Hi have been struggling with my swing for last year so took a lesson today. He asked how quick I wanted it fixed as it won't be over night.this is why so many people revert back to there old swing coz don't see instance results. I had guessed that but the pro I went to had attended a seminar with leadbetter and the question leadbetter asked was how long do you think a top 40 money list player would take to adjust to just moving his top hand to make it a little strong. I guessed 2 months but apparently could be up to 18 months coz that movement will cause the club to be on a different plane and so on. I don't think I want to wait that long but the lesson was a real eye opener and would highly recommend a lesson for anyone struggling as I can already feel a difference. But must be patient
some stuff maybes to take into consideration
it only takes a short time for a Pro to see where the root issues lie and where to begin to start to effect change and those changes are then under that closely monitored instruction so it's a ways easy to get a 'student' after a few swings to see a marked improvement
- the key being 'closely monitored' - so stuff gets put back in order more or less instantly after each shot and it's a ways easy to see 'instant' improvements
difficulty then that occurs goin forwards is twofold
as with lone practice after a lesson folks are reliant on 'remembering' correctly the changes involved
- so they don't flip back into the old comfortable set-ups and swing motions which will be the default situation folks have got to guard against -
- and for sure 'feel to real' in this through practice is notably unreliable -
as to why it's crucial to monitor practice with rigor by using the cell fone, or tablet to video each session to compare with the video from the lesson/s progess
real high level ams or Tour Pro's approach swing changes a different ways to folks as whole a certain extent
- when making those changes it will be specifically about getting that address posture, or grip hold or the new motions in the swing down as they should be -
even if that means the shots results(strike) are not quite there from the get-go
- as we know we can get strike back as soon as we can bed the new move/s within our signature tempos, rhythm, balance - actually hitting the ball good in practice first off is secondary
- maybes you of course may be different but most folks I've worked with are overly concerned about strike, shot outcomes from the very first swings within a change
whilst that is understandable and something that in the end is definitely crucial it's about getting the change/s within the motion even if at the get-go that means strike/shot outcome is a tad off
- realize this may seem a ways counter-intuitive but that's largely the way it works
that kinda practice at first tends more to be block practice with say a mid iron if it's a full swing motion thing - but it's important that gets quickly moved onto doing this through the whole bag and doesn't remain just a comfortable 7i/6i thing through countless baskets of balls
said twofold - because the second part is the change/s have to be in the motion so ultimately they stand up to the outside pressure of making a score out on the track
so it's a ways crucial also at the range that the 'block practice' gets moved onto to 'random pressure practice'
so a different club picked for each shot
the shot is lined up with the psr used on the course
and these alternate club shots (so like a 6i - driver - pw - 4i - 9i - 3 metal etc.) and distances are sent to a target at a different part of the range so out leftfield, rightfield on diagonals not just out 'straight'
having access to have periodic practice on a launch monitor once the Pro has given you the few #'s that are important to the change trying to be made and should be looked at can speed up swing change exponentially
so it's not just a drag and hit, drag and hit being lined up square with the mat or the grass range straightout in front at 90º to the practice station with each different club each time
- but pick the line from behind the ball & all that stuff that should happen out in play
- then there's more of the 'one ball' random pressure being applied to bedding in the changes not just 100 balls drag and hit block practice
that ways it easier for the changes then to stand up in real play out on the course
good practice with regular catch-up sessions with the Pro will help bed stuff in a good ways quicker - quicker still with a LM
thing that makes changes not bed in at all or take a long long time is bad practice solely drag and hit balls with no video monitoring at all and just total reliance on 'feel to real'
