Has Golf Instruction Gotten Too Technical?

[iacas]

My Twitter thread on this:

 

[Big Lex]

It would help to know more about the respondents before making any conclusions about the significance of the 50% number. I would think it's more of a problem if 50% of actual, active students think teaching is too technical, versus golfers in general just voicing their opinion based on things they see on TV or youtube.

[iacas]

16 minutes ago, Big Lex said:

It would help to know more about the respondents before making any conclusions about the significance of the 50% number. I would think it's more of a problem if 50% of actual, active students think teaching is too technical, versus golfers in general just voicing their opinion based on things they see on TV or youtube.

Of course, but the segment is "golfers on Twitter" and 50% is still a sizable number.

[billchao]

I think tweet #4 is relevant, here. How many of the people who voted are actually taking lessons from an instructor? Or are they watching AMG on YouTube thinking that’s how people teach?

Golf information is obviously technical and people have more ways than ever before to communicate the information to the public, but an informative video about a certain facet of the swing is not the same thing as a lesson.

[iacas]

26 minutes ago, billchao said:

I think tweet #4 is relevant, here. How many of the people who voted are actually taking lessons from an instructor? Or are they watching AMG on YouTube thinking that’s how people teach?

Right. I think that's a big part of it.

26 minutes ago, billchao said:

Golf information is obviously technical and people have more ways than ever before to communicate the information to the public, but an informative video about a certain facet of the swing is not the same thing as a lesson.

Instructors have to communicate somewhat "technically" when they're making an AMG-like video… because how else could you really do it?

[suhhhduddd]

this is solely from my experience.

I've worked with some pretty notable coaches, most of them didn't do it for me. Too "feel" oriented and not systematic and technical enough. always left feeling like i learnt nothing because a feel is dependent on the day. 

From my pov, it seems like european/scandinavian coaching is way more systematic and model based producing way technically sounder swings, whilst american coaching is more feel based producing more unique swings.

I might be completely off but thats what i see.

 

also im very against this shallowing, butt twist, gankasy swing style. it seems like theyre trying to complicate it more than it should be/use fancier terms ways to seem like theyre more knowledgable but idk. again my thoughts.

 

 

Edited December 31, 2022 by suhhhduddd
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