Movement 3 Golf · Highland Park, IL

GOLF Top 100 Teachers in America.

Science-driven instruction from Rick Silva at Movement 3 Golf in Highland Park, IL.

  • GOLF Top 100
  • Golf Digest Best Teacher in State: IL
  • 6+ Tour Players Coached
  • 8x IL PGA Teacher of the Year Nominee
  • 20+ Years Coaching
Athlete in a motion-capture suit mid-swing in front of a GEARS 3D projection at Movement 3 Golf

Free from Rick

A free PDF and drill, straight from the studio.

Practical, science-backed instruction from a GOLF Top 100 Teacher — the first chapter of The Golfer’s Tools plus a drill you can use this week. No gimmicks.

No spam — just the PDF, the drill, and the occasional note from the studio.

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A GOLF Magazine Top 100 Teacher in America, a Golf Digest Best Teacher in Illinois, and an 8× Illinois PGA Teacher of the Year Nominee.

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Rick Silva hands-on, assessing a player's arm movement during a physical screen

The M3G Approach

Your Improvement, Engineered.

Every client at M3G follows a proven process designed to produce measurable results — not opinions, not feel, not guesswork.

  1. 1

    Assess

    Every relationship starts here. You’ll fill out a detailed new-client assessment, then we go hands-on: a full biomechanical capture, physical screen for structural limitations, an equipment check, and a launch monitor session. By the end, we know exactly what your body, your gear, and your ball flight are telling us — nothing guessed, nothing skipped.

  2. 2

    Analyze

    Now we make sense of it. Together we identify the movement limitations, the root cause of the patterns you keep repeating, and — most importantly — what we’re going to do about them. This is where the picture gets clear.

  3. 3

    Build

    With that picture in hand, we build a custom practice and training program tailored to your body, your goals, and the life you actually have outside of golf. Not a template. Not someone else’s plan.

  4. 4

    Reassess

    The work isn’t done when you leave the studio — it’s tracked. We reassess at set intervals with the same tools we used on day one, so progress isn’t a feeling, it’s data you can see. Every session benchmarked against the version of you that walked in.

Why M3G

What makes Movement 3 different

3D Inertia Tensor animation visualizing a golfer's rotational forces

Science you can feel.

GEARS 3D, Jacobs 3D, and full biomechanics — the same tools that train tour players, translated into changes you can actually feel in your swing.

Rick Silva teaching a young player using an airplane-wing training tool

A teacher who translates.

20+ years of full-time coaching, a dozen instructional articles for GOLF Magazine, and a best-selling book. Complex movement, made simple.

Moti Physio anatomical analysis screen branded for Rick Silva at Movement 3 Golf

A studio built to know.

The only studio in the Midwest with the full stack: GEARS 3D, Foresight GCQuad, TrackMan, Jacobs 3D, SAM PuttLab, and True Spec clubfitting.

Rick Silva teaching a young player using an airplane-wing training tool at Movement 3 Golf

In the Studio

Every lesson begins with what your body is actually doing — then makes it simple enough to feel.

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GOLF Magazine Top 100 Teacher in America

Rick Silva

Managing Director — M3G | Movement3Golf

Rick Silva is one of the most technologically advanced golf instructors in America. As a GOLF Magazine Top 100 Teacher, a Golf Digest Best Teacher in Illinois, and an 8-time Illinois PGA Teacher of the Year nominee, Rick combines cutting-edge 3D biomechanics with personalized coaching to deliver results no traditional lesson can match.

Author of The Golfer’s Tools: A Practical Guide to Swing Science, Rick’s approach is rooted in understanding how YOUR body moves — then building a custom improvement plan around it.

  • GOLF Top 100 Teacher
  • Golf Digest Best in State
  • 8x IL PGA Teacher of the Year Nominee
  • Jacobs 3D Advisory
  • TPI Certified
  • Advisor: Foresight Sports
  • Advisor: GEARS Golf
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Programs & Pricing

Find the right path to better golf

Every player starts with a complete picture. Most begin with the GEARS 3D evaluation, then continue through a membership built around their goals.

Required First Visit
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GEARS 3D Optical Tour Capture

A full optical motion-capture evaluation — the same data tour players use — to map exactly what your swing is doing and what to work on first.

