michaeljpoole
Medal Winner
Recently I have been having a series of golf lessons in Hong Kong (9 so far). Pretty major changes to my golf swing but the crux of it is to stop myself swinging so far from the inside. We have been working on trying to swing much more on plane. I have been very pleased with the results. Obviously it takes time and practice to get used to a new swing but i do seem to be hitting my irons with a crisper strike and the ball flight seems to be a lot straighter. For some context i play off 12 before I started the lessons. Previously my bad shot was a snap hook or a big block push slice so by trying to get more on plane we have been trying to achieve a more neutral ball flight. Previously everything was a draw. During my first lesson the pro asked me to try to hit a fade. This was virtually impossible for me.
One of the key ways i have been trying to not swing so far from the inside is to take the club back a lot straighter with no wrist break and then hinge the right elbow. This is achieved by keeping my left arm close to my body.
I am back in the UK this week and went for a Mizuno club fitting at my old local golf club as I was looking to get some custom fit new irons. The pro who did this I had had 2 lessons with previously a couple of years ago. In short he basically said the pro I had been seeing had ruined my swing and made all the classic mistakes a number of teaching pro's made. The main point seemed to be by taking my hands back to stay on plane i was becoming disconnected. I should be hinging my wrists a lot earlier.
Without getting too much into detail it was quite worrying to hear all of this. I could hardly concentrate on my club fitting. But it got me thinking. Do different pro's have different swings they teach? It wasn't nice to hear him say the pro i had been seeing had basically ruined my swing. He said i was being taught the Rotary swing. Now this may not be the swing he agrees with, but then this should just be his opinion.
I have put time and money into lessons and to rebuild my swing and it is not nice to hear this from another pro. But then again I can see for a fact my game is improving. I have played 4 rounds this week back in the UK mainly with my Dad who said i seem to be hitting the ball the best he has ever seen. i played 9 holes today and hit 6 Green's in Reg.
So I guess the question is do i stick with the pro I am seeing now. I hardly want to go through another rebuild when this is all so new. Thoughts? I think when I am back in HK I will ask my pro why he is teaching this way to see his reasons for it as opposed to what I am being told here?
Mike
One of the key ways i have been trying to not swing so far from the inside is to take the club back a lot straighter with no wrist break and then hinge the right elbow. This is achieved by keeping my left arm close to my body.
I am back in the UK this week and went for a Mizuno club fitting at my old local golf club as I was looking to get some custom fit new irons. The pro who did this I had had 2 lessons with previously a couple of years ago. In short he basically said the pro I had been seeing had ruined my swing and made all the classic mistakes a number of teaching pro's made. The main point seemed to be by taking my hands back to stay on plane i was becoming disconnected. I should be hinging my wrists a lot earlier.
Without getting too much into detail it was quite worrying to hear all of this. I could hardly concentrate on my club fitting. But it got me thinking. Do different pro's have different swings they teach? It wasn't nice to hear him say the pro i had been seeing had basically ruined my swing. He said i was being taught the Rotary swing. Now this may not be the swing he agrees with, but then this should just be his opinion.
I have put time and money into lessons and to rebuild my swing and it is not nice to hear this from another pro. But then again I can see for a fact my game is improving. I have played 4 rounds this week back in the UK mainly with my Dad who said i seem to be hitting the ball the best he has ever seen. i played 9 holes today and hit 6 Green's in Reg.
So I guess the question is do i stick with the pro I am seeing now. I hardly want to go through another rebuild when this is all so new. Thoughts? I think when I am back in HK I will ask my pro why he is teaching this way to see his reasons for it as opposed to what I am being told here?
Mike