[KevCarter]

Good post Kev,I have a couple of golf mates and it is VERY hard to get them to STAY within the bounds of the learning process.I mean ,that they begin okay...feel comp etc.......then they throw it out the window by trying to do full swing and hit it strong and long.

How can I contain them in the LEARNING PROCESS.....Im no coach for sure,but I know I can advance them to a point whereby they can hit the ball with more consistancy,after that,they can get a lesson and be armed with basics......Cheers BM

I think thats a really good question. It has to boil down to trust. It's not flashy, and it's not what the students were expecting.

As a teacher at a club, I am lucky that the word is being spread by word of mouth. I had a littl success as a player, and I had a few people that trusted me just from that. Generally not a good idea...

I was able to get some of my first students at the club to buy into it, they started improving quickly, handicaps going down and started making money in the club events.. these guys started spreading the word. I am also unlucky enough that we don't have a range at my club. Unlucky for me, lucky for my students. I give full swing lessons off site at another range, but do a lot of basic motion instruction around my putting green. Folks see my students at the club that are improving working on nothing but basic motion, so while as a teacher it would be nice to have a range on-site, it's been a blessing for getting the basic motion idea across.

Not a lot of help for you with your friends BrownMan, but I know you believe in the system, you just need to find a way for one buddy to trust it, and your other friends will want what he's got! Jerry has stuck with it through thick and thin with his teams, even with other coaches fighting him on it, and the results have been incredible!

Sorry for the rambling.

Kevin