I had a lesson today and... (rolling thread)

Had a swing MOT as the first lesson of the year (one of six) on Saturday. Not too much changed other than takeaway, which was very outside the line and separated and a better rotation. A few tweaks with the driver set up too - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcdHkPN1Hz8

Just need to get down the range and get working on it, especially that first move. If I can get it away better I should be able to turn through impact better and rotate more than slide which has been the issue. So far so good though. Need to play again as well as it's been several weeks since I saw the course.
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Had a swing MOT as the first lesson of the year (one of six) on Saturday. Not too much changed other than takeaway, which was very outside the line and separated and a better rotation. A few tweaks with the driver set up too - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcdHkPN1Hz8

Just need to get down the range and get working on it, especially that first move. If I can get it away better I should be able to turn through impact better and rotate more than slide which has been the issue. So far so good though. Need to play again as well as it's been several weeks since I saw the course.
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Watched your lesson homer. You have a similar problem to me and many golfers in that you can do the take away you want in slow motion but as soon as you do it in a full swing proper speed, you take it miles outside nothing like the practice swing.

I am similar but opposite. I am trying to hinge up steeper and its perfect in slow motion. Full speed swing I just whip in inside quite quickly.

Why don't you just embrace that fade swing and hit cuts all day long instead of trying to stand square and having a two way miss depending on how you rescue the shot.
 
Had a lesson in my lunch hour with my pro.

First since end of October.

Struck it pretty well and the only change he has suggested is to weaken my right hand to prevent my bad shot (Hook).

Felt strange but the results spoke for themselves.

The return of the baby draw :thup:
 
Had a lesson this morning.

It was split into two sections.

Part 1

Looking at my full swing.

I had some shots and Ross videod me. We had been working on making sure the bump of the hips initiated the start of the downswing. He was saying it was better than last time and certainly getting there. The problem I had was my head was the first thing to move and moved towards the target. Now it, usually, doesn't start first and as the hips bump towards the target my head moves back and everything drops down in to the right hand side. He was happy with my backswing and extension through the ball. He was saying it is probably now only 5 % away form where he would want it to be and if I can get to that point and keep it there future lessons will be much easier and involve less big changes, it will be more fine tuning then. So all in all that was good news. My "homework" is to work on the drills to work on the drill to bump the hips. It is one of those drills that is best done inside when you can't see the ball flight, just be happy if you get the feeling correct and then hit balls later.

Part 2.

Was on the short game !!

He is hopeful for me lol, despite seeing my short game again today. If I can score as well as I have been doing, with a quite poor short game my scoring can only get better if I get it in better shape.
We started hitting some general pitches. He showed me the video and I couldn't believe how "cooried" in I was at address, my arms were hanging and pointing to my knees, well inside vertical, also my backswing was far tooo long. Seem to have a real aversion to short backswings !!
Anyway, he sorted out my posture and got my swinging back only to 8 o'clock on the clockface and had a tennis racquet between my left bicep and my chest and to visualise the tennis racquet playing the shot. After that keeping my left bicep on my chest and thinking about that movement I managed to get a few decent chips away with really good height on them too, not like my normal daisy cutters.
We then moved along to the practice putting green at Rowallan and pitched on to it, pitching a short distance with a 58° wedge would normally have brought me out in a cold sweat but managed to loft quite a few over the fringe and on to the green.
So my homework for this one is working on an 8 o'clock backswing, bicep against chest and rotate back through ball with a bit of acceleration.

Really enjoyed the lesson and the good thing about the drills is that they can be done at home and inside.
 
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One Planer said:
Had a lesson in my lunch hour with my pro.

First since end of October.

Struck it pretty well and the only change he has suggested is to weaken my right hand to prevent my bad shot (Hook).

Felt strange but the results spoke for themselves.

The return of the baby draw :thup:
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Just had my lesson video mailed through:

[video=youtube_share;VBdNxkurRP0]https://youtu.be/VBdNxkurRP0[/video]

:D
 
Had a lesson yesterday afternoon. Pro made a few tweaks to my setup when driving and also putting. Didn't seem to make a great difference at the time, but played 9 this lunchtime, hit the longest drive I've ever hit, and a driving was generally better than usual. However, the big change was putting - was lining them up much better, knocked in a couple of longish ones, and the rest were very good in terms of length and line, so pretty happy.
 
Had my first ever playing lesson today, was a bit of an eye opener. The first thing I noticed, was how nice it was to have a caddie, not only because I didn't have to carry my bag, but more about how we discussed each shot and how it was to be played. So far if kind of just walked upto the ball and hit it,

I took the most out of it from how to play from different lies, so far all of my lessons have been off flat ground, so it was good to look at set up from positions where the ball is either above/below my feet or we are on a slope. I was really happy with my progress in this area. I hit a beauty of a drive up the 18th (which at Stoneham is uphill), lasered it back to the tee at I'd hit it 271 yards!

Let the progress continue
 
Had another look at the work we've been doing - shaft much more shallow in downswing, helped by adding in the feeling of "chasing the line" which helped me stop swinging left so quickly thru impact. Had me hitting soft draws - unheard of for me.

