Your swing is
already solving
a problem.
If your hips will not rotate, your spine will. If your thoracic spine is locked, your arms take over. The swing you have is the best one your body can produce given what it cannot currently do. That is why a fault comes back a fortnight after a lesson fixes it.
A physical screen separates the two. It shows which positions you can reach and which you cannot, so your golf pro stops coaching around a restriction and starts coaching a body that can get there.
Screen
A physical assessment of rotation, stability and strength, scored and written down.
Programme
Training written against what the screen found, not a generic golf workout.
Retest
The same screen again, so the change is a number rather than a feeling.
Four areas.
One written picture.
The screen runs on the studio floor at Asok. You leave with the scores written down, so you and your golf pro are working from the same document.
Hips and thorax
Separation between pelvis and ribcage, each side measured on its own. The single biggest driver of clubhead speed you can train.
Pelvis and trunk
Whether you hold posture through the downswing or lose it. Early extension and loss of spine angle usually start here.
Shoulders, ankles, wrists
The joints at each end of the chain. Restriction at either end is paid for in the middle, which is where the back pain shows up.
Strength and power
Grip both hands, lower body power and rotational output, plus InBody body composition. The numbers we retest against.
Physio is on the second floor, and your coach and physio work from one plan, so a restriction that needs treating gets treated.
Honest about
what training can do.
Distance gains are real and they are individual. A golfer who cannot separate hips from shoulders has a lot to gain. A golfer already rotating well has less, and what they gain comes from strength and sequencing instead. Anyone promising you a fixed number of yards before they have seen you move is guessing.
Clubhead speed
Rotational power training is the lever that moves speed, and speed is what moves distance. We measure strength and power at the screen and again at the retest, so the change is yours and not an average.
Lower back after 18
The most common complaint we see in golfers. It is usually a mobility problem somewhere else being absorbed by the lumbar spine. Treating the restriction tends to do more than treating the back.
Consistency
A body that holds its positions repeats them. Most of what golfers call an inconsistent swing is a body fatiguing or compensating differently from one shot to the next.
Playing longer
Over fifty, the aim shifts from adding yards to keeping the ones you have and finishing a round without paying for it the next day. Strength training is the part of the week that decides that.
Club golfers,
juniors
and professionals.
Dan has led golf fitness and conditioning for the Nick Faldo Series Asia across India, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong, and has presented at the Global Golf Summit. Most of the people he sees at Asok are not professionals. They play most weekends and want to keep doing it.
Plays most weeks, stiff on the first tee, sore on Monday. The biggest and fastest gains sit here.
Protecting distance and keeping the back quiet. Strength work is the whole game at this point.
Built carefully around growth, with movement quality first. Coached under IYCA Level 2.
Working alongside a swing coach, with the physical side owned here and reported back.
Straight answers.
What is TPI certification?
Titleist Performance Institute is the certification body for golf fitness and conditioning, founded in 2003 by Dr Greg Rose and Dave Phillips. It is built on screening thousands of golfers, from tour players to weekend players, to map how a physical restriction shows up as a swing fault, which TPI calls the Body Swing Connection. Level 1 is the foundation and Level 2 is the fitness specialisation. TPI reports that 24 of the top 30 players in the world work with TPI certified experts, and that 69 of Golf Digest's top 70 golf fitness professionals are TPI certified or sit on its advisory board. Dan Remon holds Level 2, and Aspire was the first operation in Thailand coaching golfers to it.
Will this fix my slice?
Not on its own. If the slice is a technique problem your golf pro fixes it. If your body cannot get into the position the pro is asking for, we fix that first and the lesson then sticks. Most slices are some of both.
How much distance will I gain?
It depends entirely on what the screen finds. A golfer with locked hips and a stiff thoracic spine has a lot of distance sitting in a restriction. A mobile, already strong golfer has less. We will tell you after the screen, not before it.
What does it cost?
Golf fitness runs inside the Aspire programme, from ฿12,000 a month depending on how often you train. Flexible sessions or monthly plans, built on your commitment and your goals. The consultation is free.
Where does the screen happen?
At the studio in Jasmine City, 3rd floor, 2 Soi Sukhumvit 23, a short walk from Asok BTS and Sukhumvit MRT. It runs as a single session and you get the scores written down to keep.
How often would I train?
Most golfers train twice a week with us and do a short mobility piece on their own between sessions. Once a week works if you are consistent with the homework.
My back hurts after 18 holes
Common, and usually not a back problem. Restricted hips or thoracic spine push the rotation into the lumbar spine instead. Your coach and physio work from one plan, so assessment and treatment happen together.
Do you work with my golf pro?
Happily. You get the screen in writing and your pro is welcome to it. We do not coach the swing and we are not trying to.
Is it worth it over fifty?
It is arguably worth more. Rotation and strength are what fall away with age, and they are both trainable. The aim shifts from adding yards to keeping them and playing without paying for it afterwards.
How soon do I notice anything?
Mobility changes come first and are usually felt within a few weeks. Strength and power take longer. We retest the screen rather than ask you how it feels.