| One of the questions I'm continually asked by | | | | hips add additional knee flex to their stance so |
| beginner golf players is: Do I need golf lessons? | | | | they don't have to bend from the hips. This |
| As a professional golf coach, guess what my | | | | creates other swing issues and forces you to |
| answer is? Of course you do. | | | | swing from non athletic posture. |
| I say this not to fill my lesson book but to | | | | Secondly your concepts of the game have an |
| seriously help golfers learn to play golf properly. | | | | impact on your game. What you think happens in |
| I'm not sure of where I heard this but did you | | | | the golf swing does it actually happen? Does the |
| know that golf is the 2nd most difficult sport to | | | | head stay still? Do you lift the ball in the air? Are |
| master biomechanically? There is hundreds of | | | | divots bad? Misconceptions ruin a golfers ability to |
| sports out there and golf is one of the most | | | | play good golf. They are trying to do things that |
| difficult yet people try to improve with almost no | | | | can't be done or do not suit the game we are |
| professional help. It is like learning to drive with no | | | | playing. |
| help. Trying to diagnose an acute disease without | | | | Thirdly your equipment has an impact on your |
| a doctor or specialist or trying to clean the fuel | | | | game. Is your equipment suited to you? Would |
| injection on your car without a mechanic. All of | | | | you go into a shoe store and ask for a pair of |
| these jobs listed sounds difficult and you wouldn't | | | | size 11 shoes? What if you're not size 11? The |
| dream of doing it yourself unless it was your | | | | point is you need help selecting your equipment |
| profession or you at least had some experience in | | | | from an experienced professional. Equipment not |
| that area. | | | | fitted to you can lead to all sorts of swing issues. |
| Hopefully you understand that the golf swing itself | | | | You will change your swing to make your |
| is a complex movement. There are a variety of | | | | equipment work for you. Have you ever not |
| factors that have you swinging the way you're | | | | been able to hit your driver in the air? Therefore |
| currently swinging. The first one is your body. | | | | you go and practice with the driver to get it right. |
| Most swing issues are born out of physical | | | | What are you doing? You are changing your |
| limitations, that is people swing the way they do | | | | swing to suit the driver instead of matching your |
| to protect their body and move their body where | | | | equipment to you personally. This can be a |
| it is most comfortable. Many golfers with tight | | | | continual adjustment if you're not careful. |