Golf Coaching
Helping you be your best
Individual Golf Coaching
An individual session that explores how you can improve a facet of your game that might be concerning you. Although we can work on a pre-determined area of your swing it is not unusual to discover that something yet considered, often internal, is the root cause of the problem.
Each lesson is a minimum of 1 hour and must leave you feeling that you want to go and play and not that the lesson has left you confused and your swing compromised.
Firstly, the lesson has to be dictated by you. You already have the answers. I will use the V1 video analysis to record your swing, not to provide data on your club head speed etc but to clearly demonstrate how you are swinging. Often pupils have no idea what they are actually doing. If you don’t know how you are swinging how can you experience/appreciate any difference?
One of the most important aspects of this, or any coaching, is that making any kind of judgement, reactions like that was awful, I am useless etc must not feature in any response. They are damaging and have no value.
A greater understanding of your natural swing, that improvement is achieved through experience, feel and awareness and playing with freedom, no matter what the issue, is the way to progress
Range to Course Lesson
Even those players that are comfortable with their swings can suffer from bouts of extreme doubt, even fear. It was Arnold Palmer that said that the most important game is played on the 5 inch course between your ears. To some degree that is correct but golf isn’t a mental game. It a game that has obvious mental challenges but you play golf in front of you, it’s just that we can have a damaging habit of getting in our own way. We use negative memories to predict the future. Those negative thoughts can take over, we lose the ability to think straight or swing with flow. We tense at the wrong time, we swing without real purpose or trust and produce shots that we predicted would happen. All this based on the assumption that a previous negative experience will dictate the next shot.
The Range to Course Lesson is based on managing state. Using my NLP and Mind Factor learning to allow you to get to a place where you can play without worry, swing with flow and begin, again, to really enjoy your game.
Golf is a game that cannot be played without an understanding of how to control the unhelpful thoughts that destroy confidence and the ability to be your best.
I have found that pupils can reduce their scores by up to 5 shots per round once they move to a more relaxed, less judgemental state of mind
A review of the current issue. Changing targets. How to let go of false beliefs. Creating a circle of excellence which allows the sub conscious to access the resources you already have. How to get into “the zone” every shot. Using your breath correctly to eliminate tension and accepting the result.
Lesson 2 is the basis of learning in that it allows you, even on the practice ground, to gain much more from your practice and most importantly, take your practice ground swing to the course.
It is also based on managing state. Using my NLP and Mind Factor learning to allow you to get to a place where you can play without worry, swing with flow and begin, again, to really enjoy your game.
I have found that pupils can reduce their scores by cc 5 shots per round once they move to a more relaxed, less judgemental state of mind.
Less frustration. More enjoyment. Greater freedom. Less pressure. More fun. Lower scores. Fewer mis-hits. Just a better time on the course.
Group Golf Coaching
Get together as a group. Often it can be more fun to share experiences and to realise that we all have the same issues at some time or another. Groups of <8-9 is probably big enough but if there is more. For example, reducing your score by improving your chipping or how to eliminate three putts.
Equally, the group can journey through a planned programme of game improvement in an agreed time frame. It’s fun, it’s “competitive” and cost effective.
Group lessons start at £25 with a £5 per person fee for each additional person over 5 participants. Mixed groups welcome.
If there is a particular aspect of the game the group want to look at then we can work through that otherwise a series of lessons, starting with putting is recommended.
Group lessons are only £5 each (min £20).
Annual Golf Coaching Programme
Establishing realistic, time bound, targets with a measurable programme of development to meet agreed goals. A complete programme to include all aspects of the game you need to improve including diet, flexibility and stability, practice routines, game improvement, mental clarity and state control. Regular reviews and remote analysis (V1 app) set against agreed targets to deliver your very best year in golf.
- Establishing your long term goals
- Agreeing your interim targets
- Setting realistic time frames
- Committing to your programme
- Being honest with yourself
Achieving everything you are capable of.