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By iacas ·
Day 545, April 30, 2024 Practiced downtown (Golf Evolution) for an hour today with Natalie beside me. Feeling a lot of old feelings, in a good way. -
By collegefbfan ·
Thanks for including me on this article. I really appreciate it. I will try to explain what my objectives are and what I have done in the past with other instructors. I have been to five instructors in 4 years. Some of that time included a year layoff. I told each one that my main goal was to make good contact and hit the ball straight, I didn't care about crazy long distance. I know other things matter when hitting different clubs, where the ball is placed in the stance, rough or sand, etc. 1st instructor (about an hour away) was PGA certified, and he was more worried about me watching him hit his 6 iron straight than teaching me anything. For the little time he watched me hit, he watched me hit ground ball after ground ball with no advice or suggestions. 2nd instructor (1.5 hours away) was better, but it was more about club lag/lean without really telling me how to do it. 3rd instructor (about 40 minutes away) was PGA certified and said he taught a relaxed swing. I never really got what that meant. 4th instructor (1.75 hours away) was at a very nice country club and PGA certified with all the stuff a student would want. Never looked at grip. Also told me that the "wrists take care of themselves in the swing". Really? Have you seen all the questions about wrist hinge and timing? Tells me to get weight on my lead foot/leg but no drills or thought processes on how to accomplish it. Most current instructor (50 minutes away) looked at everything. Checks grip, has a way to have my weight on my lead foot/leg, etc. I said hey when do I come back. He says after you have become comfortable with these "short" shots and making consistent contact, we will discuss a good time for another lesson. I know being PGA certified matters to a lot of folks. I sort of relate it to this: I have had my vehicles worked on by my step grandfather, my father in law, my brother in law, even myself. None of us are ASE certified, but it got fixed without tons of wrong guesses as to what it could be. I am just a 50 year old guy that should have taken the game up 20-25 years ago. I have always liked the sport a lot. Just wanna be a guy that can hit the ball consistently and not hook, slice, and shank every other swing. Many thanks you all. -
By Clemsonfan ·
Day 125: 4/30/24 7 th program, session 5/24 of Full Speed Spectrum of current program. Dealing with a sore neck and injured index fingers. Tied for 3rd highest speed, of 5, but much slower than high speed several programs ago. -
By GolfLug ·
Fair enough but I still think this writer is being a total dick pivoting his BS theory off this unsuspecting instructor, who for all we know might be the only chance those hacks will ever have of hitting a ball straight. -
By iacas ·
More actual thoughts on the articles: Oh boy. I taught 5SK, and before that, I was S&T certified. Those experiences, for many good instructors, are additive. They're not "all" that they are. If I were to go through Scott Cowx's certification, or Dr. Kwon's, or James Ridyard's, or whomever's… I wouldn't be a "method" teacher any more than I am now. I'd be adding tools to the toolbox. He says there are "system" teachers, "non-system" teachers, and method teachers. Which one am I? A "non-system teacher"? So, I don't have any systems or structure? Or am I a "system" teacher with a bunch of branches and if/then/else statements? I don't know. The physics thing as it relates to S&T… yeah, that's already been discussed. Huh? Brendan, sorry, that part is bogus AF. Of course the arms go "around" somewhat. It's back, up, and in. Down, out, and forward. Plus, again, "energy can either be created or destroyed" isn't even right, as many of you have said. It's "neither" and it can be transformed, too. Plus, as others noted, that's typically a closed system: in our bodies we transform sugars and other things to create movement, energy. I'm going to move off this before I get totally annoyed… "These are the pontifications of a method" — no, the specific example he cited is the way everyone who has ever played good golf moves their hands - back, up, and in. The clubhead moves that way, too. I've seen this happen. This part might be the most accurate part of the article (it's no longer clear whether he's talking about this fellow or just talking in general here.) "Now here’s the sinister thing: The overwhelming information is by design." — If the instructor is as incompetent as he says, he's likely not doing any of this "by design." He doesn't sound bright enough to do so. WTF does that have to do with anything? Probably happens to some extent sometimes, but is that the instructor's fault? Or the student for not recognizing it? Also, again, this instructor doesn't seem to be bright (not that this article even really talks about the instructor anymore), so… I doubt he's doing all of this intentionally. People are found out eventually. I'm at a point where I get a lot of referrals from people who have noticed their friends playing better golf, and ask. Or people want to brag about their improvements, and that sells their friends. "As a result, these players couldn’t play golf." — Huh? I think he just observed when he was there. Not that he went out of his way to watch. 😄
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