THE CAPABILITY FOUNDATION
GOLF MOVEMENT DEPENDS ON SIX PHYSICAL PILLARS WORKING TOGETHER.
Mobility, stability, balance, coordination, strength and power create the physical foundation through which movement can be organized and expressed in golf.
Golfers are often described simply as “tight,” “weak,” “unstable” or “slow.” Those labels are too broad to determine what should happen next. The relevant question is how the golfer's capabilities interact—and which one deserves priority now.
LGP organizes golf movement around six physical pillars: mobility, stability, balance, coordination, strength and power. These capabilities interact, and no single pillar is universally most important. Assessment helps determine which capabilities are sufficient and which may deserve priority for the individual golfer.
SIX PILLAR DEFINITIONS
01 MOBILITY
The available range through which the golfer can organize the task.
02 STABILITY
The ability to create or maintain control while movement occurs elsewhere.
03 STRENGTH
The ability to create, absorb and control force.
04 POWER
The ability to express force rapidly.
05 BALANCE
Organization of the body relative to the ground and changing forces.
06 COORDINATION
The ability to sequence and integrate movement across the body.
NO PILLAR EXISTS IN ISOLATION.
MOBILITY + STABILITY
Access without sufficient control may not create useful movement.
STRENGTH + COORDINATION
Force capacity does not guarantee that force will be organized effectively for golf.
POWER + PHYSICAL READINESS
Rapid force expression must be considered within the movement, control and tolerance available to the golfer.
BALANCE + COORDINATION
Both influence how other physical capabilities are organized as task demands change.
A DEVELOPMENT LENS — NOT A UNIVERSAL RECIPE
ACCESS
Available movement
CONTROL
Organize movement
FORCE
Create and absorb force
EXPRESSION
Use capability at relevant speed and demand
TRANSFER
Observe how development appears in golf
These concepts help organize physical development, but they are not a rigid sequence applied identically to every golfer. Assessment determines what is already sufficient, what may be limiting and what deserves priority.
THE SIX PILLARS ARE SHARED. THE PRIORITY IS INDIVIDUAL.
One golfer may need greater movement access. Another may already have the range but need better control. Another may have sufficient movement and strength yet need to express force more effectively. The presence of six pillars does not mean all six should receive equal emphasis.
The purpose of assessment is not to find something wrong with every pillar. It is to determine what matters for this golfer, at this point in development.
THE CONNECTION
Physical capability establishes options available to movement and the golf swing.
THE PLATEAU
Progress can stall when activity is disconnected from priority, sequence, progression and reassessment.
THE FOUNDATION
Mobility, stability, balance, coordination, strength and power work together—and their relevance differs by golfer.
NOW THE QUESTION CHANGES.
WHICH CAPABILITY ACTUALLY MATTERS FOR YOU?
Understanding the Six Pillars is not enough. Someone still has to determine what is sufficient, what may be limiting, what deserves priority and what should happen next.
THE SYSTEM
UNDERSTANDING THE MODEL IS NOT ENOUGH.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT MATTERS FOR YOU.
Every golfer brings a different body, history, movement profile, training background, environment, schedule and set of goals. The LGP System™ uses assessment to determine which information deserves priority before development begins.
How does LGP determine what matters for the individual golfer?
THE LGP PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT METHOD
BEFORE WE PRESCRIBE WHAT TO DO,
WE DETERMINE WHAT MATTERS
The LGP Physical Assessment evaluates the golfer’s movement, physical capabilities, history, goals, equipment, schedule and golf demands to establish a clear starting point.
HOW DOES THE LGP PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT WORK?
The LGP Physical Assessment combines golfer context, live movement assessment, physical-capability review and human coaching interpretation to identify the information most relevant to development. Rather than turning every finding into a training objective, LGP determines what deserves priority, what may need development and what may not require attention.
THE ASSESSMENT BEGINS WITH THE GOLFER
Your Golf
How you play, practice and compete.
Your Goals
What you are trying to improve or preserve.
Your History
Relevant training, activity and development context.
Your Body
Current movement and physical capability.
Your Environment
Where and with what equipment development can occur.
Your Schedule
What can realistically be supported and repeated.
Assessment gives physical information meaning by placing it inside the golfer's actual context.
THE LGP PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT METHOD
01 — GOLFER CONTEXT
Understand the individual.
02 — GOALS + HISTORY
Establish what matters and what came before.
03 — LIVE REMOTE ASSESSMENT
Observe movement and physical capability.
04 — HEAD-TO-TOE MOVEMENT REVIEW
Build a broader picture rather than isolating one test.
05 — SIX-PILLAR CAPABILITY REVIEW
Consider mobility, stability, balance, coordination, strength and power.
06 — BODY–SWING INTERPRETATION
Consider how physical capability may relate to golf demands.
