Background And Experience

Now

I offer a broad range of swing styles to help my students reach their golf improvement goals. The instruction is broken into two lesson types, my CE Golf Schools and my San Antonio Golf Lessons and Golf Instruction. With the CE Golf Schools, I teach what I consider to be the only truly correct way to swing a golf club, which was perfectly demonstrated by Ben Hogan and his golf swing. It's a swing a number of instructors attempt to teach, but I haven't seen any who seem to really understand what Hogan did. Because the Hogan swing is so involved and requires dedication far beyond what most golfers are willing to give, I also offer my San Antonio Golf Lessons and Golf Instruction, which runs the gamut from tweaking a golfer's swing in order to get as much improvement with as little effort as possible (still requires practice) to a full swing rebuild using any of a variety of swing styles depending on the student's goals and preferences.

The Beginning

In 1990 I began my golf instruction career teaching for Jimmy Ballard, the world's number one ranked instructor of the 1980's and early 1990's. At that time he estimated he had instructed over 150 tour professionals and only he knows how many additional professionals he's taught since then. The players he instructed included PGA Tour Money Leaders, and U.S. Open, PGA, and Masters winners.

I learned Jimmy's swing theories while taking lessons for nearly five years from his First Assistant in the mid 1980's (I couldn't afford Jimmy's fee of $300 an hour back then). Then I was very fortunate to have been given the opportunity to teach with Jimmy at the world famous Doral Resort and Spa in Miami, Florida. It was while teaching with Jimmy Ballard that I learned the nuances of the art of teaching the golf swing to golfers with skill levels that ranged from absolute beginner to Tour Professional. I was able to watch and learn from the world's number one ranked instructor as he lectured and instructed. Working with a world's number one ranked instructor is an opportunity very few instructors are privileged to have and I will be forever indebted to Jimmy for the experience and the teaching and golf swing knowledge I learned from him.

CE Golf Schools—Hogan's Manipulation-free Golf Swing

While I have benefited immeasurably from my time working with Jimmy Ballard, after much study, I have come to the conclusion that Ben Hogan's manipulation-free swing (not dependent on timing) is the ultimate golf swing and anyone wanting to be the best golfer they can possibly be should seriously consider learning it. While Jimmy often used Ben Hogan's swing as an example, there are actually very few similarities between the fundamentals of Ben Hogan's swing and Ballard's teachings, and most are even contradictory. It's somewhat ironic that while teaching with Jimmy, I developed my interest in the Hogan swing.

Like all serious golfers, I had read Five Lessons, The Modern Fundamentals Of Golf, but it did nothing for me at the time. However, when I saw film at Ballard's Golf Workshop of Hogan swinging, I instinctively knew that I was looking at the best swing of all time. From that point it was inevitable that I would end up teaching Hogan's swing—why not teach an essentially perfect way to swing a golf club? The only problem, how do I learn what Hogan did? There were (and still are) some instructors who claimed to teach Hogan's swing, but it was obvious to me that, for the most part, they did nothing more than regurgitate Hogan's Five Lessons, which I knew wasn't the answer. Regarding Hogan, he was either very sly and didn't want people to know how he swung a golf club, which I believe is at least partly true, or he wasn't very good at communicating the essence of his swing, which I also think is partly true! As far as I'm concerned, Five Lessons is a mostly a waste of time for those who want to understand the Hogan swing.

I've studied Hogan's swing for over twenty years now and I'm very confident in my knowledge of the swing. I don't know if I would say there are secrets to the swing, but there are certainly a number of things about the swing that people don't understand. The most important of these is that I haven't seen anyone discuss the fact that Hogan's swing didn't require manipulation, which is really the key to the swing. It takes time and effort to learn this swing, but if you have the dedication and motivation, it's the best swing option available to you!

San Antonio Golf Lessons and Golf Instruction

Having developed an understanding of Hogan's manipulation-free swing has enabled me to develop a unique understanding of all alternative golf swings—those swings that are based on manipulation. While it may seem as if the term "manipulation" has a negative connotation, it really doesn't because the swings of all great players, other than Hogan, have all been manipulation oriented. The human body is an absolutely amazing and incredible instrument that can adapt to a variety of golf swing styles. That being said, ideally a golfer should try to develop a swing that minimizes manipulation, which would correspondingly reduce their dependance on timing, and thereby increase consistency.

An alternative for some is that they can use a swing that may have more manipulation, but only if they've proven that they can time it well. An example of this is Jim Furyk's swing, which I wouldn't change because he is so effective with it, yet I would never try to teach that swing to another golfer. Actually, his forward swing has some very good properties, similar to Nicklaus's swing, although they look nothing alike. The forward swing manipulations they use are the simplest of any manipulation based swing and this is the swing model I prefer to use, but it is really up to the student to decide what style they want me to teach them. For golfers who maybe don't have the best coordination, I suggest you consider having me teach you Moe Norman's swing style because it's a very simple swing and it is easier to time than the more traditional styles. However, it will definitely feel awkward until you've become accustomed to it.

There is another manipulation that is taught by most instructors that I prefer not using, but will in certain circumstances, especially if the student wants it. This motion was a big part of Jimmy Ballard's teaching that I originally learned, so I am very familiar with its advantages and disadvantages. The manipulation to which I refer is the process of rolling the arms over through impact, or as Jimmy would say, turn the back of the left hand toward the ground after impact. Instructors tell their students they must do this in order to square the clubface at impact, but the Nicklaus/Furyk manipulation is much, much better and doesn't involve the roll. The problem with rolling the arms can easily be seen if you make a horizontal swing in front of you (baseball swing) and roll the arms over as you approach impact and continue rolling past impact. Notice that the clubface is constantly turning, which pretty much means that the chance a golfer without unbelievably incredible timing can consistently get the clubface square at impact is zero.

For those who are interested in learning how to develop a swing based on Ben Hogan's perfect swing, which is the only possible way to swing without manipulation, I hope you'll join me for a CE Golf School. For those of you who prefer the less demanding (to learn) manipulation based swing, please consider my San Antonio Golf Lessons and Golf Instruction. There is much flexibility with this instruction option and you can be the one who chooses the direction, or you can let me guide you with what I think will be best for you.

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Casey Eberting Golf Schools and San Antonio Golf Lessons and Golf Instruction
In Texas Hill Country just north of San Antonio
(35 minutes north of San Antonio International Airport)