the creator of the Academy, asked me to make Tips girls videos. Since women are more flexible and have less strength, technique is more important to them. This is how it started, "notes the French champion of teachers in 2009.
Flexibility and power
Abs-glutes session, work on balance essential for a good swing, focus on mobility… The videos, which usually target licensees aged 40 to 60 with an index between 25 and 40 (the “mid-amateurs” »), This time are for all athletes, whatever their level and age.
Requiring balance, cladding and coordination, golf requires good physical condition to be effective. "We mobilize a lot of muscles during the movement," analyzes the coach of the French team at the 2018 Mediterranean Games. "The back protector is the most important, then there are the lower back and abs, as well as all those who work in the tensioning of this posture which is not natural. The more muscle building sessions, the more flexible and powerful you will be. "
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