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How to Take a Golf Lesson

By Wayne | Articles: Technology, Equipment and Teaching

Almost everything I have ever read regarding the subject of golf lessons has focused on the instructor. But there is another side of the coin. Just as there are varying levels of instructors, there is the same variation when it comes to students. And being a better or worse student has nothing to do with achieving good results, or being able to accomplish what the teacher is trying to get them to do.

Liar Liar (A Golf Instructors Nightmare)

By Wayne | Articles: Technology, Equipment and Teaching

On any given day, during any given lesson, a golf instructor is consistently forced to play with, bend, tweak, and generally ignore the truth. His or her main concern, after of course giving the student the benefit of his experience and knowledge about the swing and the game, is to offer support, reassurance, solace, and comfort to the weary, beaten-down student, for the simple reason that a teacher can’t help a student unless the student continues to take lessons. If the student gives up and never returns, the teacher can be of no further help and, regardless of whose fault…

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How to Play Golf Without Thinking

By Wayne | Articles: Technology, Equipment and Teaching

“…When you throw a ball to me, without thought, my hands go up and catch it, When a child or animal runs in front of your car, you automatically apply the brakes. When you throw a punch at me, I intercept and hit you back, but without thought. ‘It’ just happens. ‘It’ is the state of mind the Japanese refer to as “mushin”, which literally means ‘no-mind’. According to Zen masters, mushin is operating when the actor is separate from the act and no thoughts interfere with the action because the unconscious act is the most free and uninhibited. When…

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Why They’re Good and You’re NOT

By Wayne | Articles: Technology, Equipment and Teaching

What could be so hard about it? Well, I’m guessing that most of you who are reading this right now have been playing golf for a while, and because of that, you realize that the game is anything but easy. If you’ve ever read anything that I’ve written you know that I spend a lot of my time extolling the difficulties of our chosen sport. I can state unequivocally that anyone who calls the game easy either doesn’t play (or doesn’t keep score when they do), is on crack, or is one of the rarest of rare individuals, a naturally good player.

8 Keys for Greater Distance

By Wayne | Articles: Technology, Equipment and Teaching

Everyone who is anyone who talks about golf these days is talking about distance. The question on everyone’s lips is “How far is too far?”, and of course they are talking about how far everyone, it seems, is hitting the ball. I was at one National Club Pro Championship in New Mexico where the driving leader averaged 330 yards, with a long drive of over 390 yards. Even though the event was played at 5000 feet of altitude, those are still some serious numbers. The crazy stats are seen every week now. Give a long hitter a fast fairway and…

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The Art and Science of Learning Golf

By Wayne | Articles: Technology, Equipment and Teaching

As you probably know I have been deeply involved in music over the last 7 or 8 years, trying to learn to play the blues harmonica. I have found the learning process to be remarkably similar to that of learning to play golf, and since I teach golf for a living, being involved again in the attempt to master a skill that involves both technique and feel has helped me to assess and improve my own teaching skills. When I was a kid I didn’t really ever have formal instruction in golf. My Dad showed me a few basics…

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Welcome to the Guru Invitational

By Wayne | Articles: Technology, Equipment and Teaching

I have a great idea for a golf tournament. Let’s invite all the so-called teaching gurus to a 72 hole stroke play event and call it “The Guru Invitational”. Like the Masters, we’ll have to make it fairly difficult to qualify for the field. After all, we only want those recognized as true golfing geniuses, the men and women who have figured out a technique and a mental attitude for every possible situation, and have earned a nice living dispensing such knowledge to the masses. So who qualifies to hold the title of “guru”, and thus earns an entry…

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Truth in Teaching Golf

By Wayne | Articles: Technology, Equipment and Teaching

I wanted to share a conversation that I had the other day with one of my students, a 50 year old fellow named John who I’ve been teaching for a couple of years, although not consistently as he stays in Florida half the year and takes lessons sporadically when he is in Maryland. He has become a good friend, inviting my wife and I to stay at his condo in Park City, Utah the last two years (we accepted and had a great time), and I was pleased to be able to return the favor by having him play on…

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Golf Learning Center Live

By Wayne | Articles: Technology, Equipment and Teaching

Most likely, many of you have watched that show on cable where the host brings out a golf instructor, has him or her tell the viewers his philosophy of the golf swing, then orchestrates an extended phone-in session where viewers call in to ask questions of the pro. In fact, you may have even seen me on the show a few years ago.

The Truth About Top Teacher Lists

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