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Casey Eberting Golf Schools and Golf Instruction
In Texas Hill Country between San Antonio and Austin, Texas
(40 minutes north of San Antonio International Airport)

My Way Or The Highway

Frequently, golfers tell me that they would like to take a golf lesson, but they want me to work with the golf swing they have—that is, they don't want me to make any major changes to their golf swing. Another thing golfers tell me is that they don't want to be taught "method golf instruction," which I define as the same swing techniques taught to each and every student. Basically, these golfers fear that the golf instruction won't be tailored to their individual needs.

First, let me address the fear of change topic. If you ask me to make you a better golfer, but won't let me change your golf swing, just what is it that am I supposed to do to make you better? I am not a magician! The quality of your golf swing is the major component determining the level of your play.

Here is a simple rule to help you decide if you should be willing to change your swing—if you shoot 95 and you're happy shooting 95, then obviously your swing is good enough. If you shoot 95 but you want to be shooting 85, then your swing is not good enough—you'll have to improve your golf swing. It's really that simple.

I have non-swing related ideas and suggestions throughout this site that can help you play better, but if you really want to improve, you're going to have to bite the bullet and make your golf swing better.

Enough about those who want to get better but aren't willing to pay the price of making real swing changes, what about those who don't want "method golf instruction."

First, I want to clarify a point. The teaching of golf swing fundamentals is a form of "method golf instruction," so if you categorically oppose "method golf instruction," then you also oppose the concept of golf swing fundamentals.

I can understand the fear of "method golf instruction" because it isn't necessarily predicated on golf swing fundamentals. So go ahead and be skeptical, but remember, teaching fundamentals is a form of "method golf instruction," and golf swing fundamentals are what good golf instructors teach.

You may be comforted to know that good instructors who teach fundamentals do tailor their teaching to the individual. Consider that if I were to give the same instruction to 10 different people, I would see 10 variations when I met with the students a month later. Obviously since the goal is the same, the feedback that I give to each will have to be different in order to get each of them heading in the right direction. While golf swing fundamentals apply to every golfer, the path to learning those fundamentals depends on how each individual reacts to the instruction.

If you think you can improve your golf game by swinging in a contrary manner to the natural laws of human motion, around which golf swing fundamentals have developed, or without a willingness to change your golf swing, then all I can say is good luck, you're going to need it—and some magic too.

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