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**socialkiiii** · 08-20-2012, 10:40 PM

Lessons are once a week. First lesson was last Thursday. Kim teaches both a beginner class and an intermediate class. This was the intermediate class and had five students. When I showed up the beginner class was finishing up, and I saw the guys struggling to connect the clubhead and the ball, reminding me of when I started.

Since this was in a rec field next to the office, Kim used Almost Golf balls (we will move to a driving range later with real balls). Most of the students were in my range, with one wanting to break 85 and another taking up golf after a three year break. One was a repeat customer. Kim asked us what our current trouble spots are. I said long irons and driver, plus distance control with the wedges. Most of the others also mentioned some wedge issue. So Kim started us with wedge shots.

First was setup check. She said my grip was perfect (yay), but she found I had the same spine alignment issue as most of the other students.

Now, I had been told previously to "push my bottom out" while taking the stance. Kim says the spine needs to be straight at the bottom and we all had our hip too back out and waist too in. So she told us to "tuck in our tall bone" and push out our waist. This was a strange maneuver. She showed us a on-all-fours exercise of pushing our waist up and down which can be used to facilitate this movement, and also told us to check alignment with a mirror everyday. She wants us not to leave any gap between a clubshaft placed on the back and the bottom half of the spin anywhere. She told us this will engage the glutes and keep us from mis-hits later on in the round when we are tired. I have been doing this since then, but it still feels a little strange and leaves me feeling a little tension in the hamstrings. I will check this with her next time.

The other thing she found wrong was my feet width. She told me to bring them closer together so they will be shoulder width. Also, for wedges, I had been setting up with an open waist, but for this class she wanted parallel to the target line, so I did that.

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08-20-2012, 10:40 PM	#2
socialkiiii Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 566 Senior Member	Lessons are once a week. First lesson was last Thursday. Kim teaches both a beginner class and an intermediate class. This was the intermediate class and had five students. When I showed up the beginner class was finishing up, and I saw the guys struggling to connect the clubhead and the ball, reminding me of when I started. Since this was in a rec field next to the office, Kim used Almost Golf balls (we will move to a driving range later with real balls). Most of the students were in my range, with one wanting to break 85 and another taking up golf after a three year break. One was a repeat customer. Kim asked us what our current trouble spots are. I said long irons and driver, plus distance control with the wedges. Most of the others also mentioned some wedge issue. So Kim started us with wedge shots. First was setup check. She said my grip was perfect (yay), but she found I had the same spine alignment issue as most of the other students. Now, I had been told previously to "push my bottom out" while taking the stance. Kim says the spine needs to be straight at the bottom and we all had our hip too back out and waist too in. So she told us to "tuck in our tall bone" and push out our waist. This was a strange maneuver. She showed us a on-all-fours exercise of pushing our waist up and down which can be used to facilitate this movement, and also told us to check alignment with a mirror everyday. She wants us not to leave any gap between a clubshaft placed on the back and the bottom half of the spin anywhere. She told us this will engage the glutes and keep us from mis-hits later on in the round when we are tired. I have been doing this since then, but it still feels a little strange and leaves me feeling a little tension in the hamstrings. I will check this with her next time. The other thing she found wrong was my feet width. She told me to bring them closer together so they will be shoulder width. Also, for wedges, I had been setting up with an open waist, but for this class she wanted parallel to the target line, so I did that. contd...
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