Bigger… faster… stronger. What athlete – or weekend warrior – doesn’t want each of those things? Dr. Troy Van Biezen, DC, and GolfForever are helping athletes – including golfers – of all shapes, sizes and talents to perform at their highest levels.
On the PGA Tour, for example, Van Biezen continues to be the long-time performance coach to such stars as Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth. Van Biezen works with Scheffler, in particular, with the GolfForever home golf fitness training system that over the past few years has become an industry leader in fitness training.
The reason for that success is simple: GolfForever works for world’s top golfers and athletes, as well as the common man (and woman).
“The mission for us is to make sure that we keep it simple,’’ said Van Biezen, who has worked with Scheffler and Spieth since they were tennagers. “We don’t intimidate people and it doesn’t take too much time. We’ve had so many success stories. People are getting out of it what they put into it. It’s really cool to see and hear those stories.
“It’s awesome and has helped so many people around the world. As a healthcare doctor, that’s what you do. You want to help people, and by providing this online platform with social media and internet, it has a huge outreach. And GolfForever is essentially what I’ve been doing for 20 years – helping people play better, get rid of pain, and play longer. It helps grow the game and lets more people play longer.’’
In a way, GolfForever showcases golf’s primary appeal – that everyday golfers can use the same equipment and play by the same rules as the world’s best. Average players – and even non-golfers who just want to get into better shape – use GolfForever’s streaming instruction that customizes each golfer’s exercise routines specifically for them, based on a proprietary strength and flexibility test.
“The most common (challenge) as you get older is loss of flexibility and the ability to turn and rotate,’’ said Van Biezen, a former professional hockey player who owns ChiroSport Specialists in Dallas. “You can be strong, but if can’t turn or rotate, you can’t hit the ball anywhere.’’
And that brings us to the power game and bigger… stronger… faster.
“There definitely is a different mindset for golfers coming onto the PGA Tour – like Scottie and Jordan,’’ said Van Biezen, who also has worked with Tiger Woods and a number of other Tour players. “They know they have to take care of themselves off the golf course. They do a lot of preventive and proactive care. That’s been the norm for them. They don’t know anything different.’’
Just as many of today’s top Tour players, including Scheffler, don’t know anything different than the power game, which Van Biezen and GolfForever unabashedly contribute to with their fitness regiments.
“If you want to compete at the highest level,’’ Van Biezen said, “you have to have some distance.’’
That’s where Van Biezen is among those who disagree with the USGA and R&A Model Local Rule for “elite’’ players that proposes rolling back golf ball distance.
“Everybody wants to hit it farther off the tee,’’ he said. “So why punish someone who wants to put in the time in the gym to become a better athlete, and to swing faster and hit it farther? That makes no sense to me.
“I’m a performance coach. I just don’t understand why you punish a guy who puts in the time to become a better athlete. There’s a new generation of players who want to put in the time. They like the power and the speed they see from Scottie and Rory (McIlroy) and Jon Rahm hitting the ball 320 yards. Why take that away? I just don’t get it.’’
Feature Photo: Scottie Scheffler (GolfForever)
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