So another training camp is over and I feel more pleased than ever before. I concentrated on only two things, strength- and technique training, and they both went well. It was nice only focusing on these two things because I had 100% concentration and my mind didn’t wander away to something else while training. Usually when I go on camps I try to do so much work and in the end I end up ahcieving way less than planned. My goals for the weeks were:

1. Get into running again after my knee injury I got during the first part of the year. Have only been on the bike since then because I didn’t want the knee to get inflamed again during the season. I achieved that goal and the knee feels great. 

2. Find out exactly what I need to work on in the swing and the shortgame. Me and Mike talked a lot about it while training and discussed different feelings and techniques for hitting each shot and came up with what works for me. Now, I just have to train hard at these things.

3. Train 10 sessions in the gym with Pierre- and I did.

4. Watch Team Alinghi train and see if I could learn some from how they went about things. It was very impressive to watch how specific they were about their equipment and their training. It felt like I didn’t take my job half as serious as they did. I guess it’s a different thing playing golf as an individual but it made me focus more and be more specific straight after visiting them. 

There is one thing I could have done a better this camp though… 

– Sleep more to have more energy. Two sessions in the gym and 3 hours of superviced golf training in one day takes a lot of energy and going to bed earlier would have helped a lot.

So, now its back to training again inside before heading over to warmer climates soon to get into the playing mode. Two more weeks of pure basic training will do a lot of good before heading out on the golf course. At least I think so. I hope my plan works.

Alex