Brad Smith

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
PGA Section Teacher of the Year, GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional, Other (Indicate specific awards below in 3-a)

Other awards won:
Last two years Voted Best Golf Instructor in Dayton by Community Votes, 4X GWOC Coach of the Year

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 400
Female: 350
Junior: 450

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
4

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
• Player Development Program – covers all areas, he uses the Coach Now app to have 24/7 coaching, V1 video, 3D K-vest analysis, some Aimpoint, some Decade or Golf Decoded strategies, Club fitting, Opti-brain, Journaling on performance, on course play, launch monitor, indoor simulator, how to train, fitness and club assessment, and working on Provisualizer program (for planning strategies)
• Using the simulator to validate his student's issues.
• Junior camps – some of the favors he out in the past: a performance journal, aliment aids, putting training aid. Trying to get the junior to journal every day during the camp to improve self-image and remember what they learned. Showed them how to make inexpensive homemade training aids – using noodles, pencils and rope, stretch bands and plastic hangers.
• In the past Busing juniors from Kids Are Us and Primerose to have weekly instruction.
• Small custom junior friends & family camps max of 5
• Showing membership how to train to emulate like you play and how to get the most out of their training
• Teaching students, the 4 different levels of training from the late Shawn Humprey: training for feel, training for the shot, training for the round and training for competition
• Using a TPI or PT to make assessments and giving a program for them to work on
• Mental Management and other clinics for members and the Performance Lab
• Instructing my students on strategies with a combination of Decade, Golf Decoded & my college coaching experience, effective training and on how to think for better performance
• How and why to write in the performance journal
• How to read greens better – understand what is aimpoint and speed control
• His minute or two a day for better golf (for the students that say that don't have time to practice

Brad has daily golf tips on his website, video instruction on his Youtube channel and at least once a week puts video tips on Instagram/Facebook. He did how to use the Trackman interview on Channel 2 and in the past did some tips on the local public station for Springboro. During the 2022 – 2025 Highschool District Tournament at Heatherwoode he did some video instruction tips to fill some airtime of the local TV streaming and the jumbo TV that was on the range. Even though he hasn’t written anything for the masses to read, every student gets a video to review with a voice over of their lesson with onform – this allows ever student to go back months later to review when they're having issues. Also, Brad uses the onform app with his Elite students, so they get 24/7 coaching and feedback. This app allows his students and himself to send questions/answers, articles and videos back and forth. I have online onform students from all over – farthest is from Germany.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
Since moving indoors only for instruction I found I gave better lessons due t the feedback of the trackman numbers and Onform video (which I send every student their individual swing analysis to them along with drills and a game plan until I see them again).

I also started many new programs that include membership to our 24/7 Trackman facility. we have 4 public bays and 4 private bay with another bay going in for mostly instruction, We have an indoor putting green and an area we now can do 20 to 30 people in a clinic talk.

Not only I give lessons from 12 to 8, I have time to interact with the other golfers (supervise practice) to help show how Trackman can work for them and give many tips – which usually turns into lessons. Many that I give lessons to have memberships to practice at our 24/7 faciality. We PGA recognized and PGA Hope recognized – we raised about $2000 for PGA Hope.

We run leagues and do many corporate events.

Some of my lesson packages includes a membership at First Cutt for discounts or free time in the simulator.

However, I'm most excited about our new Monthly subscription, the Performance Lab Membership. It includes 2 hours free using the simulator, unlimited times during nonpeak times, 2 hours of lessons with me, unlimited online video analysis with me using Onform, coaching during their own practice (supervised practice), a personal game plan, Club fitting, and TPI Assessment with a Dr. of OT (that I brought into the facility) she has her own office at First Cutt and can do Cupping, dry needling and TPI assessment. The nice thing is she can do sports recovery along with the 2 conditioning sessions that is included in this membership. This is what I envisioned for many years, something similar to what I saw as a D1 College Coach. I now have it all for our golfers. Every month we will have a class that covers many things for example: recruiting, what it like to be a tour pro, Nutrition, yoga, Course strategies, mental mangement, etc