Had a look at pitching too, I'd been struggling with the fiddly ones just outside chipping range upto 50yds or so. Got the handle a bit higher and moved the ball position up a bit, the controlled it with body turn. Took it to the course and hit really solid pitches all afternoon- happy days
 
I had my first lesson back after injury and it was a disaster. I'd been hitting well at the range leading up to it but it all fell apart on the day. Fat shots, thin shots, anything but a sweet strike. Topped it off by slicing my finger open as I hit a shot fat, then proceeded to make it worse and worse. Have any of you had this issue with multi compounds when they are new?
 
BristolMike said:
I had my first lesson back after injury and it was a disaster. I'd been hitting well at the range leading up to it but it all fell apart on the day. Fat shots, thin shots, anything but a sweet strike. Topped it off by slicing my finger open as I hit a shot fat, then proceeded to make it worse and worse. Have any of you had this issue with multi compounds when they are new?
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Never managed to slice my finger open hitting it fat. How did you manage that. You say it was a disaster but what did the pro do to make it better?
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Never managed to slice my finger open hitting it fat. How did you manage that. You say it was a disaster but what did the pro do to make it better?
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I've no idea, just split open. It was one of those days. It's happened before and always in the same part of middle finger on right hand. It's where the cord meets the rubber on the multi compounds

We were working on more hip rotation to make my swing easier on my body and I think I was just thinking too much about it. It came together a bit after the lesson so not all bad.
 
BristolMike said:
I've no idea, just split open. It was one of those days. It's happened before and always in the same part of middle finger on right hand. It's where the cord meets the rubber on the multi compounds

We were working on more hip rotation to make my swing easier on my body and I think I was just thinking too much about it. It came together a bit after the lesson so not all bad.
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If it was poor in the lesson didn't the pro break it down or give you a drill or two to get the correct feelings.
 
Yeah he was getting me to work through it all, slowing things down, putting me in the right positions. I just expect things to come together quickly and just took a bit longer than usual. It was just a bad hitting day, will all be good next time. I've got to keep working on my tpi exercises in the meantime too.

It will all come good
 
Been playing a year and a bit now and had around 4 lessons initially to get me round the golf course to start with and not embarrass myself. That was over a year ago so decided since my game wasn't going anywhere and I knew my 'take away' wasn't right and my swing too flat (had been told by PPs) that I better get down before the season starts to see if I could sort it out with some advice and drills.

Low and behold everything my PPs had told me was correct - the pro first put a ball on a low tee and a ball around an inch and a half behind it, then placed the ball bucket around a clubs length behind the balls and if my take away was on the right plane the ball behind my club at address would nestle in the bucket. He got me to do two practice take aways prior to each execution so as to get me into a small routine.

He started me off just doing that and not hitting the ball from the tee. Once I had started to regulatory hit the bucket, he let me take a swing back and hit through the ball. The ball had a nice trajectory and felt like bloody good :D I was pushing the ball a tad to the right but the pro assured me we will work on that in 2 weeks time so the club head gets back to neutral position when I'm striking the ball.

He also got me to dip my right shoulder slightly at address as I was leaning on the left shoulder a little and also got me to open my feet to the ten to 2 position as well as getting my grip sorted whereas my left hand comes over the club more and my right hand holds the club more open.

Really enjoyed the session and has got me giddy again to back to the range to carry on practicing and a cheeky round at the weekend to try it all out under pressure.
 
Had a lesson yesterday.

It was split in to 3 parts.

Initially looked at my full swing. Hit the first 7 iron of the day pretty much perfectly, started slightly right of centre and came back with a soft draw.
We just looked at each other and he suggested we talk about football after that lol.

Secondly we looked at my driver swing. After hitting a few drives he hitting them much better, better height and flight, all started right of target line and came back a bit. The things I need to work on are 1. Making sure the ball position is ok and that i bump my hips at the start of the downswing to make sure I get "behind" the ball and make it easier to hit the ball on the way up. My shoulders had almost been level when I was trying to hit it instead of pointing down more.

Thirdly was my nemesis and the short game. He watched as the first 5 were all out shanks !!
He identified that I was losing my posture in the backswing and even more so on the way down, also not to be so "cooried" in over the ball at address. So with a bit of instruction they were getting better, but plenty to keep me working on. He also said that so I don't go away off on a tangent that I email him some videos of my practice for him to critique.

Can't wait to get on to the range and the course to practice.

Season can't come quick enough
 
Had a driving lesson today, went a lot better than I expected, nailed my first drive and I didn't even know I had that in me, I've never used a driver before, just the mini, he made a couple of tweaks but for the most part I was hitting them well, think my biggest problem is between the ears, once I relaxed I was fine, it felt effortless.
Ive still got 3 lessons left in my block but he's happy with my irons and driving now, so he says to hold off and just get playing and if I'm struggling give him a shout.
Really looking forward to getting out at my new club and getting an official handicap.
 
BrianM said:
Had a driving lesson today, went a lot better than I expected, nailed my first drive and I didn't even know I had that in me, I've never used a driver before, just the mini, he made a couple of tweaks but for the most part I was hitting them well, think my biggest problem is between the ears, once I relaxed I was fine, it felt effortless.
Ive still got 3 lessons left in my block but he's happy with my irons and driving now, so he says to hold off and just get playing and if I'm struggling give him a shout.
Really looking forward to getting out at my new club and getting an official handicap.
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where did you join in the end and who are you having lessons from?
 
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