Do You Really Want To Swing Better?

Boy, was this author off base-things haven't changed one iota! Oh sure, everyone would like to learn how to swing better, but that isn't what Ben Hogan meant. Hogan's point was that most golfers aren't willing to work hard enough - aren't willing to overcome the frustration that is an inescapable result of changing a flawed swing. Instead, most golfers try the band-aid approach to golf improvement, which is relatively painless, but is also ineffective because the golfer isn't fixing the causes of their flawed swing, they're just treating the symptoms.

A golf swing is not learned by throwing money at it, or by practicing something for only a week or two. It doesn't come quickly and it doesn't come easily, yet golfers seem to think (or maybe hope) that it will. If you want to improve, be prepared-you will hit the ball badly and your swing will feel very awkward until you have practiced enough to develop coordination with whatever part of the swing you were trying to learn.

Every golfer should have a goal to improve for every year they play, but most golfers reach a certain level and never improve beyond that point. One study found that the average golfer reached this level after only three years of playing. To me, the reasons seem simple enough: not practicing properly, not having a good instructor, and not willing to deal with the frustration and awkwardness that initially result from making real swing improvements.

For most golfers, improving is just as simple: practice properly-for at the very least, one month for every swing motion you are trying to change, get the best instructor you can find, and understand that you will be frustrated for awhile-learn to deal with it!!!