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Lesson two went very well. Before the lesson I sent a few balls down, but was also listening to
Mike
teaching two others. (Well if I can pick anything else up, I say why not). The
first was a male pupil and had come for lessons since he was a member of a golf
club but his wife was the one who kept winning everything. This chap wanted to
be Tiger Woods since he would unleash an massive swing to hit the ball. What
happened, well he got the loft and then the ball would start to veer of to the
right. Mike explained that there is a distance that can be expected from each of
the clubs in a set. He went on to say that by slowing down and not trying to go
for power a more accurate ball can be played. Mike then with the same club
showed how it was possible to hit it 50, 100, and 150 metres. The poor guy's
lesson was over and he went to another bay with the remainder of his balls. The female's lesson began with an explanation of how each iron is angled different in that the angle increases the higher the number of the iron and how the club shaft is longer the lower the number of the iron. Mike went onto further explain that it technique that gets a ball to travel far and not just sheer brute force. He got out of his bag a training club, this had the the positions of the fingers moulded into the top of the club. Mike got out of his bag two irons both sixes but one was shorter than the other and he explained that here he had clubs for both male and female. The female 6 was the shorter of the two. Although the lady and Mike were the same height approx. Mike pointed out that is arm were longer in length. This seems like a logical point to explore the different clubs and what they do. Mike had me tee up with a six iron and then use a 6 iron to drive off with. Since I only fluffed the shot a few times, Mike explained that it would be better to drive off the mat to simulate hitting a shot off the fairway. He explained that in order to get the lift and distance it was necessary to try and scuff the top of the map so that when the club made contact with the ball it would achieve the desired loft and distance. I managed to hit a few balls clean. It is surprising how different the sound of the club hitting the ball when you actually make a proper contact. Since I had taken my full set of golf clubs it was suggested that I should try to tee off with a 3 wood. Since woods have a longer shaft he said I would need to stand further back but maintain the same square stance. However the inside of my lead foot needs to be placed in line with the ball such that I am slightly off centre unlike when using irons where you have your feet equally spaced either side of the ball. I had a few practice shots after the lesson was over, but still did not feel totally at ease using the 3-wood. |
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You can contact me at martin@martinlee.co.uk
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