What offseason?

       November 1^st of every year marks the end of the fall college golf season for men’s golf across the country.  For all the places we have travelled to and the school we have missed, from now until January 15^th is our time to be normal college students.  Yes, that means we will no longer have excuses to turn in assignments late.  Yes, that means we will actually be attending class more than once or twice a week.  It’s our time to enjoy college without the stress of the travel that comes with college golf.

While most people consider an offseason to be a complete time off from a sport, for golf, it’s quite a bit different.  To start things off, during the season, players and teams are so consumed with tournaments, traveling and qualifying that our entire practice schedule is changed.  During the season it’s a lot of playing, course management and short game.  Now that we have some time off, players will tend to actually put some good practice in.  The first couple weeks of off season is spent evaluating what we did good and bad during the year and come up with a practice plan for the next couple months.  Then players will get a chance to change certain things.  Golfers are constantly changing to try to get better.  If you aren’t trying to tweak something, you aren’t putting in enough effort.

Also, believe it or not, off season workouts begin.  For Queens, we are now going to be in the gym 4 days a week.  While many people believe golf is strictly for NARPS, our coaching staff has put together a pretty intense offseason program that will allow players to improve their strength and flexibility in their bodies, allowing them to hit it farther and swing the club more freely.

The next couple months are considered our “offseason.”  It’s to make sure we don’t fail out of school and enjoy our time as a college student.  However, the championship season and my last semester in college is coming up quickly, so don’t expect much of an off season from the Royal golfers.

Talk again next week,

            CJ