Lance Johnson

Science teacher | Golf coach | Football coach | Boone Schools | Elmwood CC ⛳️

[Lance Johnson @lancejohnson91]

Great Northern Minnesota golf trip this weekend. Checked off Wilderness at Fortune Bay, Giants Ridge Quarry, and Giants Ridge Legend. Great scenery!

[RedditCFB @RedditCFB]

3 schools made a bowl game and the NCAA Tournament in 5 other major sports this season. Congrats! 🏈🏐⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♀️⚾️🥎

[Lance Johnson @lancejohnson91]

@natevance3 Congaree, Prairie Club, Lac La Belle, Glen Oaks

[iowagolfpreps @IowaGolfPreps]

North Polk Invitational
⛳️ Otter Creek Golf Course
📍 Ankeny, Iowa
📅 4/23/2026

INDIVIDUAL
🥇Ty Haisman (JR North Polk)

TEAM
🥇North Polk

Presented by Impact Health & Performance

#ihsaa
@Bound_IA

[Lance Johnson @lancejohnson91]

Meet Day! ⛳️🏌️‍♂️

[Lance Johnson @lancejohnson91]

Meet Day! 🏌️‍♂️⛳️

[Brad Sparling @playgolfcollege]

Most junior golfers will spend the next 12 months trying to “fix their swing.”

I get it.

Technique is tangible. It feels productive. It gives you something to chase.

But after living this game from every angle (player, D1 coach, high school coach, mentor to families, and parent) I can tell you the hard truth:

If you build the journey around technique, you eventually hit a ceiling.
Because college golf is not a swing contest. It’s a full development system.

Golf improvement is not one thing.

It’s 12 big areas.

And the families who obsess over just one area (technique) often end up confused when the results don’t match the investment.

Here’s what I mean.

1) Purpose, goals, and your why

Goals are the roadmap. Purpose is the fuel.
When a player can answer “Why does this matter to me?” daily action becomes sustainable instead of forced.

2) Parenting and family dynamics

This is the biggest lever in junior golf.
Lighthouse, not tugboat. The 48 hour rule. “I love to watch you play.”
Unconditional love separate from scores. Identity beyond golf.
Get this wrong and nothing else matters, not the coaching, not the talent, not the money.

3) Player ownership

A player led journey is a sustainable journey. A parent led journey is a burnout timeline.
The motivation has to become intrinsic. The best coaches ask questions and build problem solvers.

4) Mindset and mental toughness

Process over outcome. Competing under pressure. Breathing. Reflection.
The silent killer of potential is living and dying by the last number on the card.

5) Character and leadership

Integrity, gratitude, encouraging teammates, calling penalties on yourself, thanking volunteers.
This defines great people and it matters more in recruiting than most families realize.

6) Discipline, habits, and standards

Expectations are what you hope for. Standards are what you live by.
Whatever you walk past becomes your new standard. Structure creates freedom.

7) Ball striking and technical skills

Driving, approach play, face control, face to path, center contact.
Technique serves skill, not the other way around.

8) Short game and putting

Wedge distance control. Bunkers. Green reading. Make rate inside five feet. Lag putting.
There are many ways to score at a high level, and the best juniors learn their scoring formula.

9) Physical fitness and speed development

Strength as a foundation. Explosiveness. Mobility.
Age appropriate progressions. Multi sport is often the best training for younger athletes.

10) Course strategy and practice methodology

What to practice (separation value). How to practice (structure, pressure, transfer).
Champions are built by how they practice, not by how many balls they hit.

11) Tournament scheduling and ranking strategy

The 80/20 blend of confidence builders and stretch events.
Right yardages at the right stage. Rest weeks. A season blueprint.
And yes, understanding the ranking system matters. Not to chase points blindly, but to schedule intelligently—knowing which events carry weight, how fields and formats impact ranking value, and how to build a schedule that supports both development and visibility without living on the road.
More tournaments does not equal better development.

12) Health foundations and lifestyle

Sleep, nutrition, hydration, recovery, injury prevention, managing screens and social media.
You can’t cheat the foundation.

That’s the point.

Most families put 90% of their energy into one category: technique.

And then they’re shocked when the ceiling shows up.

The path to college golf is not a swing plan. It’s a 12 part development plan.

When those areas are aligned, the player improves faster, competes freer, and stays healthier.

When they’re not, it’s two steps forward, one step back… for years.

If you’re serious about the next level, stop asking only, “How do we fix the swing?”

Start asking, “Which of the 12 areas is currently holding us back?”

[Lance Johnson @lancejohnson91]

(Chilly) Meet Day! 🏌️‍♂️⛳️

[Nebraska Men's Basketball @HuskerMBB]

The nation's best resides in Lincoln.

Coach Hoiberg is your Associated Press National Coach of the Year.

[CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀 @CBSSportsCBB]

"To win our first tournament game in history would be everything."

@HuskerMBB knows what's on the line today against Troy.

[Nebraska Men's Basketball @HuskerMBB]

The hometown kid.

@Braden_Frager » B1G Sixth Man of the Year & All-Freshman Team.

[Nebraska Men's Basketball @HuskerMBB]

Coach of the Year resides in Lincoln.

[Nebraska Men's Basketball @HuskerMBB]

Mr. Everything.

@samhoiberg » B1G All-Defensive Team & All-Big Ten Honorable Mention

[Nebraska Men's Basketball @HuskerMBB]

Best of the best.

@prycesandfort » 1st Team All-B1G

[Nebraska Men's Basketball @HuskerMBB]

Vol. XXVI | Nebraska vs. Iowa Cinematic Recap

Presented by Highstreet Insurance & Financial Services

[Nebraska Men's Basketball @HuskerMBB]

The climb continues.

[Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein]

Nebraska just picked up its 26th win, which ties a school record that was previously set by Danny Nee in 1991.

The dream season continues in Lincoln.

26-5.

Fred Hoiberg is your National Coach of the Year.

[Nebraska Men's Basketball @HuskerMBB]

Pryceless Moments.

[Big Ten Network @BigTenNetwork]

Sam Hoiberg dreamed of being part of a @HuskerMBB turnaround.

The walk-on-turned-starting PG never envisioned playing such a big role in it.

The Journey features the Hoibergs before Sam's senior day Sunday 👇

[Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein]

Surgical performance today by Nebraska against USC at the Galen Center. And Pryce Sandfort? First-Team All-Big Ten and All-American good. 32 today in SoCal.