End of Season or Beginning of Season

[Queen of the Beach]

So...I know that I'll be needing lessons prior to the start of next season. My question is should I wait closer to the start of the golf season so that I don't forget what I learn? Or is it better to learn now so that I can practice at the indoor golf domes?

[Focker Singh]

I would wait till Feb-Mar so that you can learn and practice at the range and then be ready right when golf season starts in April. IMO, if you take lessons now, you might forget what you learned and its hard to apply what they teach in domes. Ideally you would want to learn outside or be able to hit balls outdoors.

[Mule56]

I would wait till Feb-Mar so that you can learn and practice at the range and then be ready right when golf season starts in April. IMO, if you take lessons now, you might forget what you learned and its hard to apply what they teach in domes. Ideally you would want to learn outside or be able to hit balls outdoors.I would go with Focker's advice if you don't have an indoor pratice area for the winter. The winter can be used to do mirror work. Set up, take away, maintaining spine angle, attack angle, release, putting stroke and you can always work on your grip.
If you do have the indoor facility, lessons now won't hurt. Making a change to your swing can take a long time. The pro's work on their swing every day for hours and some of their changes take months. Us working people take longer. The last change I made took me almost 6 months to complete and I swing indoors daily along winter long. That change was not that big.
Mule

[Queen of the Beach]

I would go with Focker's advice if you don't have an indoor pratice area for the winter. The winter can be used to do mirror work. Set up, take away, maintaining spine angle, attack angle, release, putting stroke and you can always work on your grip.
If you do have the indoor facility, lessons now won't hurt. Making a change to your swing can take a long time. The pro's work on their swing every day for hours and some of their changes take months. Us working people take longer. The last change I made took me almost 6 months to complete and I swing indoors daily along winter long. That change was not that big.
Mule
Hey Mule56 thanks for the advice. I guess it will be even harder for me because I just changed clubs as well as my swing. It might take me all season to get it right! Btw, what is the definition of spine angle and attack angle?

Focker, I think I will wait a couple months to start my lessons. I know the indoor ranges are expensive. I don't know if I can afford to start any earlier than Feb!

[Mule56]

Btw, what is the definition of spine angle and attack angle?

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Once you set up to the ball the angle your body must remian constant through impact. Let's see if a little stick diagram will work here
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If this was your spine angle at address it should remain constant through out your swing, start to finish. The extact angle of attack will depend on your body type. To shorten up the post, sweeping up on the ball with your woods on tee shots. Hit down on the ball with your irons and your woods (when hitting from the fairway). Too steep of an apporach will cause the dreaded fat shot shot, too shallow will lead to thin shots. This is the part a swing coach can really help you. Hopes this helps.
Mule

[MSGOLF]

Hello Queen of the Beach,

Learning to swing a golf club can be easy or hard depending on how your being taught. Changing what you feel comfortable on how you swing a club is even harder since you have those habits etiched in your memory. I highly recommend most people start taking golf lessons in Dec before the golf season is even close. Your body can sometimes take up to 6 months to make the slightes changes but the core of the setup, stance and golf swing are there to work on and will only get better the more you work on it. Come golf season you should continue to take lessons but more on a perfection basis. The pro will make sure your still making the correct swing and everything else you've worked on all winter. Playing the game of golf becomes much more enjoyable when your not really thinking about your golf swing while your playing. The biggest mistake people make is they take a lesson during the season and then try to preform it while they are on the course, to only then find it may or may not work and then give up. Change takes time but Practice makes perfect and perfect practice makes perfection.

Good luck
Let me know if I can help.:)


So...I know that I'll be needing lessons prior to the start of next season. My question is should I wait closer to the start of the golf season so that I don't forget what I learn? Or is it better to learn now so that I can practice at the indoor golf domes?

[noback]

I'll agree with MSGOLF on this one. Don't wait till spring to get those lessons. Get em now and practice indoors on the set up, the allingment, contact and the other things you can work on. Espeically if you are using new clubs. It will take you longer just to get used to the different feel not to mention what you are changing in your swing.:)

I usualy play all winter long on simulators here during the winter. This will help me keep the muscles we use for golf, moving so that when we do go outside, I'm already in golf shape. Nto that the scores will be great but at least I'm ready.:D

Plus it's an outing with the boys and our elbows need a work out as well.:rofl:

[Shadow]

So...I know that I'll be needing lessons prior to the start of next season. My question is should I wait closer to the start of the golf season so that I don't forget what I learn? Or is it better to learn now so that I can practice at the indoor golf domes? How much money you spend on lessons and dome practice time, obviously depends on your budget and how much time you have to spend on the game. However, for every day that you do not practice, it takes a day longer to become good at the game.

If you are thinking of lessons, do it now. If you develop a feel for what needs to be done now, you can work on this all winter, and you don't have to hit balls to effect change. Doing slow motion repeats of the correct motion in front of a mirror, or moving from one static position to another, all correctly, are invaluable. There are drills that can be done at home, or you can work on your putting on a smooth carpet when you have a few minutes, that will help lower your scores come spring time. You may do this already, but working out, doing golf specific exercises or stretches, really helps.

This advice may conflict with some of the above, but...

Personally, my last round of golf was November 30, and I began practice indoors on December 1. I have 4 changes/improvements I want to make in my swing and starting now, increases the probability of my achieving what I have set out to do. Of course, being retired and having the time to practice, helps a little.