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Golf Practice Efficiency
By Gaëlle | June 12, 2008
Do you feel the amount of balls you hit each month during practice has been beneficial to your game? Do you feel you are improving enough from your practice effort?
If you do, keep doing what you do, if you don’t or are not too sure, keep reading this.
The less time you can afford to spend practicing your game, the more you need to make it efficient to get equal results.
You might be so busy that you can’t practice as much as you would like to but that doesn’t mean you can’t improve your game. You just need to do high quality practice, don’t do more of it , do it better.
3 keys to more efficient practice:
1: Focus on essential:
Don’t waste time and energy on the things you are already good at, spend more time on the aspects of your game that are letting you down and costing you too many shots. We all tend to do more of what is easy and fun instead of what is hard and necessary. But working on your strengths instead of your weaknesses won’t make you a better golfer. Your weaknesses are holding you back from the level you want to play at. Focusing on the critical parts will quicken your progression.
2: Focus on what you want to do instead of what you don’t want to do:
Here is the part where a professional instructor can help you find what is right for you to do and how to do it properly to achieve the results and achieve them faster. At this stage, your challenge practicing is to stay focused on what you have to do and not let yourself be distracted.
It’s such a common mistake golfers do! How many golfers wonder what they did wrong after a bad shot instead of re-centering their thought on what they have to do to hit the good shots?
So don’t loose track! Keep your mind on what you have to do. Accept the bad shots as part of the improvement process and stick to the essential.
3: Monitor your progress:
Measure the efficiency of your practice. You need to get feedback from what you do to stay on track. If you don’t monitor where it goes, it might end up miles away from where you wanted it to be. A regular reassessment of what you have been working on will definitely help you to quicken your progression by maintaining your effort on the correct way.
Monitoring your game improvement has also the effect of maintaining your motivation.
It absolutely shows you how much you improve, sometimes less than you wished but still better. Getting the feedback of moving towards your goals is stimulating and will help you to stay focused, motivated and that will keep you moving towards your goals.
These are 3 key factors to better golf. Professional tour players use them too, that’s the key to efficient practice which they need more than anybody. Now, at your level, considering your expectation and your time availability you don’t need to do so much but you can do as well in the quality of your practice. That’s how you will be able to achieve the level of performance you want.
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Get rid of your golf frustation and increase your enjoyment
By Gaëlle | May 26, 2008
Have you ever played golf with people that got so frustated during a round that it took the enjoyment out of the game? Do you sometimes feel this frustration yourself?
If this is the case, let’s see how you can fix that and increase your enjoyment playing golf.
The first thing to do, is find out where this frustration comes from.
Frustation is an emotion that occurs when your experience doesn’t match your expectation. Have you ever said : “I can’t believe I hit such bad tee shots!”. Well, what you are saying, is that you expect to play better ones, right? Is the gap between your expectations and your current skill level too big? There are two ways to overcome your frustration, one, reduce your expectations so they are closer to your current skills, two, improve your skills to closer match your expectations.
You can do the first option on your own but we can help you with the second one.
A good way to start is to clear your expectations before your round. Write them down. In our example above, I would ask you to describe what great tee shots would be for you. Which kind of tee shots would you be happy with?
It could be a certain amount of fairways you want to hit, the shape you want to give to your ball flight or a minimum distance you want your ball to reach…. Anyway, find out what causes you frustration and define your expectations about this area of your game.
“Keep doing what you do and you will keep getting what you have”
Considering this, and the fact you are not happy with what you are actually getting, you will have to bring change. Frustation is a great signal telling you it’s time for change.
You might have to improve your technique, your understanding of your swing, your thought process on the course, the way you practice or just reset your expectations at a realistic level. I think the most efficient and quickest way for you to find out what to change and how to do it would be to get advice from your coach.
Your coach will help you build a plan, that suits you, to make it happen.
You will enjoy your practice time and soon be able to enjoy playing the game you have been dreaming of until now.
Enjoyment garantee!
A former student I had in France came on his first lesson telling me he was too busy to spend time practicing his golf and considered himself as “just a hacker”.
However, this gentleman was quite frustrated by the experience he used to get on the course, at a point he booked a lesson wishing to get a quick good fix to be able to enjoy his next golf rounds.
