first lesson today was fun and seemed productive

[mtsalmela80]

I had my first 1/2 hour lesson today. It seemed very productive.

The first thing we covered was grip, and how I had my bottom thumb parralel with my top thumb, and he said that this was wrong because it promoted using my bottom hand for power. Instead of that, he had me place my bottom thumb tip touching my index finger wrapped around the other side. So the only fingers really with any grasp were my pinky, ring and middle on my left, and my middle and ring on my right.

He had the analogy "the left hand is the horse and the right hand is the cowboy".

We then talked about how to setup for a shot, and he laughed because I told him I was closing the clubface at address to avoid slicing. We then talked about releasing to promote draws.

Finally he showed me how to hit three distances using my sand wedge.

I feel pretty good about the lesson. Was a lot of fun and I swear I was hitting better just following what he showed me today with the rest of my lesson bucket.

[mtsalmela80]

Oh we also talked about why I typically hit so damn fat. A lot of my weight was staying on my back leg, I had to start following through with my legs as well as my arms and sure enough, it did begin to improve.