{"id":35,"date":"2010-01-03T21:10:10","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T21:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/?p=35"},"modified":"2014-12-01T13:42:31","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T17:42:31","slug":"becoming-par-philosophy-of-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/becoming-par-philosophy-of-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming Par | Philosophy of Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cMake the least number of movements in the smallest amount of space\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

PHILOSOPHY OF LEARNING<\/p>\n

In the last forty years the game of golf has come a long way.\u00a0 Innovation and technology in equipment have improved to a level where tolerances have been maximized. Golf courses are manicured to perfection.\u00a0 The information available to instructors is abundant both from a physiological and psychological perspective.\u00a0 Nothing is left for granted. There are 26.2 million golfers in the United States and the average score for women is 114 and for men 97 and only 22% of all golfers break 90.\u00a0 Why has the average ability level of golfers not improved with all these innovative changes?\u00a0 There are several reasons:<\/p>\n

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1: Lack of understanding of long and short game fundamentals
\n2: No plan for improvement
\n3: Improper golf course management
\n4: Poor conditioning and flexibility
\n5: Instructor\u2019s knowledge and communication
\n6: Work ethic<\/p>\n

Almost all tour professionals have an instructor.\u00a0 Their instructor is always checking their grip, setup, alignment, balance, tempo, etc; the same things all golfers work on.\u00a0 This is done because with even the slightest stretching of tolerances the golf swing can deviate causing a shot that goes off line.\u00a0 There is no such thing as total consistency, just more or less.\u00a0 In other words we are searching for improvement but perfection will never come, that is the fascination of the game.
\nThe frustration instructors see in educating students is one of impatience and intolerance for the course of action that is essential for progress. Golfers constantly rely on tips from friends as well as information read in magazines and televised golf instruction which is fragmented and not set forth in an organized and progressive manner. This simply causes confusion and eventually disappointment.\u00a0 The top rated teachers in the world cannot agree on the optimal way to swing a golf club.\u00a0 The frustration many students see is learning from a professional that does not understand what is required for development and applies quick fixes instead of a plan. There is instant gratification, hope and very soon after chaos.\u00a0 Constant experimentation simply does not work.\u00a0 You must have a plan for improvement.\u00a0 This plan is initiated by a qualified teaching professional and is continuous throughout your golfing life.<\/p>\n

Application of new knowledge seldom follows a steady upward pattern.\u00a0 It takes time for your mind and body to become accustomed to a change.\u00a0 While continuing to improve keep in mind that all movements in the golf swing are closely related.\u00a0 Changing one aspect of the swing may alter another.\u00a0 All this fine tuning takes time.\u00a0 Be persistent and take heart in the fact that progress will take place as the changes are adapted.\u00a0 Amateurs sometimes mistake the natural learning process for an error on their part, try to go back to their old inferior swing motion and now are half way between their old motion and the new one.\u00a0 This is common and always disastrous.<\/p>\n

The solution lies with an acceptance from both student and teacher as to what is required to move forward.\u00a0 Instruction must be approached on a step by step basis.\u00a0 An erroneous beginning can be disastrous. There is only one way to learn and that is gradually.\u00a0 The only short cuts are more knowledge.<\/p>\n

All the student requires is patience, persistence and the rest of their golfing days to improve because golf is like life, you never quite get it right so enjoy the challenge of the greatest game of all.<\/p>\n

Enjoy the challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cMake the least number of movements in the smallest amount of space\u201d PHILOSOPHY OF LEARNING In the last forty years the game of golf has come a long way.\u00a0 Innovation and technology in equipment have improved to a level where tolerances have been maximized. Golf courses are manicured to perfection.\u00a0 The information available to instructors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}