So true about the quality repetitions. The book "The Talent Code" by David Coyle explains the biology behind why it takes so many repetitions to change a motor pattern.
@@dlgolftips Wish I'd read it when I started golf or at least when I started lessons years ago. It's just so easy to believe that once you understand what you're doing wrong, that it's then an easy to fix and you easily change your swing. Not so.
Question for you both, what are your thoughts about getting better rather than getting different? It seems everyone wants to change their swing to make it better rather than just improving the movement they already have with skill development?
@@robertcourt8593 Hi Robert, this is a great question. Think of it that you have two buckets of water, one has technique in it and the other has skill. Now when you see a golfer who has a funky swing but gets the job done, they have a lot in their skill bucket and not as much in their technique bucket. Then you could have a golfer, and I see it a lot of times when I'm teaching, they have great technique so their technique bucket is quite full but zero skill to be able to strike the golf ball consistently. So I think we can't just turn around and say it's all about skill and to swing your swing. If you have incredible high skill level then yes, okay, you might get away with that. But in my view, if we can make the golf swing better technically and develop skill in the process, that's where real improvement will come. I hope that makes sense.
@@dlgolftips yes make sense, thanks for answering. I agree that you can't just swing your swing if your 13° out to in with a 20° open club face but even then, I think change is learned and developed slowly, over time. Obviously you deal with many more golfers than I ever will but I have never come across a "normal" golfer who got drastically better in a short space of time through traditional teaching. It's only anecdotal but I have heard many people say that they had a lesson and came away more confused than before the lesson. Personally, I had an hour lesson many years ago. I was a fairly new golfer, hit the ball ok but pushed everything right of target. Within 10 minutes of the lesson starting I was hitting it straighter. By the end of the lesson we'd gone too far and once I was on my own I couldn't get the club on the ball effectively for months afterwards. It's something that fascinates me, how we learn and improve against how we'd like to improve. I remember a colleagues son started playing a lot when he was about 13/14 he was a 28 handicapper when he started and within 2/3 years was off plus 4. He was a golf fanatic and played so much golf through the summer holidays. He didn't get formal instruction until he got into the England youth set up.
@@robertcourt8593 Let me throw my two cents in the conversation. I think the getting better thought is okay if the swing flaw/flaws aren't massive. Some swing flaws will not let you improve, i.e. and bad grip with a wide open club face. To your discussion about getting lessons and getting worse, sadly there are bad golf instructors that can't fix anyone. But that doesn't mean that all golf instruction will make you worse. Finding an instructor that can work with you is important. As too David's points about the technique vs skill, he is dead on. The key to playing better golf is finding a way to keep the ball in play off the tee at a reasonable distance. Be able to control your approach shots so they are within an acceptable distance from the hole/green. Then be able to chip and putt really well. Then have a great plan for your golf course and stick to your plan. Always play to your strengths and away from your weaknesses. Thanks for the great question.
Truth!!!
It really is 👌
So true about the quality repetitions. The book "The Talent Code" by David Coyle explains the biology behind why it takes so many repetitions to change a motor pattern.
Such a great book, that’s where i learned it. So great for golfers to read, helped me so much in my game.
@@dlgolftips Wish I'd read it when I started golf or at least when I started lessons years ago. It's just so easy to believe that once you understand what you're doing wrong, that it's then an easy to fix and you easily change your swing. Not so.
Great pep talk 👍🏻
Thanks Chris, it’s really what it takes ⛳️
Keep being repetitive about repetition!!
Amen 👌
Question for you both, what are your thoughts about getting better rather than getting different? It seems everyone wants to change their swing to make it better rather than just improving the movement they already have with skill development?
@@robertcourt8593 Hi Robert, this is a great question. Think of it that you have two buckets of water, one has technique in it and the other has skill. Now when you see a golfer who has a funky swing but gets the job done, they have a lot in their skill bucket and not as much in their technique bucket. Then you could have a golfer, and I see it a lot of times when I'm teaching, they have great technique so their technique bucket is quite full but zero skill to be able to strike the golf ball consistently. So I think we can't just turn around and say it's all about skill and to swing your swing. If you have incredible high skill level then yes, okay, you might get away with that. But in my view, if we can make the golf swing better technically and develop skill in the process, that's where real improvement will come. I hope that makes sense.
@@dlgolftips yes make sense, thanks for answering.
I agree that you can't just swing your swing if your 13° out to in with a 20° open club face but even then, I think change is learned and developed slowly, over time. Obviously you deal with many more golfers than I ever will but I have never come across a "normal" golfer who got drastically better in a short space of time through traditional teaching. It's only anecdotal but I have heard many people say that they had a lesson and came away more confused than before the lesson.
Personally, I had an hour lesson many years ago. I was a fairly new golfer, hit the ball ok but pushed everything right of target. Within 10 minutes of the lesson starting I was hitting it straighter. By the end of the lesson we'd gone too far and once I was on my own I couldn't get the club on the ball effectively for months afterwards.
It's something that fascinates me, how we learn and improve against how we'd like to improve.
I remember a colleagues son started playing a lot when he was about 13/14 he was a 28 handicapper when he started and within 2/3 years was off plus 4. He was a golf fanatic and played so much golf through the summer holidays. He didn't get formal instruction until he got into the England youth set up.
@@robertcourt8593 Let me throw my two cents in the conversation. I think the getting better thought is okay if the swing flaw/flaws aren't massive. Some swing flaws will not let you improve, i.e. and bad grip with a wide open club face. To your discussion about getting lessons and getting worse, sadly there are bad golf instructors that can't fix anyone. But that doesn't mean that all golf instruction will make you worse. Finding an instructor that can work with you is important. As too David's points about the technique vs skill, he is dead on. The key to playing better golf is finding a way to keep the ball in play off the tee at a reasonable distance. Be able to control your approach shots so they are within an acceptable distance from the hole/green. Then be able to chip and putt really well. Then have a great plan for your golf course and stick to your plan. Always play to your strengths and away from your weaknesses. Thanks for the great question.