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vkurup
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Grudgingly I blew all my lunch money and got my son an appropriate sized US Kids golf set. I had initially bought him a larger set hoping that the will 'grown into it' but that seems to be a longer process than I thought. So anyways, yesterday off we went to the range for his classes.
As it was raining, we had to stay in the teaching bays rather than get on the course. I thought he was having an ok session, though he hit many to the right as he was not able to square the club in time. The pro mentioned that he does not have the strength yet to pull the club thru and so his hands get ahead of him. He said this is normal and as he gets more strength it will work out fine.
Till that point, I was watching him from the side and could see his faults. Then the pro shot a swing sequence video from the back i.e. looking down the range. He then played it back and showed me his swing plane. The pro had drawn a line across to show the swing plane on the video. I must say that he was rather shocked/surprised to see that nipper takeaway and the swing was almost textbook perfect!!! While the results may be not so good, the plane was spot on. He struggles with his footwork sequence as he adjusts to heaving that club. Otherwise there was nothing wrong with it.
Our teaching bays have large viewing bays and I had not realised that there were a couple of people standing there for about 10 mins watching him go thru the motions. We briefly exchanged a 'we like what we are seeing' glances and one of them mentioned 'he is a killer'. Last time someone told me that was when i duck hooked my ball off the first into the 3rd tee.
While I am a bit biased, I am sure there are hundreds of kids up and down this country currently swinging sweetly, yet we dont get the same output when they are near the 20s. I am sure Mrs will also get nipper to focus on his A-levels, become an Engg or a medico like the rest of the family or the neighbours etc. But I dont think education should be blamed for it, as education is very important.
So where does it all go wrong? We have the most number of clubs/courses than many countries put together. So why dont we have 8 of the top 10 in the EU from the UK?
As it was raining, we had to stay in the teaching bays rather than get on the course. I thought he was having an ok session, though he hit many to the right as he was not able to square the club in time. The pro mentioned that he does not have the strength yet to pull the club thru and so his hands get ahead of him. He said this is normal and as he gets more strength it will work out fine.
Till that point, I was watching him from the side and could see his faults. Then the pro shot a swing sequence video from the back i.e. looking down the range. He then played it back and showed me his swing plane. The pro had drawn a line across to show the swing plane on the video. I must say that he was rather shocked/surprised to see that nipper takeaway and the swing was almost textbook perfect!!! While the results may be not so good, the plane was spot on. He struggles with his footwork sequence as he adjusts to heaving that club. Otherwise there was nothing wrong with it.
Our teaching bays have large viewing bays and I had not realised that there were a couple of people standing there for about 10 mins watching him go thru the motions. We briefly exchanged a 'we like what we are seeing' glances and one of them mentioned 'he is a killer'. Last time someone told me that was when i duck hooked my ball off the first into the 3rd tee.
While I am a bit biased, I am sure there are hundreds of kids up and down this country currently swinging sweetly, yet we dont get the same output when they are near the 20s. I am sure Mrs will also get nipper to focus on his A-levels, become an Engg or a medico like the rest of the family or the neighbours etc. But I dont think education should be blamed for it, as education is very important.
So where does it all go wrong? We have the most number of clubs/courses than many countries put together. So why dont we have 8 of the top 10 in the EU from the UK?
