You can have a bad pro lesson!

[bobmac]

Here's how I see it.
Find out what the problem is the pupil wants help with
Watch some shots
Explain why the ball goes there/does that
Hit some more shots
Explain how to stop the ball going there/doing that
Explain what to change AND WHY
Finish with drills to practice to stop the ball going there/doing that.

That way, the pupil knows what they were doing wrong and why I changed what I did to fix it.
If it makes sense, it will sink in quicker

 

[palindromicbob]

I'll be having my first lesson of a 5 week course next week. Hope I get a better session than you appear to have got. Thankfully it's only £110 for mine!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I've had my coach a while now and he really has made a difference, particularly the work we did over the winter. I am starting to really see the benefits now and once the short game gets there I'll be very happy. I know my score haven't reflected it but I've said often enough that I am hitting it well. Just lately I'm starting to find a way to get it round and hit it well.

I think it is important to have a coach you trust. I certainly wouldn't pay £75 for a lesson regardless unless it was a top top guy. Even Gary Smith (GM top 25 coach) only charges £70 per hour. However it is a two way street. You can't go there for a single lesson and expect to fix all the problems in one go so it does need investment to progress. Accept that you may go back to go forward and don't be afraid to ask why if there is a change you don't understand.

 

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I certainly wouldn't pay £75 for a lesson regardless unless it was a top top guy.

slightly misleading as it was a 90 min lesson so equates to £50ph
Lots of good comments and you win some lose some, I've chalked it down to one of those things.

 

[swanny32]

You want an example of a bad pro? I have somewhat of an erratic slice off the tee, something that has buggered my golf for ages now. Eventually decided to do something about it so took up a pro on some lessons toward the end of last year, he diagnosed me with a reverse pivot....fixed that and was still slicing, he then tried telling me that I was slicing it because I was out of position at the top of my back swing and would manoeuvre me into the correct position which quite frankly was ridiculous and felt entirely incorrect.....this didn't make sense to me though as I'm not hitting the ball on or at the top of my back swing!?

I gave up with him and went with a new pro at my home club, bloody brilliant he is to, he confirmed that the guy I was using last year didn't have a clue, he diagnosed me with a swing plane problem (coming over the top) and also having a cupped wrist at the top of my backswing both combined would cause some rather dramatic slices. Had my second lesson with him yesterday and although I know it's going to take a while to implement the changes and get them ingrained into my swing I have so much more confidence with him than I ever did with the guy I used last year.