07 — PRIORITY CLASSIFICATION
Determine what deserves attention.
08 — ENVIRONMENT + EQUIPMENT REVIEW
Understand what development can realistically use.
09 — DEVELOPMENT DIRECTION
Establish what should happen next.
FOUR GOVERNING RULES OF ASSESSMENT
CONTEXT BEFORE TESTING
The same observation may carry different significance for different golfers.
OBSERVATION BEFORE INTERPRETATION
A test creates information. Human coaching judgment determines what that information may mean.
PRIORITY BEFORE PROGRAMMING
Not every finding becomes a training objective.
SCOPE BEFORE CERTAINTY
Physical findings can inform performance decisions without becoming medical diagnosis or proof that a specific physical characteristic caused a particular swing pattern.
FROM FINDINGS TO SHARED CLARITY
THE ASSESSMENT DOES NOT END WITH INFORMATION.
IT ENDS WITH DIRECTION.
The Executive Assessment Report organizes what LGP observed, what the findings may mean, what deserves priority and how development should proceed.
WHAT DOES THE LGP PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT PRODUCE?
The assessment produces an Executive Assessment Report™ that organizes the golfer's context, physical findings, Six-Pillar profile, potential body–swing relevance, development priorities and validation direction into a shared decision document. Its purpose is not simply to record information, it is to make the next decision clearer.
INFORMATION IS NOT YET DIRECTION
OBSERVATIONS
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INTERPRETATION
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PRIORITY
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SHARED CLARITY
More information does not automatically create better decisions. Information becomes useful when it is interpreted, prioritized and placed into context.
THE EIGHT REPORT MODULES
GOLFER PROFILE
The individual and performance context.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The assessment distilled into its most relevant findings.
SIX-PILLAR PROFILE
The golfer's current physical-capability picture.
MOVEMENT FINDINGS
Relevant observations from the assessment.
BODY–SWING RELEVANCE
Where physical findings may matter to golf demands.
PRIORITY MATRIX
What deserves attention and relative priority.
DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP
Where development should begin.
VALIDATION PLAN
How meaningful change can later be evaluated.
NOT EVERY FINDING DESERVES THE SAME RESPONSE.
SUFFICIENT NOW
Currently supports the relevant demand.
DEVELOP
May deserve focused development.
MONITOR
Relevant enough to observe over time.
REFER / COLLABORATE
Outside LGP's scope or better addressed with another professional.
EVERY EXERCISE SHOULD ANSWER A QUESTION
Your program is built only after LGP understands your body, goals, movement, environment, schedule, equipment, golf demands and development priorities.
HOW DOES LGP CREATE AN INDIVIDUALIZED GOLF-PERFORMANCE PROGRAM?
LGP builds individualized development from the priorities established through assessment. Exercise selection, training quantity, weekly structure, equipment, progression and coaching are organized around the golfer's physical capabilities, golf demands, goals, environment and available time rather than beginning with a predetermined exercise template.
THE EXERCISE IS NOT THE STARTING POINT.
IT IS THE RESULT OF A DECISION.
ASSESSMENT
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UNDERSTANDING
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PRIORITY
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PRESCRIPTION
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EXERCISE
THREE INPUT SYSTEMS
Physical Inputs
Movement findings
Comfort
Mobility
Stability
Balance
Coordination
Strength
Power
Endurance
Training history
Golf Inputs
Performance objectives
Swing demands
Practice volume
Tournament schedule
Speed and distance goals
Longevity goals
Life + Environment Inputs
Work
School
Travel
Available equipment
Training location
Available time
Other sport/activity
THE DECISION ENGINE
PRIORITY - What deserves development?
SEQUENCE - What should happen first?
EXERCISE SELECTION - What training best serves that objective?
TRAINING QUANTITY - How much work is appropriate?
WEEKLY STRUCTURE - How should development fit the golfer's schedule?
PROGRESSION - What changes as capability improves?
COMMUNICATION - What information should move between golfer and coach?
VALIDATION - What evidence will later indicate whether the direction is working?
Not every golfer begins at the same point, requires every stage or progresses through development in an identical order. Assessment determines the relevant starting point and development priority.
A DEVELOPMENT CONTINUUM, NOT A UNIVERSAL SEQUENCE
COMFORT, MOVEMENT ACCESS, CONTROL, STRENGTH, POWER, SPEED & GOLF TRANSFER.
THE FIRST PROGRAM IS NOT THE SYSTEM.
It is the first development decision produced by the system. As the golfer trains, communicates, progresses and changes, new information becomes available and the next decision should become better than the last.
THE PLAN HAS BEEN BUILT.
NOW IT HAS TO LEARN.
SEE HOW THE PLAN EVOLVES →