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**Nothatspecial** · 03-02-2010, 05:16 PM

When I started playing golf just over a year ago, I was shooting between 112-120. After 8 lessons, (5 from GolfTec) I now shoot in low 90’s. Loving the game and the results, I wanting to get better. So I signed up for another Golftec package that includes 15 lessons. Since it’s the off season, I can work strictly on the mechanics of my swing. I have a setup in my basement that will allow me to view my swing, so everything that I’m taught at my lesson, I take home and work on. I’m not looking for a quick fix, I’m working hard to improve my swing. (I hit about 700 balls a week.) I have a lesson every other week, and I’m half way through my package. I had a problem of swinging from the outside in, and casting my hands. I’ve done all the drills, hit a million balls, and feel that I have improved. However, the past three times I’ve taken lessons, the instructor keeps pointing out what he’s already told me to work on. I know it takes thousands of swings to get something in muscle memory, so how does he expect me to get it all right in just a few weeks? I feel like I’m wasting lessons here! I go in, and he says, “Yup, your downswing still isn’t coming inside enough.” I know it doesn't look like a Tour Players swing, but it IS coming from the inside. He’ll tell me to keep working on this, and keep working on that, and “we’ll see you in two weeks.” For those who haven’t taken lessons at GolfTec, there’s a black strip on the net that’s off to the right. They want you to hit the ball on the right side of that black line. (Promotes and inside swing, I guess.) That’s all I’ve been working on! Every ball I hit is in that region. Every ball! He told me that we’ll worry about squaring up the club face later, to promote a draw. And I understand that. But, I feel like I’m being taken advantage of. Like he’s stringing me along, and after these lessons are over, he’ll try and get me to sign up for another package.

Anyone ever experience something like this? Any advice? Should I talk to him about it? I’ve trusted him to totally break down, and rebuild my swing. I don’t want Spring to get here and me hit the course, and I’m hitting balls to the right because that’s all I’ve been working on. Now I HAVE to sign up for more lessons, just to get it fixed.

Please forgive my ranting, just a little concerned. Thanks for any information you can provide.

Sorry for the novel.

03-02-2010, 05:16 PM	#1
Nothatspecial Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 574 Senior Member	Lesson Woe's... When I started playing golf just over a year ago, I was shooting between 112-120. After 8 lessons, (5 from GolfTec) I now shoot in low 90’s. Loving the game and the results, I wanting to get better. So I signed up for another Golftec package that includes 15 lessons. Since it’s the off season, I can work strictly on the mechanics of my swing. I have a setup in my basement that will allow me to view my swing, so everything that I’m taught at my lesson, I take home and work on. I’m not looking for a quick fix, I’m working hard to improve my swing. (I hit about 700 balls a week.) I have a lesson every other week, and I’m half way through my package. I had a problem of swinging from the outside in, and casting my hands. I’ve done all the drills, hit a million balls, and feel that I have improved. However, the past three times I’ve taken lessons, the instructor keeps pointing out what he’s already told me to work on. I know it takes thousands of swings to get something in muscle memory, so how does he expect me to get it all right in just a few weeks? I feel like I’m wasting lessons here! I go in, and he says, “Yup, your downswing still isn’t coming inside enough.” I know it doesn't look like a Tour Players swing, but it IS coming from the inside. He’ll tell me to keep working on this, and keep working on that, and “we’ll see you in two weeks.” For those who haven’t taken lessons at GolfTec, there’s a black strip on the net that’s off to the right. They want you to hit the ball on the right side of that black line. (Promotes and inside swing, I guess.) That’s all I’ve been working on! Every ball I hit is in that region. Every ball! He told me that we’ll worry about squaring up the club face later, to promote a draw. And I understand that. But, I feel like I’m being taken advantage of. Like he’s stringing me along, and after these lessons are over, he’ll try and get me to sign up for another package. Anyone ever experience something like this? Any advice? Should I talk to him about it? I’ve trusted him to totally break down, and rebuild my swing. I don’t want Spring to get here and me hit the course, and I’m hitting balls to the right because that’s all I’ve been working on. Now I HAVE to sign up for more lessons, just to get it fixed. Please forgive my ranting, just a little concerned. Thanks for any information you can provide. Sorry for the novel.
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