I started the lesson by listening to his expectations which didn’t sound at all to me as “golf hacker ”ones and i ended telling him: “ I have two solutions to offer you, a really quick one and a little bit less quick one, which one would you like to know?”
The fellow choose the quickest one.
“ Well, if you really want to enjoy your golf without spending time practicing, drop your expectations to the actual level of your game! Enjoy the mistery of your current game and the surprise of each shot!”
He then asked me about the second one.
“ We customise an improvement program by firstly analysing your current game and identifying the most important areas for your improvement. We give you strategies to improve your game that will fit into you busy schedule and ultimatly overcome the frustration.”
He realized that the first one could be a great solution but he decided to give the second one a go…
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Golf learning is Fun
By Gaëlle | May 19, 2008
I was talking with a golfer’s wife this morning at the range. She told me she felt frustrated with her golf because she does not play well enough to be able to share more rounds of golf with her husband.
She told me she took lessons to improve but wasn’t really enjoying them.
Her comment really surprised me! How can someone willing to learn golf, not enjoy learning the game?
I don’t know about you but at school I achieved good results in the subjects I enjoyed learning and poor ones in the subjects I didn’t enjoy.
That’s why at the Golf Learning Centre, our first concern teaching golf, is to make it an enjoyable experience for you.
Playing golf is fun, do you feel learning golf should be fun?
Studies have shown that a fun and enjoyable environment accelerates your learning experience. When you are having fun and relaxed, your mind is more receptive to learning and understanding.
Your solution to enjoy learning golf and improve it:
The Golf Learning Centre Women program:
- 9 hours of golf instructions on the golf fundamentals in the different aspect of the game.
- Low student to coach ratio: max 7:1.
- 100% women: women participants only , woman coach.
- Cost: $150 per person.
Improvement and great time guarantee!
For further information and booking, contact Gaëlle at: 0405 051 843 or gaelle@goldcoastgolfschool.com.au .
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Juniors - The best way to start learning to play golf.
By Gaëlle | May 12, 2008
As passionate golfers and parents, you might wonder about the right time for your children to start learning to play golf. I would say that the best time to introduce them to the game would be when they start showing interest in it.
Depending on their age, you’ll have different options to do it. However there are some aspects that you need to be cautious about.
First, get them golf equipment that suit their size and strength. This is a crucial point that can make their experience either good or bad.
A too heavy or too long club will make the task harder than it already is and worst of all he might injure themselves.
The putter should be the first club. As putting doesn’t require any particular physical strength, this is the area as young as they are where they will be able to enjoy successful experiences.
Then an high lofted club for the younger or a 9 iron will help to get the ball in the air. Special children’s hybrids are good as they set up square easier than an iron. Make sure that they are light and flexible enough for your child.
To avoid impact resistance and for safety, I recommend to use soft balls or plastics balls with younger children (under 6 years of age)
Your child is now ready to start…
Second, choose the most appropriate way to introduce your child to the game.
Depending on your child’s age and their personal preferences, here are some options to consider:
The casual way:
Just bring your child with you next time you go to the driving range and putting green and if he or she shows some interest, start thinking about the following options.
Through a junior clinic:
Generally open to children from 5 or 6 years of age. The group situation is great for their social development and it also allows children to develop their competitive mind.
Through a golf holiday camp:
That could be a great way to quickly give your child a good understanding of what the game is as he/she will discover over a week the different aspects of the game. Your child will get along with golf mates of his/her age which is more entertaining.
Through a private lesson:
It might better suit shy or reserved child that could be impressed by a group situation.
Ask your coach about the directions to give to your child for the next times you will go golfing together. Frequency of lesson will depend of your child’s age and his goals.
In any case, the younger your child is, make it as much fun and simple as possible in the early stages. Make sure what you ask your child to do his appropriate to his development stage and then you will both enjoy a wonderful golfing time together.
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Building A Better Backswing
By Lawrie | March 24, 2008
In my last post I described two clubface positions at the top of the backswing. One is described as “closed” and the other “square.” The orientation of the clubface at the top of the backswing can have a significant effect on your golf shots, both in terms of direction and also distance.
