What does Golf Mind Rx offer
the
professional golf instructor?
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- I didn't have time to practice this week.
- I spoke with my brother-in-law
and he said his pro told him to
do it this way.
- I never played this badly before I took your lesson.
- Our pro didn't do us any good in the pro am.
- I bought this new video and it is different than
what you told me.
- Will I be able to hit it like Tiger?
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- Mr. Smith, you won't need your driver today,
just bring a 7-iron.
- You need to understand that
you'll get a lot worse before you
get better.
- The first thing we have to do is change your grip.
- It took a long time for you to get into these swing
habits.
And it's going to take a long time to change them.
- How many golf balls did you hit on the range since
our last
lesson?
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In working
with hundreds of golf instructors, and clients, we know
that golf instructors have preferences, too.
There are just certain people that are more fun to teach
and work with than others. Most golf instructors are
proud of what they do and take their jobs seriously.
The "professional" certification is a designation
that requires years of training, discipline and hard
work.
Golf clients come in all ages, shapes
and sizes, and all kinds of temperaments. They also
come to you with very different learning strategies.
Most professional golf instructors realize that there
are learning strategies that focus on visual, auditory
and kinesthetic approaches. This means that some people
learn best by watching, others by listening, and the
rest by doing and feeling. While this is a good introduction
to the differences in clients, it doesn't take into
account that clients are also motivated to play by different
things. Motivations (needs) play a very strong role
in how a person learns to play golf and also how they
react on the golf course.
People who don't play golf assume
that golfers play to relax, or to have fun. In a general
profile you would get those answers from most people.
In actuality, the spark for golfers is not all that
simple. For example, fun means different things to
different golfers. For some, fun is being with friends,
or fun means winning the match. Fun could mean being
away from stress and enjoying the outdoors. And it
is fun for some to try out the latest technology or
the newest method. What fun means affects how a golfer
learns.
Pace of play
is the number one source of frustration on the golf
course. Slow players play slower when they feel rushed,
and fast players play faster when they are forced to
wait. Neither situation has a good outcome.
Pace of play issues also indicate optimal learning strategies,
and understanding the inherent "pace" of a
client determines how much talking, for how long, and
how many points should comprise the lesson for best
results.
To put it simply, identifying the
complexities of what fun and pace means to a client
is the beginning of identifying whether a client is
a Challenger, Social, Traditional or Technical golfer.
That insight is the key to improving your relationships
and your clients' golf performance and enjoyment of
the game.
What Golf Mind
Rx can do for you: |
- Complimentary
Golf Mind Rx Profile for the
professional
instructor who refers someone who takes the
Golf Mind Rx
Profile. *
- Commission on any
Golf Mind Rx
Profiles referred by you. *
- Discount for golf
teams who take the
Golf Mind Rx Profile.
- Guidance for parents
and junior golfers on significant
motivational factors.
- Training on reading
the Golf Mind Rx
Profile results of your
clients and applications for your teaching strategies.
- Direct telephone
conversations regarding
Golf Mind Rx results.
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*Referral must be
indicated at the time the profile is submitted.
Let us know
if you would like to discuss how GolfMindRx can
help build your business and your client relationships
and performance.
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