$750 Initial Evaluation · 2 hours Book Evaluation

À La Carte Session

$350 / 1 hour

One-on-one coaching with the full studio stack. Ideal for a tune-up or a single focus.

  • 1 hour, one-on-one
  • Full launch monitor data
  • Take-home notes
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Foundation

PAR Membership

$999 / month

12-month · 4 hours / month

Steady, structured improvement with consistent coaching touchpoints all year.

  • 4 coaching hours monthly
  • Ongoing data tracking
  • Custom practice plans
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Premier

TOUR Membership

$35,000 / year

12-month · Limited availability

The complete, fully-bespoke program for elite and aspiring tour-level players.

  • Unlimited access & support
  • On-site & remote coaching
  • Highly limited roster
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Online Coaching available upon request · Corporate & Group Functions by inquiry — get in touch.

M3G Members · Remote Coaching

Another tool in the toolbox.

Every M3G member gets private remote coaching from Rick alongside their in-studio sessions. It sits right beside GEARS, TrackMan and Jacobs 3D — one more capability in the broader M3G method, working for you between visits and wherever you go.

  • Record your swing on your phone. Anywhere.
  • Get Rick’s frame-by-frame breakdown back.
  • Build on every session — between every session.
Athlete mid-swing captured for biomechanical analysis at Movement 3 Golf
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The Science & The Studio

Seeing what the human eye can’t.

Movement 3 Golf is one of only three Jacobs 3D installations in the country. Our GEARS system analyzes 600+ images per swing to model the true forces and torques driving your motion — turning instinct into evidence.

3D Inertia Tensor animation chart modeling rotational inertia through the swing
Inertia Tensor modeling — how mass and rotation behave through the swing.
Full-body segment force diagram from a biomechanical swing analysis
Full-body force analysis — segment-by-segment forces, measured not guessed.
  • GEARS 3D
  • Foresight GCQuad
  • TrackMan
  • Jacobs 3D
  • SAM PuttLab
  • True Spec Golf

Testimonials

What players and the press are saying

Getting put through the paces by Rick Silva and his staff wasn’t so much a golf lesson as it was an EKG that told you very clearly what you need to work on to improve your game. As a writer for Golfweek, I have been to every ‘big name’ expert on the planet and one thing is for sure, Rick is a big player in a very small pond.

Jeff RudeGolfweek

“From the moment we started working together my game improved. I had given up on gaining speed when I came to see you. I now swing it 8 mph faster and hit it further and straighter than I ever have. Your ability to take complicated information and make it easy to understand has been huge! The combination of distance and accuracy at this stage in life has allowed me to win again and compete at a high level in the U.S. Mid-Am two years in a row. Thank you!”

Scott AndersonTwo-time U.S. Mid-Amateur competitor

“Just finished an AMAZING golf lesson with Rick Silva. Mind blown! The BEST golf lesson I’ve ever taken. So psyched to get some practice in and start playing better. So much to learn from GEARS and a teacher who truly understands the data.”

“Rick Silva is the Michael Schumacher of golf instructors.”

Matt SaternusPlugged In Golf

“Rick Silva, someone you’ll be hearing a lot more from in the coming months and years.” — Golf Digest

Cover of The Golfer's Tools: A Practical Guide to Swing Science by Rick Silva and Michael Jacobs

The Book

The Golfer’s Tools

A Practical Guide to Swing Science · with Michael Jacobs

The 2025 best-seller that turns elite biomechanics into a toolkit any golfer can use. Rick and Michael Jacobs demystify the forces behind a great swing — and hand you the drills and thinking to coach yourself.

  • Biomechanics, demystified
  • Drills that target the right cause, not the symptom
  • How to use GEARS-style data for self-coaching
  • Build your own practice plan

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Free Download

A first taste of The Golfer’s Tools.

A free PDF from Rick — the opening chapter of The Golfer’s Tools plus a studio-tested drill. The same science Rick uses with GEARS, Jacobs 3D, and his tour players, translated into something you can apply on the range this week.

No spam. Just the breakdown, the drill, and the occasional note from the studio.

Visit / Contact

Highland Park, IL — open year-round.

An indoor studio built for Chicago golf, twelve months a year. Reach out to book or to ask about online and corporate coaching.

Studio
DINX Social Club
1931 Skokie Valley Rd
Highland Park, IL 60035
Hours
By appointment · Open year-round
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