2012 asia pacific srixon pga coaching summit - Science & Motion Golf
2012 asia pacific srixon pga coaching summit - Science & Motion Golf
2012 asia pacific srixon pga coaching summit - Science & Motion Golf
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Dr. Dave Alred MBE<br />
Dr. Dave Alred is a specialist coach in performing under pressure.<br />
Having completed his PhD at Loughborough University, Alred has<br />
worked with a variety of sports at the elite level. He has worked with the<br />
Middlesborough, Sunderland, and Aston Villa Football Clubs as well as<br />
the English Cricket and Polo Teams. In Australia he has worked across<br />
numerous football codes with St George, Newcastle, Parramatta, Manly,<br />
the Wallabies and West Coast Eagles all featuring on his client list.<br />
Dave Alred was inaugurated into the UK Coaching Hall of Fame for his contribution to the<br />
success of England’s Rugby World Cup win, and was awarded the Mussabini Medal for<br />
outstanding success on the world stage. In 2004 he was honored with an MBE and is widely<br />
regarded as the world’s best kicking coach with over 130 tests and 4 world cups under his belt<br />
as an English and British Lions Assistant Coach.<br />
As well as his work with teams, Alred concentrates a great deal of time on individual<br />
performances believing that it is often one’s mindset that is fundamental to success.<br />
By trying to ensure players always perform at, or very near their potential, Alred is continually<br />
searching for ways to get a player to go where they’ve never been before in terms of both their<br />
performance and mindset. He has helped both athletes and coaches develop an understanding of a<br />
“No Limits” mindset and looks at how performance behaviour changes when in pressure situations.<br />
In addition to being renowned for his work with star pupil Jonny Wilkinson, Alred has been<br />
heralded for his work with Luke Donald, seeing him rise from number 32 to number 1 in<br />
the world. Having taught himself to play golf, Alred now plays off four and enjoys working<br />
with individuals to better their game. He has recently started working with three-time major<br />
winner, Ireland’s Padraig Harrington.<br />
Denis McDade<br />
Denis McDade has been a member of the PGA of Australia for over 20<br />
years. He coached at the Victorian Institute of Sport <strong>Golf</strong> Program for 11<br />
years and spent 2 years as Scholarship Coach at the AIS <strong>Golf</strong> Program.<br />
Denis coaches a number of Touring Professionals including Marcus<br />
Fraser, Marc Leishman, Paul Sheehan, Ash Hall, Matthew Griffin,<br />
Gareth Paddison and Clint Rice. He also coaches 2011 British Amateur<br />
Champion Bryden Macpherson, the first Australian to win the<br />
Championship since Doug Bachli in 1954.<br />
As Head of the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) Junior Advisory Board, Denis has dedicated<br />
himself for several years to researching and improving the way in which junior golf programs are<br />
structured and delivered and will share elements of this as part of the Summit Program this year.<br />
Denis spends many weeks each year travelling around the world working with his players<br />
and presenting at certification seminars on behalf of TPI. He has previously been nominated<br />
as a PGA Teacher of the Year and continues to be considered as one of Australia’s foremost<br />
teachers and coaches.<br />
Dr. Richard (Ric) Charlesworth<br />
Whether leading the world in hockey, captaining Western Australia in<br />
cricket, cramming in a medical degree or winning a seat in Federal<br />
Parliament, Dr. Ric Charlesworth has always excelled. His natural gifts<br />
and a fierce appetite for victory have guaranteed his success.<br />
A former captain of the Western Australian and Australian Hockey<br />
Teams, Ric Charlesworth played 227 games for his country including<br />
5 Olympic and 4 World Cup tournaments. He was a gold medallist and<br />
player of the World Cup Tournament in 1986 and silver medallist at the 1976 Olympics.<br />
He was also in Federal Parliament for 10 years before retiring to take up the position of National<br />
Coach of the Australian Women’s Hockey Team from 1993 to 2000. During his time at the helm,<br />
the team was consistently ranked as the number one team in the world, and won 4 Champions<br />
Trophies, 2 World Cup’s, 2 Olympic Gold medals & 1 Commonwealth Games Gold medal.<br />
Charlesworth won the Australian Team Coach of the Year six times (first in 1994 and then each<br />
year from 1996 to 2000) and was awarded the status of Master Coach by the International Hockey<br />
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