Many competent golfers play golf with a golf club that is closed at the top of the swing and this is far more common today than the open clubface method which was common in the early nineteenth century when golf swings were powered with more involvement from the hands and forearms like this photo depicting the great Bobby Jones at the top of his backswing.
Today golfers have a distinct advantage over golfers from past eras with high speed video allowing us to see more easily the clubface postion at various points throughout the golfswing. At our golf school a square to closed clubface position is our preference since it allows the golfer to square the clubface up to the ball more easily without excessive hand motion.
You may recall that the young Korean player I was working with had a clubface that was more closed than I preferred which was (in her case) creating mis-directed shots into the green leading to higher scores than she wanted. I made two slight changes to her backswing that A) helped her to square the clubface up and 2) improved her clubface control where it matters, in the impact zone.
Change number one was to relax her left arm during the backswing phase which was stiff and had the effect of making the arms swing too much inside on the backswing and also closing the club too much as it reached the top of the swing.
Change number two involved cocking the wrist much earlier in the backswing which opened the clubface up and also kept the clubface more in-front of her as it went to the top, leading to a square clubface and better swing plane. These changes dramatically improved her shotmaking skills giving her more variety and choice with her shots into the greens.
If you are having problems with your backswing always check the clubface position to see whether the clubface is open, square or closed as this will affect your impact with the ball. Stay tuned to my next post where I’ll explore the backswing more deeply.
Good golfing Lawrie
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From Norway to Gold Coast Fairways
By admin | March 18, 2008
Last week we welcomed Lars from Norway to the Gold Coast Golf School. Lars will be attending the GCGS for three weeks of complete golf training. In this time Lars will be educated in the ‘complete game of golf’.
As with all students that come to GCGS for golf improvement training, the initial step with Lars was out on the golf course so I could observe first hand what his current tendencies are in regards to his golf swing and how he plays the game of golf. We find this the best approach to golf improvement, as the game of golf is far greater than just the golf swing alone. Lars really appreciates the explanations included in our GCGS program and the increase in his understanding of the golf swing and how to play the game of golf.
After the on course assessment we have lunch and then off to the Analysis Centre, where we capture and analyse Lars playing his driver, long clubs, short irons, pitching, chipping, sand play and putting with our State of the Art computer software through a multiple camera set up.
Living in Norway most of his life, Lars has become a very experienced Telemark skier. As in skiing, golf requires very good balance (if you want to be good at it) but the methods of maintaining balance in his skiing are different to maintaining balance in his golf. Lars explained to me the techniques he uses in skiing to keep his balance through turns and manoeuvres and it looked quite similar to his leg movements in his golf swing.
With the use of our technology and training aids, I set a program for Lars to successfully reduce his over active leg and knee actions. His balance and stability are now greatly improved which is the basis of a sound, efficient and consistent golf swing.
More news from the GOLD COAST GOLF SCHOOL coming soon.
Good golfing
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Top Korean Golfers at Gold Coast Golf School
By Lawrie | February 26, 2008
Over the past five weeks I have been working with some of Korea’s finest amateur and professional women golfers who are training at our golf school on the Gold Coast preparing for their tournament season which begins in March.
All the girls have swing projects they have been working on, and in this post I thought I would show you the type of improvement that can be made with some focused effort at our golf school.
The golfer that we’re focusing on in the first picture was hitting a lot of shots left of the target with a slice spin on the ball which created problems when she was hitting approach shots into the green.
Note the clubface position in relation to the left arm angle.
Notice that the clubface is pointing towards the sky in what is often described as a closed face position.
In the second photo notice how we have been able to get the clubface and the left arm to be parallel to one another.
This has had a significant effect on her ball flight turning a slicing spin into a drawing / straight spin leading to better approach shots and lower scores.
In my next post I’ll tell you exactly how I did it, so stay tuned.
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Gold Coast Golf School Launches the Golf Learning Centre
By Lawrie | February 26, 2008
After 5 weeks of continuous rain you might be thinking that we drowned or something like that. Actually at Gold Coast Golf School we have used this time to prepare for the launch of our latest initiative on Saturday March 1st , the Gold Coast Golf School Golf Learning Centre.
