Lesson Duration?

[iGolf]

I have a simple question which I would like your opinion on.

As a beginner do you think I would benefit more from having more 30mins lessons or fewer 1 hour lessons?

I’m moving shortly and will be looking for a new pro to work with so I wanted to have a bit of a plan in place.

I’ve been having 1 hour lessons with my current pro but I had a thought that maybe shorter lessons, smaller steps might be better??

what do you think?

 

[DCB]

It all depends wht you can take in during a lesson. Shorter lessons with one or two small things to work on before the next lesson may be they way to go. Bobmac may be the person to ask actually.

 

[feary]

I normally have half hour lessons if that helps.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I find a 30 minute lesson too short. I prefer at least 45 minutes to work on the changes and get some drills to help. Ideally I'd like an hour so we can go into more depth and cover more but it depends on how you want to learn. Are you a feel player who wants to just feel the club in the right place or are you more techical and want to learn more about how the swing is construced. Its important your pro knows how you approach lessons so he can gear his teaching methods to suit you

 

[Junior]

I think 30 mins is enough, then have a lesson once a week or once every two weeks depending on how much time you have to practice. You dont want too many swing thoughts..... The important thing is to practice what you have been taught inbetween lessons.

 

[JustOne]

I'd be in the less is more camp. Learn a couple of things, spend up to 30 min practicing them then go home and work on it for the next two weeks. Then go for your next 30 min lesson. If you can't be bothered to practice them, don't have any more lessons,...there's not a lot of point to them if you don't.

 

[viscount17]

depends what you're doing I think, sometimes 10 minutes is enough, other times an hour would be too short.
I think it also depends on the quality of your pro and his ability to communicate (and on your ability to understand and absorb).

 

[matt01]

i tend to get a 1 hour lesson you seem to be able to work on something and see it through

 

[iGolf]

I'd be in the less is more camp. Learn a couple of things, spend up to 30 min practicing them then go home and work on it for the next two weeks. Then go for your next 30 min lesson. If you can't be bothered to practice them, don't have any more lessons,...there's not a lot of point to them if you don't.

I intend on practing quite a bit so thats not a problem.

The 30min lesson every two weeks, with plenty of practice sounnds like the way I'll go for now. Mainly beaucse I think there I so many little things I need to sort out.

Once I move on to more specific things I might switch to 1 hour lessons once a month.

thanks for the help guys

 

[big_russ]

30 mins is more than enough to change a couplr of things at a time and then ensure you know how to practice them. I always believe that less is more in a teaching situation.
Having said that I had a 9 hole playing lesson last week and we were out for the best part of 2 3/4 hours, playing numerous balls at each hole and playing a veriety of shots as well.

 

[DCB]

Had the first of a series of 6 lessons today. Picking up from where we left off last Autumn. Spent close to an hour with the pro going over what we had done before and then tying in a little new teaching. I've made some good progress over the winter so am looking to progress further.

Getting the best out the pro needs good two way communication and a trust from both sides. If you get a new thing to work on, you need to work on it before the next lesson.

Right, that gives me a week to work on this....

 

[RGDave]

I have a simple question which I would like your opinion on.

As a beginner do you think I would benefit more from having more 30mins lessons or fewer 1 hour lessons?

I’m moving shortly and will be looking for a new pro to work with so I wanted to have a bit of a plan in place.

I’ve been having 1 hour lessons with my current pro but I had a thought that maybe shorter lessons, smaller steps might be better??

what do you think?

If you ask me, Golf is not like learning Maths or the Piano or whatever. A good lesson will give you 1 or 2 things to think about/work on. Unless you are a bit of a slow learner or have zero talent for the game, 30 minutes is plenty to get stuff to work on.

 

[HRC99]

I have 45 minute lessons which is perfect as far as I'm concerned.

To make the most of the time, I also get there 30 minutes beforehand and warm up thoroughly. If you've got a limited time, there's no point wasting his time and your money with the first few crap shots.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I totally agree that its essential to be warmed up and loose first so you can get straight into the lesson.

 

[huttonline]

at my place they give you a dozen balls to hit on the range before the lesson to warm up (and kill time while the pro sorts himself out!) and the lesson is 30mins. Seems ok for me so far, as a beginner.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

That seems reasonable. I usually get there about 30 minutes before my lesson and stetch and hit some balls. I'm not too worried about how I hit them (the pro will change most of it anyway) but looking to loosen up and find a good tempo