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And it was awesome. I asked for a full swing and short game lesson and we got out on a course and Erik pretty much showed me every short game situation in the book plus some interesting ball flight laws insight. Plus I got on the Trackman. Shameless plug on ** if you are ever out in the Erie, PA area, get thee to Golf Evolution, you won't regret it! ** shameless plug off :-)

Anyways, swing lesson details - Erik made a slight adjustment to my grip and my downswing - #3 (Flat Wrist) was better straight away, but got some work to do on it.

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I'm sure Erik is a great teacher but I prefer my teach to have a more of an inside-out teaching method.  Something that feels instinctual and natural to me so I will never get hurt.  I don't want my head full of junk like ball flight laws and power accumulators...

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Originally Posted by Apotheosis

I'm sure Erik is a great teacher but I prefer my teach to have a more of an inside-out teaching method.  Something that feels instinctual and natural to me so I will never get hurt.  I don't want my head full of junk like ball flight laws and power accumulators...



HAHAHAHA.. BURN!!!!


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Originally Posted by Apotheosis

I'm sure Erik is a great teacher but I prefer my teach to have a more of an inside-out teaching method.  Something that feels instinctual and natural to me so I will never get hurt.  I don't want my head full of junk like ball flight laws and power accumulators...

Funny. :)

FWIW the #3 he was talking about was Key #3, not #3 accumulator.

And we don't talk ball flight laws in every lesson, but we did talk about why Steven's path was often a little too straight into the ball and why he could then hit balls that pulled and drew or pushed and cut from there depending on the face conditions. Basically, not a pattern, where we'd prefer to see a pattern where every ball does the same thing (whether that's "pushes and draws" or "pushes and cuts" or "pulls and cuts" or whatever).

BTW, Steven did AWESOME work on the short game. Seriously, I felt mean a few times putting him in some bunkers 15 feet below the level of the green off firm packed sand on a downslope and then I felt a lot LESS mean when he hits two shots from that spot to 3 and 2 feet! And pitching the ball off firm wet dirt (like sticky hardpan if that makes sense) was a breeze, and so forth. The short game work he did was incredible and amazing.

And his full swing is really good. Some little things to tweak with Keys #2 and #3 but really pretty close.

Appreciated that you came from NYC again Steven. Thanks, and be proud of the work you did, and keep looking at the pictures you have. Right arm pitches too!

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Great to hear success stories with the 5 keys!

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Originally Posted by Apotheosis

I'm sure Erik is a great teacher but I prefer my teach to have a more of an inside-out teaching method.  Something that feels instinctual and natural to me so I will never get hurt.  I don't want my head full of junk like ball flight laws and power accumulators...


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Though I haven't had hands on experience with Erik or anyone at GE, the instruction I received thorugh Evolvr was certainly useful. Nice to hear you had a good experience. Now remember to do the work on the range yourself, that's where the changes are done.

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Originally Posted by Zeph

Now remember to do the work on the range yourself, that's where the changes are done.


Yes. And Steven, it's really easy to do the changes indoors when there are no targets, etc. Keep that same mentality on the range and the shots will begin to get better on their own. Obviously I'm not saying just bash away, but just to be unconcerned - particularly when doing drills, etc. - with contact, where the ball's going, etc. Some drills are exaggerations, some screw with your normal rhythm or tempo or whatnot, so work hard as I know you can and the golf will get better.

P.S. And that's not to say it's not pretty good now. Just keep improving, even 0.1% at a time.

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Originally Posted by Th3R00st3r

That's great! Wish they were closer to CA.



If you're in So Cal check out Dana Dahlquist , he's been a great mentor to me, best instructor west of the Mississippi imo

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Originally Posted by mvmac

If you're in So Cal check out Dana Dahlquist, he's been a great mentor to me, best instructor west of the Mississippi imo


Thanks for the referral. At $125 an hour, 4 lessons would cost me $500. I don't have that kind of dough, although it would probably be worth it. You get what you pay for sometimes.


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Originally Posted by Th3R00st3r

Thanks for the referral. At $125 an hour, 4 lessons would cost me $500. I don't have that kind of dough, although it would probably be worth it. You get what you pay for sometimes.


We, Golf Evolution, have an online academy for $39 a month http://evolvr.thegolfevolution.com/plans

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