Orlando, FL (January 27, 2010) – GolfTEC has partnered with Dr. Gio Valiante and his Fearless Golf system, the leading sport psychology training program in the world of golf.
GolfTEC will incorporate Dr. Gio Valiante’s Fearless Golf mental condition program into its training program, allowing GolfTEC to provide holistic training including swing, fitness, course management, and now mental training. Principles from Fearless Golf will be customized and integrated into GolfTEC’s training program, ensuring that their clients receive the highest quality mental training in the industry.
“I view the GolfTEC solution as a perfect marriage of two top brands. I believe we can shorten the learning curve, and improve the performance of their clients,” said Dr. Gio Valiante, who has trained the minds of some of the best golfers in the world with his mental conditioning program, Fearless Golf.
GolfTEC’s staff of over 400 Coaches will receive monthly training on the Fearless Golf teaching methodology, differentiating them from alternatives that are strictly focused on the swing. Instruction will be delivered locally by the pros in conjunction with video content delivered directly by Dr. Valiante.
“We expanded into this area as we are certain it will save strokes off our student’s games and make them better golfers. We spent four years looking for the perfect solution for our clients,” said Andy Hilts, GolfTEC VP of Instruction. . “In the end, we found that Fearless Golf and Dr. Valiante were able to deliver exactly what our clients need.”
Dr. Valiante’s professional client’s including Camilo Villegas, Health Slocum, Matt Kuchar, and Stuart Appleby validate the Fearless Golf solution.
GolfTEC and Dr. Valiante will be quantifying the results which we be published in Dr. Valiante’s next book. GolfTEC and Dr.Valiante take a scientific approach to the training, and with over 150,000 GolfTEC students, this will be a revolutionary study on the results psychology can have on better scores at the amateur level.
About Fearless Golf. Dr. Gio Valiante’s groundbreaking research resulted in Fearless Golf Academy DVD and Fearless Golf: Conquering the Mental Game (Random House, 2005). Endorsed by the game’s top players, Dr. Valiante provides a vision for competitive golf that allows golfers to remain fearless, focused, and committed to each and every shot they hit. Dr. Gio Valiante is currently a professor at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida . He serves as the mental game consultant to the Golf Channel, Golf Digest, and the University of Florida . In addition, he has worked with many of the game’s top players including Camilo Villegas, Stuart Appleby, Justin Leonard, Chris Dimarco, Chad Campbell, Heath Slocum, Notah Begay III, Charles Howell III, Tommy Armour III, Bryce Molder, Matt Kuchar, and many, many more. Fore more information visit www.fearlessgolf.com.
About GolfTEC
Founded in Denver in 1995 by PGA Professionals Joe Assell (CEO) and Mike Clinton (COO), GolfTEC provides golf instruction in over 140 Improvement Centers nationwide. With over 2 million lessons given to date, GolfTEC delivers over 20% of all lessons taught in the U.S. each year (GTE estimate). GolfTEC’s fact-based combination of motion capture, biofeedback, swing and launch data is proprietary, and is covered by multiple patents. From full-swing confidence developed in climate-controlled bays to on-course instruction, a team of over 400 PGA instructors builds on a database of swings captured from 150 PGA, LPGA, and Senior Tour players. For more information, log onto www.golftec.com.
Contact:
Jennifer Dixon
Jamison Golf Group
407-328-0500, ext. 2
jennifer@jamisongolf.com
