Strength and conditioning for golf – a decade of reflections

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Strength and conditioning for golf – a decade of reflections

01/12/2021

By Alex Bliss

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Alex is associate professor and subject lead in S&C at St Mary’s University in the UK. He has been working as a strength coach in golf since 2010.

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