Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan

James Leitz Top 100 instructor and D-Plane expert joins us on episode 86 of breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan. James has a wealth of knowledge that will help players of every level and he is here to help you take control of your game.

Bill Schmedes joins us for episode 85 of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan.

Bill is the director of instruction at Fiddlers Elbow and has worked with several top Junior players helping them reach the the PGA and LPGA Tour. 

Impact Zone and Golfing Machine instructor Wayne Watts joins us from The Traces Golf Club. Here is a great interview that will help you take control of your game and better understand the dynamics that must happen in your swing.

Brad Pluth joins us from Minnesota for Episode 83 of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan. Brad let's us in on his take on instruction and technology.

Preston Combs of Metedeconk National Golf Club joins us for Episode 82 of breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan. Preston is Aimpoint and 5 Simple Keys certified instructor. 

Kevin Smeltz Director of Instruction now at Bishops Gate Golf Academy joins us today to talk about how top players get distance. If you want to know when to pour on the power than you don't want to miss this episode. Subscribe and never miss an episode again. Spread the word and help us grow the game together.

Ian Highfield from Bishops Gate joins us for episode 80 of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan. We discuss the mental game and a great new program that Ian is using to help his students. 

Bernie Najar Top 100 instructor joins us for episode 79. We talk ground force , technology and simulating pressure in practice sessions and during lessons. 

This weeks our guest is Top 100 instructor Chuck Evans. Chuck has been in the biz since 1970 and has some great info to share with our listeners. Co creator of 5 simple keys and instructor to players on every tour.

Craig Foster "aka Dr. DynAlign" joins us to take about his system to help you with alignment in putting and short game. Greg has several videos on the site Secrets in the Dirt. This is a very interesting topic that will help you shoot lower scores.

Ken Pierce of Golf Gym joins us for episode 76 of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan. His product is a great way for you to stay in shape and get more out of your game.

John let's us in on coaching a PGA Tour Player and how he helped him get back on tour. This is a great interview that you want to make sure you listen to in it's entirety. Great insight to learn for players and instructors alike.

Episode 74 is our interview with Kate Tempesta top 50 young instructor voted by Golf Digest. Kate is located in New York City and bring a fresh new approach to teaching the game to juniors age 3-15 years. This is a great episode to listen to if you have a junior golfer and are looking for programs. Try to find an instructor in your area who uses much of the technics that Kate has formed in her outstanding junior golf programs. For all the junior instructors who listen to this podcast take notes. This is a great way to think outside the box to better your present program.

Brian Crowell of Golf Channel Academy Live joins us for this weeks Episode 73 of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan. Brian talks about how to stop off line shots and how you can hit more fairways and greens.

Dom DiJulia joins us on this weeks episode 72 of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan. Dom is a Top 100 instructor and has so much information to share with you on how to take control of your game. Dom has more certifications then almost any other instructor and is here to share that knowledge.

Ed Bowe joins us for episode 71 of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan.Ed Bowe is a Hank Haney level 4 instructor. We talk about how he uses a new program The Secret of Champions to help his student reach their highest potential. This insight is great information for you to take control of your game.

This week our guest is Elizabeth granahan from the G2 golf group of Chester Valley Golf Club. Elizabeth is the only women in the history of the Philadelphia PGA Section to be Teacher of the Year. We discuss what she does to help her players and how it can help your game.

Episode 69 interview with Michael Michaelides. LIU Men's Golf Coach. 2008 Big Break X. Michael gives his insight into coaching and technology on the world of golf.

Dennis Sales joins us on Episode 68 of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan. Dennis works with high profile junior players in Texas and has his academy located in Sinclair Golf Center. We take tech instruction and more.

Kalliope Barlis is the author to Play Golf Better Faster. She is our guest here on Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan Episode 67. Kaliope has played as a professinal and now works with players on the mental side of the game. Take control of your game with this  interview that you won't want to miss.

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Interview with Megan Padua. Megan brings passion to everything she does in the world of golf. She is young and eager to learn more and share that knowledge with others to help grow the game. Megan Travels the U.S. during the winter months giving Aimpoint clinics and spreading the word about how much golf can enrich lives. In the summer she makes her home in New York and she is also very active on social media working hard to grow the game.

James Sieckmann short game guru to more than eighty Tour pros on bith the PGA and LPGA joins us to talk about his new book. Your Short Game Solution. James sutided first hand the short game of players like Seve Ballesteros , Raymond Floyd and Cory Pavin. He found out why they were masters on shots inside of 120 yards. He tells us his story and how he became connected with these great players.He will fill us in on these same examples in our 64th episode of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan.

