Why most Golfers don’t improve!

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February 13, 2010 by lkastamo

One of the most asked questions to me by my students is how much should I practice?

This is a great question and really needs to be answered by the individual.

My answer is this. First you should take a step back and look at your goals. What you haven’t set any goal? You need to really evaluate what you are doing now and what are you getting out of it? How much time are you spending on golf, and how much is it helping you achieve your goals? Most golfers I see either aren’t putting any effort into improving, except to show up at the golf course when it is time to tee off and then walk off the course and talk about the same things they have talked about for years… If only I would have done this or done that and so on..year after year they shoot the same scores their ball striking is unchanged…sound familiar? or there is the other extreme where you have the player who’s approach is…I am going to out work everyone if nothing else I am going to hit more balls then everyone else I can’t help but get better…This is one of the most common mistakes I see with students who are motivated and really do try to get better…

You really need to step back look at what results are you getting out of the time you are spending at the course and practice range..are you getting out of it what you are putting into it??? Are you going to practice range and beating balls? Or are you going to the range with the intention of working on something? Do you have a plan of what you are trying to accomplish? This is the biggest reason most golfers aren’t improving anymore then 50 yrs ago! The golfers haven’t kept up with technology. Golf clubs have improved dramatically along with golf balls you almost can’t help but hit the ball straight anymore but how come the average score/ handicap isn’t dropping?? is it the arrow or the Indian??? hmmm makes me say hmmmm.

Thanks for reading!

Len

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11 Responses to “Why most Golfers don’t improve!”

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on 22 Feb 2011 at 8:02 pm9 Dan Maki

Nice article Len, good common sense, I think the old definition of crazy applies: doing the same thing but expecting different results.
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