Upgame- Boysey’s Blog : An Introduction
Tags: Golf, Sports Analytics, Analytics, Startup, Golf Analysis

Tom Boys- performance analyst to several tour players including world #10 Tommy Fleetwood and 2020 Dubai Desert Classic Winner Lucas Herbert

Hello and welcome to my first blog for Upgame! I’m delighted to be working with a fantastic company to help take performance analysis in golf to a new level! This is the first of what will be a monthly blog where I will discuss all things relating to golf performance. I’ll share some findings and stories from the tour, high performance tips and give you some insights into how you can best use the Upgame app to help improve your own game!

My background is very much in the playing side of golf, I was fortunate to represent both England Boys and Men’s teams as an amateur before turning pro playing In the same teams as players such as Tommy Fleetwood, Eddie Pepperell, Tom Lewis and Tyrrell Hatton. (they’ve done quite well for themselves!) This took me around the world playing tournaments in the USA, Canada, Thailand, South Africa, the Middle East, the UK and across Europe. I was also fortunate to come across and work with a number of the world’s top coaches, many who are out on tour today.

From a young age I’d used stats to help track my performance and create specific training plans. As I continued to play I started to see flaws in some of the traditional stats and even in some more modern measures such as strokes gained if used in isolation. Being me I sat down and thought up some ways of creating more accurate measures of golf performance. I looked at analysis in other sports and was lucky enough to spend some time with people high up in the rugby and football world and transfer some ideas from those sports into golf. I did courses in analytics and then tested and refined some measures myself whilst still playing. I then showed these to some players, managers and coaches who liked what they saw!

On the back of that my playing career halted and the performance analysis journey began! In the past 2 years i’ve been fortunate to work with a number of fantastic players and their support teams. Helping them analyse their performance and turn that data into practical applications for their training, preparation and strategy. I’ve been lucky enough to see 3 of them win on the European Tour in that time and I’m certain more is to come!

Performance Analysis is growing fast in sports and business, especially at the top level where 1% can make a big difference. That said I’m firmly of the belief that all levels of golfer will benefit from good analysis, allowing them to improve faster, play better and enjoy the game more!

I’ve joined Upgame to design the soon to be launched Upgame Pro app! This brings together Upgame’s smart fast data entry system and some unique performance measures that I use with the tour players. I firmly believe all levels of golfer will benefit from using the app and we have some very exciting plans for it moving forwards! I invite you to join us on the journey and wish you lots of good golf!

Boysey

High Performance Tip

“The Quality of your routines determines the caliber of your performance”

-Robin Sharma

At this current time it can be easy to slip into bad habits and routines, whether that be sleep patterns, diet, exercise, or just general productivity or lack of it! If you examine high performers in both business and sport you’ll find they all have strong routines that help drive their performance.

Ask yourself;

Do you want to perform at your best?

Do you want to be more productive?

Do you want to feel good about yourself?

Hopefully the answer is yes! So let’s start creating some good habits and routines

Robin Sharma, an author and expert in high performance speaks at length in various books about this subject. In his latest book the 5AM club he speaks about a morning routine for excellence, getting you mentally and physically ready for the day! The science behind this is both in the book and article suggested below.

Here is a suggested UPGAME morning routine for you to try out!

UP- Wake Up! Glass of water to rehydrate after getting a good sleep

G -Get Moving! Do some form of exercise even if only a short burst

A -A healthy breakfast — fuel yourself well for the day ahead!

M- Mentally Prepare — meditation/breathing + Journal your 3 key tasks for the day

E -Execute! Start with your key task for day and smash the day!

This month’s Top 3 (Book — Article — Podcast)

1. Robin Sharma — 5AM Club (Book)

2. https://www.success.com/10-morning-routines-of-wildly-successful-entrepreneurs/ (Article)

3. Champion minded Podcast by Allistair McCaw (Podcast)