Free Golf Lessons: The Shoulder Secret

Is it any wonder many golfers feel disillusioned with golf instruction?

The first step to permanent improvement is developing clear communication between yourself and the instructor.

Clarify your expectations. Be up front with the instructor. If your goal is to break ninety, then tell the instructor. Don't assume he/she has the same expectations. A competent teacher will base their instruction on your goals.

The second pre-requisite for effective learning is to stop focusing on faults. Second-guessing the faults in your swing, sets the lesson tone to consistently focus on faults instead of cures. There is no such thing as a perfect swing. You're paying good money for competent instruction. Let the instructor figure out the most effective solution(s).

The third essential for instilling a new movement is to rehearse daily without concern for results.

We all resist change. Ease your mind and body into a new technique by rehearsing daily away from the golf course. Newly acquired knowledge is not enough to guarantee immediate improvement.

Allow at least thirty days to see consistent improvement. Pick up a club throughout the day and hold the new position. Rehearse the new position in slow motion. Rehearse with your eyes closed whenever possible. This will help develop a "feel" for the new technique.

Rehearsing for just five minutes a day, every day, will create new muscle memory in just thirty days. In effect, you are making the new technique a habit. Once formed, habits become automatic.

Today you learned the first three essentials for getting your money's worth from formal golf instruction; clarify your expectations, focus on cures not faults and develop the habit of rehearsing daily.

In the next article, you will learn how to reinforce the new muscle memory and put your best swing on automatic pilot.

Have you ever considered signing up for golf lessons at a golfing school? However easy it may look when you watch the professional golfers, there is no doubt that golf can be a difficult game. If you really want to play well you need to practice, build up your skill and consider expert tuition.

Golf beginners can be easily tempted to think that the longer you play the greater the chance there is of your game improving and you do not therefore need any golf lessons at all. Whilst you will learn by playing, it does not take too long to realize that the game can be extremely frustrating, particularly if you have a persistent slice or desperately need to know how to correct a bad golf swing.

This can be easily overcome by enlisting the help of a skilled teacher to show you how to improve your golf swing or how to putt well. Without this supervision, you are most likely going to spend a lot of time and energy trying to learn this on your own, and then to become disappointed when you find it difficult to get it by yourself.

Bad habits can easily become ingrained and if you try to save money by not having golf lessons at the outset, you may end up requiring a lot more tuition to help you correct your mistakes in the long run.

When you are starting out, and even when you become more experienced, the help of a mentor is invaluable.