I learned a lot from YouTube videos, but my progress is not that steady I would like. The advice of hitting balls is great and I would love to hire a teacher. Right now I have no idea where I am on my golf. I feel confident until I get to the first tee.

Read the book that tiger rode on how I play the game reading about striking about where to hit it and sometimes much better than looking at it in a video understanding how the club has to hit the ball is more important than seeing someone do it. I dropped for strokes on my handicap after reading that book understanding how to play and understanding how to practice is the key to this game

Thanks for reading!

Glad you’ve found success with lessons! It’s definitely helpful to have specific information to your swing.

Sounds like you’re on the right path! Using YouTube to develop your understanding and then working it out yourself is a great way to use it!

I get the DIY impulse. Youtube videos are great for learning lots of skills, so why not golf too? And golf instructors’ time is expensive. Youtube’s cheaper.

The problem is, the golf swing is actually really complicated. Compared to say, replacing a bathroom faucet. You also can’t see yourself swinging and—as Matt’s pointed out here—videoing your swing is a poor substitute.
Finally, time is a cost. Bad habits once started, are really hard and take a really long time to undo. So find an instructor you can talk to, get some foundations set, and then build off those through that learning through hitting that Tiger was talking about.