Girls Go Golfing Salutes LET'S MOVE & the S.H.E. network while working out on the INDO Board

LET'S MOVE on the INDO board!

The Sports Health Education network is all about SHE! CLICK HERE to watch

To me, one of the reasons we were so successful was that we respected and cared about the game and felt the same way about each other. My teammates always understood there was a greater purpose. That the opportunity to play was extremely special, and let's try to make sure as many young girls have that opportunity."

—MIA HAMM, SOCCER CHAMPION

CDC Report Says Only 1 in 5 Children Get Enough Exercise; Why Not Add Golf to Your Child's Activity?

ByLindsay Hock

New Report: Only One in Four Children Gets Enough Exercise

There is some good news from the new CDC study, Sallis shared. "All of the girls' top five activities provide continuous movement." 
According to the report, girls favored running, then walking, basketball, dancing and bike riding.

Although U.S. health experts recommend that children engage in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity for at least 60 minutes daily, only one in four actually does so, according to a new report by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

However, about 60 percent of boys surveyed and 49 percent of girls did get an hour of physical activity five days or more each week, according to study researcher Tala Fakhouri.

Overall, Fakhouri said, the researchers aren't happy with the findings. "This is not enough. I think we can do better," said Fakhouri, an epidemiologist with the NCHS.

The new findings come at a time when child obesity is a growing concern and there's a nationwide push to get kids more active. Our award-winning GoGirlGo! program has been addressing the needs of inactive and underserved girls for more than a decade. Learn more about GoGirlGo! here. 

The CDC researchers used 2012 data from the combined National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and the NHANES National Youth Fitness Survey. The findings are published in the January issue of the NCHS Data Brief.

Kids covered in the report were ages 12 to 15. 

Boys were more likely than girls to meet the 60 minutes a day recommendation, with 27 percent of them doing so. Among girls, 22.5 percent met the requirement.

The researchers also found that nearly eight percent of kids did not get in any moderate-to-vigorous physical activity for an hour on any day of the week.

GET GOLF READY, GIRLS with a little help from ANNIKA

Using a bosu ball strengthens your core and improves your balance

HI, everyone:

Feeling snowbound in the northeast? Feel like the spring weather will never get here?

The golf courses are covered with snow but you can still work on your golf game!!!

I love to take my exercise routine "UP and ONTO" the bosu ball.  Many exercises that are done on a flat surface can be adapted to an unstable surface like the one you see me using above.

By being on an unstable surface, deeper muscles are firing as you attempt to do the exercise on the unstable surface. The result? Core muscles are working harder to maintain your stability as you move increasing your overall fitness and stability.

Plus the fun factor is added!!! Just be sure you move though the routine using slower movements and less weight.

For more on fitness, learn from a world-class golfer who used fitness to increase her advantage on the golf course by clicking below:

Annika Sorenstam: Shape Your Body To Your Swing Golf Instruction: Golfdigest.com

Get Girls Active, Part 5: Stick With It! Reinforcing Participation and Interest

Once you have a girl involved with physical activity, it's important to maintain and develop her interests. As most of us know, pre-teens and teens can get easily bored and need some variation and incentive to stay engaged. Plus, it's important that girls develop a lifelong love of being active. Women who are active in sports and recreational activities as girls feel greater confidence in their physical and social selves than those who were sedentary as kids. 

Maintaining the momentum and providing motivation to stick with it: 

1. Track progress. Ask her to keep a journal, write down what she’s doing and how she feels to track her progress. If you’re working out together, you should keep one too! 

2. Help her create a plan. Keep a fitness calendar for each day, week and month to remind her of her commitment to being active. Keeping it consistent helps, especially in the beginning. 

3. Don’t overdo it or the girl could get completely burnt out. You want to make sure that you are pacing her and spreading out the physical activity over the week. 

4. Surprise her. Sneak notes into her lunch or her clothes with words of inspiration or praise. Organize a trip to a WNBA game for her and her friends on a school night. 

5. Write down goals. What does she want to be able to do? Get her to articulate and write down the sports she wants to tackle and how many push-ups she wants to be able to do. She'll be amazed when she looks back at these goals three months, six months and a year from now and sees how far she's come.

6. Help her schedule the time to be active. Turn off the television and the computer. Or be active during commercials—stretch, dance, lift some light weights. Make sure that she's not overbooked or activities can start to feel like chores, rather than a fun and rewarding. 

7. Praise and reward. It is very important to recognize any efforts. A smile, a nod of the head, and kind words are the reinforcement for her to continue. Rewards are great incentives as long as they are fun and reasonable. 

REPRINTED from the WOMENS SPORTS FOUNDATION. Read MORE here.

Get Girls Active, Part One: What Does It Mean to be Physically Active?

Bottom line: sports help girls in all aspects of their lives. 

Much of our research indicates that lack of physical activity is directly related to increased pregnancy, delinquency, obesity, truancy and increased risk taking (use of drugs and alcohol) among school-aged girls.

In correlation to the studies providing choices of leisure has promoted successful life skills such as utilizing positive coping skills, increased sense of self, reduction in risky behaviors and increased goal setting. 

Research suggests that physical activity is an effective tool for reducing the symptoms of stress and depression among girls. 

Read more about it by clicking here!

