Coaches' philosophy?

[Bryan Kasper]

15 hours ago, DaveP043 said:

You can dial it back to 3/4 or 1/2 if you need to, but its hard to dial a chipping motion up and get to a reasonable full swing.

Yeah i think you make a good point. it might be easy to dial it back if you have a solid full swing, but i don't think a half swing is the same as a chipping swing ya know. and i think you're absolutely right, there is a little bit of a turn in the half swing as well. that is what i alluded to earlier i think. it was just the amount to focus on a full turn vs. 3/4 turn/ vs. half turn. 

15 hours ago, DaveP043 said:

The other aspect is what you gain or lose by improving a specif part of your game.  Full swings can get you in good position to make pars (or better), and can cost you strokes in multiples, when you start hitting it in hazards or OB.  Short game shots can save a stroke on occasion, but rarely cost you much.  Full swing improvement will make more of a difference to your score than shorter-game improvement .

That is so true as well. I could stand to limit some difficult second shots, and potential drops from a hazard. I actually didn't think about this that much. The other thought i have on this is the feedback from the distribution of practice, is that whether i am in position at the top of the full swing or not, my mind is able to get the club face back to the ball to at least compensate for being out of position and get the ball out in play, meaning that the practice itself( not the outcome of perfect practice) is not always as beneficial although it can have more benefits in its mastery! Where as the half swing, if you are not in position at the top of a half swing, it is very very difficult to compensate and get back to the ball, while not as much improvement, the improvement is easier to come by i would think. The swing really does have to be very precise to even be able to make solid contact. So that is the dilemma I see in placing more emphasis on one or the other.

Ill revise my thinking and say that they are both more so equally important. for every full swing, there needs to be a 3/4 swing as well as a half swing so that you can still make sure to keep good position throughout the entire swing. But that we also match up the benefits of different types of practice with their ease of mastery and what that is dependent on. I think i will see where that philosophy leads. start to practice them equally as much and see how the improvement goes.

It is always great to hear this feedback to help me revise my thoughts on the golf swing. appreciate it @DaveP043