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**sam** · 04-14-2011, 10:57 AM

Ive heard so many horror stories of people who went for lessons and the pro tried to totally change their swing and it ended up messing them up so bad that they could barely even hit the ball.
That kind of spooked me. I can play bad golf on my own, I dont need some pro making me even worse.
Now Im kind of wondering if these people who had issues either didnt listen to what the pro was trying to teach them or didnt stick with it long enough for it to have a change to become natural and to work for them.
This pro was pretty good though. He explained the theory of the golf swing and then demonstrated it. He didnt tell us all these complex concepts, he kept it nice and simple.
He also explained to us what happens when we do something wrong so that we can kind of self-diagnose our swing and what to look out for if a certain ballflight happens.

I personally think that people who wait a long time to take lessons are the ones who struggle with them the most. It's so difficult to change a swing after playing with it for so many years. I know I have put in tons of hours of practice and taken a bunch of lessons. Golf has become so much more fun now that I can aim for a target and make that little ball go a lot closer to it than ever before. I'll never be great at the game but I can at least hang with other golfers without slowing them down so much.

04-14-2011, 10:57 AM	#19
sam Join Date Oct 2005 Age 44 Posts 517 Senior Member	Ive heard so many horror stories of people who went for lessons and the pro tried to totally change their swing and it ended up messing them up so bad that they could barely even hit the ball. That kind of spooked me. I can play bad golf on my own, I dont need some pro making me even worse. Now Im kind of wondering if these people who had issues either didnt listen to what the pro was trying to teach them or didnt stick with it long enough for it to have a change to become natural and to work for them. This pro was pretty good though. He explained the theory of the golf swing and then demonstrated it. He didnt tell us all these complex concepts, he kept it nice and simple. He also explained to us what happens when we do something wrong so that we can kind of self-diagnose our swing and what to look out for if a certain ballflight happens. I personally think that people who wait a long time to take lessons are the ones who struggle with them the most. It's so difficult to change a swing after playing with it for so many years. I know I have put in tons of hours of practice and taken a bunch of lessons. Golf has become so much more fun now that I can aim for a target and make that little ball go a lot closer to it than ever before. I'll never be great at the game but I can at least hang with other golfers without slowing them down so much.
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