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Scott's Golf Blog: March 2010

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Hank Haney Seminar

Last weekend, I attended the annual Hank Haney Teach the Teacher seminar at his facility near Dallas. Once again, it was an excellent seminar as we had the opportunity to listen to Hank discuss his teaching philosophy along with his work with Tiger Woods, Charles Barkley and Ray Romano. Additionally, we were exposed to tons of new information that will help to benefit our students.

As a result of this new information, I will be adding a new service for my students involving a complete game evaluation. Once completed, a game plan will be developed which will focus on the areas of greatest need. Also, we'll be able to track the student's progress through the use of MyGolfGamePlan.com.

I'm looking forward to working with my existing and new students in 2010!

Scott Cole
www.scottcolegolf.com
www.powergolftraining.net

Monday, March 8, 2010

How to take a golf lesson

I watched the second episode of the Hank Haney Project with Ray Romano tonite and got a kick out of a portion of the show with Hank and Ray on the range. Ray is suggesting that Hank is putting too many thoughts into his head and Hank replies that Ray is complicating things by adding his own thoughts on top of Hank's thoughts.

Now, naturally, everyone learns in different ways. Some people will ask me a lot of questions, and others will just go along with what I am telling them. However, it is important that the student forget about their preconceived notions about the golf swing and put more trust into their teacher. Of course, the teacher must earn that trust. But, the fact is in, unless the student is a scratch golfer, and/or a serious student of the game, his teacher should be viewed as the expert.

I also found it interesting how Romano is talking himself into making the process more difficult. He feels that it is a matter of fact that things must get worse before they get better.

Well, I know from my own experience that I had immediately positive results after working with Hank last year. I've also had that kind of experience with a few of my own students. However, as I said, everyone learns differently and at their own pace. The key to working with a new instructor though is to forget everything else you have learned. I guarantee that most of what you have learned does not match what a full time instructor can teach you. And remember where alot of that advice you received has come from...your playing partners. They don't really know any more than you do, so why pay attention to them?

So remember this the next time you decide to get a lesson...empty your mind! Listen to your instructor, absorb what they are trying to teach you, and if you are confident in what they are saying and showing you, work at it without putting your own thoughts into the process. Oh, and as I've been telling my students lately, take notes after the lesson!

Scott Cole
www.powergolftraining.net