The Technology of Teaching
It has been a couple of years since I’ve had the privilege of gracing the pages of Golf Teaching Pro magazine. I hope all its readers share my sentiments as to how it has evolved into a wonderfully thorough and informative publication. As teachers and coaches we must consider evolving our skills by expanding our repertoire of tools and resources from with which to work. Technology obviously falls under the wide umbrella of resources...
Why the open stance?
When hitting a normal full shot, ideal set-up alignment features our feet, knees, hips, and shoulders parallel to the target line. For shorter shots, such as pitches and chips, ideal alignment means having an open stance at address. This may confuse certain students as to why this is necessary, and it may also confuse some teachers as to the correct explanation. Actually, the reason is very simple. Through impact, the hips must be...
STILL LEARNING from Harvey
The greatest selling sports book of all time, in any sport, was Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book. As you may know, Penick was a golf teaching professional from Austin, Texas, who, during his long illustrious career, jotted down his random thoughts on the subject of teaching golf. He eventually compiled these “golden nuggets” of information into his popular book, and subsequently went on to write two sequels. As teaching professionals,...
THE PART-TIME Teaching Professional
In an age where economics changes faster than runway models, it’s no wonder more and more people are getting prepared to jump ship when “the writing is on the wall” in their chosen professions. Because of today’s financial and job place instability, it has become necessary – and smart – for many people to get alternative training or add a second part-time career to make ends meet. Or, for many people a part-time job is necessary...
Shanks have your students down?
“Hosel rockets.” “The laterals.” “The S-word.” It seems golfers will go to great lengths to avoid saying perhaps the most dreaded word in golf: “shank.” Okay, I can hear some of you now. “Thanks a lot, Harman. You’re right. I don’t want to hear the word, or even see the word, and here you are, writing a whole column about it!” Unfortunately, shanking is a malady that we, as golf teachers, must deal with. Shanking can be very difficult...
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