The Weak Link in Golf Swing Instruction

What is the weak link in golf swing instruction?

Think about what aggravates you most on the golf course. For me, it's always been inconsistency with my golf swing. There's always one part of the game that isn't working, the irons, the woods, the putter, or the short game. Until I learned better, I always blamed my golf swing for every bad shot and I paid dearly in terms of shear aggravation for years.

Sometimes you learn a new technique during a golf lesson and days later, you can't hit the ball like you did when you learned the technique.

Do you blame the golf instruction or the golf teacher? You should!

Blame them because they really don't care about you! To them it's just an income...

The truth is it's not the golf teacher's fault unless he is a "guru." Why? Because gurus should know better than to give you average or worse instruction knowing you will not be able to recreate the same golf swing even a week later.

Your average golf teacher doesn't have time to do the research he needs to do to solve your problem. If your instructor doesn't realize his methods won't have a lasting effect, he either hasn't been teaching long, or his students don't come back.

Yeah, it's kind of harsh, but if you spent your time constantly re-teaching the same basics to the same students over and over again, wouldn't you look for a better way? If you cared about your students you would!

Well, let me explain what I discovered that leads me to these seemingly vicious accusations and then you tell me what you think...

First, why is it that your golf swing is a little different every time you swing the golf club? The way the swing is memorized is the very reason the swing is never the same. The reason is muscle memory. Every time you swing the golf club, the muscles send feedback to the brain. The idea is that the brain will remember the feedback and use it to recreate the next golf swing. There is one glaring flaw with this system.

Every time you use your muscles, their dynamics change. For example, swinging the club causes the muscles to react by growing, tiring, or getting stiff. As the dynamics change, so does the feedback that the muscles send the brain. So every swing sends different feedback, which means every swing looks different to the brain. Which swing does the brain remember?

Why is this so important? Because for the body to repeat any movement, it has to have some kind of internal map to follow. That map is created based on internal feedback from your body. With Muscle Memory, the internal feedback is never the same, so is there a better way?

Yes, but I'll let you in on it after I hear your thoughts...

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