Making it Easier to Learn and Play Golf
After receiving feedback from our students we realised that golf instruction was for the most part becoming out of the reach of most golfers. So the coaches and I decided to change that situation by creating a brand new program called the “try before you buy program.” Basially this means that any golfer visiting our golf learning facility at Palm Meadows Driving Range can under no obligation receive a free video assessment of their swing on our state of the art multiple camera video system.
We Take ALL the Risk Out of Improving Your Golf Game
On top of the free assessment we have developed the strongest money back guarantee in the golf instruction industry. If you enrol in one of our instruction programs following your initial assessment and thirty days after completing your program you don’t witness measurable improvment in your game (see coaches for details) we will refund your lesson fees in full plus we’ll give you our Putting Master Training Program valued at sixty dollars for free just to show you our commitment to your ongoing learning.
Keep an eye out for our free downloadable video lesson vouchers that you can redeem at the Golf Learning Centre at Palm Meadows Golf Range.
Online Promotion
For the first twenty five golfers who take up our offer of a free video assessment we will give you your golf swing assessment CD valued at twenty five dollars for free.
So now is the time to take your golf game to the next level…see you at the golf learning centre sometime soon.
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Special Golf Instruction Rates For Group Bookings
By admin | December 6, 2007
You asked for it, so we’ve put together some discounted rates if you book a group of golfers to attend our golf schools.
When you bring a bunch of mates, and we’ll give you a special rate for your golf instruction. For details send an email to terry [at] goldcoastgolfschool.com.au
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Christmas Gifts - Golf Instruction Gift Voucher
By admin | December 3, 2007
Buy a gift voucher for that someone special, you can select the value and email terry [at] goldcoastgolfschool.com.au for details.
Or you can go straight to the lesson packages page, and buy the lessons now. In the special instructins area, ask us to send out a gift voucher.
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After Five Days at Golf School I Won
By admin | October 29, 2007
From: Sonya H
Just wanted to thank you for teaching Steven and me a week ago how to improve our game and make it more enjoyable! (& not lose so many balls)
Got back to Sydney on Monday 22nd and I only managed a couple of practice sessions during the week at the range and 1 x 9 hole social hit.
I could see I had a different thought behind playing each shot and where I want the ball to go and how it will be set up for my next shot, I could see the new grip coming to work for me and I feel a better stroke on many of my clubs – I feel calmer playing now. Read the rest of this entry »
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How Much For A Golf Clinic?
By admin | October 10, 2007
A prospective student recently contacted us, asking:”How on earth do you figure it costs that much for the clinic?”
Well, Kim, I’m not sure how you would like me to respond to this? Is this a question or a statement?
You mention “clinic” twice so I imagine that you believe our golf school is a clinic
It isn’t.
Like most people that visit our websites, you’ll soon realise that it is priced to suit people who can afford the instruction. Yes golfers that attend clinics pay a lot less because they get a lot less. If you want a learning environment that is set up to fail then attending a clinic might be a good strategy.
We are NOT a clinic, we’re a golf school. Your website positioning statement reads “you are not just a cladding company” and then you go on to say that XXXXX Pty Ltd is innovative, progressive and dynamic with a wealth of knowledge, and experienced individuals that make up the XXXX team.
We can definitely say the same: We’re not just a golf clinic company. We’re in the business of educating golfers – not teaching them. We take our business very seriously.
You can exercise the option to go anywhere else and you’ll always have the opportunity to pay lesser fees or more depending on what you want to gain from the experience. As we say at our golf school “the map is definitely not the territory” so we’re sorry if you feel that our website advertising doesn’t reflect our passion for helping golfers to become more competent at the game.
Anyone in a position of leadership understands the associated costs in any business when supplying a quality service to customers. Our coaches charge from ninety dollars per hour up to one hundred and forty dollars per hour.
So a person attending our golf school for five days which is a minimum of 30 hours of instruction with our senior coach (30 years experience) would work out at about three thousand dollars per week. We charge two thousand five hundred dollars for six hours of golf instruction each day plus 3 rounds of golf with instruction and lunch each day.
Our schools have a maximum student to teacher ratio of four students to one instructor and we run our programs 364 days per year. We will run a golf school with one person in it, up to four and our students come from all over the world.
