Re: The Transition--the last hurdle
- From: None <who@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 18:17:45 GMT
In article <7b85s1h5349c3cq5f68mu1uanc97vh3lmb@xxxxxxx>,
larry <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 10:26:56 -0700, Howard Brazee <howard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 09:11:24 -0800, larry <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>>Golf instructors around here do teach other aspects of the full golf
> >>>swing - and certainly other aspects of the game of golf to high
> >>>handicap players.
> >>
> >>Howard, there is nothing sillier looking than a high handicapper with
> >>blatant fundamental flaws-- such as a poor grip or setup-- try to make
> >>an advance move like the transition. That's the way to get a back
> >>injury. See a pro and he will tell you when you are ready to start
> >>working to move up and anticipate the finish---
> >>
> >>Larry
> >
> >I'm not an expert on what is silly looking or not. All I know is
> >what my teaching pros have told me and what I've observed teaching
> >pros teach others.
> >
> >I have seen some disagreement on how strong a grip people should have
> >- with one pro making it a bit stronger and another a bit weaker. But
> >in general, they make sure the position is correct and then work on
> >back-swing, follow-through, balance, weight shift, the waggle, getting
> >loose, aiming the club at various points in the swing, and whatever
> >else they think people need to work on.
>
> No doubt they must serve the public. They must avoid antagonizing
> people, of course, so even when they know they are wasting the
> student's time, some will talk about whatever the student insists on--
> after all the student pays whether he gets value or not.
>
> Teaching pros are universally pretty disappointed in their students.
> Most come for only one lesson. The most they can get in 30 minutes is
> impart an idea about the correct grip, clubhead and shaft orientation
> at address, and the remainder of the body setup--and then the
> takeaway--a check position at horizontal. They go away and most
> never return.
>
> Those who return come back with their fundamentals slightly better,
> but with "modifications" that felt more comfortable or seemed to work
> better when the student hit balls. So the pro has to start over on
> the fundamentals. Another 30 minutes wasted.
>
> Typically that pattern repeats for as many as 6 lessons if the
> customer is just incredibly persistent. Eventually he shows up with
> solid fundamentals and vastly improving experience on the range and
> course. Now he needs only to learn how to be more consistent--and to
> hit it straight enough to hit GIR. Now the PGA pro can start talking
> about the transition. BTW, this was me over a period of 4 years!
And since it was a period of 4 years for you, you just can't stand the
thought that there are people who got there faster than you without ever
spending a dime on lessons, can you?
That's what all this is really about for you isn't it, Larry: your need
to self-aggrandize; to show that you have the right stuff and no one
else does. That's why you love to go on about how you've "mastered" the
transition that only 3 or 4 other golfers in your club have mastered.
That's why regardless of what your latest swing thought is, you always
are able to use it to hit pure 2 irons from tight lies.
You're not the slightest bit interested in offering anyone else any
insights into the golf swing. You just want to convince yourself that
the money you've spent makes you better than the rest of us.
>
> Larry
> >
> >You can repeat as often as you want what you think they are saying
> >during my lessons, but I'm actually there at the course spending my
> >money listening to them, and it will be hard for you to convince me
> >that they stopped teaching after checking the set-up.
> >
> >Of course, they also preach that the full swing is not as important of
> >a part of the game as beginners think.
.
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