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Good afternoon,

Right here's the situation..... I want to change coaches. I spent a fair bit of money with this bloke and didn't diagnose the problem which Bob did in 1 video. Cheers bob. :)

But anyways, I've been looking for a new coach.

Option 1: Adrian Bishop, Head pro @ wells golf club
Adrian is my county coach, is a Todays golfer elite coach and has been teaching for 20 years. I have heard nothing but glowing reviews and he coaches Laurie canter if any of you guys have heard of him. He's just turned pro. He has v.good experience of working with elite players. Wells is 40 minutes from my house. I also know Adrian from county training.

Option 2: Paul Mitchell, Head pro @ Bristol & Clifton golf club. Paul has been a coach for 15 years and is the coach of Chris wood, european tour, so he has experience with a extremely elite player. Bristol and clifton is just 15 minutes from my house.

I'm in 2 minds and your views would be muchly appreciated to sway my undecided mind.
:)
 
At that level, I would have thought that the best judge is how you get on with them - as presumably the relationship might be a long term one if you go on to progress to pro status?

In which case, maybe consider a more social assessment; do you gel together? Get on outside of lessons? Are you on the same wavelength? I doubt you'll be able to compare their technical ability alongside each other so the social test is probably the key one to make?
 
Right here's the situation..... I want to change coaches. I spent a fair bit of money with this bloke and didn't diagnose the problem which Bob did in 1 video. Cheers bob.
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Just a guess :D :D ;)

If you were to pick one to be your friend, which would you choose?
 
Definitely try one or two lessons with each of them, and see which one you get on better with, both in terms of his ideas on what you need to work on in your golf game/swing, and how well you get on with him as a person.

At your age and skill level you should definiely take the time to find the right one, as it could be important. Dont rush into anything.

They both sound like good coaches so if I have one piece of advice it would be that once you do decide on a coach, trust him and commit to what he wants you to do 100%. If you do that and then find you dont like whats happening, then re-assess the situation, but you have to give it a chance of working by commiting to his ideas.
 
Try both. Be honest and upfront though and just say you are looking for a new coach and could he give you a lesson as you want to see if his style suits and go from there. If they both click and you can't decide I guess you have to factor in things like accessibility (will Chris Woods coach be away at tour events a lot?) cost (lessons plus petrol - even if your parents take you - 40 minutes both way is a chunk of fuel)
 
great problem to have. Young great at golf and trying to decide which of these two brilliant coaches to make you even better.

All the advice you need has already been mentioned think I will just go look at people who are struggling to break 100 :)
 
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