Quote Originally Posted by Grumpy8 View Post
It’s funny that teaching pros don’t come onto forums or if they do they don’t last long . I wonder why that is ? Could it be we know more than them ? Could it be we think they are all hopeless? Could it be we only want to find the magic bullet ? Best two bits of advice I heard , 5 cap telling a new 27 cap “ golf is about six inches “ - the distance between your ears “Golf swing keep it simple “ - straight back straight thru That was 45 yrs ago I have added one to it “ six inch putt counts the same on the score card as a 300 yard drive “
I think you’ve missed my point. It’s not that I think that I know more than golf coaches. I’m questioning the way golf is taught. If someone comes to you for one single lesson, yeah sure, give them the biggest bang for their buck. Give them a tip that will counteract their slice or hook or whatever, even if you know that sooner or later, it will break down cause you haven’t addressed the real cause. But when someone comes to you wanting to invest their time and money to learn to play this game as well as they can and wants to have long term coaching with you, you should have a well thought out plan to help him achieve this. And the list of golf-“isms” you listed illustrate some of the problems with golf coaching. You can’t teach a game with simple “isms”. Eg golf is played between the ears ... yes as you play more golf, you get to appreciate this, but tell this to a guy making a big over the top move and flipping at the ball and he’ll likely give up the game thinking he doesn’t have the brain for this game or become very negative about the game. I’ll compare golf to playing a musical instrument again. You go to an instructor wanting to learn and master the instrument, he won’t tell you it’s played between the ears. He’ll assess your skills, take you through the fundamentals and give you drills to master each stage before moving onto more difficult skills.