{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F9676b31d-d663-462d-abd7-ebc83373f4e1","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"117 (18STRONG): Playing Better Golf by Hitting from the Opposite Side with Padraig Dooley","description":"Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Padraig Dooley. Padraig is the owner of Drive Golf Performance, based out of Ireland. He is a former Irish international amateur golfer who went on to play in several professional tours, and is now passing on his experience to golfers as a PGA professional.\r\n\nHis work is focused on the mission of getting golfers to play better golf. He does this in a number of ways, through things like fitness and mobility, having fun while practicing, swinging from your non-preferred side, and many others.\r\n\nIn this episode Padraig tells an entertaining story involving an elephant and a few people in the trunk of his car \u2013 more on that in the episode!\r\n\nSubscribe to the 18STRONG Podcast on iTunes and stitcher by clicking the button below:\r\n\nhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/18strong-podcast-golf-golf/id918983997?mt=2andls=1 () http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=53823andrefid=stpr ()\r\n\nPadraig Dooley\u2019s Background\r\n\n\r\n\n* Has a degree in mathematics and statistics.\r\n\n* PGA professional, TPI certified, Trackman Certified Professional, Irish international, EuroPro Tour and Challenge Tour professional.\r\n\n* After his playing career, he decided to shift his efforts to helping others improve their game by sharing his experiences.\r\n\n\r\n\nHighlights from this Episode\r\n\n\r\n\n* Padraig\u2019s approach to coaching, and how it\u2019s different to most. He likes to focus on having fun and focusing on the better aspects of a golfer\u2019s game, rather than just the weaknesses.\r\n\n* Swinging from the \u2018wrong side\u2019. We go into the (well documented) advantages of playing left handed as a righty, and vice versa. Padraig found in a study he conducted that not only swinging, but hitting from the wrong side improved a golfer\u2019s ball speed from their preferred side.\r\n\n* We go into other benefits of swinging from the non-preferred side, such as bodily symmetry, hand/eye coordination, injury prevention, and more.\r\n\n* Playing golf in Ireland, and the best way to go about organizing it. Padraig\u2019s brother John, actually offers golfing trips to Ireland as a concierge service.\r\n\n\r\n\nCaddyShack or Happy Gilmore?\r\n\nCaddy Shack\r\n\nWho would you like to spend a day on the course with? \r\n\nArnold Palmer at Cypress Point\r\n\nWhat are you most excited about moving forward?\r\n\nPadraig\u2019s main mission is to help people shoot lower scores. This winter, he\u2019ll be conducting a \u2018push-up study.\u2019 He\u2019ll get golfers to do 20 push-ups, 3 times a week, to see if that improves performance.\r\n\nWhere to find Padraig Dooley:\r\n\nWebsite: http://www.drivegolfperformance.com/ (http://www.drivegolfperformance.com/)\r\n\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/DriveGolfPerformance (https://www.facebook.com/DriveGolfPerformance)\r\n\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/podgedooley (@podgedooley) (Padraig)\r\n\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/0to300golf (Drive Golf Performance)\r\n\nConcierge Golf Tours in Ireland: http://www.conciergegolf.ie/ (http://www.conciergegolf.ie/)\r\n\n \r\n\nTo continue the conversation and ask any questions you may have, head over the https://www.facebook.com/18strong/ (18STRONG Facebook) page.\r\n\nLooking for Supplements you can trust?\r\n\nWe’ve teamed up with Designs for Health (DFH), one of the leading nutrition companies in the US to create the https://18strong.ehealthpro.com/ (18STRONG Nutrition Shop). Now you don’t have to worry about wading through all of the products on the shelves, trying to figure out which one is decent and safe. We’ve done the homework for you. This is the stuff we at 18STRONG trust for ourselves, our families, and our clients.\r\n\nHere is a little video on the background of DFH and why w...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/5006e231-7dfe-4568-aed1-dbedc937e782/New-Podcast-Logo-3000x3000.png"}