Student Lesson: Joseph Barr

Joseph is a solid Division 1 player, having played in the starting 5 in every tournament for the University of Kentucky and ranking 37th in scoring average in the conference. Joseph has designs on pursuing golf after college, and between he and his father, Jack, have decided that in order to have a realistic chance at success he would have to improve, which his record, while not shabby by any means, definitely indicates. The problem is that these days (just look at Q-School scoring) shooting 73 gets you lapped (both Lenny Mattiace and Camilio Villegas shot 73 in the 5th round of Q-School and lost over 30 spots). When Joseph and Jack assessed what would have to be done to improve they came to the immediate conclusion that it would be Joseph’s swing technique that would have to improve. They had been taking lessons locally and watching the internet for other ideas on what direction to take, and stumbled upon my website, which they took a liking to right away. They started with an online lesson, and when they saw how extreme Joseph’s swing technique was they decided to make the trip to Maryland to do some face to face work.
 
What you see here is a great example of the difficulty in changing and action that gets good results, but not as good as would be required to play at a higher level. And what is improving all about in the first place but acknowledging that your level of play, while acceptable to many, is not acceptable to you and requires that you do something to get better. Now, some would argue that the way I go about accomplishing that goal is too this or that, but it is proper to remember that I do what I do quite openly (my preferences are on display: if you watch what I do on the internet you will have a pretty good idea of what direction I am going to go when I get to your swing, although every person demands a unique approach), and Jack and Joseph volunteered to listen to what I had to say and to try to incorporate my ideas in to Joseph’s swing. I think that in watching this video you will get a very good idea of how I go about getting a player to begin working out of age old patterns and into something new and more efficient.