Episodes

  • Adam Porzak - Must-Do's for a Better Golfswing
    Sep 16 2024

    Based in San Diego, California Adam Porzak runs Porzak Golf - an elite instructional team that works with golfers of all skill levels. Adam is a former Tour Professional who now teaches many elite golfers at the highest level. A former Junior World Championship Runner-up, Adam knows about golf performance under pressure, and he brings his "old-school' approach to the #OntheMark podcast.

    Adam delves into a number of important elements involved in the creation of a reliable golfswing. As he talks about: (a) The Importance of Set-up and Posture, (b) Understanding "Connection," (c) How Connection facilitates the Ability to Rotate, and (d) Using the Least Amount of Manipulation through Impact, Adam addresses a number of relevant talking points:

    1. Connection and Leverage around "Fixed Points"
    2. Turning vs. Shifting
    3. Golf played "Underneath' You
    4. Constant and Consistent Rotation and Sequencing
    5. Swinging the Handle and Arm-speed
    6. Shallowing the Shaft, correctly
    7. 2 Set-ups in the Swing
    8. Hand-path and Swing Plane
    9. Ball Position and its importance, and a
    10. Helpful Swing Improvement Drill called the "3 Dot Alignment Drill"

    Improve your golfswing with Adam's help and insight. Download and listen, and then search and subsribe to Mark Immelman on YouTube to watch Adam's demonstrations.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Jake Ledbetter on Improving Turns, Tilts and Rotary Body Action in the Golf Swing
    Sep 11 2024

    Jake Ledbetter is a former Professional Tournament golfer who has turned to Golf Instruction. The rising star has learned under, and worked for some of the best, including George Gankas, Dana Dahlquist and Mike Schy and now he is an instructor at The Mike Schy Performance Institute.

    Ledbetter joins the #OntheMark podcast to help you develop a more consistent golf-swing by improving your body pivot and making it the governor and driver of the swing.

    He talks about concepts like:

    • Turning and Tilting with proper Pressure Shifts
    • A Controlled Pivot instead of a Maximum Pivot
    • Lead Hip Movement and Clearance

    He shares drills from Tiger Woods, George Gankas and Mike Schy to help you improve your pivot, while also addressing game improvement concepts like:

    • The Chicken and Egg Effect in the golf-swing - figuring out what style and approach is best for you
    • Hearing the Correct Thing instead of Hearing Everything
    • Golf-swing Low Point Control, and
    • Blending a Technique-focus and a Target-focus in Practice.

    This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Kiran Mistry with 7 Exercises to Prepare You for Your Best Golf
    Sep 4 2024

    Kiran Mistry is the Director and Founder of "The Golf Athlete" in Hanoi, Vietnam. He trains countless golfers and professionals from the Asian, KPGA and KLPGA Tours and is quickly becoming one of the leading minds in the golf fitness arena.

    Kiran joins #OntheMark to help you to become a more athletic, fit, strong, mobile and flexible version of yourself, as he helps you to overcome your limitations while improving your movements for better golf.

    He shares 7 exersises, that take about 10 minutes to complete, which will prepare you for your best performance:

    1. Seated A-Frame Openers
    2. Alternating Lunge Openers
    3. Squat Hold Extensions
    4. Kneeling Lat Rolls
    5. Side Extension Dropbacks
    6. Hamstring Single Leg Depressions, and
    7. Quad Hip Extensions

    Get fit, get strong, get mobile and prepare your body for your best golf. Download, or watch this as a vodcast on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

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    1 hr
  • "Unstuck Yourself" and Unlock Your Full Potential with Paul Salter
    Aug 28 2024

    Paul Salter is a mindset coach and hypnotherapist who helps golfers overcome the mental and emotional hazards of their mind in order to play to their full potential.

    With an extensive background working with elite Collegiate, Professional, and Olympic athletes as a Sports Dietitian, his unique coaching system leverages 15+ years of coaching with an emphasis on Hypnosis, Subconscious Reprogramming, Mindset Shift Training, and other proven strategies to help you "unstuck yourself."

    Paul joins #OntheMark to discuss his coaching approach and how the use of hypnotherapy can help you get out of your own way by stopping self-sabotage at its source. He discusses various topics including:

    • Overcoming the Mental and Emotional Hazards of Your Mind
    • An overview of what Hypnosis is not and is, as well as how it works
    • Shifting from Unconscious Reactions to Conscious Responses
    • Identifying and dismantling Destructive Mindset Programs (DMP's) and how they negatively affect you
    • How to begin dismantling and defusing Toxic Emotions
    • How Negative Emotions (and your inability to manage them) wreak havoc on your swing, score, and life off the course
    • The "Fear JAR" (judgment, abandonment, and rejection) and how fear shows up on the golf course and what to do about it, and
    • Cultivating Confidence on-demand.

    Break through your imiting beliefs, overcome mental roadblocks, and conquer the fears holding you back from unlocking your full potential. Download this podcast or watch it as a vodcast on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

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    52 mins
  • TJ Katherineberg on How to Hit More Flushers
    Aug 19 2024

    Formerly the Director of Virtual Instruction at Elite Golf Schools of Arizona, TJ Katherineberg is one of the bright young minds in golf instruction. He played NCAA Collegiate golf and turned professional, but his passion for helping people to enjoy what he calls "golf - the purest form of competition" led him to golf instruction.

