Comments on: Do You Need to Get Worse at Golf to Get Better? https://pluggedingolf.com/do-you-need-to-get-worse-at-golf-to-get-better/ Get plugged in... Fri, 01 Dec 2023 17:27:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Todd Williams https://pluggedingolf.com/do-you-need-to-get-worse-at-golf-to-get-better/#comment-322024 Fri, 01 Dec 2023 17:27:24 +0000 https://pluggedingolf.com/?p=106604#comment-322024 Interesting read. I find that if you are making swing changes, you may get worse for a bit if you put them in play too soon. #DoubleSecret

]]> By: Daniel https://pluggedingolf.com/do-you-need-to-get-worse-at-golf-to-get-better/#comment-321828 Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:10:20 +0000 https://pluggedingolf.com/?p=106604#comment-321828 Great article. I have been reluctant in signing up for lessons because of the thought of having to rebuild my swing…..
#doublesecret

]]> By: cksurfdude https://pluggedingolf.com/do-you-need-to-get-worse-at-golf-to-get-better/#comment-320863 Sun, 08 Oct 2023 17:47:38 +0000 https://pluggedingolf.com/?p=106604#comment-320863 👍👍👍👍 Thx for another great article!]]> “Pick a goal, focus on it, work hard, and achieve it.”

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Thx for another great article!

]]> By: Willie T https://pluggedingolf.com/do-you-need-to-get-worse-at-golf-to-get-better/#comment-320571 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 22:28:14 +0000 https://pluggedingolf.com/?p=106604#comment-320571 Great article Matt. Consistent practice drills on specific areas of my swing have greatly improved my overall game. Get worse before better, don’t see it. What I do see is that worse shots can be recovered with good course management. Acceptance that tough breaks happen and suddenly the scores improve as you play smarter not harder.

]]> By: George https://pluggedingolf.com/do-you-need-to-get-worse-at-golf-to-get-better/#comment-320568 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 18:30:14 +0000 https://pluggedingolf.com/?p=106604#comment-320568 Great article. I moved to a new area and took lessons from 5 different instructors before finding the right one for me. I am better after each lesson, which was so refreshing compared to taking lessons and not seeing improvement. His comment when I told him how great it was to see improvement after an hour: “if my students didn’t see improvement, they wouldn’t come back”.

]]> By: Greg Schulte https://pluggedingolf.com/do-you-need-to-get-worse-at-golf-to-get-better/#comment-320561 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:06:56 +0000 https://pluggedingolf.com/?p=106604#comment-320561 so hard to find a decent instructor. most come from schools that have a specific teaching method that may suit 5-10% of golfers. I watch pro golfers (male and female) and they are so different in every aspect of the swing with the exception of just prior to contact and contact. Different body types, athletic ability, balance etc….I think the best instructors work with the student’s own swing. I shoot high 70’s to low mid 80’s. The driver can add 5-6 strokes to my score and putting 3. Straighten out those 2 things and I’m a 3-4 hcp, good enough for me. every instructor has wanted to break down my entire swing where the goal is to just keep driver in play and putt a little better.

]]> By: Matt Saternus https://pluggedingolf.com/do-you-need-to-get-worse-at-golf-to-get-better/#comment-320556 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:51:38 +0000 https://pluggedingolf.com/?p=106604#comment-320556 In reply to Terry Young.

Thanks, Terry!

]]> By: Barton Farley https://pluggedingolf.com/do-you-need-to-get-worse-at-golf-to-get-better/#comment-320554 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:50:24 +0000 https://pluggedingolf.com/?p=106604#comment-320554 I am 63 yoa and dove headfirst into golf this season after tinkering around for a couple of years. Two years ago I took lessons at an indoor facility and believed my indoor Trackman numbers were gospel…such as a 175 yard 8-iron. I played maybe 10 total rounds after that and became discouraged so I went back to that instructor a year later (a year ago) and got worse. He wanted to me to do things with my body that I cannot do. Last February I went to a different pro and while she was helpful, she too wanted me to twist in ways that I can no longer do…I have Graves disease and chronic arthritis. Going to the range went nowhere as I practiced my mistakes. It wasn’t until several people told me to just play golf! That’s what I’ve done this past season and where I struggled to break 50 for 9 holes before, I shot a 39 last month. I now understand the game. Like anything else, if you wanna get good, then do that task. I also know now that some days you got it and some days you don’t…don’t sweat it. Thank you!

]]> By: Jerry Payne https://pluggedingolf.com/do-you-need-to-get-worse-at-golf-to-get-better/#comment-320553 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:01:48 +0000 https://pluggedingolf.com/?p=106604#comment-320553 Good article. I’ll say this…. pretty much all of us experiment with golf “tips.” We see or read of something that is supposed to help up achieve a certain goal…. and we give it a try. There are tips that work – and there are those that do not. On the ones that do not, if we decide that “I’m gonna learn this method or bust” we can get worse. But, it was because we decided to go with a tip or method that just wasn’t for us. The opposite is going with a tip or suggestion that almost works immediately. I think the individual player has to be smart enough to see (and feel) what is going on when they attempt a change.

]]> By: Austin https://pluggedingolf.com/do-you-need-to-get-worse-at-golf-to-get-better/#comment-320550 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 12:43:14 +0000 https://pluggedingolf.com/?p=106604#comment-320550 Matt I would have to say no as well. But to truly learn the swing through exercise drills I will always say 100% it will be chaos at first .
Not to sell them on more lessons. To understand how the body sequences, from the ground up, feet first . It’s all about sequence. Once you get them going , than they can explore in depth more of the swings needed to play great golf .

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