JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
Start writing your speech buddy!... any news yet?
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Start writing your speech buddy!... any news yet?
Leftie
Tour Winner
Don't think we will hear anything until after the closing date which is the 12th Aug I believe.
RobbOnTheRock
Assistant Pro
Well just played 9 holes and my game was terrible to the point I lost 8 balls............................ I'm gutted I thought I learned something from the pro, and I thought I had achieved some of what he said when hitting the balls into the practice net......back to armsy swings...
The Noodles S2F were very nice, my putting was way better than normal which I attribute to the new balls.
Cheers
Andy
The Noodles S2F were very nice, my putting was way better than normal which I attribute to the new balls.
Cheers
Andy
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
Don't give up on what the pro tried to teach you just because you played worse today.
They don't get their qualifications from a corn flakes packet.
Your game might not get better until you've thoroughly ingrained the changes into your swing, and it's fairly normal to take a step backwards before you make progress. The key is to not give up on it just because it didn't make an instant difference.
They don't get their qualifications from a corn flakes packet.
Your game might not get better until you've thoroughly ingrained the changes into your swing, and it's fairly normal to take a step backwards before you make progress. The key is to not give up on it just because it didn't make an instant difference.
Leftie
Tour Winner
You really need to practice what you have been taught at the range or practice ground - where you can see where the ball is going.
Practice nets are only good for warming up before a game and, without your Pro watching and giving feedback, are a total waste of time for improving your game imho.
But, hey, what do I know? I had lost 2 balls after 3 holes yesterday and that takes some doing for someone who (apparently) only hits the ball 20 yds off the tee
Practice nets are only good for warming up before a game and, without your Pro watching and giving feedback, are a total waste of time for improving your game imho.
But, hey, what do I know? I had lost 2 balls after 3 holes yesterday and that takes some doing for someone who (apparently) only hits the ball 20 yds off the tee
I agree that you need to be able to see the ball in flight to get any meaningful feedback and so nets aren't the place to practice.
HughJars
Q-School Graduate
As others have said min, you have to practice and ingrain the changes that the pro has made. I had a lesson at the start of the year, and it took about a month before the scores started clicking, and all he changed was my hand and ball position, and I'm a single digit player as well.
Take a lesson, practice practice practice, have another lesson...........
RGDave
Money List Winner
Too right. I use the net at my club to hit a dozen balls before I go out to play. I don't care where they would have gone, because I know the answer anyway.
There was a bloke endlessly hitting balls in the net the other day and I wanted to hit a few. I asked him how long he was going to be to which he replied "about 15 minutes or so". I then smiled and said "you're new here aren't you".....he didn't get the irony.
I played the round with him anyway....nice chap, not bad either.
RobbOnTheRock
Assistant Pro
Yeah I know, I do understand, as I said previously getting to a range on any sort of regularity is not really possible............for me in my family set-up.....
I'm not going to ignore what he said, I'm trying to book another lesson for this week........
It's just so very frustrating as I know I won't get better without practice, but I also know that I can't practice in the conventional sense....... for me thats the frustrating part!
Anyway, hopefully will get a lesson this week, likely to be offshore for most of August, will maybe take a club with me to practice on the back deck of the boat!
S'later
Andy
I'm not going to ignore what he said, I'm trying to book another lesson for this week........
It's just so very frustrating as I know I won't get better without practice, but I also know that I can't practice in the conventional sense....... for me thats the frustrating part!
Anyway, hopefully will get a lesson this week, likely to be offshore for most of August, will maybe take a club with me to practice on the back deck of the boat!
S'later
Andy
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
I'm going to disagree slightly with some of the others and say the net is worth using.
If you're trying to ingrain something you've been taught I don't think it matters too much where the ball goes (would have gone). Practice the swing, get used to the feeling of whatever it was the pro wanted you to do.
If it were me I'd do that for a while before going back for another lesson. Chances are if you have another lesson and he gives you something else to work on before the last one has sunk in, then you could slip back into old ways without realising.
I've been wrong before though
If you're trying to ingrain something you've been taught I don't think it matters too much where the ball goes (would have gone). Practice the swing, get used to the feeling of whatever it was the pro wanted you to do.
If it were me I'd do that for a while before going back for another lesson. Chances are if you have another lesson and he gives you something else to work on before the last one has sunk in, then you could slip back into old ways without realising.
I've been wrong before though
RGDave
Money List Winner
In a way, I'm going to agree with you. The problem with getting good at so many sporting things is the endless "carrot" on the end of the stick....i.e. you want to hit the ball better. What this means in practice is that the person learning will inevitably get the feel of something and then immediately try and build the new sensation into hitting good shots. Sometimes, the best medicine is to do something LOTS and LOTS regardless of outcome.
The best golf I ever played came the day after hitting the best part of 800 balls with one intent only. My pro told me NOT to try and hit straight shots by the end of the day, otherwise the medicine wouldn't work.....and he was right.
Leftie
Tour Winner
Why not, during a lesson, get your Pro to get a video of you when you actually perform what he is trying to get you to do (if that makes sense).
Then when you are practicing your swing, video yourself (apparently some of these new fangled mobile phone thingies have a video capability) and compare it with what you should be doing. That way you will be getting your own feedback.
Then when you are practicing your swing, video yourself (apparently some of these new fangled mobile phone thingies have a video capability) and compare it with what you should be doing. That way you will be getting your own feedback.
RobbOnTheRock
Assistant Pro
The pro at the local course doesn't have swing analysis...........so it's all by his eye, trouble is he can't show me what I'm doing wrong, I'm playing with the software I downloaded off the net....
Will let you know how that goes?!
Cheers
Andy
RobbOnTheRock
Assistant Pro
I'm going to disagree slightly with some of the others and say the net is worth using.
If you're trying to ingrain something you've been taught I don't think it matters too much where the ball goes (would have gone). Practice the swing, get used to the feeling of whatever it was the pro wanted you to do.
If it were me I'd do that for a while before going back for another lesson. Chances are if you have another lesson and he gives you something else to work on before the last one has sunk in, then you could slip back into old ways without realising.
I've been wrong before though
I hear what your saying, but its been 3 weeks since my lesson and I have been practicing (on my range net)...... will see what happens.
Cheers
Andy