To purchase this incredible book go to - Your Short Game Solution

This weeks guest is Mike Dynda. Mike is the mens Golf Coach of Drexel University in Philadelphia Pa. Mike is also an aimpoint certified instructor. In this episode we talk about some of the things that high school students need to think about when looking for a scholarship in golf along with golf instruction topics od putting and more.

The Founder of Game in Glove joins us for this interview. Mark Berry is an amateur golfer who came up with a incredible training aid to help players of all levels get on path to a better swing. Mark is from the U.K. and now lives in the States. We talk about how he came up with the idea of Game in Glove and how it works.

Episode 62 of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan
Our guest is Ralph Landrum 2014 PGA Player Development Award Winner. Ralph is a Master PGA Pro who has played on tour and works hard to grow the game of golf. He works with players of all levels and imparts his wisdom of years of teaching knowledge to our listeners in this episode.

This week our guest is Dr. Sasho Mackenzie from St. Francis Xavier University. He is an expert in biomechanics and the golf swing and has worked with Tiger's Woods present instructor Chris Como discussing the swing and how it functions with biomechanics. This is a extra long episode that covers ground force in the golf swing.

The first show of Spring here at Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan. It may not feel like Spring where you are but our guest David MacKenzie of Golf State of Mind will warm up your game with his approach to the mental side of the game along with great tips to take your game to the next level.

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Brian Jacobs is our guest on this weeks episode 59 of Breaking Par. Brian has trained with John Jacobs golf schools and is a certified Hank Haney instructor along with 4 elements putting and more. Brian is a great guy who gives great content in this interview to help you take control of your game. 

Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan Episode 58 Interview with 7 time Women's Canadian Long Drive Champion Lisa Longball Vlooywsk. Lisa let's us know how to crush the ball and stay in control. This was a great episode you don't want to miss.

This weeks our guest is Master teaching professional Matt Kluck. Matt has taught over 1100 PGA professionals in several PGA sections throughout the country and has given over 35,000 lessons. 

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Our guest is the world renound golf instructor David Leadbetter. David has worked with several of the best players in the world and is one of the first golf instructors to raise the bar in golf instruction and coaching. David talks about his newest student and world number one Lydia Ko. Lydia is the youngest to ever gain world number one status or any tour. We touch base on Lydia 's play and what she is working on. Talk about David's new book The A Swing and his insight into the game. 

Bernard Sheridan interviews Jason Helman 2010 Canadian Teacher of the year and founder of Short game combine app Red Zone. Jason talks about how improtant short game is to play your best and other topics in golf instruction.

In this extra long episode we talk with putting guru Geoff Mangum the founder of The Putting Zone. Geoff is one of the most brillant minds in putting. he has worked with players on the LPGA, PGA, Tours. Has certififed several Golf instruction professinals around the globe in the Putting Zone methods.

Episode 53 is our interview with Bob Duncan PGA teaching pro. Founder of Golfer Postioning System teaching program. Bob believes that the best way to practice is the way you play. Golf is played off of uneven lies on the course. The GPS system uses this to transfer practice to play.

Welcome to our 52nd Episode of Breaking Par. This marks one year since the show has begun. Our guest is Brian Manzella whom has worked with David Toms and is on a quest to find out more about the swing. He talks about Tiger and his new coach Chris Como and more. This is an extended episode so you might want to listen to it in two sittings.

Bernard Sheridan talks with Dr. Robert J. Neal. of Golf Bio-Dynamics. A leader in 3D technology out of the Jim McLean Golf Academy in Miami Florida. Dr. Neal has been at it since 1982 and give us tons of great info into the world of bio dynamics and how it can be used in golf instruction to help your game.

Alison is an LPGA Tour professinal and Instructor out of the Los Angles area. She has played in several tour events and in this interview let's us know how she prepares for those events and her insight into golf instruction. 

Ted Purdy has made his way back onto the PGA Tour for the 2015 season. In this interview Ted talks about his invention The Purdy Grip and how it helped him find his swing again and perfect his grip to the point where he has found himself back on tour. This is by far one of the most informative interviews here on Breaking Par and an episode you do not want to miss!

Breaking Par Episode 46 Interview with James Hong of Harbor Links Golf Course in Port Washington N.Y. James is a Top 50 U.S Kids Golf Instructor and voted of Top 50 Growth of the game 2014 by Golf Range Magazine. He give us some words of wisdom and tips to help you take control of your game. 

