Lessons

[Donscone]

I had my first golf lesson on Saturday. Had the Lesson with Matthew Marsh @ Golf Xcel in Leeds. The lesson was really good and I have learnt so much in such a short period of time. We had done a group lesson with 3 of us. Each of us getting a really helpful before and after video with commentary of what we were told on the day. I needed quite a bit of work but in the end I have walked away feeling quite confident in my new swing but still got a good few things that I need to work on. I hit the range yesterday to see how much I had remembered and did a little test. Before my lesson if I hit 10 balls with a 6 iron I would be all over the shop with only a couple going nice and straight doing the test yesterday I had one shot to the left one to the right and the rest were nice and straight. I feel I have got a good base to practice now and definitely going to get a lesson booked in again.

I know everyone always says on here go get lessons before you do anything. I didn’t listen to that advice and really wish I had done now. If you are just starting out get out and get a lesson it is well worth it.

 

[El Bandito]

Well done. Definitely the way to get better. Taking some myself over the winter.

 

[One Planer]

I've booked in for my winter work with my pro today :thup:

1st lesson on the 7/11. Pretty much carrying on where we left off earlier in the year. Then every 6 weeks or so.

Definatley the best way to improve IMHO.

 

[Khamelion]

There's a 60/40 maybe 70/30 split on this forum as to whether lessons are the way forward, I'm in the lessons are definatley the way to go if you want to improve camp. The argument that will come from some is that a lesson is only as good as the practice you put in and the majority of nay sayers in here are against having lessons as they can't or won't put the practice in.

Lessons are important, if you have a bad habit, without someone being able to recognise that fault and tell you how to correct it, you, potentially, will only devolve your swing and become over a period of time disillusioned with the game. Having the odd lesson helps keep you on track, even an annual or bi-annual lesson as a MOT is a help in keeping the gremlins away.

 

[Roops]

I always thought I could self teach myself, until I had lessons. I have come to realise that most of my faults were down to key fundamentals.
Prior to lessons I would try to stop the fault rather than fix the cause, this is where most self teaching falls down.
Also, pretty much all the guys I know who are single figure players, all have lessons, not regularly, but if anything is not going according to plan, they go straight to their pro.
Reminds me of a few weeks back. I had a bad day driving, I stopped on the way home to see the pro, we spent 10 minutes on the range, and had it sorted. Since then my driving has been great, and the tips are engrained. Prior to lessons, that would have been 3 weeks of traipsing back and forth to range to try and work out what was going on.
Enjoy your lessons and make notes of what you are taught, it's amazing to go back and read them even a week or two later, you will be surprised at what you have forgotten.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Big advocate of lessons providing you stick to what you've been shown, work on the drills and keep going. Winter is the best time to make swing changes. Get a working swing grooved over the winter and come out all guns blazing next spring