Set the order of your students’ priorities for more effective golf instruction (Part 5) Continued from blog entry – “The Six-Spoke Approach, Set the order of your students’ priorities for more effective golf instruction (Part 4)” . Spoke No. 5: Time management – a practice routine. Most students have demands on their time – a job,…
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Meaghan Francella worked hard to become a first-time LPGA winner. Here’s how she did it, and why her keys can help you (Part 1) (Photography by Leonard Kamsler) I have been fortunate to work with Meaghan Francella for more than 13 years now, since my days as a teaching professional at Westchester Country Club. You already…
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Set the order of your students’ priorities for more effective golf instruction (Part 4) Continued from blog entry – “The Six-Spoke Approach, Set the order of your students’ priorities for more effective golf instruction (Part 3)” . Spoke No. 4: Equipment and the fitting process. It’s been enlightening as a clubfitter to learn how equipment affects…
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The more I teach golf, the more ways my clients are able to answer their own questions. So many of the people I work with, including more accomplished players, often become very bound to the results of the golf ball. I do agree, of course, that the final resting position of the ball is ultimately…
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Set the order of your students’ priorities for more effective golf instruction (Part 3) Continued from blog entry – “The Six-Spoke Approach, Set the order of your students’ priorities for more effective golf instruction (Part 2)” . Spoke No. 3: Analysis with perspective. With the aid of Peter Sanders at Golf Research Associates in Stamford, Conn.,…
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Well just last week every golf writer and every TV golf talking head on the planet was ready to pass the crown of greatest golfer in the universe to 20-year-old Jordon Spieth. Then just as at Augusta almost a month earlier the young man ran into a brick wall Sunday at TPC. The wall is…
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When to leave your driver in the bag, how to pick the right club for downhill shots and when to pull the trigger (Part 2, Conclusion) Continued from blog entry – “If it doesn’t look like a driver hole, it’s not. (Part 1)” . Q: I know I don’t need to hit driver on every…
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When to leave your driver in the bag, how to pick the right club for downhill shots and when to pull the trigger (Part 1) Q: I know I don’t need to hit driver on every hole because I hear good players saying it all the time. But I don’t know when to leave it…
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Set the order of your students’ priorities for more effective golf instruction (Part 2) Continued from blog entry – “The Six-Spoke Approach, Set the order of your students’ priorities for more effective golf instruction (Part 1)” . Spoke No. 2: The mind and the athlete’s thought process. Many people today consider this a fad. When you…
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Set the order of your students’ priorities for more effective golf instruction (Part 1) A few years ago, I decided to evaluate my teaching program. While I felt that I effectively diagnosed my students’ mechanics, something still seemed to be missing. Some students never seemed to improve as much as I hoped. I realized that…
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