Views from the Haney Ranch, 2

by: Cary Lonis

As I continue with my observations of Steve working with two of his students Arjun and Cliff, he sits with Cliff collecting information as to where he wants to go. As with AGI, Steve fits each game plan to the student’s abilities, simple but effective improvement is the goal. Once the agreed upon path has been determined, then it is time to go to work, the process begins.

The journey to better golf is tough, but for the committed ones, the rewards are very satisfying. As Steve works with Cliff, he stresses how important it is to stay in the process, staying committed to the changes and working on the new “feelings” in his swing. He works on changing the severe outside- in swing path to a more inside-out swing path. Before he can accomplish this feat, he teaches Cliff how to square the clubface through impact. As monotonous as this may seem for the student, it is never uninteresting for us at AGI, we as coaches can see the vision of solid long term improvement.

At AGI, we work with all sizes and shapes of students teaching these endless functions, with the obvious question being why do we do it? The not so obvious answer to the average golfer is, without being able to square the club at impact and swinging on the correct swing path, we have ZERO chance of playing good or great golf. It is definitely worth the effort and time it takes to fully understand this concept and put it into practice. Take care, until we meet again at the next observation in the process.