WOMANS SPORTS FOUNDATION SAYS:FULL ACCESS MEANS EVERY GIRL CAN REAP THE BENEFITS OF SPORT

Fact:  By 14, girls are two-times more likely to drop out  of sports than boys are. We know girls growing up in underserved communities  are the least likely to be active.  This year, we proudly announced a new partnership  with New York Junior Tennis and Learning where girls  in The Bronx will learn life skills and get active through  our GoGirlGo! Program.  And with a nationwide focus, we continued our  longstanding commitment to girls across the country.  Find out how GoGirlGo! changed the lives of girls  from across the country.    FULL ACCESS IS ABOUT  OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS Fact:  The scarcity of funding for women even at the  highest levels of sport is a decisive factor in and  potential barrier to the success of highly talented athletes. We ramped up our Travel & Training Fund grants in 2013,  providing even more financial help to aspiring athletes in  their quest for excellence.  And we are proud to support incredible athletes in their quest  for the 2014 U.S. Olympic team, such as Emily Azevedo,  a bobsledder, and Rosie Brennan, a cross country skier.  Find out how our support helps fuel their dreams.

This just in from my buds Pia & Lynn at VISION 54!!! Thinking 54 Around the Clock!!!

Happy Autumn!

With fall in the air, we felt it was time for us to check in with all of you to give you an update on the latest happenings at VISION54.

We are very honored to have been again named two of the “50 Best Teachers in America 2013-2014” byGolf Digest magazine. Golf Digestprepares the list every two years, polling more than 1,000 teaching professionals for their opinions of their peers. It is the only list of top teachers voted on by the teachers themselves. Lynn was ranked #25 and Pia #17, maintaining their positions as the two highest ranked female golf teachers in America. You can read the full article in the November 2013 issue orclick here.

We are introducing a new program this winter called Essential Playing Skills – Four Session “Boot Camp” at Talking Stick Golf Club. This program was created to teach the Art of Playing the Game to local Arizona golfers who wish to learn playing skills that will complement what they do with their technique and fitness. These skills will enable players to perform better on the golf course and in competition. There are multiple sessions planned throughout the winter and spring with reservations already being accepted. Half-day VISION54 introductions have also been added. You can check the schedule and make your reservations here.

We are also very eager to conduct our three-day program at Kapalua Resort in Hawaii at the end of February. Participants will learn the foundational playing skills to play your best golf ON the golf course. For details, click here.

Feb 21-23, 2014 Kapalua Resort, Maui, Hawaii >> Reserve

Many of our alumni choose to attend our three-day golf programs several times so they can go deeper with the Essential Playing Skills. To provide another option, we have created a new alumni program for this purpose called Alumni “Going Deep with your EPS”. We currently have two scheduled in Arizona, one in the fall at TPC Scottsdale and one in the spring at Talking Stick Golf Club. Details are available here and reservations are now open for both.

Nov 22-24, 2013 TPC Scottsdale >> Reserve Apr 18-20, 2014 Talking Stick Golf Club, Scottsdale >> Reserve

For more information on all of our golf programs, please check out our website at vision54.com.

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Our popular VISION54 iPhone app is currently being refreshed and updated. In addition, we are really excited to share the news that we are working on creating our first mini-app for iPhone. Both apps will be released before Christmas. Stay tuned for more details…

We are also busy creating new e-booklets, and our fourth book will be published in 2014! As you can tell, our creative juices are flowing and we are really excited about all the many projects we have in the works. We will share the details with you as soon as they become available.

Foundational to what we do at VISION54 is supporting the golfers we coach to become more independent and embrace becoming their own best coach. The Mental Golf Workshop Profile provides key insights and practical information that helps this ownership of your game to evolve. There isn’t one best way of playing the game, but there is YOUR best way. We call that discovering your MY54. To more efficiently discover your own tendencies, we highly recommend that you take the Mental Golf Profile. It’s very simple and doesn’t take long to complete, but we have found it to be very accurate and useful for the golfers we coach. For details, click here.

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Reflection Time

Competition is all around us and competition is required for pursuing excellence. Competition creates the necessary environment for growth and evolution. For the last couple of months we have been busy with lots of competitive players and observed and coached at individual events, team events, US based events, as well as in Europe.

From a VISION54 perspective, we often come back to the three levels of competition:

The individual level – what do you need to act on to bring out your best? Even in a team event, each player needs to pay attention to their MY54 (what you do when you play great). This level is referred to as the ego-centric perspective.

The team/group level – how can you help the team and the team help you? If you all have a common intention or decide on a value for your team, you can make it much more powerful: 1 + 1 = more than 2. Even in individual golf events, each player can create a team to maximize this effect. For some, it might be as simple as making your team, your club, or your country proud. This level is referred to as the ethno-centric perspective.

The global level – how can my actions as a golfer help grow the game and make sports more relevant and valuable to society? Whether we like it or not, and we don’t have a choice, we are all role models for how the game and sports in general are perceived. Our actions either contribute to evolving the game in a positive and productive direction or they don’t. Be clear on your intention for golf and sports beyond yourself. What greater purpose does it serve? This level is referred to as the global-centric perspective.

When we read posts on social media and articles regarding growing the game we are disappointed at how many get stuck at only one level of competition. For the game to grow, and for this game of ours to evolve, let’s be sure to filter our ideas and concepts – and most of all our ACTIONS – through all three perspectives.

We need it, you need it, the game needs it!

Best 54 Wishes,

Lynn & Pia

VISION54.com  InTouch@VISION54.com  480 371 9692

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