What’s Logical May Not Always Be Practical
The golf industry as a whole owes a great deal to the golf teaching professional. I say this because it is the golf teaching professional who has the unique opportunity to influence the golfer’s ultimate future in the game. We are the ones who can turn frowns into smiles, mend fragile egos, and inject our clients with a passion for the game that can last a lifetime. That being said, perhaps we should lobby the industry for an annual...
Tale of the Four Cups
According to Dr. Joseph Parent, author of Zen Golf, when it comes to learning, there are generally four traits that people exhibit. The analogy he uses is quite interesting in that it allows us to define not only our student’s willingness to learn but also the category in which we can place ourselves as teaching professionals. Tale of the Four Cups 1. The upside down cup represents a student supposedly there to learn, but who simply...
My Trip to India
India – For most Americans, the name invokes thoughts of a far away, mystical country. My golf-teaching career recently took me there, at the invitation of Amit Saran, President of the India Golf Teachers Federation. “The Mission,” to borrow a phrase from the popular TV series of the 70’s, Charlie’s Angels, was to conduct a certification course in the South Central region of the country. With my golf bag exceeding the legal weight...
What Was So Special About Sam Snead’s Setup and Swing?
In this second article of a four-part series, John Anselmo, Tiger’s former teacher, answers the above question, as he told me when we collaborated on the book A-Game Golf. In the late 1940’s Anselmo turned professional and started playing the circuit with such players as Sam Snead. Snead became Anselmo’s idol and Anselmo still thinks Snead possessed the all-time model-swing. Anselmo is so strong in his opinion that when teaching...
Resistance to Change
Why is it so hard to get your students out of those bad habits? You tell them over and over again that they are coming over the top. Why can’t they just listen to you? Are they not responding to your teaching? Or is it much more complicated than that? Most students want to get out of bad habits and develop good ones, but their bodies act as if they are resistant to change. You are probably teaching them all the right things in the...
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