I love teaching golf and I especially love teaching golf to students who are willing to put in the time to practice. I stress this to all of my students but especially for students who purchase lesson packages and plan to have a lesson on a weekly basis. I make the commitment to my students and I expect my students to make the commitment to practice what they have learned in the lesson. Why? I don't like to see people waste money.
If a week goes by and my student has not practiced, it is very unlikely that we are going to make much progress in the next lesson. I want my students to improve in their skills and their game. That progression happens during a student's practice time when neural pathways are created. ​ Neural pathways are formed whenever we start a new behavior. Golf can be a new behavior for a beginner student or it can be an existing behavior that needs to be altered for an amateur golfer​. Either way it takes time for your brain to impress the new behavior into your memory. Just like riding a bike, once you have learned you do not need to learn again. Golf skills, however, require more practice because learning how to swing a golf club is only the beginning. The physics of the golf swing will take you on a journey of varying emotions as you play the course. It is not something that you will master after one lesson without practice. For this reason, I do not recommend taking a lesson just before your tee time. If you want to progress, make the time to practice. If life gets in the way and you cannot practice; reschedule your lesson. Comments are closed.
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