Bay Club Fitness Director Dave Maloney has organized an informal walking club for members.  During the fall and winter, walkers stroll the golf course and club property which includes more than 300 acres of conservation land.  Walks last for approximately one hour each Monday and they are an ideal form of exercise to help control weight, improve balance and reduce the risk of heart disease and developing high blood pressure.  Members of all ages have joined the group aiming to achieve a better lifestyle.

Youth at the Bay Club have been able to take advantage of a new Youth Speed and Agility Camp every Tuesday and Friday.   Under the direction of Fitness Director, Dave Maloney, this class is for boys and girls ranging in age from 11 to 17 years old.   Dave utilizes body weight exercises, an agility ladder, core exercises, and dynamic range of motion drills to better prepare the young athlete for any sport.  Smaller class sizes have allowed the students to receive one on one attention.

Dave Maloney, Fitness Director, Bay Club at Mattapoisett offers this months golf exercise of the month, “Spine Angle Turns”.

One of the most common swing faults shared by inconsistent golfers is coming out of your spine angle or loss of posture.

1) Place one of the padded bars behind your upper back so it is crossing your shoulder blades.

2) Now maintain your spine angle while you are turning into your backswing.

If you are coming out of your posture, the padded bar will be almost parallel to the ground at the top of your backswing.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mail or phone, 508-758-9543.

Living Healthy:
A Yoga and Healing Workshop
with Mike and Beth Houlihan

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett continually strives to offer members ways to improve their body and health. This month members participated in a Living Healthy workshop aimed at activating one’s natural healing potential and recovering health by overcoming physical and mental barriers.  The 4 hour workshop was taught by certified yoga instructors Mike and Beth Houlihan who are owners of Roots to Wings Yoga and Healing Center in Newburyport, MA one of the pre-eminent yoga and healing facilities north of Boston. The workshop included a variety of gentle exercises, stretches and meditations to increase strength, flexibility and focus. It encompassed traditional Hatha yoga postures for strength, stamina and flexibility, Ki Gong movements to improve circulation and activate your body’s natural healing ability and short meditations to enhance focus, clarity and concentration.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mailor phone, 508-758-9543.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett recently acquired snowshoes for the Sports and Activities Center allowing members to enjoy winter hikes on the golf course.  Snowshoeing is wonderful aerobic exercise that also provides the ability to experience the beauty and quiet of the snow-covered course in the off-season.

As part of my New Year’s resolution to exercise more, I grabbed my husband and our hound and headed out to the 9th hole.  Although the much hyped Christmas nor’easter did not actually produce an impressive accumulation, it did provide enough snow cover for a wonderful hike.  Along the way we discovered the new burm constructed late last fall on Hole #11, and I secretly crossed my fingers hoping it was the snow cover making it look so ominous.  We also paused at the new tee box on Hole #9 which has my husband itching for Spring; I on the other hand observed that the drive over the water now looks impossibly long.

When we finished our hike, my husband chose to head to the club’s Indoor Golf Practice Center while I enjoyed a visit to the steam room at the Sports & Activities Center.  Our well exercised dog relished a nice nap in the car.

Using my iPhone camera for the photo shot and the angle of the sun doesn’t give quality to the view, however I decided it would be nice to share.  For a better look at the club in the warmer weather, please view our slideshow!

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mail or phone, 508-758-9543.

Bay Club of Mattapoisett Director of Fitness, Dave Maloney, works with members on their golf and fitness conditioning to improve their overall strength and lower their golf scores.  Certified by the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) Dave offers this exercise to develop core stability and strength.

1. Set the functional trainer arm to be level with your chest height while sitting on a stability ball.

2. Lift one leg off the ground and rotate as far as possible across your body.

3. Perform 2 sets of 15 repetitions with your left leg elevated and repeat with your right leg elevated.

4. You just want enough weight, so that you feel your core is needed to stabilize you on the ball.

The Bay Club is a golf and country club community with 625 acres of wooded and gently rolling terrain, that includes 200 acres of open space and 175 home-sites in Mattapoisett along the SouthCoast of Massachusetts. To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mail or phone, 508-758-9543.

The Fourth Annual Bay Club at Mattapoisett Sprint Triathlon and Kid’s Run takes place on Saturday, July 31 on the grounds of the Bay Club. Hosted by Dave Maloney, Fitness Director, the day begins with the Kid’s Run, open to children aged 6 to 11, where the participants swim two laps of the Junior Olympic sized swimming pool, bike one mile and finish with a half mile run. Following this race is the Sprint Triathlon open to those 12 and older. In this event, participants swim 16 laps of the pool (1/4 mile), bike for 9.6 miles and end with a 3 mile run. Both events include many individual competitors; however teams are also encouraged to join in with members sharing the various legs of the race.

This event has become an annual tradition at the Bay Club with many members training in advance to win the title of Champion! Regardless of their final place or time all participants are cheered along the way by the members of the Bay Club community.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mail or phone, 508-758-9543.

During the seemingly endless months of winter we sometimes feel as though the warm days will never arrive, alas they do, and suddenly we are all ready to cool off! Luckily for members of the Bay Club at Mattapoisett, that time has come! The Bay Club will be opening the pool for the season on Saturday, May 29.

Returning this summer is Aquatics Director Courtney McNeil along with Bay Club lifeguard Nate Medeiros, who will lead the Bay Club Competitive Swim Team.  Swim training for adults or young children is also available.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mail or phone, 508-758-9543.

On Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2, Vicki Graham and Tricia Queen will present Mind-Body-Spirit Weekend for the members of the Bay Club at Mattapoisett.

Vicki Graham is a Licensed Practitioner and Instructor with over 30 years of practice in the field of alternative health.  She will lead a lecture on the many tools of transformational therapy and how you might improve your life by working with them.  With Vicki’s encouragement members will get in touch with their inner physician and trust their awareness, learning the tools to balance their emotional, creative and physical structure.

As a therapist and educator, Vicki has been supporting clients in their well-being through integration of bodywork with emotional, nutritional, spiritual and energetic tools.   Vicki educates people in developing life-skill programs to balance and reconnect with the body, mind and spirit, creating healthy movement.  With Vicki’s help members will experience the power, simplicity and impact that sound and vibrational healing can have on your well being.  Vicki’s passion is to engage and guide you on a journey to awaken the healer within and to create a unique personal tool kit for self healing.

Tricia Queen, MS will lead Nia Classes for members. Tricia is a Personal Fitness Consultant, Certified Pilates and Certified White Belt Nia Instructor. After years in the fitness industry, Tricia was drawn to Nia both personally and for her clients due to its adaptability for all levels of fitness.  In addition Nia has the ability to empower people since it is guided by inner wisdom.  It touches people with emotional well being, confidence, a positive self image and renewed physical health.  Nia dancing is a blend of martial arts, dance and body integrated movements with a variety of textured healing music.  Best of all, Nia works because it is sensible, fun and passionate giving people permission to have fun as they get fit!

The Bay Club is excited to bring these two women together to offer members an opportunity to experience alternative approaches to overall mind and body wellness.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mail or phone, 508-758-9543.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is holding a class on the basic skills of CPR for its members this Saturday, April 17.  The class will cover CPR for adults, children and infants, how to help a choking victim, the use of the AED (Automated External Defibrillator) and current safety tips.

Statistics show that over 70 percent of all cardiac and breathing emergencies occur in the home, when a family member is present and available to help the victim.  Therefore, the time spent learning these skills could help save a loved one.  The class will be taught by American Heart Association Certified Instructor Beth Oelson.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via e-mail or phone, 508-758-9543.

Foam-rolling technique, called self-myofascial release (SMR), works similarly to massage therapy. The only difference is that rather than a therapist applying manual pressure to your muscles, you apply your body weight to the foam roller. The idea is to seek out tender spots or scar tissue, also known as knots or trigger points, and then roll your body over the foam roller to massage the tight spots to improve flexibility and relieve pain, pressure, and inflammation.

Experts differ on the best technique: placing acute pressure on a painful spot and holding for 20-30 seconds, general massage to the area or a combination of both.  Either before or after your workout to help prevent sore muscles this technique is safe to do daily.

If you have never performed SMR, you need to ask one of our personal trainers for a demonstration of proper SMR technique. The general idea is to place the roller on the floor and sit, lie, or prop the muscle on top of it, then adjust the amount of pressure applied by supporting some of your weight with your hands or legs. Foam rolling is most commonly performed on the upper back, glutes, hamstrings, adductors (inner thigh), quadriceps, calves, and iliotibial (IT) band. Let your body weight do the work!

If you have chronic muscle pain and soreness it is worth your time to give SMR, for a real treat, book a massage with Deb, who specializes in myofascial massage!

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett is a country club with an eighteen hole championship level golf course and residential property located in Southeastern MA.   To arrange a private tour please contact Dave Andrews via email or phone, 508-758-9543.

There are 12 major swing “faults” or characteristics that can show up in your golf swing.  A common swing fault is “sway”, which occurs during the backswing, when the player’s hips slide past the outside of their back foot. This will result in a number of inconsistencies, as well as a loss of power. This exercise, by Bay Club Mattapoisett Fitness Director, Dave Maloney, will help correct this swing fault and is also beneficial to skiers and tennis players.

Lie on your side with just your forearm and outside of your bottom foot touching the ground.

Hold this position for 2 sets of 10-30 seconds.

For a more advanced version, get in the same position and lift your top leg for 2 sets of 15 repetitions.

This exercise will strengthen your abductors and your core.

Bay Club Mattapoisett Fitness Director Dave Maloney explains that getting stronger, specific to golf, may be the key to gaining the edge for the junior level golfer.

“We are noticing a dramatic change in the caliber of junior golfers, especially with the potential of college scholarships as a reward. Junior golfers are getting fitter and stronger, as a result they are hitting it as long as the PGA and LPGA players. This is a combination of personal coaching on swing mechanics and gaining strength,” Maloney explains.

Junior golfers like Peter Uihlein, Ty Tryon, Michelle Wie and the Songsters are a perfect examples of what junior golfers are capable of, given the right training. The difference between junior golfers and adults is typically strength – not flexibility. “I’ve worked with hundreds of junior golfers and within a very short period of time, with the proper strength training, their drives increased as much as 50 yards, ” Dave reports.

It is Maloney’s opinion that the age to begin a strength training workout for juniors is best begun at around twelve years old. It is strongly recommended that a professional oversee the program at the earlier stages to set the routine and establish goals. The purpose of the exercises are to compliment the golf swing from a dynamic and a stability standpoint.

If you would like to get your junior golfer on a golf specific fitness program please call Bay Club Fitness Director Dave Maloney at 508-207-9251.