This week we interview Justin Bruton from the Biltmore Hotel in Miami Fl. Justin is a Golf Channel Swing Fix Instructor and one of the up and coming young teaching professinals in the golfing world today. 

Ed Teer Interview with the founder of Ed Teer Golf Academy in Williamsburg Va.and assitant coach to William and Mary Golf Team. Ed shares his teams practice routine and insight on instruction.

Pete Buchanan is the founder of Plane Simple Golf and the inventor of the swing training aid SSR. That stands for Simple swing Repeater. This episode I get insight from Pete who has work with John Jacobs Golf Schools in the npast and now brings that knowledge to his student and to you our audiance in this interview. To contact Pete go to www.planesimplegolf.com. To ask questions please email us at parbreakers@gmail.com

Episode 42  is interview with the instuctor to PGA Tour player Brian Gay. Lynn Blake. Lynn gives his insight to some of the things that must happen in your swing in order for success. We touch base on high level players pre event prep and gain information that only Lynn's students know. Lynn has worked side by side with Ben Doyle of The Golfiing machine and is a Master instructor of the golfing machine. Lynn also has his own certification program for instructors. Lynn Blake certified Instruction.

Episode 41 is our first interview with Mike Fay.

Mike Fay is the Director of Player Performance at the Boyne Golf Academy in Boyne Falls Michigan. Mike is a golf channel certified Swing Fix instructor and named "Top 50 Kids instructors" by US Kids Golf in 2013. Mike also has a show on Twitter called "Ask the Pro". Mike shares his insight on golf instruction with some of the things he does with his students and his recomendations on trining aids and more. To contact Mike Fay go to

http://mikefaygolf.com/ and find him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/mikefaygolf

If you have a part of your game that needs help email us at parbreakers@gmail.com
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Episode 40 looks at some of the things that you need to do in short shots. Many players hit these shots with just their arms and we need to get the body involved in some cases. We also need to think about weight shift and grip tension.

Choosing an instructor to help you get the most out of your game take some work. But once you listen to this weeks episode it will make the task a little easier. What things do you want out of an instructor and what should you look for? How do you know that they are a good fit for your game? What questions should you ask and how do you go about finding the instructors in your area?

Episode 38 of breaking Par with bernard Sheridan covers how you can relate golf to other sports you have played growing up. Most of us grew up playing baseball,scoccer,hockey and basketball. This weeks episode goes into deeper detail as to how golf is similar to these sports. This will help you understand how the motion you use in other sports can be transfered to golf.

We all have some form of tension in our life. But in our golf game there is no room for tension. It robs us of feel and speed along with tempo. This weeks podcast will give you tips on how to recognize that there is tension in your grip and body and how to relieve that tension. Once the tension is gone you will see speed ,tempo and overall direction on your shot making improve. For more infromation to take control of your game go to our website. http://www.parbreakers.com

To play our best we need someone in our corner. That someone is you. Talk to yourself like a PGA Tour Caddie talks to his player. Be positive and learn how to take positive imaging during you round and play your best in this weeks episode.

Hitting more fairways and greens lead to lower scores. In order to do this we need to hit straighter shots and this weeks episode 35 covers how you can do that along with tips to help you create solid contact. Do get the most out of your game make sure you subscribe to this podcast on your smartphone or listening device.

Learn to tap into the subconscious and become right brain dominate while you swing. Turn off the intrunal self chatter and play your best with this weeks Breaking Par podcast

This weeks episode #33 is all about sand play. How to get out of a greenside sand trap and also fairways sand traps. Bernard Sheridan also covers bounce and sand conditions. If you like this show please leave us a review on iTunes. This will help the show get to more players. If you are having a problem in your game please email us at parbreakers@gmail.com and we will cover your topic on an upcoming show.

Episode 32 of Breaking Par covers uneven lies and what happens to your ball flight when the ball is below,above ,uphill or downhill. How to approach these shots and how to work on and find out through trial and error on the course. For questions to any of our podcasts email us at parbreakers@gmail.com.

In 2014 time is tight for almost all of us. This weeks episdoe helps you make time to practice the things that matter in your game. Find out how just a few mintues each day can change your game for the better.

This weeks show covers how you can hit more fairways and greens. The points in your swing that have to happen to hit the ball straighter and longer. Links to the video of billy Horschel that we speak about in this episode can be found here.

Billy Horschel Wins BMW 2014

The finish of the golf swing tells a story about the entire swing. This weeks episode talks about how important the roll of the finish plays in you hitting better shots.

Breaking Par Epsiode 28 covers fixes for fat and thin shots. What are the cause and drills that you can do to fix them.

