The most important thing I do is help people enjoy their golf more. So few golfers I play with seem to get much pleasure from a round of golf. They may start with high expectations, but more often it becomes an ordeal to be overcome, with enjoyment and satisfaction entirely dependent on the score or result. This approach leads to pressure, getting in your own way and frustratingly bad golf. Hopefully I can help you understand how and why this happens, and help you get as much enjoyment and pleasure from the game as possible.
The more I learn about the game of golf the more I become convinced of the importance of the basics, the fundamentals. If you get your hands on the club correctly, stand to the ball with good balance and posture, and make a good turn back and through, you will play some very nice golf. Golf is a simple game, but not an easy one. The golf swing itself is a simple movement, which unfortunately some people make more complicated than it needs to be.
I want to help my students learn the basics as quickly and easily as possible, so they can enjoying hitting good golf shots straight away. This is why I use the Explanar Golf Training System. The sooner someone starts hitting good golf shots, the more enjoyment they begin to get from the game. It isnt't about the swing, it's about the shot. In my experience people don't get especially excited about making a great golf swing. They do get a tremendous amount of enjoyment and excitement from hitting a great golf shot.
The next stage is helping a golfer take their best golf from the lesson tee or driving range to the golf course. This is something many club golfers find difficult and frustrating, because it involves a change of mindset. On the practice ground, the focus is on swinging the club. On the course you need to know how to play the game. It means focusing on the short game, putting, and course management as much as the golf swing. I can help you learn key mental skills such as a pre shot sequence to make sure you set your body and mind up in readiness to hit the shot, visualisation so you can see the shot you want to play before you play it, and simple strategies to control nerves and anxiety, so you don't sabotage yourself when you get into important situations.
Taking your best game to the course and then into competition is the biggest challenge facing the golfer at any level, and one which I have struggled with myself over the past ten years. My Coaching Philosophy flows out of what I have learned over 25 years of playing the game at a high level and guides everything I do in terms of helping other golfers learn and improve their games.
The game of golf and the golf swing, are not the same thing. The swing is a small (but important part) of playing the game. If you would like to know more about the golf swing I teach, and use myself, please follow this link.
