
1)Too Much Information is Available: The world is at our fingertips – literally. Our phones and tablets enable us to access information at a moments notice. While this can be beneficial it can also be very overwhelming. What information is accurate? What information applies to you? Having all of this information is confusing, may not apply to you and does not provide a full in depth understanding of the golf swing. Quite often when someone self coaches they are trying to fix a symptom of a problem without understanding what the root problem is. This is called cause and effect and without a full understanding of it, making changes on your own will make things likely worse and not better.
2) You Don’t Like Feeling Awkward: It doesn’t matter if the student is a 20 something handicapper or a single digit player; whenever we make changes together initially, they say the swing feels odd and awkward. My response is – stick with it and the awkwardness will resolve itself. We do not like to feel awkward in anything we do. In undertaking the path of self coaching, the awkwardness leads to indecision, which leads to lack of progress which leads to abandonment. Through the coaching process you are reinforced that awkwardness is normal and temporary. You are also empowered with the proper knowledge of what you are doing so there is no indecision or confusion that plagues self coaches.