The only 1/2 hour weekly golf show devoted to golf instruction. This weeks episode 27 covers putting and how important it is to putt well to lower your scores. To get the most out of your game visit http://www.parbreakers.com.

There are thousands of different swing styles. In order to produce a good shot the dynamics are what counts. No matter what your swing style may be learn how the dynamics all must be the same. 

Episode 25 covers the practice warm up before a round that Tiger Woods uses. How can we use much of the same things to help us have a better pre shot warm up and better practice range sessions. To follow bernard Sheridan and par breakers golf Academy go to http://www.parbreakers.com 

This weeks episode talks about the choices in Junior Golf camps and what you should look for in a good program. Many programs are run with College students as instructors. You want to make sure that the instructors are Full time insturctors not part time summer hires.

There is no way that most of us know all the rules of golf but these few that are covered all players should know. 

Your play will be much more plesent if you use the proper etiquette that is exspected on the golf course. Just like anywhere else we are exspected to act acordingly in certian situations. Bernard Sheridan goes over the basics in this weeks podcast.

This weeks epidose is about how to find club distance. How far do you hit each club in your bag. If your not sure than you cannot play your best. Bernard Sheridan talks about the distances that PGA Tour players hit each club and how far you should be hitting each club. Also how to find out through range sessions how far you really carry each club.

Is your swing in balance? Balance is one of the top reasons why tour pros play so well. If your balance is off your swing will be too. So take a listen and see how you can find perfect balance to improve your swing and tempo.

Martin Kaymer has won the US Open at Pinehurst No. 2 with a wire to wire play. The biggest thing that helped him in his victory was a solid connection of his body and arms working togeather in his swing. This is the key to solid ball striking under pressure. This episode covers how you can use connection in your swing to up your game and refers to drills on the par breakers YouTube channel that you can view to help make this happen. Please leave a review for this show on iTunes and send your comments to parbreakers@gmail.com. Let us know what trouble you are having and we will cover your topic on a future show. As always thank you for your support.

Episode 18 Learn from your divots not only talks about the importance of understanding your divots but where the divot should be in your swing. How deep and how many inches ahead of the ball is the deepest part of the divot for a PGA Tour pro. What can you do to make this happen in your swing. How you can lower your scores by four shots every inch your divots moves forward towards the target.

So many golfers hit the ball to the right off the tee and with their irons. 

This weeks podcast covers how to fix your slice. Below is a link to the drill taht is covered in the podcast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR8ZTlKtA1c&list=PL1F5C72C717F01A2D&feature=share&index=2

It is a core rotation drill that will help you in the impact zone. Work on this drill before practice sessions and rounds to help you feel your core more engauged in your swing. T

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To get the most out of your game you need to think your way around the course. In episode 16 bernard Sheridan talks about how you can save shots and lay out a plan to attack to course when needed and to lay up when you should. For great instruction podcasts every week download all of our episodes. 

Connection of the arms and torso are so important to solid ball striking. This episode bernard Sheridan dives into how you can make that connection in your golf swing to take control of your game.

In this episode Bernard Sheridan covers the importance of getting your irons and drtiver,ball fit. To get the most out of your personal potential you need to play equimpment that fits your body type. To get future podcasts downloaded right to your phone subscribe to this podcast on iTunes. Also check out all bernard has to offer at his website. http://www.parbreakers.com

All of us would like to hit more fairways with our drives. This weeks episode Bernard Sheridan covers tips and drills to help you take control off the tee and hit more fairways to help lower your score. 

You bio mechanics determine your swing type and much more than you would think on how you should swing the golf club. This episode talks about how you can find your perfect swing plane and balance point or post. Swing better and will less chance of injury.

To play your best and improve from one season to the next you need to understand your game and keeping stats is a big part of that. Keeping Firways hit,greens hit and putts are just a few stats that will help you know where your game needs work. This podcast out 4/14/14 is to ive you insight into how important keeping your stats means to improving. Remeber bernard is here to help you so don't forget to email him for advice at parbreakers@gmail.com

Premier Episode of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan - Golf Instruction Podcast covers Pre Shot Routine with Bernard Sheridan Golf Swing Fix certified instructor and founder of Par Breakers Golf Academy. In this episode bernard talks about how PGA Tour Pros play their best when sticking to their pre shot routine and how a solid pre shot routine will not only help you play better but keep pace of play up. If you would like to hear a topic covered that you need help with please contact us at parbreakers@gmail.com. We will do our best to cover that topic in a feature podcast. You can also take a lesson with Bernard online or in person by going to the Par Breakers Golf Academy website at http://www.parbreakers.com