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I know some of you have never had a lesson and never will so how do you teach yourself?
Videoing your swing?
Dvds?
Books?
Copying friends?
Keep changing until something works?

No prizes for the best system, I'm just just curious
 
Bob

I'm a range fiddler....that sounds a bit wrong

I go to the range and hit balls until something feels good and then translate this to the course. It sometimes works, sometimes doesn't.

Not one for reading books or DVD's.

Putting this down makes me realise how much I need some lessons
 
i am one of those players who hasnt had lessons or intend to.
and my best answer would be, the last one on your list,
keep changing untill something works :D
 
I know some of you have never had a lesson and never will so how do you teach yourself?
Videoing your swing?
Dvds?
Books?
Copying friends?
Keep changing until something works?

No prizes for the best system, I'm just just curious
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Or, buy new clubs until something works?
 
i do think about having lessons, but ive been playing for 16 yrs and do wonder if i would be wasting my money.
as all my bad habits are too engrained, and when i try to change, and i take it out on the course, and it doesnt work for me, i'll just revert back to my old ways.
 
I know some of you have never had a lesson and never will so how do you teach yourself?
Videoing your swing?
Dvds?
Books?
Copying friends?
Keep changing until something works?

No prizes for the best system, I'm just just curious
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Hi Bob, ive only ever had 2 half hour lessons, which were a little help at the time, but I do prefer to work on things myself. In fact you could class me as a 'fiddler' ;)

I have never taken a video of my swing, although it is something ive always wanted to do, just never got around to it.

Have never bothered with DVD's

Havent got the attention span for reading books

As for copying friends swings - well if you seen them you would understand why I dont.

I think I have a fairly good unserstanding of my own golf swing, and when im hitting bad shots (push, slice, hook) then I can normally tell from the feel of that shot why it happened. If im honest for the last year or so I havent had the same swing/setup etc for more than 2 weeks at a time as I have been fiddling far too much!

It's only been the last couple of weeks that Ive got my swing, posture, grip at a point where im fairly happy with what im doing. I just need to do a little work on my weight transfer at the range this week then I think I should have a fairly settled swing for our Winter league (oh and also for my final on Sunday

Oh I nearly forgot, also find it very helpful watching the pro's on the TV and trying to replicate good ones :D - I tried copying Tiger the other week, but our lass said if I do it again then im getting kicked out ;)
 
I had a recurring fault - missing the target left - and I asked my playing partners how I could correct this but no takers for the imparting of the magic cure.

Had my first lesson in a lifetime of playing and six hits of a six iron later the cure was offered to me...so simple I did not believe it and had to have video evidence to back it up!

I only wish I had gone for this lesson years before as I had battled this for so long - hitting greenside bunkers on the RIGHT because I was expecting this pull to the left or thinking it is OK now and hitting a nine iron down the flag, super contact, to see it miss the green by 20 yards left!!

However, because it is golf, other areas are now creating the hair tearing moments!
 
Oh I nearly forgot, also find it very helpful watching the pro's on the TV and trying to replicate good ones :D - I tried copying Tiger the other week, but our lass said if I do it again then im getting kicked out ;)
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:D
 
As you know Bob im one of these players,self taught from reading books,internet tips,dvds ive gotten myself to eleven handicap and feel im on the brink of single figures,however i think ive taken myself as far as i can.So i think in the near future i will be getting some lessons and c/f for some new irons hopefully then i can get to a new level.In the meantime im off to the course to work on a few things.
 
I had six lessons when i first started, and have basically stuck with the basis i was taught. When i was playing badly i used to have lessons with Roy Mason, Carls dad, who was a fantastic coach.

These lessons were as a nipper, since then i am a fiddler. I usually work it out for myself, but it takes longer.
 
Up to now, I was a "fix it myself" kind of bloke, and I can get by ok.

I'm planning on having a handful of lessons with our pro after Christmas to tighten things up and (hopefully) get some consistency.

I am also getting a V-Easy for christmas (hopefully!) which will no doubt improve my putting.

But I've never been one for DVDs or books. Maybe the odd tip or three in GM.
 
I had no lessons for some time, Then i seen the light. Our local driving range had a young Pro Dan Frost, I had around 5/6 lessons over a few months, and it helped no end. I found my basics were wrong so what ever i did it would never be right.

I would always advise someone to have a few lessons first to get them started down the right track, then its up to them to work on all the basics and practice ,practice and more practice.
 
I stand at the end of a field and whack balls til I get a eureka moment and then try to hold onto it til the next time I stand at the end of a field again. I generally just look for something that gets the ball on line and try not to worry about it much
 
Bob,

I have never had a lesson, everything is self taught that's prob why it took me so long to get to single figures.

Allways figured it was too late now, like trying to teach an old dog new tricks kind of scenario.
I generally have one major flaw, poor weight transfer and can recognise when it creeps in and adjust accordingly.

Also too scared the pro rips my game to shreds and says grip, posture and alignment are crap.

John. :o
 
I always thought I would go for lessons when I had cured the biggest flaw in my swing, looking for the ball flight before I have hit it. Sadly, this is still a work in progress after 25 years. Until I can fix this, no amount of technique is really going to help.

I have the S&T book, which I found useful. Unfortunately it is not working at the moment, as I am back to old habits, see above.

If I could change my swing competely every week, maybe I could keep myself from looking up, but the moment my swing becomes more natural, I start to look up.

A very heavy hat may yet be the answer.
 
Also too scared the pro rips my game to shreds and says grip, posture and alignment are crap.
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I think this is a PR issue when Pro's are trying to sell lessons to those who may have never had any previously.

Many average golfers (and I am one) are worried that a Pro will take them on a journey that will mean endless lessons and hours at the range to make significant improvements - whilst in the interim your play on the course is dire as you are a 'work in progress'.

Those that don't have the chance to play that often would put up with the faults and knock it around whilst not improving in order to better enjoy their free time.

Appreciate this is based on sweeping generalisations, but its the way i feel
 
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