How long?

[drawboy]

Tiger, it's not how many lessons and how good the teacher is it's having the desire to practice what the pro has just taught you until it is second nature. If you do not do this then your money and time and also the time of your pro is just wasted.The idea is to have a lesson then get on the practice ground and hit ball after ball, hopefully then when you go back for another lesson he teaches you the next step and you do it all again.

 

[Snelly]

Have a lesson a quarter. That's my advice. Pro's sayyou need teaching all the time for obvious reasons but you don't - you need to find your level and go from there.

I always have at least 1 lesson a year from someone who I have known for years and knows my swing but that is my limit.

Snelly.

 

[Tiger]

Driver is coming at Christmas, I agree it's time. It would come earlier but finances are the barrier.

Drawboy I do practice but that can be part of the problem. Last month I worked on my hand speed. My bad shot was a slice. I've now overdone it and the hands and arms are faster the hips. My bad shot is now a pull hook. My posture also became a little too crouched. Working on hips and tempo at the moment.

To be fair to my current pro he's encouraging gradually longer gaps between lessons. Next one is in 5 weeks. I have three more lessons which should see me into the new year and then I'll hopefully have a swing I'm happy with. Some lower scores would be nice as well

Thanks for the comments

 

[CrapHacker]

...and then I'll hopefully have a swing I'm happy with...

Ahhhh, now then.

'happy with'

ummm

Not sure I meant that. More like 'well I've got a rough idea what my body's going to end up doing under pressure, so I guess I'll have to put up with it anyway'




The idea of being 'happy with' your swing. Romantic tosh. Rather like expecting a decent sex life after you're married ( with your wife anyway ). It might be what they talk about in the magazines, but reality is another thing.









PS The author of this post is neither married, nor happy with his swing. But then I've never met either Bob Torrance or Kelly Brook, and you'll have to guess which one I'd use for each of the the two ideas above.

 

[HRC99]

Stick with it, it will come. And when it comes, it'll come in big cuts too.

If you can keep the big numbers off your card, you should be able to make a massive inroad into your handicap.

But hey, I just posted a 10, two 8s and a 7 in a single medal round, so what do I know!

 

[Tiger]

HRC & CH very valid points. HRC I hope you are right but it kind of links to my definition of being happy with my swing. Until recently I didn't understand it. As a result I couldn't figure out what was going wrong with it. More often than not I destroy a card with a 10 or two, maybe a few 8's for good measure. So I suppose I'll be 'happy', for the short term, with a controllable swing where my bad shot consistently goes in the same direction so I can take half the fairway out of the equation and give myself more room for error. Obviously, as I improve the definition of what I'll be happy with may change.

But I just want to play and have fun and it's no fun when all of a sudden you start smashing balls into the gorse and OoB when you have been playing pretty well.

By the way CH I hope you and Bob do find happiness together

 

[Nikki]

I started taking lessons about 2 years ago...

I've only had six or seven lessons and have just worked very after every lesson to improve my swing or chipping, putting etc.

I've found that instead of forcing things i works a lot better to give yourself plenty of time and let things come to you. Saying that my ball striking and chipping have improved greatly in the last couple of months of practice. Pitching and putting will be improved soon!!!




Just chill out and enjoy the game. You will get better when you do that!