About Performance Golf Solutions owner Alan Smith

I have been teaching Pilates and golf fitness in Charlotte, North Carolina for the past 6 years and in Columbia, South Carolina since March, 2007. Performance Golf Solutions is an outgrowth of golfer’s experiencing great results from my Pilates classes in Charlotte, NC. I did extensive research into the biomechanics of golf and quickly realized that everything that Pilates is known for is exactly what golfer’s need to improve their bodies to play better and reduce injuries. I obtained certification through Pilates for Golf Coach ™ and the Titleist Performance Institute where my research was confirmed by those already in the industry and where I gathered even more application experience as it relates to golf fitness.

Training

· Certified Golf Fitness Instructor through the Titleist Performance Institute, October, 2006

· Pilates For Golf Coach™ Advanced Instructor through Pilates for Golf Coach™, October, 2006

· Certified Golf Conditioning Specialist through the Pilates PhysicalMind Institute, May, 2006

· Functional Fitness for Golf & Racquet Sports workshop STOTT Pilates, November, 2005

· Pilates mat certification from the Pilates PhysicalMind Institute, April, 2002

· Pilates mat certification from the Charlotte YMCA and Joyful Movement, October, 2001

· Attended a series of Health and Fitness classes through a certificate program at Central Community College, Fall 2002

· Successfully completed many fitness class certifications through the Charlotte YMCA. 2002 – 2006

· Researched 100’s of golf fitness articles, golf fitness books, programs, videos and DVDs, and scientific papers on golf biomechanics and injury prevention for over three years. Research continues.

Experience

· Fox News Greensboro Golf Fitness News Report and Interview 1/10/2008.

· Developed Better Body For Golf ™ for fitness facilities to teach golf fitness to golfers.

· Had the opportunity to consult on golf fitness with the folks at Turtle Bay golf course in Hawaii spring of 2007.

· Offering golf fitness workshops for several years in Charlotte, NC and now in Columbia, SC.

· Was the golf fitness instructor for the Queens University women’s golf team for the 2006-07 season.

· Worked with Mike Wright (recently seen on the Golf Channel’s presentation of the Titleist Peformance Institute’s golf fitness segment demonstrating the value of Pilates for golfers) on the second edition of his book Golf and Pilates for Pilates Professionals sold through The Pilates PhysicalMind Institute.

· Created a fitness program specific to golfers called Fore Play that covered essential stretching and body weight strengthening exercises for 4 areas of a golfer’s body to improve their game and their overall fitness level as well.

· Created my Front 9 - Back 9 Golfer’s Fitness Course program consisting of 18 essential stretching and body weight strengthening exercises all contained on a golf course score card type format making learning and performing these exercises easy to do and recall when needed.

· Written many golf fitness articles for publications and websites.

· Created a fitness program called 5x5 of essential stretching and body weight strengthening exercises for the average person to make fitness fun and easy to do. Present on public television in cooperation with the Mecklenburg Council on Health and Fitness. Aired December, 2003.

· I taught Pilates at the Tower Club, Gold’s Gym, YMCA, Carolina Sports Club, Peak Fitness, Fitness Today, and Central Piedmont Community College since the fall of 2001.

· Became the YMCA’s first male Pilates instructor in November of 2001. Taught in the YMCA system (at four locations) for two years until a job change and schedule made it impractical to travel to the locations.

· Became Peak Fitness of Charlotte’s first Pilates instructor in January of 2002.

· I became the first male Pilates instructor at the all women’s Fitness Today in Concord in the spring of 2003.

· Initiated and offered Central Piedmont Community College’s first Pilates class in 2003. Taught the class for four semesters.

· Headed up a local Pilates Get Together network of over 80 Pilates instructors in and around Charlotte. I organized training opportunities and workshops of interest to the Pilates community.

· Developed a unique balance and core strengthening program for Lacrosse players.

· Created and managed an online survey of the local Pilates community to get their feelings on the training needs of themselves, their clients/students and the community at large.

· Wrote several articles for PilatesStyle magazine covering Pilates apparatus.