A golf lesson with a PGA pro will help most golfers improve the golf swing but many amateurs never reach their full potential at ball striking bacause they never let a pro see their golf swing. Often they are worried the pro will make fundamental changes to their golf swing, or they are too embarrassed to let a pga pro see what they perceive is a poor swing. But in nearly all cases these fears are unfounded, pros try to keep golf lessons and golf tuition simple.
Normally pros try to keep lessons as simple as possible knowing the club golfer hasn’t much time to practice, and no matter how oddly you think your swing is, the pro has seen it all before. Following are some of the simple things a pro looks for when teaching a golfer, and the subtle changes that have to be made to improve a golf swing.
Improve Your Golf Swing with a Good Stance
The first thing a pro looks at is the way you stand to the ball. The golf swing is a chain reaction, the better your stance, the easier it is to swing the club correctly. Subtle changes to the address position can have a dramatic effect on the swing and the pro will be looking at the golfers grip, posture and aim to see if there are any small changes that will help.
Having a lesson is rather like someone seeing a doctor because they generally don't feel well.. After one or two checks the doctor will mostly be interested in the life style of the patient and in many circumstances will suggest a new diet or some exercise.
These are minor changes that may have a dramatic affect on the patient’s health. He certainly won’t suggest immediate open-heart surgery. Golf pros know that a small change to your grip or stance will make significant changes to your overall game. A good stance will help improve the golf swing.
Golf Swing Lessons will Help a Golfer Swing Better
One of the major reasons for amateur golfers not having lessons is their friends have asked advice from a pro and have not improved. But in most cases this is because the pupil has not had enough confidence to make the suggested change. ‘How can a minor alteration to the grip stop my big loop’? they ask themselves ‘The Pro must be wrong, it can’t be that simple’.
The pupil might try to make the change for a couple of rounds but soon the advice becomes buried beneath the mass of tips from the latest magazine. It’s human nature, after all, how many people actually change their lifestyles after seeing the doctor.
Golf Lessons Can Improve your Golf Game
The key to seeing an improvement from coaching lies in the attitude of the pupil. If they are willing to follow the suggestions made by the pro they will reap the benefits. But just as in getting used to a new diet or lifestyle change there is usually a period of adjustment. Work through that (even with gritted teeth) and the benefits will far outweigh the pain.
To improve the golf swing with lessonsfrom a pro a golfer must take the lesson with an open mind, and be prepared to work at incorporating the swing changes until the golf swing feels natural.
Have a lesson and follow the pros advice.
See also: What is an Over the Top Swing - PGA Tip or Hand Action and Release in Golf Swing - PGA Tip
John Hoskison - John is a class 'A' member of the British PGA and author of the acclaimed book 'Inside - One Man's Experience of Prison'.
