Be TOUR-Fit and Pain-free, PlayGolfStrong

Be TOUR-Fit and Pain-free, PlayGolfStrong

Ben Shear
Scotch Plains, NJ
The director of Golf Performance at Athletic Edge, Ben Shear has worked with golfers for 10 years – Touring Professionals to amateurs. He is a TPI Certified Biomechanist, a Level 3 Fitness Instructor, and as a Muscle Activation expert. Shear lectures on golf fitness and has presented on swing mechanics and performance training to the NJ State PGA, as well as at the Better Golf Through Technology Conference at M.I.T. He has been featured in The Met Golfer and the PGA of Americas Professional Guide to Instruction, to name a few. Shear has also been the fitness expert for Ptonthenet.com, the world’s largest education website for personal trainers, and is Associate Editor of Journal of Applied Golf Research. His facility is ranked one of the country’s Top Six Strength and Conditioning Destinations by Rodale Press, Publishers of Men’s Health.
For More information on Ben, please visit AthleticEdge.Net

Jeffrey S. Banaszak,
PT, CSCS
Fort Worth, TX
With more than 13 years experience in the golf industry, Jeff Banaszak developed Back9Fitness®, a unique company that specializes in products and services designed to enhance golf performance.His combined physical therapy/fitness expertise includes manual therapy including Graston® Technique, ASTYM, Active Isolated Stretching: The Mattes Method, and specifically designed corrective exercise programs based on golf biomechanics. He has been traveling with touring professionals to PGA TOUR® and other professional golf events for the past 10 years and now operates his business under a new division of Back9Fitness called Back9 Tour Services. In 2007 Jeff was asked to serve as a medical advisory board member for the Titleist® Performance Institute (TPI).
For more information on Jeff, please visit back9fitness.com