What now?

Well thats the end of the Lancashire Womens Coaching Programme for the winter. I'm not sure how much influence a County, Regional or National Coach can have in such a short amount of time spent in these sessions.

Groups of 12 to 24 golfers on a Sunday morning just about gives you time to say hello. It takes time with individuals just to find out how much they understand about what they are doing

For most the answers are lots of buzz words like too quick, layed off, across the line, trapped, spin out, head still, maintain posture, follow through etc you know the stuff. All nice stories but how much is reallity and what is actually critical in producing desired outcomes?

I asked the girls last Sunday, in groups, to play some skills challenges and write down at least 3 things they thought they needed to do, that was critical, to hit the shot required.

During the review the most common answer from all the challenges was CLUB FACE CONTROL.

Wow, after a five sessions of doubting that I was getting the message across the answer was clear that I had. Now the challenge is for them to take this on through the summer and to not get bogged down with misinformation about what they may be doing wrong.

Of course they will go back to their own coach or parents who will have their own ideas about what they should be doing, so the cycle of sabotage starts again and real learning stops.