New Golf Clubs Or Golf School?
Do you want to improve your golf game? Are you considering spending 0 to ,000 for new golf clubs? Which approach will give the best results? Naturally The golf retail industry focuses on equipment for a solution. That is only natural but not necessarily the best way to learn effective golf mechanics. A better reality is that instruction, good fundamentals and specific focused training will bring substantially improved results than equipment alone.
If one wants to play better golf, he or she will be far better served by investing in themselves rather than new golf clubs! The cliché says “it is the shooter making the mistake, not the gun”
Certainly new clubs are cool, but can they help improve your fundamentals? If one is serious about improving, and doing it quickly, make a commitment to developing the skills and knowledge needed to be successful. Without a strong foundation and understanding of the principles of the golf swing, a player is in the dark, and no amount of equipment change will make him proficient.
Many golf principles defy common beliefs. As one example: “hit down to make the ball go up” Another “for distance, swing slowly.”
A casual look at the various instructional “tips” for the public will confuse and mystify the best of the readers! A good instructor can show you in 5 minutes that which you may discover on your own in as many hours. For the complete novice, technology will not save him from himself or herself.
The beginner perhaps should not attend golf schools, but rather consider instruction usually conducted at driving ranges or local golf courses. Usually group lessons or small clinic of 5-6 spread over a month or so, will give the student a good understanding of enough basics to consider more advanced lessons such as multi-day instruction.
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The Golf School experience is serious fun!! In three days you can play significantly better golf. The lessons are conducted through out the United States where the suns shines! From San Diego, Monterey, Palm Springs in California to Myrtle Beach and Fort Lauderdale in Florida very special golf resorts await your arrival. Special women only classes are available on both Coasts.
The best golf school instructional programs are relatively simple and differ from the weekly one hour sessions which were previously offered by the local golf professional. The golf fundamentals are emphasized and practiced for the duration of the school lessons. The major process which is taking place at a school is one of integration-that is you go from the instinctive, theoretical to specific techniques which are appropriate for your skill level. In another words the proper swing basics become habit. Some people call it muscle memory, but like any human activity, the process is a blending of the conscious and sub-conscious. That process whatever the theory, does not occur without a passage of time and attention.
Golf schools, also called academies , immerse the student in three or four hours of golf instruction daily. The student develops the physical mechanics needed to increase confidence. With outstanding instruction you are immersed in the task of learning. Golf, more than most athletic endeavors is a mental process. After all the ball is not moving towards you as in baseball, tennis, etc. Ideally, when taught early on how to use your inner mental skills a golfer has a tremendous advantage! The mental game is a major skill which is often neglected in golf instruction.
Look for a school which emphasizes the “mental game” Video/computer analysis is almost universal as instructional aids. Video/DVD records of your lessons for take home review are to be expected.
On-course playing lessons are a critical part of any golf instruction. There is a great difference between the driving range and the first tee box. Many schools emphasize the playing aspect of the schools curriculum. Without significant integration of the swing mechanics the golf course experience is counter-productive, and not a lot of fun either!
Students would rather play golf than practice -we all would! But practice makes better performance, not play. However a quality curriculum should provide appropriate on course instruction.
The magic word in instruction is still integration. How long does it take for the lessons to be “owned” by the golfer. The experts tell us , the typical person can change A preformed habit in 21 days of repetition.
A three day school at best can identify fundamental errors, show how to change them, and can reinforce them only to the degree a student can absorb the knowledge.
Having said all this-what can the student realistically expect ?
Video analysis and practice tee instruction with playing lessons in a concentrated 15 hour program over 3 days is basic. That’s 3 days of golf, golf and more golf to find and develop the natural golfer in you. When you find your natural swing, you tap into your talent for the game. A golf school provides an organized fun filled optimistic teaching atmosphere that can dramatically increase your skill level.
Most fully qualified Golf Schools instruction packages range in price from 0-1200 per person, with group discounts almost always available. One can expect class sizes to be 4 or less in number.
PS: Buy your new clubs after the school for best results
Bruce Baird is the founder/director of The California Golf Schools,now a division of the Nationwide Golf Schools with sites in Palm Springs, Monterey, Las Vegas, San Diego, Myrtle Beach and Ft Lauderdale Florida 1-800-894-9593
http://www.weteachgolf.com