Knowledge & Repetition Lead To Confidence

Modern Golf Instruction includes measuring, not guessing.
When you finish a lesson, you should leave with a complete idea as to specifically what you need to work on, including a detailed summary. Learning to golf takes order and discipline. There is unlimited detail in the golf swing, and more than one skill set that has to be learned. Here is the outline of the order and subjects that will be covered.

​ Setup:
Including Aim, Ball Position, Posture, and Target Awareness ​

Swing Sequence:
The order that the muscles of the body fire, that creates the swing. ​ Golf is a throwing game, not a hitting game as it was taught for so many years. In all throws, the energy of the movement occurs from the ground up.

Distance Management:
Ability to dictate a carry distance of any value on command, with a variety of clubs in the bag. Controlling the length of the backswing is primary to this skill. ​Using Trackman to measure these carry distances and to deliver them immediately is the key to knowing, not guessing.

Club Path Control:
The ability to dictate the direction that the club will be moving at impact, that determines the shape of the shot. With this ability, comes the skill of being able to predictably hit shots that miss away from trouble. ​ In my method, we do not aim away from the target line (close the stance and open the stance) to change the club's path.

Club Face Delivery:
The ability to dictate the direction that the face is pointed at impact, matching the face to the intended path, and how the club will be delivered (active or managed). ​

Putting:
Target awareness and alignment, setup location, tasking your hands to specific jobs. Reading putts, including visualizing what the ball will do on its way to the hole. ​

Greenside Pitching and Chipping:
Target Awareness, setup specifics, tasking, and targeting with different clubs. Choosing the highest percentage shot for any given scenario. ​

Driver Swing:
The driver swing is the most committed and active swing in golf. Differences in setup, direction of swing, and activating the club head through delivery, make it a skill of its own. ​

Sand & Lob Shots:
Another very specific skill that calls up attention to detail in your ball position, club selection, and variability in your club face delivery. ​

Patterned Thinking:
Pre-shot evaluation, rhythmic swing thought, and post shot evaluation will lead to an orderly execution of the above learned skills as well as allow the golfer to learn from his/her mistakes in a productive way.