    TJ has a wide following of golfers who take virtual and personal lessons from him and he joins #OntheMark to help you to "flush it" and hit more quality golf-shots.

    TJ describes a few elements vital to striking the ball consistently well, and he shares drills to help you achieve those moves correctly and appropriately:

    • Loading properly and maintaining Space in the golf-swing
    • How the Lead Arm works in an efficient golf-swing
    • The Stretching Sequence of the Body (and the lead arm) in the golf-swing
    • A proper and well-sequenced Transition and how to "Stack the Lead Side"
    • Proper Pelvic Tilts for more Vertical Force
    • Handle-dragging and how to avoid it in the downswing
    • Hand-action and the appropriate amount in the golf-swing
    • Shifting Pressure and Mass properly in the golf-swing, and
    • TJ also teaches about the "Chi Line" and how to achieve it for more power and accuracy.

    This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman,

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    54 mins
  • Lance Reader (Krank Golf) on Long Driving and Gaining More Ball Speed for More Power
    Aug 13 2024

    Lance Reader is a former World Long Drive contestant and the Founder and President of Krank Golf. Krank Golf hand manufactures Drivers and Fairway Metals with multiple, variable Face Thicknesses for longer tee-shots at the Professional and Amateur levels.

    Lance joins Mark Immelman on the #OntheMark podcast to discuss Krank Golf and their approach to crafting and building Drivers that generate more ball compression (at impact) and ball-speed.

    Lance discusses the importance of distance off the tee. He also elaborates on the importance of accuracy and finding fairways to shoot lower scores, and how finding the correct Driver make-up can improve both distance and accuracy.

    Furthermore, Lance elaborates on various elements that enhance a golfer's chance of gaining more ball-speed and distance off the tee:

    • Paying attention to shot dispersion
    • Optimizing practice time on the range
    • Driver shaft length
    • The Trampoline Effect of the correct Driver face for more speed
    • The performance of Carbon-faced Drivers in contrast to Titanium-faced Drivers (Krank), and
    • Understanding Coefficient of Restitution (C.O.R.) and how it can be exploited for more distance.

    This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

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    49 mins
  • Trent Griessel on Taking Your Game to the Next Level
    Aug 5 2024

    Trent Griessel is a Division I golfer at The University of Texas Arlington. Born in South Africa and raised in the America, Trent is a product of the IMG Academy. He is a tournament-winner at various levels whose goal is to parlay his successful NCAA College Golf career into a career on the PGA TOUR.

    Trent has started giving authentic, holistic game improvement insights and lessons on his Instagram channel, and he joins #OntheMark to share a few tips to help you take your game to the next level.

    He discusses:

    1. The Most Underrated Skill in Golf - Self Coaching
    2. Hitting Intimidating Shots Successfully
    3. Caveman Golf Advice
    4. Stopping the Downward Spiral, and
    5. Comparison to other Players and its Adverse Effect on Play

    He also talks about a few tips that will help with on-course performance, including:

    • Golf's Rollercoaster nature
    • Attitudes for Success
    • The Mental Game
    • Aiming and Focus Points
    • Keeping Things Simple
    • Eliminating One Side of the Course (with Scottie Scheffler insights)
    • Breathing for Focus and Re-centering
    • Problem-solving
    • Playing to Improve and Be Great, and
    • Expectation Management
    • This podcast is also available on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

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    56 mins
  • Jim McLean on his 25% Theory to Golf Instruction, The X-Factor for Power, and Lessons from the Greats
    Jul 29 2024

    Jim McLean is one of the foremost golf instructors in the history of the game. He has been a Top Three Instructor in America for 25 years, and he has taught a number of the greats in the game ranging from Gary Player and Bernhard Langer to Gary Woodland, Greg Norman, Keegan Bradley and Lexi Thompson.

    A TV and Radio personality, a published author, and a member of the World Golf Teachers Hall of Fame, McLean is a wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise and he joins #OntheMark to talk about golf, golf instruction and game improvement theories.

    He shares lessons from some greats of instruction and the PGA TOUR including:

    Homer Kelly and Ben Doyle - The Golfing Machine and Swing Positions and Lag

    Claude Harmon - Playing the Game and Anti-Hook maneuvers

    Ken Venturi - Being Tough and Competitive

    Jackie Burke - Playing Free and Visualization

    Sam Snead - Athleticism in the Golf Swing

    Lee Trevino - Swinging and Understanding Your Swing

    Jim also talks about his 25% Theory to Game Improvement - Long Game, Short Game, Mental Game, and Management.

    He talks about his "8 Step Swing" and the "Safety Zones" around each step, and he elaborates on his theory of the "X-Factor for Power."

    Learn about the golf-swing, how to understand, and remedy your swing, and how to play the game. Download and share this podcast, or search and subscribe to Mark Immelman on YouTube to watch the conversation.

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    58 mins