Choosing your teaching pro
By Bruce Lewis
Finding the right golf instructor for you can take time, but
here are a few guidelines to help;
First, the instructor should be a trained PGA or LPGA teaching
professional who have continued to improve their teaching skills
through continued education.
Choosing your teaching pro
By Bruce Lewis
Finding the right golf instructor for you can take time, but here are a few guidelines to help;
First, the instructor should be a trained PGA or LPGA teaching professional who have continued to improve their teaching skills through continued education.
Second, check with other golfers about the instructor’s results, personality, teaching philosophy, pricing and availability. Do your expectations and time for practice match your instructor’s requirements to meet your goals? Also beware of instructors with the “one swing fits all” philosophy.
I recommend signing up for only one lesson and only commit to future lessons if you “click” with the instructor. Most instructors allow your first lesson to be part of a series if your lesson went well. The bottom line is that your instructor must communicate well with you to bring more enjoyment to your game.
Most of the teaching professionals are very knowledgeable about the golf swing and specific shot making, but like your teachers in school, you’ll “click” with and some
Ben Hogan believed there were two ways to improve your swing: learn the fundamentals and go to your golf professional for instruction. As knowledgeable as Hogan was regarding the golf swing, he strongly felt improving his own swing would take six months if he worked on it by himself. Hogan did not understand why golfers would take six months to improve their golf swing when a golf professional could do the same in a 30-minute lesson.
Walk a Mile in my Shoes
Considering how far we walk in golf shoes, properly fitted shoes are essential. Can you believe 85 percent of all golfers are playing in mis-fitted shoes? In order to properly fit into a shoe, the size is the most critical element.
Once the precise size and width have been identified, a choice of lasts can fine-tune the fit and fashion preference. A last is a form which duplicates the anatomical shape of the foot. Different styles of golf shoes are built for different shapes of feet. Do you need a round toe or narrow toe, wide heel or narrow heel, high instep or low instep, wide foot ball area or narrow?
