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David Leadbetter leads a clinic at LGA Leeds in 2015.

David Leadbetter leads a clinic at LGA Leeds in 2015.

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Chris Parker was born in England in February 1978, he grew up in the West Midlands and began playing golf at the age of 8 influenced by his father who is an avid golfer. It was quickly identified that Chris had a natural talent for the game and progressed quickly competing in many amateur and junior tournaments at club and county level, before attending University of Central England. After having a successful University career it was only natural for Chris to pursue a career in golf, turning professional in 1998. In 2002 Chris graduated from the PGA of Great Britain gaining Distinction in Coaching. It was during this time period that Chris was drawn to the teaching and philosophy of David Leadbetter were he began his Leadbetter Certification. In 2003, Chris began working for The Leadbetter Golf Academy in Germany. Moving in 2011 to The Leadbetter Academy in Munich as Senior Instructor and Head of Training were he coached some of the best amateur golfers in the Munich area and accompanied LPGA tour players such as Sandra Gal at European Tour level.

During his time in Germany Chris has presented golf clinics with his fellow members of the LGA team for the British and German PGA, presented at the Malmo, Hamburg, Cologne, and Munich golf exhibitions and wrote several articles covering all different aspects of the game on behalf of the leading German golf magazines.

In 2013 Chris moved back to the UK where he will be found Directing The Leadbetter Academy on behalf of David Leadbetter at Leeds Golf Centre The Home of Modern Golf.

Most winters, Chris finds the time to travel to The Leadbetter Headquarters at Champions Gate Florida, and has had the opportunity to work with David Leadbetter teaching many European and PGA Tour players such as Fredrick Jacobson, Bernd Wiesberger and Gary Boyd, Champions Tour players such as Andy Bean, Mark McNulty, LPGA players such as Na Yeon Choi, Suzanne Pettersen, Sandra Gal, Jennifer Song and many more.

Through the opportunity to work with David and other leading instructors Chris feels that he is continually learning which can only advance his skills and ultimately help those who he teaches. This is what gives Chris the drive to further educate and develop himself to becoming the best possible golf instructor.


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Saturday 4 December 2010

Mental Golf: Eyes Wide Open

In order to achieve consistency on the putting green, a player’s perceptual motor skills must be fully engaged with the ‘read’ of the putt when he focuses on his ball-roll line. Good visual health, creative visualisation skills and obtaining reliable depth and distance judgment information are crucial to great putting. You must be able to read the slope of a green accurately, see your putting line clearly, and trust what your eyes are telling you before you step into the address position and stroke the ball.
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BODY DRILLS

By showing people how to do body drills so that they could monitor body movement without a club and without their arms. What I did was just break the golf swing and the golf movements down into just what does the body do. I looked at the lower half of the body and the upper half of the body as separate units. Then what I have people do is just cross their arms on their chest and practice making just a turn and a finish, just practice making that simple move. A powerful move in golf happens in a very small area, but there is motion, and by that I mean as you go back into your back leg you will feel weight go into a braced and flexed right leg. That is something you monitor in front of a mirror so that you get set correctly. Also monitor your head movement. How far is your head moving to the right? Well it is going to either turn a little bit or move slightly to the right in the back move. But I don’t want it to move more than two or three inches. If you see yourself sliding your head very far back that would be a poor move, too much slide. On the other hand never make a move where you are turning into your left leg on the backswing. So when you do your body drill make sure you get loaded on your back leg. When you start down, start with a little knee shuttle, right knee, left knee, move something downstairs to get you started. Go through to a nice impact position and hold, and then go through to your finish position. The body drill can really help you understand how to get more power in your swing.
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