What is a tpi screen?
did you know that if you can’t properly rotate your pelvis, you are more likely to swing over the top and struggle with ball contact?
You are also more likely to slide, hang back, cast, scoop or chicken wing. You know how complex the golf swing is. Improving it is equally challenging. Sure, there are thousands of Youtube videos and articles that claim to fix this issue or that. It may have worked for whoever wrote it, but how do you know that it will work for you?
Since 2003, Titleist Performance Institute founders Dr. Greg Rose and Dave Phillips have been working with and analyzing thousands of golfers of all skill levels. From all of this data they have built an evaluation and training system that is based on proven, repeatable effects of a person’s movement characteristics on their golf swing. Put another way, TPI assesses a golfer’s physical capabilities and whether they limit or enhance specific movements during a golf swing.
For example, an over-the-top swing can be caused by issues as varied as poor pelvic rotation, weak core and glutes, or restricted wrists. Thanks to the systematic 16-point TPI movement screen, a TPI certified professional can determine where the problem lies and devise a treatment or training plan that addresses what will make the biggest difference in your specific swing.
the world’s top golfers use TPI to guide their training.
Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Brooke Henderson are just a few of the world's best golfers who have TPI trained professionals on their team. Because even at their level, the TPI screen will find weaknesses to improve on and help them stay ahead of the competition. In fact, there are very few players who have passed the screen on the first try (Adam Scott is one).
So don’t despair if you don’t pass the screen, you are in good company! The goal is not perfection, it is to figure out if what’s holding you back is something we can change, such as a weak glute or a tight pec, or something that is what it is, and that we need to work around, such as a fused vertebra. You have to know the problem before you can fix it!
Good golfers (or athletes in any sport for that matter) are graceful. You don’t have to be a trained professional to recognize grace, you know it when you see it. Looking closer, grace is made up of optimal speed and optimal power with no wasted movement and no wasted effort. In golf, the result is a ball that flies far and true. Let a TPI movement screen help you find your grace today.