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After Five Days Intensive Golf Instruction
By admin | September 24, 2007
I found it a very worthwhile week, writes Jean after five days of intensive golf instruction
I now understand a lot more about the game of golf, and best of all I now know what to practice.
I found the whole team at GCGS very friendly and approachable, and the whole culture is fantastic.
Greg was a great support, and very patient. I would like to wish you all the best for the future.
Kind regards, Jean, New Zealand
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I Now Hit Most Golf Shots Better Than Normal
By admin | September 18, 2007
After reading the first two of the 11 free golf lessons, Phil’s wife says,”I tried that new set-up for driving and hit most shots better than normal”. Here’s Phil’s email: To: Gold Coast Golf School
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: Phil, here’s your GCGS online golf lesson 3
Thanks for sending me your “free” online golf lessons. I have been playing golf for some time and read widely on the subject through magazines, golf books etc. From this it is clear there is a need to cut through the trash and come-up with a simple outline of the fundamentals. So far the first two lessons are spot on.
I am showing your lessons to my wife who has now been playing golf competively for two years. In that time she has reduced her handicap from 45 to 24. You would be pleased to know that when she came home from golf yesterday she said, “I tried that new set-up for driving and hit most shots better than normal”. So that is a plus.
Ed: Subscribe for your 11 free golf lessons here
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Golf - Anxiety And Fear Of Success
By admin | September 14, 2007
Lindsay is one of any students that come to the Gold Coast Golf School looking to improve their golfing skills, and writes:
” I was very impressed with your program and am convinced I would benefit hugely from your input. I have been off 3 since I was 16 years old and feel I need to change my approach to practise.
I have time to practise after work and great facilities to use. I need to know what to practise and how often. I also suffer from anxiety and fear of success on the course which definately needs to be addressed!”
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Pathway to Golf Mastery
By admin | September 10, 2007
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Life After Gold Coast Golf School
By admin | September 3, 2007
From: Jason H
Subject: My experience at GC
Before attending the Gold Coast Golf School, despite playing the game of golf for more than 15 years, I knew my golf swing was flawed and that it was holding me back from improving my game beyond 16 handicap (and hitting that handicap was on my good days).
I also realized that I was not going to attain my life long goal of scoring an even par with the swing I had given the lack of driving distance and limited accuracy as well as my fragile state of mind when it came to my golf swing.
Despite numerous lessons I received from pros in Korea, I was not able to improve my game and get comfortable with my swing. Simply put, I lacked Read the rest of this entry »
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Rain Didn’t Stop Golf Play
By admin | August 22, 2007
What Cyclone!!!!!
Winds of up to 50 km per hour and torrential rain did not hamper the progress of the students at GCGS.
Despite these cyclonic conditions, the students were given a lesson on how to play in windy and wet conditions. After 18 8 arduous holes they arrived back at HQ wet, cold but much more prepared for conditions such as these.
It was also an opportune time to catch up on some in-house work with K-Vest (3-D animation) and HeartMath which are two technologies that the GCGS employ to give our students an edge!
HeartMath is currently being utilized by tour professionals such as Nick Doherty. He attributes HeartMath to his first top ten finish on the PGA Tour.
More information on how you can stay in “the zone” for concentrated periods can be found by contacting us, the Australian Distributors of HeartMath.
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Help Me With My Golf Slice!!
By admin | August 14, 2007
From: “Glen D”
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 2:07 PM
Subject: Slice anyone?
Hi Lawrie
Thanks for the lessons. They have worked well with my new set of clubs. My main problem is a consistent slice with my driver, to the point where I can confidently aim to the left in order to hit the fairway. This is great on holes that dogleg to the right, but not enough seem to do that! Cheers, Glen
How to Fix Your Golf Slice?
To see Lawrie’s reply, go to HERE
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Lowered Handicap By 6
By admin | August 8, 2007
Because of Your Free Golf Lessons
We received this email (exactly as it was written) from a very excited subscriber to our free golf lessons.
If you haven’t yet received them, then click HERE
—– Original Message —–
From: Jouni K
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 3:25 PM
Subject: RE: Jouni, 4th Gold Coast Golf School lesson
Hi,
I’m just like a little boy in Christmas - too excited and in too much hurry to learn Read the rest of this entry »
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