Curls
Journeyman Pro
Wrote up my first lesson here
http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showthread.php?81607-What-a-difference-a-lesson-makes-if-the-teacher-is-good!&referrerid=9698
and have been to the range countless times since working on changes. Here’s the thing, while those were not balls wasted I was trying to do several things and began to supplement Bobs advice with some of my own, and what I thought I was doing and what I was doing were, as is so often the case, very different things. What I had improved was my ball striking, as in my contact with wedges/ irons. My angle of attack is much better than before the 1st lesson. But I had artificially over-steepened my swing plane (and decided myself that it was a good idea to stand taller and closer to the ball, which it wasn’t), creating an exaggerated cutting across the ball motion. So Bob went about tweaking the plane back to somewhere workable and the half shots I was hitting were starting to feel great.
He then went on to explain to me what my swing is, warts and all, and I came away with a better understanding of what I do than I’ve ever had. It really was a revelation. So many things that I do made sense, things I thought were odd or errors or didn’t really think about at all, but they it all fell into place. He left the decision up to me about where I go from here, and it’s either a long painful road of fixing a difficult flaw to fix - or playing with it and understanding what it is and how it can be managed. It's not like it's so destructive I can't play with it. This might sound to some of you like heresy, but I made the call to play this season with my improved contact, newly found love of half shots, and improving my short game. I’m relatively new to the game so happy to just see a little improvement and enjoy my golf this year. If at the end of the season I figure I won’t be happy unless I fix that flaw and go another level up, then I’ll embark on that journey when the summer is over. I’ve no mind to ruin my enjoyment of the season with technical stuff.
When Bob left (again, not after an hour!) I hit 20 of the best wedge/iron shots I’ve probably ever hit. Picking flags and firing at them. Safe to say I’m really happy with the improvements made and cannot wait until the season kicks off. I'm thinking lessons in March working on bunker play/short game/putting, but barring a collapse in confidence I doubt I’ll be looking at the swing again for a while, just need to put more work in on getting it to natural without too much input from the noggin.
What can I say, another fantastic lesson, so glad I dropped him a line, great guy and great coach. Get the white tees out already. :fore:
http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showthread.php?81607-What-a-difference-a-lesson-makes-if-the-teacher-is-good!&referrerid=9698
and have been to the range countless times since working on changes. Here’s the thing, while those were not balls wasted I was trying to do several things and began to supplement Bobs advice with some of my own, and what I thought I was doing and what I was doing were, as is so often the case, very different things. What I had improved was my ball striking, as in my contact with wedges/ irons. My angle of attack is much better than before the 1st lesson. But I had artificially over-steepened my swing plane (and decided myself that it was a good idea to stand taller and closer to the ball, which it wasn’t), creating an exaggerated cutting across the ball motion. So Bob went about tweaking the plane back to somewhere workable and the half shots I was hitting were starting to feel great.
He then went on to explain to me what my swing is, warts and all, and I came away with a better understanding of what I do than I’ve ever had. It really was a revelation. So many things that I do made sense, things I thought were odd or errors or didn’t really think about at all, but they it all fell into place. He left the decision up to me about where I go from here, and it’s either a long painful road of fixing a difficult flaw to fix - or playing with it and understanding what it is and how it can be managed. It's not like it's so destructive I can't play with it. This might sound to some of you like heresy, but I made the call to play this season with my improved contact, newly found love of half shots, and improving my short game. I’m relatively new to the game so happy to just see a little improvement and enjoy my golf this year. If at the end of the season I figure I won’t be happy unless I fix that flaw and go another level up, then I’ll embark on that journey when the summer is over. I’ve no mind to ruin my enjoyment of the season with technical stuff.
When Bob left (again, not after an hour!) I hit 20 of the best wedge/iron shots I’ve probably ever hit. Picking flags and firing at them. Safe to say I’m really happy with the improvements made and cannot wait until the season kicks off. I'm thinking lessons in March working on bunker play/short game/putting, but barring a collapse in confidence I doubt I’ll be looking at the swing again for a while, just need to put more work in on getting it to natural without too much input from the noggin.
What can I say, another fantastic lesson, so glad I dropped him a line, great guy and great coach. Get the white tees out already. :fore:
