James talked about how an instructor needs to understand the golf swing infinitely, while being able to teach the student with utmost simplicity. He doesn’t try to get everybody to hit up with a driver and maximize distance because not everybody can do it in an efficient way. Hitting up more can affect path, club face, and impact point. James would rather change ball position at address than change someone’s swing to get a better attack angle. Tour players have more spin simply because they create more speed in the club head. Repeat-ability is huge and people have to do what they do best.

Too many people are trying to move the ball both ways and most people have enough club head speed to play the golf of their dreams. James calls it “Golfer’s Hell” when people’s geometry doesn’t match what they want the ball to do. The swing is feel based and at the end of the day, golfers have to feel the proper swing in order to be able to repeat it. “Can’t teach without fitting and can’t fit without teaching. A golf lesson is 50 minutes of intense teaching with 10 minutes of furious fitting. Most every golf club works for somebody,” James said. Just have to get the right fit  with your lie and length. Lastly another nugget from James, “Somebody can run a four minute mile in your shoes, it’s just not you.” James Leitz can be reached at www.Leitzgolf.com

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We talked about how good players don’t need to know what they do or the ball flight laws until they break them, and then someone needs to help bring them back to the laws. Old players kept hitting balls until they “found it” and sometimes they lost confidence and time in the process.  With the best players, it comes down to talent and if they can repeat their swings under pressure. Practice is important, but you have to be working on the right things to improve. Working real hard on the wrong things is not a recipe for success. James said that it’s good to get your stats on Trackman when you are hitting the ball well, so that when you get off, you can find your way back a lot quicker.

We had some calls and James said that with a slicer he would work on their club face first and get them pull hooking the ball. Then they will have the courage to swing more to the right for a right-handed golfer. With a good player or a hooker, he would work on their club path first. Ball position is not the same for every golfer with a 7-iron. Want to make sure the shaft has forward lean and has not passed the lead arm at impact. Average on the PGA Tour is 4.3 down with 10-12 degrees of forward shaft lean at impact with a 7-iron. We talked about how golf can be cruel and James said that we can go from the “Hunter” to the “Hunted.” Tour players have a sense of aggressiveness that stays with them throughout the round. James Leitz can be reached at the Pinewood Country Club in Slidell, LA and also at jamesleitz@pga.com. I highly recommend having James come and do a seminar. He’s a great teacher and even better person.

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