Choosing Your Best Golf Lessons

The students often be set at ease and developing a rapport prior to the session by us in the school, which may lead to more effective communication between us and our students. Each instructor has his own format for a lesson. While there may be some variation from coach to coach, I use the following steps - taking approximately the first 10 minutes of the session - with new students. Background information will be introduced to you which including the previous golf and sports history, the previous injury history, and simple movement screens to detect physical limitations, occupation and previous instruction history, goals for golf and so on. Some specific golf information will give to you such as the examination of the golfer's equipment, ball flight characteristics, determining how far the golfer hits each club, strengths and weaknesses in the various aspects of golf, practice habits, motivation for playing golf , motivation for taking golf lessons. You can learn how to set an objective for the session after learning some specific golf information. At this point, the students will be formulated a stated goal by asking them to answer the following question: "Over the next hour, what specifically would you like to accomplish?" At this stage of a golf lesson I know who I am dealing with and the students will be helped to set a realistic solution to their specific problem. Then we will analyze the student's technique. We watch the students hit shots with various clubs so that we can see them perform the swing or stroke. We will typically video the student so that we can more clearly see movements and detect swing flaws. Error correction and wrap-up make up the last portion of the session, In this phase, we will explain what the student needs to change to accomplish their desired correction. I have the student make practice swings to feel the change, and then we transition into actual ball striking. At the end of the session, we will summarize the information, re-film the student and send them home with notes and a take-home CD video analysis of the session. More advanced, experienced golfers generally want error correction and this can usually be accomplished in one to three lessons over several weeks. For those who desire a complete game makeover, I suggest several series of five golf lessons with a custom curriculum over the course of a few months. I develop a practice plan and communicate with the student on a regular basis to monitor progress. For beginning golfers we always start with the same pre-lesson interview. Next we explain the game and the equipment and the learning process. There are few lessons format I would like to suggest to you. We begin the lesson with a tour of a hole and give an overview of the rules. Then we will help them understand the equipment and how each club is used to control distance and trajectory. We then cover putting basics. Through putting, the basic posture and alignment skills which will be used for all shots will be introduced to you. We often assign practice drills for clubface control, stroke path and tempo. Secondly, we will review putting and then cover the basics of chipping. The most important concepts here are the importance of the grip for face control and compression hitting down on the ball to make it go up. Once the student understands compression, they will be able to get the ball in the air. I assign them a simple chipping and putting game for a practice exercise. Next, we review chipping and then cover pitching. The pitch stroke involves added power from wrist hinge and requires body rotation toward the target on the forward swing and a grip that produces a square face at impact. These are key elements that will help in the full swing. Usually the practice assignment here involves toe-up to toe-up swings and the L-drill. We cover full-swing fundamentals for irons, hybrids, fairway metals and driving. Ball position, posture and alignment are paramount to ball striking, so I introduce the use of a practice station that indicates ball position and alignment. We go on the course and play one or two holes. During this session I cover pre-shot routine, uneven lies, strategy and shot selection. I also go over basic rules and etiquette.