Coming Soon 

Fordesgolf by EDGE Coaching Services is proud to announce a new venture coming soon. As part of the drive to improve golf in Barbados, a state of the art Performance Center is being constructed at The Barbados Golf Club. It will incorporate a space to promote the critical work of golf conditioning and fitness and will give golfers the opportunity to undertake the TPI (Titleist Performance Institute) Screening (see below). It will also house a launch monitor and a puttview station.  To see the 3D image of what it may look like click here. (Opens a new page)

What is TPI

​TPI is the world's leading educational organization dedicated to the study of how the human body functions in relation to the golf swing. For over twenty years, TPI has gathered the world’s largest technical database of the game’s top Tour professionals as well as every-day golfers. TPI collects 3D motion capture, force, pressure, launch monitor, strength, power, and movement data on every player that visits the TPI campus. Using this data, TPI discovered how a properly functioning body allows a player to swing a golf club in the most efficient way possible. Conversely, TPI determined how physical limitations in a player’s body can adversely affect the golf swing and potentially lead to injury. This relationship is what TPI calls The Body-Swing Connection and is the foundation of all professional Certification courses offered by TPI.

TPI’s Mission

TPI’s mission is to educate golfers and industry professionals on the Body-Swing Connection through its one of a kind TPI Certified educational program

TPI’s Philosophy

​TPI believes that golfers should match their swing style to their movement capabilities. The philosophy is simple:
There are an infinite number of ways to swing a golf club. However, there is one most-efficient way for each player to swing a club and it is based on what they can physically do.

TPI’s Assessment Screen

​If you don’t assess, it’s just a guess.To achieve an efficient swing, a golfer must first be screened. A proper screen involves an assessment of swing mechanics, biomechanics, physical fitness, movement quality, current health, and injury history.
The TPI movement screen is a simple test to quickly evaluate a player’s physical capabilities. The results of that assessment are used to determine how technical elements of the player’s swing could be related to what their body can or cannot do. Once this screen is finished, the results are used to create a plan unique for that golfer.
​The plan may include fitness training, physical therapy and treatment, coaching of swing mechanics and biomechanics, nutrition, mental strategy or all of the above.

Improve your golf book a screening

One of the quickest ways to improve your golf, is to assess where your body may have limitations. Once you understand these limitations you may be able to correct them or work around them. Either way you won't know you have them until you have screened for them. As a certified ​TPI coach, I would encourage you to do a screen and see where you can improve your game.